{"product_id":"the-art-of-watercolor-9780823002917","title":"The Art of Watercolor","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow published in full color for the first time  and with many new illustrations  this revised edition of The Art of Watercolor is a complete update of the classic text on this most popular of mediums. In a refreshing and entertaining style  Charles Le Clair covers every aspect of painting in watercolor  giving advice on essential materials and providing easy-to-follow sequential instruction on both traditional and special techniques. Here you will learn how to stretch paper and what colors you need in a basic palette; how to lay flat and graded washes on wet or dry paper; how to master value and color; how to set up a still life and develop a composition; and how to paint wet-into-wet. Youll also learn the tricks and thoughtful applications of special effects like dry-brush  salting  lifting  scraping  masking  spattering  and collage. But The Art of Watercolor is much more than a how-to manual - it presents a comprehensive course of study. Unlike any other watercolor instruction book  it integrates studio lessons on the technical and esthetic properties of the medium with art history. In covering the range of styles and methods  the author shows how a master watercolorist - John Singer Sargent  Paul Cezanne  Charles Demuth  Wassily Kandinsky - applied each approach in a particular work. Youll learn in detail how the different styles  everything from the realism of Winslow Homer to the expressionism of Charles Burchfield  represent the painting strategies these artists adopted with specific goals in mind. Up-to-the-minute applications of all these techniques are illustrated in the works of exciting contemporary masters as well - such as Andrew Wyeth  Janet Fish  Philip Pearlstein  and Neal Welliver. Exploring the three main areas of still life  landscape  and figure painting  The Art of Watercolor is a beautiful resource that professional artists  teachers  and students will value as the most informative and delightful book of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648085090357,"sku":"ByrdShop_0823002918","price":34.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780823002917.jpg?v=1781708957","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-watercolor-9780823002917","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}