Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner by Matthew Palmer

The Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner is a comprehensive look at watercolour landscape painting by the acclaimed and expert painter Mathew Palmer. He is renowned for his beautiful and highly detailed paintings, along with his uncanny ability to teach and break down complex work into straight forward principles that the reader can understand. The book begins with superb advice for the beginner that includes drawing principles and fundamentals for painting, composition, easy perspective, light and shade, colour, skies, trees, water and human figures. As it progresses you will learn how to paint a range of subjects and features six simple and straightforward painting projects to follow along with. Each exercise will help to build your skills and confidence before moving onto the next one. These projects include a windmill, seascape, snow scene, mountains, lakes, and an all encompassing final project that features a landscape with buildings and figures. Each project is provided with a pull-out outline drawing and Mathew includes steps for how to transfer these onto watercolour paper for you to try yourself. Matthew Palmer is a renowned demonstrator of watercolour painting, and his classes are particularly popular with beginners. He has been painting professionally for over 20 years and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals. He has his own studio at his home in Derbyshire, UK and teaches hundreds of people each week, as well as running watercolour workshops and holidays. He has many personal exhibitions, participates in several art shows and appears regularly on television as well as on his own internet-based art show at www.watercolour.tv – Author: Matthew Palmer – Publisher: Search Press – Pages: 176 – Illustrations: 566 – Size: 216 mm x 280 mm – Features expert advice from a high-profile author with an accessible style – Features 6 introductory exercises to get started and 6 more to build your skills and confidence – Includes everything you need to know to become a watercolour painter