Just add Watercolor

249 Pages·2015·70.74 MB·English

by  Helen Birch

Just add
WATERCOLOR
INSPIRATION & PAINTING TECHNIQUES FROM
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
HELEN BIRCH
Copyright © 2015 by RotoVision SA
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by WatsonGuptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown
Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company,
New York.
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WATSONGUPTILL and the WG and Horse designs are registered trademarks of Random
House LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the publisher.
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-6077-4757-4
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60774758-1
Cover design by Michelle Rowlandson
Interior layout by Michelle Rowlandson and Richard Peters
Design concept by Lucy Smith
Front cover images: Luka Va, David Hornung, Peggy Wolf, Becca Stadtlander, Kotryna
Zukauskaite, Vikki Chu, Simona Dimitri, Natasha Newton
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Acknowledgments
I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has allowed me to use their work
in this book.
—To the many anonymous online artists and curators for sharing their art blogs so
full of visual delight and invaluable information.
—To all of the publishing folk for helping turn virtual into actual.
—To my mother Joyce (Cooper) Birch, who drew and painted so beautifully; thank
you for everything, including my first watercolor paints.
This book is dedicated to my father (Philip) John Birch—because he painted a
lime green house, and liked his mustard yellow tie.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments

Flipping through this book
Visual index
What is watercolor?
The paintings
Traditional watercolor
Gouache
Digital
Mixed media
Other water-based media
Non-paper media
Watercolor fundamentals
Materials
Equipment
What next?

Contributors
Index
Flipping through this book
Starting on this page, you’ll find a visual index that will help you dip in and out of
this book. Use it to find specific watercolor paintings quickly and easily. If you’re
trying to find an image you’ve already seen in the book, or are looking for a specific
style, color, or background, use this index to take you straight to the right page. Page
numbers appear on the thumbnail for each painting. Please note, however: where
there is more than one painting included in an entry, only one will feature in the
visual index.
Each artist is credited alongside their work and the name of the painting appears in
the accompanying text. At the back of the book you will also find an alphabetical list
of all the artists and, where relevant, a link to their blog or website so you can look
up more of their work.
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