Exploring Textures In Watercolor: A Hands-On Approach

Moon, Joye

ISBN 10: 1600610285 ISBN 13: 9781600610288

Verlag: North Light Books, 2008

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Pour! Scrape! Tear! Ink! Put feeling and fun into your paintings.

Discover a multitude of ways to energize your artwork with tantalizing texture, juicy color and a fresh spirit of adventure! Through a series of step-by-step demonstrations, this book presents out-of-the-ordinary techniques for creating a multitude of surface qualities and textures. As you scatter different types of salt, pour paint, scrape watercolor pencils and more, you'll experience a surge of artistic spontaneity while creating expressive and personal paintings.

• Experiment with new ways to play with paint. Use unconventional materials to yield exciting landscapes. "Sculpt" flowers with a palette knife. Bring portraits to life with luscious texture. Paint with paper, plastic wrap, twine and more.
• Go beyond basic paper. Expand your surface choices and reinvent your favorite techniques by working on clayboard, gesso-primed watercolor paper, collage backgrounds and other exciting new grounds.
• Add texture to your art life. Inspirational sidebars explore plein air painting, using your art for charity and other opportunities for turning your creative life into a rich and rewarding tapestry.

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Joye Moon is a professional watercolorist and popular international workshop instructor who has been teaching since 1985. Her artwork has appeared in a number of publications, including Splash 8: Watercolor Discoveries, Searching for the Artist Within, The Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic and more. To see more of Joye's amazing artwork, visit www.joyemoon.com.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: North Light Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1600610285
• ISBN 13: 9781600610288
• Einband: Fester Einband mit Spiralbindung
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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