Watermedia Painting with Stephen Quiller: The Complete Guide to Working in Watercolor, Acrylics, Gouache, and Casein

by Stephen Quiller

Inspiring ideas from one of the world’s great art teachers



• Top author—more than 100,000 books sold worldwide


• Solid instruction from a watermedia expert


• Tips and techniques for developing a personal style and vision



Join renowned artist Stephen Quiller, the creator of the famous Quiller Wheel, the Quiller Palette, and the Quiller lines of paints, on a journey of art discovery and exploration. Watermedia Painting with Stephen Quiller is an in-depth look at all the watermedia paints available to today’s artists. Part One looks at watercolors, with illustrations of the visual characteristics of the mineral (sedimentary) and transparent (staining) and their effects with different paper surfaces. Part Two focuses on acrylics, gouache, and casein. In Part Three, Quiller shares his secrets for the most difficult aspect of painting—developing a personal style and vision. Packed with Quiller’s thoughts and ideas on painting philosophy, the meditative and spiritual aspects of art, photographing art, travel, and building a studio, this is an inspiring guide to living a creative life and creating art.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Reference

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2008

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quiller is an excellent painter and knows plenty about painting and teaching painting. Also he has extensive knowledge of art materials since he's sold them for a long time.
My only quibble about this book is that it's dated for 2022. There are new materials used in watercolor and gouache and acrylics (I know nothing about casein.) as well as new ways of working with more modern materials. I consider watercolor/gouache/acrylic painting books with publication dates before 2010-2012 dated. I wish public libraries would weed older books like these.

[Terrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I'm not interested in working in gouache or casein, I enjoyed the parts about acrylic and watercolor. He only shared a little bit about his techniques and only some tiny exercises (would have liked more how-to) but I did appreciate the information about color. His paintings are inspirational and I really like his use of luminous color.

[Tara · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this is a good overview of techniques, it just doesn't have the same inspirational edge as "Color Choices." I suspect the library copy would be good enough.

[Carolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy Quiller's voice. It is like an evening before a fire with a brandy.