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Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color PDF

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Copyright © 2011, 2014 by Felix Scheinberger and Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz 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. www.crownpublishing.com www.watsonguptill.com WATSONGUPTILL and the WG and Horse designs are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. Originally published in hardcover in Germany as Wasserfarbe für Gestalter by Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, in 2011. This translation arranged with Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz. Translation by Faith Ann Gibson. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scheinberger, Felix. [Wasserfarbe für Gestalter. English] Urban Watercolor sketching : a guide to drawing, painting, and storytelling in color / Felix Scheinberger. — First American Edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Watercolor painting—Technique. I. Title. ND2420.S32313 2014 751.42′2—dc23 2013019316 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7704-3521-9 eBook ISBN: 978-0-77043524-0 Design by Nicola Aehle, Felix Scheinberger, and Katy Brown v3.1 CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright INTRO Watercolors—In or Out? A Painting for the Emperor Gum Arabic: Where the Watercolors Grow Pigments: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Yellow and Orange: Of Camels and Crocuses Red and Purple: Of Bugs and Snails Blue: Of Lapis Lazuli, Indigo, and Woad Green: Of Plants and Poison Introducing Color to Sketches: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore FIRST ATTEMPTS Multiple Choice: To Design Is to Decide From Dusk till Dawn: Shadows and Light Black Is Back: Glazing with India Ink Layer for Layer: The Glaze Mixing Colors with Glazes Fish Soup: Practicing the Glaze The Wash: The Paint Does as It Pleases! On the Run: Graded Wash Techniques Once More, with Feeling!: Washes It’s a Give and Take: Applying and Removing Paint Wet-on-Wet Combining Techniques: A Little Bit of This and That EXCURSION IN COLOR THEORY Where Do Colors Come From?: The Simple Science Arranging Colors Opposites Attract: Color Contrasts From South Park to Stoplights: Types of Color True Color: The Effect of Light Every Color Tells a Story: Intensifying Your Sketches It’s All Relative: The Effects of Colors Color Harmonies: Simple and Complex Analogous, Monochromatic, and Complementary Harmonies Triadic and Tetradic Harmonies Cool-Cool and Warm-Warm Harmonies Collecting Colors Designing Color Harmonies: Working with Color Code Strips Getting Out of Your Color Comfort Zone The Blue Ridge Mountains: Color and Perspective YOUR OWN STYLE Less Is More Me, Myself, and I: Finding Your Own Style Style and Creativity Throwing Down: Loosening Up Your Painting Seek Not and You Shall Find: Imagination vs. Internet Make It Matter Priorities BASICS / TOOLS Paintboxes Watercolor Pencils Buying Paints Mixing Paints Impossible Hues: Bright Colors Pimping Watercolors: Making Colors Pop Liquid Watercolors: Bright Now, Pale Later Into the Wild: Brushes Even More Brushes Paper The Permanent Wave: Stretching Paper The Contents of My Bag OUT & ABOUT Bad Weather: Painting Outdoors The Other Viewpoint: Changing Perspective Painting Water Air, Fog, Smoke Smog and Atmosphere What Is Beauty Anyway? TIPS & TRICKS Composition and Design Smudges and Spots Painting What’s Not There: Negative Space White: A Special Case Studies, Sketches, and Drafts Undo Merging Colors: Working from One Color Working with Colored Paper Special Effects Lettering and Writing Layouts, Scribbles, and Storyboards Watercolor Illustrations How Much Is Your Picture Worth? Everything Ends: When Is a Picture Finished? About the Author Index

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