MacKenzie G. The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook (A treasury of watercolor tricks and techniques discovered through years of painting and experimentation)

North Light Books, 2000. — 218 p. — ISBN: 978-0-89134-946-4.Незаменимая записная книжка мастера акварели (Сокровищница акварельных тонкостей и техник, открытых за годы рисования и экспериментов).This attractive, inspirational guide is full of sound techniques, advice and hands-on instruction for anyone looking to explore the magic of watercolor. Painting with watercolors gives you endless opportunities to create the world you want. You choose whether to let the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling golds and reds. It's not only a matter of what to paint, but how to go about painting it. This book examines, one at a time, the three major elements of landscape painting: water, sky and land. You will be encouraged to try numerous ways of painting each one. Then you can choose the methods that best express how the outdoors speaks to you. Let this reliable collection of tips, techniques, ideas and lessons be your companion on a sure path to creative fulfillment and better watercolor landscapes.Этот привлекательный, вдохновляющий гид наполнен техниками, советами и подробными инструкциями для всех, кто хочет познать магию акварели. Работа с акварелью дает вам бесконечные возможности для создания мира, который вы хотите видеть. Вы выбираете, позволить ли ярко сверкать солнцу или литься дождю, поставить ли здесь кленовое дерево, заставить ли там дуть ветер, покрыть ли склон холма травой или дать лесу сиять мерцающим золотым и красным.
Эта книга исследует по очереди три основных элемента ландшафтной живописи: воду, небо и землю. Она побудит вас попробовать многочисленные способы их изображения. Затем вы можете выбрать метод, который лучше всего выражает ваше восприятие окружающего.
Позвольте этой надежной коллекции приемов, техник, идей и уроков стать вашим компаньоном на пути осуществления творческих замыслов и создания лучших пейзажей в акварели.Tools of the Trade
Watercolors
Transparent, Semitransparent or Opaque
Staining, Low-Staining, or Nonstaining
Saturated or Unsaturated
Permanent or Fugitive
Flow
Paint Characteristic Groups
Differences Between Paints
Check the Label
Pigments by the Numbers
Colors to Watch Out For
Brushes
Recommended Brush Types and Sizes
Natural Bristle or Hair Brushes
Kolinsky Red Sable
Red and Pure Sable
Hog or Boar Bristle
Ox Hair
Sabeline
Camel Hair
Badger
Goat Hair
Synthetic Bristles
PAPER
The Best paper
Handmade Paper
Mouldmade Paper
Machine-Made Paper
Paper Texture
Paper Weight
Common Paper Weights
Step by Step: Stretching Paper
Palettes
Arranging Your colors
Your Palette's Physical Characteristics
Step by Step: Do-it-Yourself Palette
Palette knives
Step by Step: Cleaning Your Palette Knife
Painting sponges
Step by Step: Making Painting Sponges
Masking materials
Liquid Latex
Some Dos and Don'ts When Using Masking Fluid
Masking With Tapes
2 Painting Techniques
Painting with brushes
Round Brush Techniques
Flat Brush Techniques
Painting With A Palette Knife
Painting With Sticks
Painting With A Sponge
Getting Paint on the Sponge
Building Shapes With a Sponge
The Big Payoff
Examples of Sponge Painting
How paints interact with water
The Law You Cannot Ignore
Mastering washes and glazes
Laying on a Graded Wash
Glazing
Fading out a color
Brushes for Fading out
An Alternative Method of Fading Out Color
Working wet-in-wet
Options for Wetting the Paper
Options for Adding Paint
Sustaining the Wet-in-wet Process
MASKING
Using Liquid Latex
Step by Step: Multiple Masking
Masking Tape
Packing Tape
Step by Step: Masking With Tape
A mix of techniques
3 Putting Together Your Composition
Factors to consider
Subject
Center of Interest
Picture Format
Closure
Shapes
Negative Painting
Step by Step: Flowers With Negative Painting
Step by Step: Rocks With Negative Painting
Step by Step: Hills With Negative Painting
Lines and Edges of Shapes
Classifying Shapes
Shapes Often Suggest a Direction
Repetition, Pattern and Rhythm of Shapes
Leading the Eye With Shapes and Edges
Movement
Values
Step by Step: Seeing and Recording Values
Step by Step: Painting Light and Shadow on Foliage
Color and the Color Wheel
Setting Up Your Palette
Color Harmony and Contrast
Color Schemes
Triads
A Simple Principle for Clean, Brilliant Results
Gradation
Ways to approach composition
Approach One: Working From Real to “Abstract”
Keep Options Open When Using References
What Grabs Your Attention?
How Are Visual Elements Arranged?
Sketch Various Ideas for Compositions
Hold Your Horses
Approach Two: Working From “Abstract” to Real
Develop Arrangements in Thumbnail Sketches
What Could it Be?
Experiment With Re-Drawing Your Sketches
Work Sketches Into Real Subjects
Research for Detail and Accuracy
Approach Three: Working From Memory and Imagination
Quickly Make a Thumbnail Sketch
Sketch Compositional Variations and Details
Developing a series of Paintings
Intuition vs. Planning
Intuition
Pursuing the Voice From Within
Physical and Mental Blocks to Spontaneity
The Smell of Fear
Where Are You Going?
Planning Keeps You in Control
Stay Open to Possibilities
Realism
Developing a Style
To save or not to save.
Analyzing the Problem
Making Changes-First, the Bad News
…Now the Good News
Problem: Run Backs and Hard Edges
Problem: Incorrect or Ineffective Values
Problem: No Particular Mood is Evident
Problem: Focal Point Hard to Find
Problem: Highlight or Dark Detailing Missing Problem: Misplaced Looseness
Problem: Paint Splatters
Problem: Small Paint Dots
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