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Breaking the Rules of Watercolour
by Shirley Trevena

Publisher: Batsford
Edition: Hardback

ISBN 13: 9781906388836

This book is available for pre-order. It is expected in stock on 1 February 2012.

Shirley’s watercolours are visually inspiring, vibrant in colour and strong in composition. This, her third book, shows how she achieves her stunning results by pushing the medium to its limits. Shirley takes the reader through 10 paintings in great detail and shares all her professional tips and painting secrets. In addition, each painting has large close-up details so the reader can really see all the brushstrokes. Shirley breaks the conventional rules of watercolour in many different ways: through her compositions, strange perspectives, fascinating textures and, above all, the strength and vibrancy of her colour combinations. In Breaking the Rules of Watercolour, Shirley explains all her painting decisions and demonstrates her techniques at every stage. In this way, she encourages all watercolourists, whatever their level, to experiment with the medium and produce exciting and challenging work of their own.

Price: £18.99

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Art Answers: Watercolour Painting
by George James

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844488315

This fantastic watercolour book contains practical answers and advice from the experts to all your questions about painting landscapes, people, buildings, and still life. Here you will find the reliable answers you need to build confidence and produce rewarding results. Includes step-by-step tips and techniques to help you learn and improve important skills. Invaluable questions include:What is cold-pressed paper? How do I create perspective in my picture? What is the best way of creating reflections in water?

Price: £9.99

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Watercolour Tips & Tricks: Over 70 Essential Techniques for Painting Landscapes
by Zoltan Szabo

Publisher: David & Charles
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781446301241

This title teaches the 70 favourite painting techniques of one of the most revered watercolour teachers of all time, the late Zoltan Szabo. It uses basic supplies to achieve a variety of special effects in landscape painting such as wispy clouds, falling snow, jagged rocks, trees and surf. Readers will also learn the characteristics of different kinds of watercolour pigments and how they behave on paper. It features 43 mini demonstrations to show how to achieve the techniques, and 13 full step demonstrations to show how to apply them.

Price: £14.99

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Compendium of Watercolour Techniques
by Robin Berry

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844487714

An indispensable compendium of technical know-how, inspirational projects, and troubleshooting tips. Just like having a painting tutor on call 24 hours a day—this book is packed with inspiration and know-how for both beginners and more experienced painters. With over 200 tips and step-by-step techniques, this is a comprehensive guide to watercolour painting—with quick fixes and solutions provided throughout for commonly encountered problems. This book covers all kinds of watercolour artist’s techniques, from choosing the right materials to creating the most stunning visual effects—combining essential painting basics with expert tips, tricks, and shortcuts.

Price: £12.99

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Handbook of Watercolour Tips and Techniques
by Various

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844486625

Learn how to paint beautiful pictures with this compact, new edition of the previously published Watercolour Tips and Techniques. Top authors reveal their secrets and show how to capture many different subjects, from panoramic landscapes to dramatic seascapes and sunlit woodlands. The book includes 20 step-by-step demonstrations, simple instructions on capturing perspective and is packed with expert advice, top tips and helpful hints.

Price: £12.99

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Watercolour Artist's Guide to Exceptional Colour
by Jan Hart

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844486786

There are hundreds of watercolour paints on the market, with widely varying characteristics, appearances and names. This easy-to-use book cuts through the confusion and allows you to identify those that are best suited to your style of work and build a balanced palette of exceptional colours. Understand the composition and qualities of different formulations - from single-pigment paints to special hue mixtures, from grainy sedimentary pigments to lighter-bodied and transparent watercolours. Discover the pros and cons of organic and inorganic pigments; find out about the very latest synthetic pigments and iridescent colours; learn how to conduct your own lightfastness experiments. You'll also find information on choosing and using a wide range of creative palettes, each with an explanation of the colours and their qualities, advice on mixing, and a step-by-step painting demonstration. Previously published as The Encyclopedia of Colour for Watercolour Artists.

Price: £12.99

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Charlie's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists
by Charles Evans

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Spiral Bound

ISBN 13: 9781844484713

Charlie Evans is a highly experienced artist. His exuberant personality and unique gift for explaining his techniques in clear and simple terms make him a highly popular and well-liked tutor and demonstrator, and he spends his life travelling thoughout the UK running art classes and appearing in his long-running TV series. In this book he passes on his knowledge and expertise in his own, accessible style, giving the reader the confidence and know-how to produce beautiful, evocative watercolour paintings of their own. It includes tips on everything from choosing which colours and brushes to buy, to how to paint skies, water, texture and buildings. The tips are clearly explained and illustrated using both step-by-step demonstrations and finished paintings.

