Master Strokes: Watercolor: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using the Techniques of the Masters

By Hazel Harrison

Book Overview

In Masterstrokes: Watercolor you will learn about: * painting water through a study of "The Dismasted Brig" by John Sell Cotman * dramatic landscape through a study of "Stonehenge" by John Constable * painting trees through a study of "Poplars on the Banks of the Epte" by Claude Monet * the nude in a setting through a study of "After the Bath" by Pierre Bonnard * portraiture through a study of "Portrait of the Artist's Wife" by Thomas Gainsborough * painting flowers through a study of "Geraniums" by Henri Fantin-Latour * figures in landscape through a study of "The Red Canoe" by Winslow Homer 96 pages (all in color), 8 3/4 x 11 1/2. NEW IN PAPERBACK

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806924276
• ISBN13: 9780806924274
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

A great book at turning point for watercolorists.

If you are pursuing watercolor painting, have achieved a reasonably good drawing skill, and are ready to take on some significant watercolor projects, this book is right for you. The book consists of three main sections. After a brief coverage of color, papers, and equipment, the book presents tutorials on painting water, landscape, trees, figures, portraiture, and landscapes, after some masters of these subject matters, including Cotman, Constable, Monet, to name a few. These step-by-step tutorials are discussed in detail and easy to follow, along with emphasis on key techniques. Finally, the last section of the book demonstrates important techniques in watercolor to achieve desired effects.STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.