Creating Textures in Watercolor: A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur"Silken strands of hair. Water tumbling over rocks. Blinding reflections in glass or metal. The textures of these elements are what make your watercolor paintings come alive. They make the viewer feel as if he could "step right into" the scenes you've created. Expert watercolorist Cathy Johnson shows you, in her practical, step-by-step manner, how to create 83 different textures, including: fruits and vegetables, hair, glass, metal, fabric, flowers, fur, skin and a variety of other textures."--BOOK JACKET. |
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add spatter alizarin crimson asphalt shingles basic blotted burnt sienna capture Chapter Charles Demuth choose close-up color for interest color variation color wash corduroy craft Knife damp wash depict distance domestic textures dry wash edges effect fence final details final scratching flowers foliage glass hairs scratched highlights hot-press illusion lace layers lichen light and shadow light-struck lightest light lines scraped little detail little drybrush look mask Maskoid MATTE SURFACES overall shape painting shiny paper lace pattern petals pigment plaid preliminary wash raw Sienna reflections rocks rough round red sable rust sable brush scumbling sea sponges Second washes secondary washes shadow areas shadow wash shine simple wash smooth soft sparkle Step strawflowers strokes suggest techniques there's transparent trimmed fan brush ultramarine ultramarine blue underwash variety of textures vary color wash second washes are dry watercolor weather wet-in wet-in-wet white paper winesap yellow ochre young skin