Price: £9.99

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The New Encyclopedia of Watercolour Techniques
by Hazel Harrison

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844486496

A new edition of this successful encyclopedia, updated and including fresh advice about this versatile medium. Everything you ever wanted to know about watercolour is here, including the many different techniques that can be used, materials, how to capture light, atmosphere, detail, and much more.

Price: £12.99

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Geoff's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists
by Geoff Kersey

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Spiral Bound

ISBN 13: 9781844484690

In a handy pocket-sized book Geoff Kersey shares his expertise in this book packed full of tips for watercolour painters. Learn all you need to know, from what to buy, composing a painting and mastering techniques such as wet into wet and dry brush work, to how to paint skies, water, trees, buildings and more. The tips are clearly explained and illustrated through artwork and step by step photographs.

Price: £9.99

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Pouring Light
by Jean Grastorf

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

This liberating guide to pouring transparent watercolour makes this unusual technique achievable and enjoyable. Here, the author breaks down her innovative 'pouring' process with visual guidance that includes: beginning-to-end instruction; four full-length demos and multiple mini-demos that show how to build strong light-based compositions; detailed shots to create transparent colour and translucent glazes; design summary sidebars; and, paintings from contributing artists that show how to apply this technique to many different styles. Watercolourists of all levels will learn to capture the elusive qualities of light in their own work.
Price: £14.99

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Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines
by Linda Kemp

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

This is the only title on the market that gives readers a comprehensive look at negative painting. Linda Kemp shows beginning and advanced artists how to harness the power of these often overlooked areas around a painting's focal point. The book is brimming with easy-to-follow, interactive elements, including: step-by-step techniques, exercises and projects, do-it-yourself tests and worksheets, troubleshooting suggestions and secrets, and straightforward diagrams for color and design.
Price: £14.99

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Quick & Clever Watercolour Pencils
by Charles Evans

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

Loaded with quick, simple and effective techniques for tackling any subject in watercolour pencils, from still life and landscapes to animals and people. Written in a clear and approachable style, this book is suitable for the beginner who will learn to create vibrant finished paintings they can hang on their walls in the quickest possible time. It includes exercises and projects for dry pencil, wet pencil, washes, fine details and using pens to enhance paintings. This is the second book from popular no-nonsense TV watercolourist Charles Evans.
Price: £12.99

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Charles Reid's Watercolour Solutions
by Charles Reid

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Hardback

An invaluable glimpse into the teaching methods of master painter Charles Reid that will enable readers to identify problems in their own work and learn how to solve them. Example situations and problems are presented, alongside Reid's easy-to-follow solutions. Each example is demonstrated by genuine amateur artwork from the author's past workshops, with Reid highlighting the positive things the student has done, as well as areas for improvement. Reid also adds corrective sketches, and features his own versions of the problematic paintings to illustrate achievable solutions. Features detailed shots, step-by-step demonstrations, before and after details, colour swatches, value scales and other visual tools to enable each reader to tackle any imaginable watercolour problem and dramatically improve their finished paintings.
Price: £18.99

Artist's Studio: Watercolour Textures
by Ann Blockley

Publisher Harper Collins
Edition Hardback

Watercolour Textures is for all those artists who already have some experience of watercolour painting but who wish to explore this versatile medium by experimenting with unusual techniques for portraying texture. Written by well-known professional artist Ann Blockley and beautifully illustrated with her original watercolours, this inspirational book provides the much needed next step that so many practised beginners have been looking for.
Price: £17.99

Exploring Watercolor
by Elizabeth Groves

Publisher North Light
Edition Hardback

Readers will learn to combine watercolour with other media to enhance their painting style, expand their creativity and improve their art-work."Exploring Watercolor" is filled with easy-to-use features, including charts and colour wheels, as well as more than 40 exercises and mini-demos. For beginning artists and experienced painters alike, "Exploring Watercolor" offers a new and exciting creative outlet.
Price: £18.99

Successful and Creative Washes
by Barry Herniman

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Watercolours are ideal for creating light, fresh and spontaneous paintings, and this book shows you how to maximise the effects you can achieve. Barry Herniman helps you to fill your paintings with light and colour, using quick and simple watercolour techniques. Try out your new skills in five varied and inspirational step-by-step projects, including a glorious sunset, a peaceful bridge scene and a romantic evening by the church.
Price: £9.99

