Easy Watercolor: Learn to Express Yourself

by Marcia Moses

Book Overview

"Beginners eager to try their hand should take Moses as their tutor. She sensitively guides readers through a complete starter course...discusses color and various time-honored techniques. Readers are then directed step-by-step through a series of projects of increasing difficulty...for inspiration and sheer enjoyment, she provides...a galleryof her own paintings....beautifully designed....An excellent place to start."- Booklist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806995424
• ISBN13: 9780806995427
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.7" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

East Watercolor

At no time in my life did I ever have the desire, let alone the ability to paint a picture, except possibly a house. For whatever reason, I have the book and find myself addicted to following the easy steps the author has compiled. Once I had started reading chapter one, I found myself working to the end of the book in one sitting, which gave me the confidence that I certainly needed to get started with the paint. After several mishaps, I moved through the book while painting and I gained even more confidence. Although I am just a beginner in the art world, I find this book easy to lean on so to speak in moving from one area of the painting to the other. I consider it a must for anyone wanting to get started in the watercolor field of art. If it helped me, it certainly can help anyone, even those of us who have trouble drawing a straight line.

Easy Watercolor REALLY IS Easy

This book offers a refreshing look at watercolor painting regardless of the reader's skill level. Detailed instructions are written and illustrated in a most comprehensible manner. The illustrations are step-by-step providing the artist with the insight of the author's years' in watercolor! It is the most all-inclusive, easy to follow art instruction book that I have ever encountered. I recommend it for beginners, intermediate and advanced watercolor artists. IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO EMBRACE WATERCOLOR PAINTING, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.

Inspiring

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not only does it inspire, but it excites the reader in an easy to understand format.I studied art on the university level and truly learned more from Marcia Moses than I did in two years of art instruction. She establishes a rapport with the reader, which makes them feel like even as a beginner that they too can create, paint like a professional. Her explanations of technique and theory, make it easy to comprehend and entices the reader to "go get started". It not only is comprehensive, but invites the reader to explore their creativity on every level. I highly recommend this book to existing and future artists as well. A definite must have for your collection! It was a pleasure to experience!

Breathtaking

This is truly a beautifully written and illustrated bookon watercolor. After reading it, you will want to rush outand buy brushes, paints, etc., if you already don't have them. Marcia explains the art so it is easy to understand.The title is truly fitting. I highly recommend this book.Her displayed artwork is truly a delight.

Designing a painting, and a painter

Easy Watercolor, by Marcia Moses, is designed to provide a beginner with all the necessary information and techniques to achieve a high level of skill in watercolor painting. The training process is systematic and precisely detailed. It begins with the selection of tools and materials. It shows how they are used. It demonstrates the principles of design, composition and color. It illustrates and discusses these principles in reproductions of works of 10 other artists, in addition to her own. She teaches her students the skills to produce paintings which can stir a coherent response in the viewer. The response is to the totality of the painting, not just to the sum of its parts. In short, it is an aesthetic response. The author's tone of instruction is personal, almost in the style of speech, doubtless a result of her years of teaching. It is technical and precise where appropriate, but also guiding, encouraging, and occasionally humorous. The effect goes beyond teaching an aesthetic perception and technique. It shapes an aesthetic way of thinking in the increasingly engaged student. Easy Watercolor is also a beautiful book in its own right.