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Basic Watercolour: How to Paint What You See
Charles Williams
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Description for Basic Watercolour: How to Paint What You See
Paperback. In this book a range of artists share their very diverse approaches to painting in watercolour, to give the reader an idea of how adaptable and enjoyable this medium really is. Num Pages: 208 pages, Over 200 original illustrations. BIC Classification: AFCC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 250 x 13. Weight in Grams: 662.
Watercolour has an anomalous position in the visual arts. Its association with Victorian lady-amateurs, the (incorrect) idea that it is a fugitive medium and will fade over time, as well as the contradictory ideas that it is very difficult to use and that it is a beginner's medium, mean that it has long been sidelined in favour of oil and acrylic paints. But 'Watercolour', a recent blockbuster show at the Tate Britain, and the contemporary interest in less conventional media point to a renewed interest in this underrated art-form. Watercolour painting does have particular difficulties - it is transparent and ... Read more
Watercolour has an anomalous position in the visual arts. Its association with Victorian lady-amateurs, the (incorrect) idea that it is a fugitive medium and will fade over time, as well as the contradictory ideas that it is very difficult to use and that it is a beginner's medium, mean that it has long been sidelined in favour of oil and acrylic paints. But 'Watercolour', a recent blockbuster show at the Tate Britain, and the contemporary interest in less conventional media point to a renewed interest in this underrated art-form. Watercolour painting does have particular difficulties - it is transparent and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Robert Hale
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719807411
SKU
V9780719807411
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About Charles Williams
After a long period living and working in that bustling artistic centre that is London's East End, Charles Williams is now living in a vast, crumbling mansion in an obscure town in Kent, painting and writing, and teaching at Canterbury Christ Church University. Williams' work has been shown in public and commercial galleries in the UK and abroad, and ... Read more
Reviews for Basic Watercolour: How to Paint What You See
With amusing anecdotes, Charles leads us through the basics of a difficult medium. Leisure Painter A charming, easy to follow and rather personal guide to painting what you see with this underrated medium. Artists & Illustrators