This
is the third entry in Search Press’ innovative series
for novice watercolor painters. The large format (A3) book
contains five sheets of watercolor paper with outlines printed
on them, plus fully illustrated tutorials and a brief overview.
When you have finished you will have learned a lot about working
in your chosen medium plus a set of five elegant cityscapes
to hang on your walls.
This
is a great idea for anybody who is keen to make a start with
watercolor painting but is not sure where to begin. It also
eliminates the need for buying a pad of suitable paper and
an instruction book; just purchase paints and brushes. There
is a handy page which shows you a shopping list of everything
you will need for each painting, plus a section at the beginning
which tells you a bit about each item. Discover how to use
masking fluid, what forms the paint comes in and the basic
types of brushes as well as how to prepare your paper and
what size frames to buy. To show you what your picture will
look like there are exact size pictures of all five paintings
which is helpful. Each project is built up in four stages,
and for each stage an A5 sized image has arrows leading to
captions describing what has been done, plus smaller pictures
show details in close-up. This eliminates having to read a
lot of text and there is nothing quite as good as an image
to show rather than tell. If you don’t want to use watercolors
these pictures can also be completed using pastels, colored
pencils or acrylics. Thus, the book is also ideal for somebody
who wants to try a new medium or who can already paint but
wants to try a new subject. The pictures show the Arc de Triomphe,
Tower Bridge, a London skyline, Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn
Bridge. I hope that soon there will be more additions to this
excellent series.
Also in this series:
Landscape
Scenes [amazon]
Flowers [amazon]
Country Scenes [review]
If you cannot find a good range of painting materials locally
try www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers.
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