Overview
Watercolor can yield brilliant, gem-like colors--or it can make mud. The difference is in knowing how color works and how different pigments behave. In this book, beginners will find the keys to great color--from the importance of hue, value and intensity to how to capture the illusion of sunlight and luminous darks. Eight step-by-step projects show how to fill paintings with beautiful color.
About the Watercolor Basics series:
Designed to give a strong, working foundation to new painters, the books in the Watercolor Basics series delve deeper into important ideas that other books gloss over in a few pages. Everything is explained with simple language and easy-to-follow demonstrations. Exercises and projects help beginners get straight to the fun part--painting.
About the Author:
As a regular workshop instructor, Jan Kunz has a special sensitivity to the needs of beginners. An accomplished artist and one of North Light's best-selling authors, her other books include Painting Beautiful Watercolors from Photographs and Painting Watercolor Florals that Glow. Kunz lives in Newport, Oregon.