{"product_id":"master-class-in-watermedia-techniques-in-traditional-and-experimental-painting-9780823030170","title":"Master Class in Watermedia: Techniques in Traditional and Experimental Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can experienced watermedia artists continue to develop their skills while cultivating a spirit of experimentation and discovery? How can they push the medium beyond realism to build images that have urgency and power? Where can they seek informed advice and inspired motivation in pursuit of their art? In Master Class in Watermedia - an updated full-color edition of his Master Class in Watercolor - renowned artist Edward Betts offers solutions to these and other provocative questions. Using his beautiful  luminous work as a point of departure  Betts invites painters who work in transparent watercolor  gouache  casein  acrylic  and mixed media to re-evaluate their materials  procedures  and approaches  and to take risks that will help them to abandon old habits and embrace fresh ways of seeing and painting. Reviewing basic methods and exploring a variety of techniques  Betts first analyzes traditional sketching strategies (both on-location and in the studio)  sources for pictorial images (including photographs  memory  reading  and studio experimentation)  and the textures and effects obtainable in each of the watermedia. Collage  mixed-media  and brushless methods are considered as tools for expanding ones repertoire  and for gaining a deeper understanding of the formal possibilities of subject matter. Betts then assesses the complex relationships between nature and abstraction  from descriptive realism to pure design. Finally  readers are encouraged to evaluate their influences and work critically  and to appraise their creative strengths and weaknesses. Intelligently written and lavishly illustrated with many new works done especially for this version  Master Class in Watermedia is an invaluable source of inspiration for intermediate and advanced watermedia artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646793834549,"sku":"ByrdShop_0823030172","price":24.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780823030170.jpg?v=1781678540","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/master-class-in-watermedia-techniques-in-traditional-and-experimental-painting-9780823030170","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}