Watercolour Tips - Ian King

Watercolour Tips by Ian King offers essential guidance on core watercolour techniques, alongside practical advice on sketching and drawing. This paperback edition includes clear, step-by-step instruction supported by colour illustrations.

Key details

• Author: Ian King
• Subtitle: Practical Tips to Start You Painting
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 192
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• ISBN: 9780007177080

Synopsis

Designed as a straightforward introduction to watercolour, this guide sets out the basic techniques and builds confidence with practical, easy-to-follow advice. It covers sketching and drawing, then moves through key elements of landscape painting, including skies, backgrounds and foregrounds, the main subject, trees, details and shadows.

A complete landscape is demonstrated in seven stages, with additional tips on painting water in different forms and including people within a scene. Suitable for readers looking for a clear starting point in watercolour painting.

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