All about Techniques in Watercolor

by José María Parramón

Book Overview

Ambitious art students, teachers, and hobbyists seeking more comprehensive instruction manuals than "Barron's Art Guides", will find what they're looking for in this substantial book. After covering... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764150464
• ISBN13: 9780764150463
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

A student's reference for creating the appearance of . . .

I'd recommend this book for anyone with beginning through intermediate watercolor skills. It is especially useful for learning how to create special textures and surfaces such as skin, trees, fish, feathers, et cetera. As the name suggests, it covers technique rather than design, layout, color harmony, and the like. Its focus is on how to create the appearance of various surfaces used in nearly every painting. I think of it as a must have on every student's reference shelf.

Best teacher I have found

Not only are the most basic & most complex techniques explained, the step by step instructions on re-creating their sample paintings are the best. If you do every exercise in the book, you will have all the techniques. Then all you have to do is practice, practice, practice....

"All about Techniques" is an artist's essential

I have been looking for an in-depth watercolor reference book for some time and I was not satisfied until I received this book. It is so complete, so perfect, that you'll feel as if you never need another book to draw from. In clear, practical language, combined with vivid illustrations, the book covers all about materials and tools. Then it goes on to cover just about every possible technique and seven basic watercolor subjects. What makes this book so wonderful to me is that it builds its information from beginners level to advanced and it does that so clearly that you have no problem following it or recreating the samples yourself. So apart from being an invaluable reference book, it is also a great confidence builder. Yes, you can paint.