70 Beautiful Watercolor Techniques by Zoltan Szabo
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Description
Book Introduction
Learn directly from the great watercolor painter
The watercolor painting class of a lifetime
“Having taught watercolor workshops for 30 years, I have learned what students struggle with, and I have written this book focusing on the techniques needed to overcome those difficulties.” -ZS
Zoltan Szabo was one of the pioneers of watercolor painting, and many students today are learning the techniques he left behind.
Zoltan has written this book in a very entertaining and accessible way.
I consistently practice the parts of the artist's work that I like - overpainting, wiping, using a knife and backrun, etc.
Learn how each watercolor paint reacts with paper and how to choose the right one for the situation.
Learn how to express various textures and moods by following the step-by-step explanations of each technique.
Based on this, you will learn how to express clouds, sharp rocks, waves, and snowy scenes in landscape paintings.
Create well-composed pieces by adding fun and creativity to your designs using a variety of simple techniques.
This book will help you solve many problems, so you will be able to draw better pictures as you progress.
The book is organized to help you complete watercolors simply and easily, focusing on techniques that were popular in workshops, and to help you enjoy the process of painting itself.
This technique was perfected by Zoltan Szabo after 65 years of experimentation and research, but you can apply it to your work right now.
The watercolor painting class of a lifetime
“Having taught watercolor workshops for 30 years, I have learned what students struggle with, and I have written this book focusing on the techniques needed to overcome those difficulties.” -ZS
Zoltan Szabo was one of the pioneers of watercolor painting, and many students today are learning the techniques he left behind.
Zoltan has written this book in a very entertaining and accessible way.
I consistently practice the parts of the artist's work that I like - overpainting, wiping, using a knife and backrun, etc.
Learn how each watercolor paint reacts with paper and how to choose the right one for the situation.
Learn how to express various textures and moods by following the step-by-step explanations of each technique.
Based on this, you will learn how to express clouds, sharp rocks, waves, and snowy scenes in landscape paintings.
Create well-composed pieces by adding fun and creativity to your designs using a variety of simple techniques.
This book will help you solve many problems, so you will be able to draw better pictures as you progress.
The book is organized to help you complete watercolors simply and easily, focusing on techniques that were popular in workshops, and to help you enjoy the process of painting itself.
This technique was perfected by Zoltan Szabo after 65 years of experimentation and research, but you can apply it to your work right now.
- You can preview some of the book's contents.
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index
introduction
Recommended Tools
1. Characteristics of transparent watercolor pigments
Transparent paint, opaque paint, reflective paint, sediment paint, staining paint, non-staining paint, dominance, staining dominance, palette composition
2 Law of Reflection
10 rules for accurately expressing reflections, including the characteristics of waves, angle of reflection, color, brightness, and perspective.
3 Composition and Design
spatial illusion, graphic symbols, gaze shift, plane
4 Basic Watercolor Techniques
Wiping, lost and found technique, backrun, overpainting, scraping with a brush, using a knife, wiping paint, reflective opaque paint
5 Watercolor techniques used in the work
Cirrostratus clouds, cumulus clouds, foggy clouds, dynamic clouds, birch trees, pine branches, white trees, weeds, flowering trees, sharp granite rocks, round rocks, waves crashing, reflections in puddles, shadows on snow, sunlight on snow, warm sunlight shining on snow, snowy landscape, trees covered in heavy snow, young fir trees buried in snow, thick fog, light fog, sunlight on wood, spider webs, simplifying the surface, forest in the background, winter island, rolling snowdrifts, rime, frosted trees, sunset, negative form, overpainting, color in dark areas, smooth bark, rough bark, expressing bark with glazing, expressing trees as felt, rocks, drawing trees with a knife, drawing trees with a brush, expressing trees with wiping, drawing evergreens with wet-in-wet, sunlit mountaintops
6 Demonstration: Gallery with easy step-by-step explanations of the work
Flowers: glazing with staining paints, frozen stream: glazing and wiping, shadows on wooden surfaces: textured coloring and expressing sunlight, autumn colors: expressing edges, foggy day: expressing reflections with wet-in-wet technique, fallen logs: emphasizing texture, fisherman's shack: negative forms that focus the eye, sandbanks: granulating wash for texture, rapids in the forest: wet-in-wet technique, mountain meadows: using a knife, trees: sensuous design, calm harbor: contrast and reflection, daffodils: backlighting
Recommended Tools
1. Characteristics of transparent watercolor pigments
Transparent paint, opaque paint, reflective paint, sediment paint, staining paint, non-staining paint, dominance, staining dominance, palette composition
2 Law of Reflection
10 rules for accurately expressing reflections, including the characteristics of waves, angle of reflection, color, brightness, and perspective.
