Improve your skills, explore new techniques, and immerse yourself in the joy of watercolor painting!Watercolor painting is one of the most popular and satisfying art forms, and it offers many benefits: it accommodates a wide range of techniques and styles, allows for vibrant and luminous qualities in your work, encourages spontaneity and expression, and rewards creativity and exploration. But, like any art form, it also presents challenges that can derail your progress and curtail your ability to create the results you want.In 85 Watercolor Secrets, painter, illustrator, and teacher Anna Bucciarelli shares the knowledge shes gained over years of painting with watercolor. Filled with insights, techniques, explanations, and tips, the book is packed with helpful information that will improve your painting skills and knowledge, regardless of where you are on your watercolor journey.For each topic, the book devotes two pages to explanation, instruction, and hands-on tips and techniques, along with Annas beautiful work that visually illustrates the topics and techniques. Youll learn all about: The tools you need: Gain a deeper understanding of papers, brushes, bristles, masking fluid, gloves, and more Pigments, color, and color mixing: Learn about pigments, hues, and how to select and mix colors for greenery, violets, skin tones, and more How to create your own palette: Curate a palette that reflects your unique style and vision Essential techniques you need to know: Learn about wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and wet-on-damp techniques, as well as negative painting, lifting and pouring techniques, glazing, underpainting, and more How to deal with common mistakes and challenges, such as avoiding overpainting, mastering water control, creating crisp edges, and getting tonal values right Painting popular subject matter: Learn the secrets for painting flower petals and stems, birds and their feathers, eyes, fur and hair, portraits, skin tones, and white subject matter (such as snow) Creating powerful and successful compositions, as well as other secrets and techniques that cover light and shadow, color temperature, and palette continuityWhether youre a novice embarking on your artistic journey or a seasoned painter looking to refine your skills,85 Watercolor Secrets is an indispensable resource that offers practical guidance, artistic inspiration, and wealth of knowledge to enrich your creative work and elevate your craft.TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1: Decoding the LabelsChapter 2: Exploring Color FamiliesChapter 3: Building Your Signature PaletteChapter 4: Tools that Matter MostChapter 5: Essential TechniquesChapter 6: Favorite SubjectsChapter 7: Addressing Mistakes and Common ChallengesChapter 8: CompositionChapter 9: Mixing MarvelsChapter 10: Other SecretsGlossary
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