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    Painting beautiful watercolor landscapes : transform ordinary places into extraordinary scenes / Joyce Hicks.
    by Hicks, Joyce, author.
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    Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, c2014.
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  • Landscape painting -- Technique.
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  • Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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    9781440329579
    1440329575
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    127 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
    Contents: 
    Getting started. Discover and record what inspires you ; Maintain an artist's library ; Choosing equipment and supplies ; Choosing brushes and a palette knife ; Choosing transparent color ; Demonstration : how to use your brushes and a palette knife ; Demonstration : putting it all together -- Finding inspiration. Where can you find inspiration? ; What is your visual response to the subject? ; How can you communicate your response to the viewer? ; How to transform your idea with imagination ; Four ways to transform a scene ; Demonstration : painting your inspiration -- Saying it with color. How color evolves ; Luminous darks ; How to mix natural, organic greens ; Greens in the landscape ; Grays that rest the eye ; Warm and cool grays ; How to glaze for impact ; Demonstration : be expressive with color! -- Rediscovering your idea. Define and paint what you love ; Develop a good composition and value study ; Draw and paint shapes, not things ; Define your focal point ; Perspective in the landscape ; Paint small to accelerate artistic growth ; Demonstration : putting artistic concepts into practice -- Using the elements and principles of design. Design elements ; Design principles ; Demonstration : elements and principles of design in action -- Step-by-step demonstrations. Simplify scenes to uncover beauty ; Turn a gray day into a sunny one ; Use a focal point to welcome viewers into your painting ; Create the illusion of depth ; Rearrange shapes for a better composition ; Keep brushstrokes loose.
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    The author shows you how to train yourself to see a scene differently and create a workable simplified composition; how to practice techniques like glazing, color mixing, developing an inviting composition and more; and provides 12 step-by-step projects to create your signature watercolor style.
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