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Watercolor Painting: Creative Projects For Your First Weekend

Built around controlling water and pigment on textured paper, this creative craft workbook makes Watercolor Painting practical through for your first weekend. The chapters will give a complete low-pressure project achievable in one weekend, with checkable examples, practical exercises, and a clear path toward a finished handmade piece and an improved technical skill.

PublisherLighthouse Books, Delaware, USA
Universal Book ID2401
SubjectWatercolor Painting
DisciplineArts & Design
Publication TypeMonograph
LanguageEnglish
CategoryArts, crafts and hobbies
TagsWatercolor Painting

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Scope of Watercolor Painting — For Your First Weekend
1. The Creative Possibilities of Watercolor Painting
2. Tools, Materials, and Safety: how 'For Your First Weekend' changes the task
3. Basic Strokes, Shapes, or Construction: specific decisions in Watercolor Painting
4. Planning Around controlling water and pigment on textured paper
5. For Your First Weekend: Project Variations
6. Practice Piece and First Corrections: evidence surrounding controlling water and pigment on textured paper
7. Completing the Main Project: practical constraints in Watercolor Painting
8. Finishing, Display, and Care: mistakes in for your first weekend
9. Common Errors and Materials Substitutes: a second application of Watercolor Painting
10. A Small Portfolio of Finished Work: independent work on Watercolor Painting
Conclusion: Next Steps and Independent Practice