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This title features mixing paint – brush strokes – gouache – masking out – glazing – wet into wet – drybrush painting – washes – using resists – sponging – light to dark – sgraffito. It is a complete teaching course of watercolour painting techniques, for beginners to intermediates. Each of the 25 projects is demonstrated step-by-step, with clear instructions for every part of the sequence. The projects range in complexity and are based on classic watercolour subjects such as skies, water, trees, flowers, buildings and people. Essential techniques are taught, including washes, masks, resists, spattering, sponging and sgraffito. Master all the aspects of watercolour painting with this comprehensive practical manual. An introduction details all the equipment you will need and lays out the basic techniques, including the different strokes required, and how to mix the paints to create the right palette. This instructive painting course then has over 20 step-by-step projects to help you to put the basics into practice. There are projects to challenge beginners, and others for intermediate painters, grouped by subject, including landscapes, still-life and portraits. This accessible book has something for water-colourists of all abilities to learn from and help achieve their potential.

Review: This could be an asset for any learner or artists… who loves drawing and paintings….. So many water color techniques and effects are discussed with samples….. discussions are there on paper type, qualities, colors, color mixing, drawing tools and many more… also this book is a value for money product… good quality papers are used for this book.

Wendy Jelbert has exhibited for the “Women’s Society of Artists”, “The International Floral Society of Artists”, and the “The Society of Acrylic Painters” exhibiting in The Mall and Westminster Galleries London, The First View Gallery Stourhead, John Bourne Gallery Reigate, and St Ives Society of Artists. Wendy has written 41 books on Watercolour, Mixed Media, Pen, Line and Wash, Drawing and Sketching and Acrylics. These have been published for Batsford, Search Press, Collins and many have been translated into Russian, Italian, French, Swedish, Danish, Arabic, Chinese and several more. Her 14 art DVDs, covering a wide range of subjects, have been on Television and Youtube. She also has designed two Watercolour brushes which have been used all over the world. As well as this she was an accredited art demonstrator of Caran D”Ache, Swan Stabilo, Liquitex, Winsor and Newton, and Rowneys. She gives and lectures and demonstrations to art groups and societies and runs popular workshops on a wide variety of subjects. She has demonstrated at all many prestigious art shows including ‘Art in Action’ (Near Oxford) Art and Illustrator Exhibition (Olympia Hall) London, ‘Artist Materials Exhibition’ at the Design Centre, Islington London. Wendy has taught for over 40 years in the most well known Residential Colleges in The UK. West Dean College (Chichester), Urchfont (Devizes), Dedham Hall (Essex), and Women’s Institute Denman College,(Near Oxford) Dartington Hall (Devon). She has won many prizes throughout her career. These include 2 times ‘Best Exhibit’ at The S.W.A.Westminster London, at the Wessex Gallery, at the Bursledon Art Show (Southampton) and at the Lee Gallery Romsey (Hampshire). Wendy’s husband, Paul Robinson, is a retired Architect who now paints and teaches with Wendy. She also has two daughters, Rebecca and Rosalind, who are following in their mother’s footsteps, and a multitude of grandchildren who love to ‘express themselves’ in paint!