Capturing Light in Watercolor

By Marilyn Simandle, Lew Lehrman, Lewis Barrett Lehrman

Book Overview

Discover Light and Shadow with the Teachings of a Master

Dynamically painting light and shadow in watercolor, world-renowned artist and winner of over a dozen awards from galleries and professional organizations, Marilyn Simandle inspires readers to pick up their brush and join her in step-by-step demonstrations designed to create exquisite luminescence. She reveals her secrets for transforming an image from simple color to radiant energy.
In this seminal work, Simandle shares the secrets of her signature style in collaboration with Lewis Lehrman, a professional artist, art teacher, and author of four books on painting. Through clear, easy-to-understand terms, she coaches artists on the relationship between white, the absence of paint, and the mix of color carefully applied in stages. Using this method, artists can build captivating, rich, and complex layers that are crucial to a successful painting.
Sharing watercolor techniques which render the illusion of light, the author leads the artist through the design process, demonstrating with floral themes, sun-filled interiors, still lifes, urban settings, and picturesque harbors. A must for any painter wishing to create works that glow with inspiration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635619416
• ISBN13: 9781635619416
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

a beautiful wise book

i devoured this book with the same pleasure i'd get from reading a beautiful children's book. the illustrations -- step by step images of simandle paintings in process -- are beautiful to look at. the stories -- how to put together a painting, from first sketches to last touches of detail -- are simple and engaging. simandle's approaches to brushwork (including the palette knife), mixing colors, preserving white and developing visual rhythms are well worth learning. a very fine guide for the intermediate painter looking for more poetry in their watercolor technique ... one of my favorite watercolor books.

FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BECOME A LIGHT WATERCOLORIST

I am a Swedish girl who bought this book by chance and it turned out to be just what I was looking for. A wonderful book, a "must" for everyone who like bright, light, sparcling and fresh watercolor paintings. M Simandle teaches you really how to capture light and how important it is to use, as she calls it, "broken color" - many, many fragments of bright pigment, sparkling and contrasting with the white of the paper. A book that I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Wow! This is perfect for any watercolorist!!

I found Marilyn's unique approach and palette knife techinique a real find in the world of watercolor instruction books. The beautifully designed step by step latouts and gorgeous subject matter really hit the spot for the starving artist in all of us. Each lesson makes everyone an editor so we can go on to design and illustrate our own personal world in watercolor. I love this book!! (like you didn't notice)