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1	How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques for Achieving Realistic Effects more books like this by Nita Engle add to wishlist Award-winning artist Nita Engle's breakthrough approach to watercolour shows readers how to combine spontaneity and control to produce glowing, realistic paintings. Her method begins with action-filled exercises that demonstrate how to play with paint, following no rules. Subsequent step-by-step projects add planning to the mix, demonstrating how ... see all copies from $11.43! new only from $12.97! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Painting the Impressionist Landscape: Lessons in Interpreting Light and Color more books like this by Lois Griffel add to wishlist Impressionism has inspired generations of artists and no one has done more for the cause than Charles Hawthorne, the founder of the Cape Cod School of Art. In "Painting the Impressionist Landscape", author and artist Lois Griffel explores Hawthorne's theories on colour and light, in depth. Griffel, the longtime director of the school Hawthorne ... see all copies from $16.09! new only from $16.09! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Making Color Sing more books like this by Jeanne Dobie add to wishlist Through easy-to-follow exercises, this manual seeks to stimulate new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allowing artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readers are shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; how the push and pull of warm and cool colours ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $13.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks & Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium more books like this by Nancy Reyner add to wishlist "Acrylic Revolution" will show readers everything they need to know to be successful in their acrylic painting projects. With over 101 of the most popular, interesting, and indispensable tricks for working with acrylic - each with its own step-by-step demonstration - there is literally page after age of acrylic instruction and inspiration for ... see all copies from $19.19! new only from $19.19! \| SVS
5	Carlson's guide to landscape painting more books like this by John F Carlson add to wishlist The whys and hows of the various aspects of landscape painting: angles and consequent values, perspective, painting of trees, more. 34 black-and-white reproductions of paintings by Carlson. 58 explanatory diagrams. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $5.42! \| SVS
6	Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light & Color Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light & Color more books like this by Kevin D MacPherson add to wishlist For the beginner or experienced painter, this book provided inspiration and insight into the art of watercolour. Learn how the unusual techniques of pouring paint and masking give a glowing quality to the picture. Pouring causes the colour to tint rather than cover the paper while masking allows more freedom in applying colours. see all copies from $10.78! new only from $11.33! \| signed copies \| SVS
7	Confident Color: An Artist's Guide to Harmony, Contrast and Unity more books like this by Nita Leland add to wishlist This approach to color theory makes selecting colors easy and efficient. Readers will understand the importance of color schemes and color contrasts, and how learning to use them effectively can be advantageous when painting. Color Schemes unite paintings by creating harmony and dominance to achieve an expressive use of color. Color Contrasts ... see all copies from $17.98! new only from $20.50! \| SVS
8	Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists: Experimental Techniques for Composition, Layering, Texture, Imagery, and Encaustic more books like this by Ann Baldwin add to wishlist A workshop-style book, oriented to the wide community of crafters and artists including those interested in paint, surface design, mixed media, and collage, which explores a wide variety of innovative and experimental paint techniques. Chapters cover composition, abstraction, texture, layering, using found objects, encaustic, integrating text, and ... see all copies from $31.04! new only from $31.04!
9	Helen Van Wyk's Favorite Color Recipes more books like this by Helen Van Wyk add to wishlist Written in a clear style this detailed guide to mixing colour is full of recipes for getting just the right shade for all kinds of painting styles in oil based or acrylic media.' see all copies from $15.00! new only from $18.08! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Rethinking Acrylic: Radical Solutions for Exploiting the World's Most Versatile Medium more books like this by Patti Brady add to wishlist This book shows readers how to use acrylic in a variety of ways.Acrylic can mimic oil paint, watercolour, gouache, encaustic; it can be applied in subtle transparent washes, or troweled on in heavy thick impasto, it can be as transparent as glass or as dense and black as tar, with a tar-like consistency!This book takes the most popular techniques ... see all copies from $17.74! new only from $17.74! \| SVS
11 view cover	Master Disaster: Five Ways to Rescue Desperate Watercolors more books like this by Susan Webb Tregay add to wishlist In five simple, unique steps, Sue Tregay shows the reader how to change their mediocre paintings into spectacular works of art: lighten up, break it up, enrich it, and unify it. The book contains valuable advice on producing competition-quality art, what judges want and how to frame your work, which are things all artists need to know to turn ... see all copies from $2.04! new only from $3.56!
