Terry's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists

Overview

Only the best tips and tricks from a celebrated watercolor artist

Packed with tips for buying and using materials, mixing colors, creating texture, and correcting mistakes—as well as advice on painting skies, fields, trees, water, roofs, winter scenes, and much more—this generous collection demystifies the painting process, revealing its secrets and offering explanations on how to produce perfect pictures every time. With 140 tips ranging from defining techniques to selecting a subject, the methods here are quick and clever and allow enough flexibility for each artist to adapt the advice to their own style.

Reviews

"What you get here for less than a tenner is 140 tips covering everything from techniques such as mixing colour, washes and wet-in-wet to subjects like flowers, boats and skies." —artbookreview.net

"Each tip is clearly illustrated in simple easy-to-follow steps and using them will transform a dull painting into an eye-catching artwork." —jeanniezelos.com

"Beautifully illustrated." —Cake Craft & Decoration

"Search Press's Top Tips series provides concise information in a very functional pocket-sized spiral-bound format." —Leisure Painter

"Terry offers over 100 hints and tips for painting in acrylics in a handy little book that offers something for virtually everyone who loves the medium." —Artist

Author Biography

Terry Harrison is a painter and the author of Brush with Watercolour; Terry Harrison’s Sea & Sky in Watercolour; Terry Harrison's Watercolour Flowers; Terry Harrison's Watercolour Mountains, Valleys & Streams; and Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees.