Watercolor Painting For Dummies by Colette Pitcher (PDF)

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Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself. This friendly, guide gives you hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow, step-by-step exercises to help you master the basics. Filled with full-color projects and sample paintings, it shows you how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. You’ll find out how to select the best tools, materials, and supplies, practice basic brush strokes, and use the three best common techniques: flat wash, graded wash, and rough texture. Discover how to:Select the right brushes, pigments, and paperMix colors and work with whiteCreate backgrounds and foregroundsTransfer your drawings to watercolorAvoid common watercolor mistakesExperiment with texture using salt, sponges, plastic wrap, and moreFind your way around the color wheelPractice the principles of designPlan compositions using thumbnailsWork with one-point, two-point, and three-point perspectivePaint fabrics, shiny surfaces, and organic texturesPaint landscapes, seascapes, animals and moreComplete with strategies for improving your painting immediately and marketing and selling your work, Watercolor Painting For Dummies, is the resource you need to make your creative dreams come true.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Filled with FULL COLOR, easy-to-complete projects and sample paintingsThe fun and easy way to create beautiful works of art with watercolorsWould you love to paint with watercolors? You can! This friendly guide gives you hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow exercises to help you master the basics. You’ll see how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. And you’ll paint a variety of subjects, from animals and still lifes to landscapes and seascapes!Select the right painting suppliesMix colors and work with whiteCreate backgrounds and foregroundsTransfer your drawings to watercolorAvoid common painting mistakes About the Author Colette Pitcher, an artist and educator, is a regular contributor to Paint Works magazine and a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society. Colette owns the Showcase Art Center in Greeley, Colorado.

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⭐If you are a beginner in Watercolor do yourself a favor and purchase this book first and read it completely. This book is full of information which some you can use with any media besides Watercolor. I have purchased many Watercolor books and even though they are great but they are not as complete as this one, some they tell you about how to do sky or mountains, trees seascape etc. but this one has it all in one book and even how to do animals, the only thing is missing how to do portrate of people. Even though it does not have large pretty pictures which some other books have, this one is full of techniques and advises and how to do them, and I shouldn’t forget lots of exercises to learn from. I highly recommend this book to any first time Watercolor beginner students. Long time ago I had purchase Drawing for Dummies and that book was also excellent, and after purchasing few Watercolor books and finding them not complete I decided to purchase Watercolor for Dummies remembering Drawing for Dummies, and I’m glad I did.

⭐I had been struggling to teach myself watercolor, and was making a mess! I paint in oils, but learning watercolor was another whole world, and I needed help. Then, I spied “Watercolor Painting for Dummies,” by Colette Pitcher. I had previously ordered other books, which were good, but oh, my, this book is OUTSTANDING!! Her tips cover all the problems one may have, and her demonstrations are wonderful! I am not only reading the book all the way through, I am studying it, page by page,underlining in red what I need to do, and underlining in blue what I should not do, and am learning so much. For instance, I didn’t understand the reality of “Bias” in paints, i.e., where some blues contain a bias of yellow, and some reds contain a bias of blue. I learned through this book that you don’t want to mix a blue paint with a bias of yellow, with a red paint that contains a bias of blue. Now I understand why I was getting dull, muddy colors! Her tip about having a wet sponge to dab your brush on, to get rid of excess water has saved not only my paintings, but many towels, also. The way I honestly view this book is like finding gold on my doorstep, because that’s what it has done to my understanding of the do’s and don’ts of watercolor! This book is just excellent not only for beginners, but for those well-seasoned in watercolor. As you can tell by my raves, I am wild about this book and cannot recommend it enough! Get it – you’ll love it! Julie

⭐I’ve read lots of watercolor paint books and this is one I thought worth buying! Even though it’s out of print, it’s worth getting used, so go forth! Lots of projects to try and interesting thoughtful suggestions.

⭐I have a degree in Art and have bought many books over the last 3 decades. This is a great book with many helpful tips and techniques. I always glean a few good things from every book and this one provides a few more. I highly recommend it for beginners and intermediates. It is never too late or too early to learn something new when it comes to Watercolor. It is a tough medium to master and any and all tips will help to achieve a level of success and motivation to help you master your own paintings.

⭐I love this book. It takes you by the hand and leads you through the art of watercolor painting. If you are looking for a new hobby and are curious if watercolor may be for you then check this out. It was not meant to be college level so is very low stress. You get information followed by a chance to practice a technique and play with your paints. It progresses at the speed you choose so if you really like making blooms or practicing washes then do it. I have had a lot of fun with this one and will not be selling it back.

⭐Watercolor Painting for Dummies is a great book for both beginners and artist who just need to brush (no pun intended) up on the fundamentals of w/c painting. If you’re looking for a book to give you all the information you need because you are just beginning, this is it. This book is chock full of everything you need to know and everything they teach in art class.Another good thing about this book is you don’t have to start from the first chapter and read from there (unless you are a beginner).And there are several projects you can paint “along” with.This is a good book to have and refer back to again and again.

⭐I think this book is a great tool for the beginner to intermediate painter. Its not a beginners book but it does offer valuable information that will help the beginner to understand the medium and help them to side step some bad habits that we all develop in the beginning. Later after they have become a bit more experienced they will have a new respect for it and will learn even more. I think it mostly is geared to the intermediate painter as a professional should know most of this material already. Its a great tool for those who wish to reach the next level but have no access to lessons.

⭐Bravo! Best guide to watercolor in decades! And unlike many other Dummies books, the author communicates terms, concepts, descriptions, examples, and steps in a way that is comprehensible to EVeryone, including novices, which is — being a Dummies book — is as it SHOULD be. As an artist, I have looked at many of these and not found them nearly as comprehensive and user friendly. They tend, at best, to be one or the other to some extent, but not both. Thank you Ms. Pitcher!

⭐I have painted in acrylic,oil and pastels, but have never bothered with watercolour, so decided that at age 73 I would “give it a go”, I went to evening classes and bought The Dummies “bible”, I have now recommended it to at least 20 people, and most have either bought it themselves or asked for it as a Xmas pressie ! If you want to learn to paint in this medium it is the ideal way, you get comprehensive advice in every chapter plus projects to do, teaching you how to mix colour something I went in dread of doing..silly woman, it is easy peasy with Dummies, also wet on wet, dry brush work and all the other methods. All explained in simple terms as Dummies always are. It is great value for money especially from Amazon ! So if you want to try to paint in watercolour, no matter if you are 5yrs or 85 yrs then go to it, but do get Dummies first it is worth every penny !Ros Moore

⭐Very American but it has lots of useful hints and is a ‘must have’ for any novice watercolour painter but also a handy reference for the more experienced, The book is in colour – an earlier version was in black and white???? Wot??? – subjects range from landscapes to animal portraits so there is something for every aspiring artist

⭐Got a copy from my library, but so impressed I bought one. Excellent reference to dip in and out of . Good advice which lets you make the decision. Does not dictate to you. Easy read, as usual with Dummies series. Would recommend to beginners or improvers.

⭐ideal book for beginners and for experienced painters too

⭐Excellent simple to understand. Very instructive

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