The Artist's Essential Guide to Watercolour
by Gerald Green

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Hardback

An essential book for anyone who has learnt the basics of watercolour and wants to develop their own dynamic style.The author's unique approach of simplicity, directness and accuracy shows how to create artwork full of personal expression and vitality.Energetic step demonstrations, resulting in remarkable finished paintings, inspire the imagination and stimulates individual creativity.Subject matter including international street scenes, still lifes and life studies ensures topics like movement, light and atmosphere are thoroughly explored.
Price: £18.99

The Landscape Painter's Essential Handbook
by Joe Francis Dowden

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

A unique artist's reference offering easy to follow, ingenious ideas, tips and techniques for painting 50 popular landscapes in watercolour.The 50 landscapes range from a gentle flower-filled meadow and hazy summer mountains to a dramatic cliff scene and rippling stream in sunshine.Each landscape is explored within a hardworking spread through exercises, step sequences and easy to follow instructions; master the principle and technique, and finish with the watercolour painting exercise.A comprehensive introductory section covering basic materials, techniques and colours makes this an indispensable reference for all artists.
Price: £12.99

Light and Mood in Watercolour
by David Curtis with Robin Capon

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

A wonderfully fresh, direct and versatile medium, watercolour is ideal for capturing the transient effects of light. The compact and lightweight material is the perfect medium for plein-air painting.David Curtis works in all weather conditions, observing and capturing changing conditions and effects. He provides helpful instruction on interpreting light effects, with strong guidance on choosing materials, exploring techniques, composition, tone and colour. This is complemented by a wealth of sketches, finished works and step-by-step demonstration paintings to inspire further ideas.
Price: £14.99

Watercolour Basics: Perspective Secrets
by Phil Metzger

Publisher North Light
Edition Paperback

If you want to learn the secrets to creating depth and realism in your watercolour paintings, take a look inside this book. You will find easy tricks for fooling the eye into seeing your paintings in three dimensions - from the basic rules of linear perspective to size and space variations, overlapping, aerial perspective and other techniques. Everything is explained in simple language, with step-by-step demonstrations showing how to apply the principles to a variety of subjects. With this clear and practical instruction, it is easier than you might think to put your paintings into perspective.
Price: £12.99

Brush with Watercolour
by Terry Harrison

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Using a range of brushes, he demonstrates how simple it is to create all the different landscape elements - from skies, trees, bushes and hedgerows to footpaths, fields, water and reflections. With many hot tips and a wealth of practical advice, he presents an inspiring sequence of step-by-step demonstrations which aim to build up skills and encourage the artist to create their own original paintings.
Price: £12.99

Creative Watercolour Techniques
by Richard Bolton

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Watercolour is a challenging and exciting medium with its loose washes and beautiful colours. Richard Bolton explores its versatility and shows how to create a whole range of effects, from dry on dry brushwork and wet into wet, to splattering, scumbling and split brush techniques. Using over sixty step-by-step photographs, he demonstrates how to paint texture, atmosphere, reflections, light and shade. Both beginners and artists with some experience will find this a valuable and inspirational guide
Price: £6.99

The Watercolourist's Nature Journal
by Jill Bays

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

Keeping a watercolour journal of the natural world is an excellent way to build up your confidence as a watercolourist, to start a collection of images as reference for future paintings, and to celebrate the natural world. This book gives season-by-season guidance on how to portary and record plants, flowers, animals, birds and landscapes, and shows how to use a sketchbook to collect material as a resource for creating complete watercolours.
Price: £12.99

Keeping a Watercolour Sketchbook
by Brenda Swenson

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback

Discover the benefits and rewards of this versatile artist's tool. In this unique title, successful watercolorist Brenda Swenson offers an in-depth look at the techniques that go into keeping a watercolor sketchbook, as well as the inspirations behind the art form. The full color, 64-page explores every aspect of keeping a watercolor sketchbook, from effectively mixing natural colors and setting up a strong composition, to turning your initial sketches into finished paintings.
Price: £6.99

Wendy Jelbert's Line and Wash
by Wendy Jelbert

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

The methods of merging soft luminous washes with the crisp, definite markings of penwork, are made easy with this book. Each stage of the painting process is illustrated using step-by-step photographs and beautiful finished paintings. You can choose a bold effect or a delicate pastel approach, a drawing or painting, in monumental or miniature scale. The wonderful flexibility of line and wash can accommodate many tastes; it is an inexpensive technique which can be worked during any spare moment, on your lap or at a table, and is an excellent way of capturing texture and detail in the landscape, the delicate linework in flowers and leaves, or the linear beauty of buildings.
Price: £7.99

