Watercolour Tips & Tricks by Szabo, Zoltan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Contents Introduction My Favorite Tools 1 Qualities of Transparent Watercolor Pigments

Transparent Colors Opaque Colors Reflective Colors Sedimentary Colors Staining Colors Nonstaining Colors Dominance Staining Dominance Palettes

2 The Rules of Reflection

Characteristics of Waves Ten easy-to-use rules that will help you paint reflections accurately, including reflection angles, color, value and perspective

3 Composition and Design

The Illusion of Space Graphic Symbols Path of Vision Planes

4 Basic Techniques at a Glance

Wet-and-Blot Lifting Lost and Found Edges Back Runs Charging a Wash Brush Handle Scraping Using a Palette Knife Lifting Out Color Luminous Opaque Colors

5 Watercolor Techniques for Painting

Wispy Clouds Cumulus Clouds Stratus Clouds Dramatic Clouds Birch Trees Pine Branches Lifted White Trees Weeds Flowering Trees Jagged Granite Rocks Rounded Glacial Rocks Rolling Surf Puddle Reflections Shadows on Snow Sunlight on Snow Warmly Lit Snow Falling Snow Trees in Heavy Snow Young Spruce in Snow Heavy Fog Mist Sunlight on Wood Cobweb Simplified Planes Background Forest Winter Island Rolling Snowbanks Ice on Trees Frost on Trees Setting Sun Negative Shapes Charged Washes Colorful Darks Smooth Tree Bark Rough Tree Bark Glazed Tree Bark Tree Impressions Rock Setting Palette Knife Trees Brush Handle Trees Soft Lifted Trees Wet-into-Wet Evergreens Sunlit Mountain Tops

6 Painting Demonstrations: A Step-by-Step Gallery

Flowers: Glazing with Staining Colors Icy Creek: Glazing and Lifting Shadows on Wood: Staining Texture and Lifted Sunlight Autumn Colors: Controlling Edges Misty Day: Wet-into-Wet Reflections Fallen Timber: Emphasizing Texture Fishermen’s Shacks: Negative Shapes as Focal Point Sand Dunes: Granulating Washes Forest Rapids: Wet-into-Wet Technique Mountain Meadows: Palette Knife Technique Trees: Idealized Design Quiet Harbor: Contrast & Reflections Daffodils: Backlighting

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