3 Composition and Design
spatial illusion, graphic symbols, gaze shift, plane
4 Basic Watercolor Techniques
Wiping, lost and found technique, backrun, overpainting, scraping with a brush, using a knife, wiping paint, reflective opaque paint
5 Watercolor techniques used in the work
Cirrostratus clouds, cumulus clouds, foggy clouds, dynamic clouds, birch trees, pine branches, white trees, weeds, flowering trees, sharp granite rocks, round rocks, waves crashing, reflections in puddles, shadows on snow, sunlight on snow, warm sunlight shining on snow, snowy landscape, trees covered in heavy snow, young fir trees buried in snow, thick fog, light fog, sunlight on wood, spider webs, simplifying the surface, forest in the background, winter island, rolling snowdrifts, rime, frosted trees, sunset, negative form, overpainting, color in dark areas, smooth bark, rough bark, expressing bark with glazing, expressing trees as felt, rocks, drawing trees with a knife, drawing trees with a brush, expressing trees with wiping, drawing evergreens with wet-in-wet, sunlit mountaintops
6 Demonstration: Gallery with easy step-by-step explanations of the work
Flowers: glazing with staining paints, frozen stream: glazing and wiping, shadows on wooden surfaces: textured coloring and expressing sunlight, autumn colors: expressing edges, foggy day: expressing reflections with wet-in-wet technique, fallen logs: emphasizing texture, fisherman's shack: negative forms that focus the eye, sandbanks: granulating wash for texture, rapids in the forest: wet-in-wet technique, mountain meadows: using a knife, trees: sensuous design, calm harbor: contrast and reflection, daffodils: backlighting
Publisher's Review
Zoltan believed it was important to help people learn watercolor in a short period of time and also enjoy the process of painting itself.
Each technique is presented as a simple visual lesson, making it an easy-to-use learning tool and a guide you can quickly access.
This book is structured as follows:
· Explains various watercolor techniques through demonstrations of 43 small works.
· Explains the drawing steps through 13 complete works, and through them, explains techniques for expressing various subjects such as mountains, ports, forests, and flowers.
· Explains how to draw a foreground with water using 10 rules for expressing reflected images.
· Learn how to draw clouds, trees, rocks, bushes, snow, and more using proven techniques.
Whether you read this book from beginning to end or just skim through the parts you need, it opens up a lot of possibilities for your work.
You'll quickly become a fan of the techniques described in this book.
Each technique is presented as a simple visual lesson, making it an easy-to-use learning tool and a guide you can quickly access.
This book is structured as follows:
· Explains various watercolor techniques through demonstrations of 43 small works.
· Explains the drawing steps through 13 complete works, and through them, explains techniques for expressing various subjects such as mountains, ports, forests, and flowers.
· Explains how to draw a foreground with water using 10 rules for expressing reflected images.
· Learn how to draw clouds, trees, rocks, bushes, snow, and more using proven techniques.
Whether you read this book from beginning to end or just skim through the parts you need, it opens up a lot of possibilities for your work.
You'll quickly become a fan of the techniques described in this book.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: February 13, 2020
- Page count, weight, size: 148 pages | 492g | 210*276*8mm
- ISBN13: 9791156108009
- ISBN10: 1156108004
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