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Whyte, Mary.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
Portrait painting -- Technique.
Figure painting -- Technique.
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Whyte, Mary.
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
Portrait painting -- Technique.
Figure painting -- Technique.
MARC Display
Painting
portraits
and
figures
in
watercolor
/ Mary Whyte.
by
Whyte, Mary.
Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Pub. Group, a division of Random House, 2011.
Call #:
751.42242 W629p
Subjects
Watercolor
painting
-- Technique.
Portrait
painting
-- Technique.
Figure
painting
-- Technique.
ISBN:
9780823026739
0823026736
Description:
160 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Personal philosophy -- Learning from the masters -- Getting started -- Why paint people? -- Talent -- Where to start -- Failures -- Materials & tools -- Brushes -- Paints -- Paper -- Palettes -- Easels -- Purchasing supplies -- The basic studio -- Techniques -- How important is technique? -- Learning the basics -- The wash -- Glazes -- Textures -- Using gouache -- Combining mediums --
Painting
details -- Demonstration -- Drawing -- Learning to draw -- Proportion -- Getting a likeness -- Hands -- Composition and design -- Making corrections -- Demonstration -- Values -- What is value? -- Creating shape and depth with value -- Seeing values correctly -- The five degrees of light -- Using values in composition -- Demonstration -- Edges -- How edges occur -- Making soft edges -- What affects edges -- Demonstration -- Color & light -- The magic of color -- The color wheel -- The decision of color -- Mixing color -- Color harmony -- Light -- Demonstration -- Backgrounds -- Planning a background -- Background color -- Incorporating the background --
Painting
people in backgrounds -- Demonstration -- Life as an artist -- Expression -- Knowing what to paint -- Growing as an artist -- Being a professional artist -- Working with the model -- Portrait commissions -- Working with children -- Framing your work.
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