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  • Publisher: Search Press
  • Edition: BC Paperback Plus 6 full-size gatefold outlines
  • Publication: 25 January 2022
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9781782219101
  • Stock: 50+
  • Size: 216x280 mm
  • Pages: 200
  • RRP: £12.99
  • Series: Absolute Beginner Art
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Watercolour Landscapes for the Absolute Beginner

£12.99

by Matthew Palmer

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Book Description

WATERCOLOUR FOR BEGINNERS: 6 full-size, pre-drawn tracings help you paint lush watercolour landscapes with world renowned artist Matthew Palmer!

Bestselling author, artist, and teacher Matthew Palmer guides beginners through their first steps in watercolour and reveals the power of this exciting medium.

Build your watercolour painting skills with:

  • Step-by-step exercises, mini projects, and 6 longer projects
  • Demonstrations of essential drawing skills
  • Demonstrations of watercolour techniques like colour mixing, scratch-out and more.

Learn to apply natural-looking foliage to trees and woodlands... Use dry-brush techniques to depict intricate detail, and refer to Palmer’s finished paintings for even more inspiration!

Featuring tons of easy-to-follow advice, this watercolour painting guide will help beginners produce landscape paintings they’re proud of.

Includes material previously published in Matthew Palmer's Step-by-Step Guide to Watercolour Painting (2018), but with the addition of three brilliant new projects, many new illustrations and extensive textual revisions.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6, Materials 8, Inspiration 16, Sketching 22, Working outside 26, Useful drawings 28, Easy perspective 32, Colour 36, Building a scene 46, Top techniques 54, Painting skies 64, Painting water 68, Painting trees 73, Troubleshooting 82, The projects 86, Northern Lights step by step 90, Venice in Monochrome step by step 100, Hawaiian Sunset step by step 114, Night-time Snow Scene step by step 132, Waterfall in Summer step by step 146, Wildflower Meadow step by step 162, Index 176

About the Author

About Matthew Palmer

Matthew Palmer is a renowned watercolour-painting teacher and best-selling author, with over 160,000 books sold worldwide. He has been painting for over 30 years, and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals.

From his studio in Derbyshire, UK, he has taught thousands of beginner artists to paint online with watercolours, and has gained a devoted following, with over 175,000 subscribers on YouTube (@mattyartist) and 10,000 followers on Facebook (@MatthewPalmerArtist).

When he’s not giving online demos, hosting in-person workshops, exhibiting at art shows or appearing regularly on television, Matthew also runs his own online shop and school watercolour.tv, where he sells Matthew Palmer brush collections, paints and video tutorials.

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