Painting Successful Watercolours from Photographs

by Geoff Kersey

Overview

Artists who work from photographic source material need to learn how to adapt and improve in order to create a successful painting. Geoff Kersey is a master of this way of working, and here he shows how it is done. Reference photographs, colour charts and preparatory sketches are shown alongside all the finished paintings in this book, with full details of the adaptations and creative processes involved. There are plenty of clear tips and advice, and an illustrated glossary of all the painting terms used. Readers who want much more advice on adapting from reference sources than is provided in step by step painting books will have all they need here, and there are dozens of beautiful paintings to inform and inspire them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844489985
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	12/22/2014
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Geoff Kersey is an experienced watercolourist and is much in demand as a teacher and demonstrator. He lives and works in Derbyshire, where he has a studio, and he exhibits extensively. He has made many watercolour DVDs, contributes to various art publications and has written many bestselling watercolour books. www.geoffkersey.co.uk

Editorial Reviews

03/15/2015
Loads of hobby painters today use photographs in their work. Unfortunately, for many, photographs can lead the artist astray, distracting them with an overabundance of highly focused details, awkward compositions, or distorted colors. This book is an invaluable tool that will help watercolor landscape artists edit and translate their snapshots in the service of their painting. Using his own successful paintings as examples, Kersey (Watercolour Trees & Woodlands) shares with the reader his choices of emphasis, composition, and specific color mixes through diagrams and discussion presented with the photo and the painting side by side. All manner of seasons, terrains, and bucolic scenes are covered here. VERDICT This guide has solid crossover potential among avid travelers, hobbyist watercolor painters, and amateur photographers.

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