Dynamic watercolours by Jane Betteridge

 Info:

 Seiten:144
 Sprache:Englisch
 Verlag:Search Press (1. Januar 2019)
 ISBN-10:1782215573

 Search Press

Bewertung: 10/10

Take your watercolour painting to new heights with this exciting and inspirational book that will give you innovative ways to bring vibrancy, texture and dynamism into your watercolours art.
Brimming over with exciting and innovative techniques, bestselling author Jane Betteridge’s new book pushes watercolour to new heights, introducing vibrancy, texture and dynamism to this subtle medium.
Following on from her bestselling book Watercolours Unleashed, Jane has taken her techniques even further. She introduces you to a huge range of new and exciting ways of working using crackle paste, modelling pastes, metallic leaf, gilding flakes, print and much more.
This book will excite and inspire watercolour artists of all abilities to experiment and take a more dynamic approach to their painting.


Review:

In her newest book, the continuation of Watercolour unleashed, the artist Jane Betteridge shows us how to give a painting more expressiveness and dynamic, by using different technics, colours and textures.

For advanced painters it can be assumed that the basics like paper, brushes and colours are known, so they are only shortly mentioned at the beginning.

The first chapter deals with the topic of surfaces. Besides conventional painting on paper, there are other surfaces like plastic, wood, metal or ceramics that can be painted on with watercolour after being pretreated with a primer medium.

Interesting results are produced by gluing printed paper, tissue paper, metallic leafs or applying of modeling compound. Many examples show the process of preparing the basic painting surface and the end result after applying the colors. The possible applications are infinitely variable. Two step-by-step projects incorporate some of her techniques.

The next chapter shows unconventional items and ingredients, that can be added to watercolour. Ink, granulation or pearlescent medium, bronzing powder and many more additives in combination with watercolours give it an unmatched expressiveness. Many example pictures and detailed photos show the vast spectrum of utilization that is possible.
In this chapter again are two detailed step-by-step projects.

The book ends with the chapter “ideas and inspiration” which gives inspiration for realizing once own ideas.

Conclusion:

Jane Betteridge’s paintings  captivate with their harmonic colour selection, which has an unique vibrancy. When depicting nature scenes she shows her great love for detail. Advanced painters will be excited by the wealth of inspirational ideas and useful tips. Through usage of unusual resources and colour supplementary, in connection with the usage of water colours on different surfaces, emerge myriads of variations to increase the expressiveness of ones pictures. Additionally her step-by-step guides are very helpful.