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Book details
  • Genre:ART
  • SubGenre:Techniques / Watercolor Painting
  • Language:English
  • Pages:30
  • eBook ISBN:9780987114150

Watercolor

The Can Do Approach

by Ev Hales

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Overview

Watercolor can be the most exciting or the most frustrating painting medium to work with. This ebook identifies the key facets that control the how the medium works and clearly explains how to use this knowledge. The colors you chose dictate how you work with the medium. Paper selection enables versatility of style and then the water element – this aspect introduces the excitement. Understanding these issues puts you in control of the medium and at the same time it encourages you to explore the versatility that it offers. Discover the keys that will unlock the watercolor process.

Description

Painting with the watercolor medium is a partnership. You bring to the process your ideas and images and the medium takes them to another place all together. You can fight the medium and try to contain it within set boundaries or you can work with it and find unexplored territory when it shows you other ways of making color sing on the paper. Being able to set the medium free is all about understanding what will and what will not hurt you. This small ebook is big on helpful, empowering advice that will put you firmly in the driver's seat - seat belt fastened - for the ride of your life. Do yourself a favor and read it before you start to paint with this medium that is literally alive at your finger tips.

About the author

Ev Hales trained as a secondary art teacher and still holds teaching as an important aspect of her life as an artist. Keenly sought as a tutor/mentor Ev Hales has been an important part of hundreds of artist’s lives as they developed their artistic voice. She teaches painting on location and holds workshops all over the world. A multi award winning artist with a consistent exhibiting record that spans more than twenty five years. She is also an author and is currently collating her painting teaching experience into a series of instructional ebooks. A visit to her website www.evhales shows the breadth of her vision and her passion for interpreting her daily life.