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Books in the popular Beginner Art Guides series instruct in the fundamentals of drawing and painting, focusing on projects especially designed for beginning students to master. Projects are present
Mastery of light and shade - rendered with accuracy and expressive power - is the key to three-dimensional form in drawing and painting. Here is the first book on this essential subject, the product o
All painters want to know how to portray light successfully in order to create atmospheric and dramatic effects. Using techniques and tricks specific to watercolors, this innovative resource demonstra
Bestselling artist and author explains how to use light and shade in watercolour painting to add lifelike detail and create engaging artworks. Mastering light and shadow is the key to successful watercolour paintings and in this book you can learn how to paint like an expert. The book is packed with Hazel Soan's colourful and varied paintings, as well as step-by-step exercises and handy hints.Beginning with how to see the values of light and shade through the eyes of an artist, the book then shows how watercolour is the perfect medium to represent light and shade. Learn how to balance light and shade through compositional design and how to establish the shadow of individual components within the composition. Hazel demonstrates clever techniques such as conserving white paper to show highlights, how to mix the right tonal values and how to balance detail in your painting.Finally, the book looks at using light and shade to create atmospheric effects, tonal patterns to look out for and ho
Among the first art instruction books to provide students with lessons and instructions on how to draw perspective outlines, this classic reference clearly demonstrates the principles of light and sha