Synopses & Reviews
Turn the pages of Watercolor Landscape -- and discover an exciting art course that teaches you how to paint in this expressive, versatile medium. Watercolor Landscape is a practical guide to a wide range of watercolor techniques. More than 300 photographs guide the beginner through a series of exercises designed to teach all the essentials of watercolor landscape painting. Revealing projects focus on professional landscapes, shown in the making so novices can follow the creative process step-by-step. Unique gallery pages display works of watercolor masters --paintings that will instruct and inspire every student of the medium. Packed with specially commissioned artworks, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow exercises, the DK Art School offers ideal courses for "armchair" art students. The DK Art School series is a new way to learn, improve, or master drawing and painting skills. Carefully constructed courses ensure that you gain both the confidence and the know-how to create imaginative, beautiful pictures. With individual volumes on subjects like still life, portraiture, or landscape, in specific media such as oil, watercolor, or acrylic, The DK Art school series offers something for everyone, and builds into a unique collection of practical art books.
Review
... deliciously illustrated step-by-step instructional guides. (The New York Times)
About the Author
Ray Smith, editorial consultant for the series, is an internationally noted artist who has exhibited in solo and group show around the world. A lecturer at the Chelsea School of Art and at Exeter Art College, he was recently Artist in Residence at the University of Southampton in the U.K. Smith has received a number of distinguished awards for his work, including an Arts Council Award, A Linbury Trust Artist's award, and the Deutscher Jugendbuch Preis. He has also written and illustrated several successful books, including The Artist's Handbook and How to Draw and Paint What You See.