This guide on watercolor painting offers advice on improving technique, composition, design, and perception

Painting Nature's Peaceful Places

Arts & Photography

REYNOLDS, ROBERT

Seslar, Patrick

Painting

North Light Books

Details ways to interpret photographs in order to paint watercolors with advice on taking suitable reference photographs, making tonal sketches, and composing watercolors

Painting From Photographs (Watercolor Basics)

No matter how little free time artists have available for painting, this book gives them the confidence and skill they need to make the most of every second. They'll learn a variety of timesaving techniques, including how to: 
* build an idea file, use reference photos, and play "what if?" to stimulate creative juices * turn rough ideas into great compositions quickly by using rapid sketching techniques, working from photographs and using their home computer * master essential painting techniques that will help them get the most out of every painting session * plan work in advance to make the most of their time 
Readers will soon be able to create simple finished paintings within sixty minutes and attack larger and more complex images by breaking them down into a series of "bite-sized" one-hour sessions. 
* 12 step-by-step demos make learning easy and fun * This unique concept hits directly on a consumer need for timesaving techniques * Contains clear, insightful instruction by a variety of North Light style artists

The One-Hour Watercolorist

Create paintings so vivid you can practically feel the thick fur of the timber wolf, sense the wing-beats of the red-tailed hawk, see the small-mouth bass prowl the rocky shallows.
Clear away the mystery of painting mammals, birds and fish with Patrick Seslar and thirteen other well-known wildlife artists. Follow them as they lead you in new approaches to learning about animals, their habitats and how to capture them in oils, watercolors, acrylics or pastels. Step-by-step demonstrations show you how to paint fur, feathers and scales, and how to capture characteristic gestures and poses.

Wildlife Painting Step By Step (Wildlife Painting Basics)

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Painting Nature's Peaceful Places

Painting From Photographs (Watercolor Basics)

The One-Hour Watercolorist

Wildlife Painting Step By Step (Wildlife Painting Basics)