12 view cover	The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated more books like this by Ralph Mayer add to wishlist Since 1940, when it was originally published, The Artist's Handbook has become indispensable for thousands of practicing artists and art students. The book has remained continually in print through many editions and has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. A detailed index makes a wealth of information readily available. Charts and line ... see all copies from $19.25! new only from $22.50! \| SVS
13 view cover	Painting Abstracts: Ideas, Projects and Techniques more books like this by Rolina Van Vliet add to wishlist Clear, challenging and inspiring, this book contains instructions for 65 abstract paintings that you can get to work on straightaway, with no previous experience.All the basic information relating to picture elements, composition, theme and design is provided at the start of the book, together with an exploration of the meaning of abstract ... see all copies from $14.63! new only from $14.63!
14	Alla Prima: Everything I Know about Painting more books like this by Richard Schmid add to wishlist see all copies from $79.99! new only from $83.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor more books like this by Claudia Nice add to wishlist Through pictures and handwritten instructions, Nice teaches artists how to use watercolor with pen and ink to create a wide range of exciting textures: from moss to metal to animal hair. see all copies from $13.99! new only from $14.05! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Watercolor more books like this by John Pike add to wishlist From one of America's favorite artists comes one of the most popular watercolor books ever written. Drawing upon a lifetime of perfecting the craft he loves, Pike provides artists at all levels of expertise with information on everything from choosing a brush to producing a variety of washes. Abundantly illustrated with 166 paintings. see all copies from $2.35! new only from $12.35! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Charles Reid's Watercolor Solutions: Learn to Solve the Most Common Painting Problems more books like this by Charles Reid add to wishlist As one of the most sought after workshop instructors, Charles Reid possesses certain skills that set him apart from his students. In Charles Reid's Watercolor Solutions, he shares that knowledge with readers, teaching them how to become better watercolorists. Through before and after photos of various paintings, the author clearly identifies the ... see all copies from $9.08! new only from $21.82! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Painter's Handbook more books like this by Mark David Gottsegen add to wishlist The original 1993 edition of "The Painter's Handbook" was not just another guide to artist's materials; it established itself as an amazingly thorough professional resource, with complete details on the vast array of materials available to the artist, including canvases and papers, sizes and grounds, pigments and binders, solvents and thinners, ... see all copies from $4.21! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Creative Edge: Exercises to Celebrate Your Creative Self more books like this by Mary Todd Beam add to wishlist In her first book, Mary Todd Beam taught readers how to act upon their artistic inspirations and joyfully appreciate the creative process while developing the skills they needed to express themselves through their favorite mediums.Now, readers will take their creativity to the next level by further exploring ways to use color, design, metaphors ... see all copies from $21.83! new only from $21.83! \| SVS
20 view cover	Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: Landscapes more books like this by Gordon MacKenzie add to wishlist This inspiring guide provides artists with the knowledge they need to paint watercolor landscapes. It features easy-to-follow exercises illustrated in an accessible format that invites readers to jump in and begin painting right away. Artists of all skill levels will learn from: 30 step-by-step demonstrations; chapters focusing on basic landscape ... see all copies from $15.25! new only from $18.79! \| SVS
21 view cover	Putting People in Your Paintings more books like this by Laurel Hart add to wishlist A lot of books teach artists how to draw portraits or figures, but this book takes that concept one step further, showing readers how to put those people into realistic scenes. It's never been easier to capture the essence of people, with: 11 step-by-step watercolour demonstrations, featuring interiors, landscapes, cityscapes and more; ... see all copies from $8.11! new only from $18.72! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Composition of Outdoor Painting more books like this by Evelyn P. Hatcher (Designer), J. B. Hatcher (Editor), Edgar A. Payne add to wishlist see all copies from $69.99! new only from $105.00!
23 view cover	Painting Better Landscapes more books like this by Margaret Kessler add to wishlist This innovative book includes advice on solving problems, conveying mood, focusing attention, arranging subjects, and making corrections. see all copies from $12.99! new only from $14.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Painting Flowers in Watercolor with Charles Reid more books like this by Charles Reid add to wishlist Well-loved instructor Reid demonstrates how to paint flowers, leaves and fruit with basic shapes and bright juicy colors with ease. see all copies from $7.05! new only from $9.99! \| first editions
25 view cover	Watercolor, You Can Do It! more books like this by Tony Couch add to wishlist Easy-to-follow instruction in the basics of watercolour techniques, such as making watercolour paint behave on wet paper, composing a painting by thinking in terms of shapes and symbols, using ten basic hues to create a colour palette, and proceeding from the preliminary sketch to the finished painting via three step-by-step demonstrations. see all copies from $17.44! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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