Basic People Painting: Techniques in Watercolor

by Rachel Rubin Wolf (Editor)

Learn, from 11 outstanding artists, how to take advantage of watercolor's special properties to create realistic paintings of men, women and children of all ages.
Assembled from some of the best teaching available, this book contains everything you need to get off to a smooth start - from basic information about materials, color and design to demonstrations that illustrate the figure-painting process from head to toe. You'll learn the techniques Barbara George Cain, Roberta Carter Clark, J. Everett Draper, Cathy Johnson, Carole Katchen, Jan Kunz, Tony van Hasselt, Bill Vrscak, Judi Wagner, Arne Westerman and Stephen Scott Young.

Genres: Art

127 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

Reviews

[loafingcactus · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is heavy on "show me" over "tell me" with the examples being from a variety of artists who did step by step explanations of paintings for the book.