Watercolour Textures

Collins Artist's Studio, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. 9.13"x10.25" 128 indexed pgs. 2nd printing w/number line. Red cloth boards w/silver letters to spine. Bright gold paste down. Frontispiece: Poppies. Editor Diana Vowles. Designer Kathryn Gammon. Front Jacket: Dandelion Clocks Back Jacket: Sheep in the Dales. Author photo: Howard Gimber. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean (few small specs of soil inside front an back boards)and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. Ann Blockley is a very successful artist, known for the innovative way in which she uses texture as a key element in her work. This book, in Collins Artist's Studio series, looks at how she achieves her stunning effects and provides essential guidelines for the intermediate painter wishing to develop this aspect of their own painting.
Creating texture in watercolour can be quite a challenge but this book provides a fresh approach to the subject. It focuses on a wide range of unusual techniques, some of which depart from the more conventional methods, revealing how to portray texture by a variety of means. Ann explains how to manipulate the paint by lifting out colour, scraping and scratching the paint, and by using additional materials such as wax, clingfilm, salt and metalli...Source: Publisher.