How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques for Achieving Realistic Effects

Name: How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques for Achieving Realistic Effects
ISBN: 9780823099771

by Nita Engle · 1999

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Nita Engle presents a method for working in watercolor that blends loose experimentation with deliberate planning. The early chapters are built around playful exercises meant to loosen the hand and encourage painters to work without rigid rules. Later chapters move into step-by-step projects that show how to shape those free washes into luminous, carefully structured pictures. Texture is a major focus, with techniques for applying paint by spraying, sprinkling, dribbling and stamping it onto the surface. Written for artists who want more energy and control in their work, the book aims to help readers make vivid, original paintings by mixing spontaneity with planning.

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