Pure Watercolour Painting by Peter Cronin

 Info:

 Seiten: 144
 Sprache:Englisch
 Verlag: Search Press (10. Oktober 2017)
 ISBN-10:1782214356

 Search Press

Bewertung: 10/10

 Klappentext:

Learn how to use traditional watercolour techniques to produce beautiful, contemporary paintings that are full of light, colour and life. Packed with inspirational finished paintings and step-by-step projects, this engaging book teaches you how to use watercolours in their purest form, without the addition of any other media, to create art that has a radiancy and luminosity that cannot be achieved in any other way.

Review:

The English artist Peter Cronin is a master of pure watercolour painting. He has been painting for over thirty years, also teaching and organizing workshops.

The book starts with a look at materials. The information is kept brief and deals - with what the author considers to be „the essential ingredients for watercolour paintings “

Even if you, as an advanced painter, believe to have mastered watercolour painting, read the following pages carefully. You will learn interesting and valuable lessons about tools and materials for painting inside and outside, the right choice of paper and the way of applying watercolour.

The first step for a picture in high quality is to plan a painting. On that account, Peter Cronin speaks about the various aspects and different approaches. Many examples show in detail the correct realization of a motif, from photograph to sketch, from sketch to painting.

The following chapter „creating watercolours with light and luminosity” includes the important themes: sun, rain, snow and mist. In four richly illustrated step-by-step instructions Peter Cronin demonstrates his impressive painting style. Just the presentation of light, season and weather initially causes great difficulties. A table of basic guidelines summarize the main themes, a great help for novices.

Summary:

I would recommend this textbook of pure watercolour technique for both beginners and advanced painters. Of particular note are the very detailed step-by-step demonstrations, easy to understand descriptions and the often humorous style of writing. The highlight is the selection of themes: sun, rain, snow and mist, which can be found in hardly any other book. Last, but not least you will be amazed by the excellent reproduction of Peter Cronin`s watercolour paintings.