Transparent watercolor : painting methods and materials /

Derkatsch, Inessa I.

Transparent watercolor : painting methods and materials / Inessa Derkatsch - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1980 - xvii, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Watercolor: the medium -- 2. Artistic tools and materials -- 3. Color -- 4. Watercolor technique and exercises -- 5. Drawing -- 6. Still-lifes -- 7. Landscapes -- 8. Portraits -- 9. Framing watercolors -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book focuses on what is unique about watercolor and what distinguishes it from other water-based media. It capitalizes on atercolor's transparency and shows in a step-by-step manner how to achieve it. Most beginners like to test their technical competency of the watercolor medium by painting realistically at first.

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TRANSPARENT WATECOLOR PAINTING -- TECHNIQUE

ND 2430 .D47 1980