Mix Your Own Watercolours
by John Lidzey

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback
Price: £6.99

Paint Watercolours that Dance With Light
by Elizabeth Kincaid

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

Learn simple techniques to combine watercolour paints and masking fluid to create vivid paintings infused with light. Simple step-by-step demonstrations guide the artist to create incredible paintings using bright watercolours. by following a selection of basic techniques, suitable for any artist, the reader can discover how to use watercolours to create loose and realistic paintings. Elizabeth's incredibly effective techniques use masking fluid and layers of paint to create crisp edges and stunning colours.
Price: £12.99

Painting Mood and Atmosphere
by Barry Herniman

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

The glowing transparency and sponteneity of watercolour makes it an ideal medium for exploring the effects of sunlight, shadows, mist, stormy skies and more. Easy techniques for creating realistic effects are demonstrated in a series of stunning demonstrations. In his enthusiastic and practical manner, Barry Herniman guides you through all the different stages, revealing paintings rich in atmosphere, from tranquil river scenes and misty woodlands to dramatic landscapes and inspiring seascapes.
Price: £9.99

Painting with Watercolours
by William Newton

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

William Newton provides an inspirational and practical guide to painting beautiful watercolours and shows how to capture the exciting qualities of this wonderful medium. Using over 60 step-by-step photographs he illustrates all the basic techniques, explaining how to create transparent washes, luminous colours, light, shade and atmosphere. The book takes you through all the stages of painting a picture, from simple brush strokes to final details. Whatever your skill level you will be able to develop your own style using the demonstrations and exercises featured in these pages.
Price: £6.99

Pen and Wash
by Robert Jennings

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

The methods of merging soft luminous washes with the crisp, definite markings of penwork, are made easy with this book. Each stage of the painting process is illustrated using step-by-step photographs and beautiful finished paintings.
Price: £6.99

Perspective Depth & Distance
by Geoff Kersey

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

From sketches through to final paintings, Geoff Kersey shows how to incorporate linear and arial perspective, how to create depth and distance with light and shade, and how to breath a sense of realism into a picture.
Fields, trees, roads, rivers, bridges, buildings, harbours - whatever the subject you will need to learn about perspective, depth and distance.
Price: £9.99

Plein Air Painting in Watercolout
by Scott Burdick

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback

Discover the secrets of painting en plein air! No matter what your level of artistic expertise, painting outdoors can be an exciting and refreshing adventure. In this book, follow award-winning plein air artist Scott Burdick as he guides you step by step through 12 compelling lessons and introduces his own approach to watercolor painting along the way.
Price: £6.99

The Watercolorist's Answer Book
by Gina Rath

Publisher North Light
Edition Paperback

The Watercolorist's Answer Book features 425 popular tips, techniques and solutions selected from North Light's industry-leading library of watercolour instruction books. This authoritative guide to the art of watercolour features the combined expertise of eight successful professional artists. No question, The Watercolorist's Answer Book is a book every watercolour painter will want.
Price: £15.99

The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook
by Gordon MacKenzie

Publisher North Light
Edition Hardback

A collection of principles, concepts and general information to simplify painting with watercolour.
Price: £15.99

The Watercolour Artist's Bible
by Marilyn Scott

Publisher Search Press
Edition Hardback

Master the art of watercolour painting with this comprehensive and compact take-anywhere guidebook. Over 100 step-by-step sequences demonstrate how to paint a wide range of subjects, from landscapes to buildings, people, and still life. Learn key techniques of the watercolour artist, from composition, brushwork and blending, to special effects like stippling and adding lustre.
Price: £12.99

The Watercolour Artist's Colour Mixing Bible
by Moira Clinch

Publisher Search Press
Edition Hardback

A visual guide to over 2000 mixes and glaze effects. This easy-to-use directory explains colour theory and demonstrates a range of mixing techniques. It features over 50 specially selected colours that, when used together with a basic palette, afford the artist more than 1000 mixing options. Provides up-to-date information on colour-fast and environmentally-friendly pigments. Inspirational examples show how to use a wide range of colour mixes to great effect.
Price: £17.99

The Watercolour Painter's Pocket Palette
by Moira Clinch

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

This richly illustrated book contains all you need to know about mixing colours. You can see at a glance how to achieve the colour mix you want, and just as importantly you can see when a mix is not appropriate for a particular effect. This is a classic book, which was originally published in spiral bound hardback in 1991.
Price: £8.99

Watercolor & Acrylic Painting Materials
by William F

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback
Price: £6.99

Watercolour Innovations
by Jackie Simmonds

Publisher Harper Collins
Edition Hardback

Watercolour Innovations focuses on the work of 8 of today's leading professional artists - Michael Morgan, Jackie Devereux, Ray Evans, Richard Plincke, Catherine Brennand, Roger Dellar, Terry McKivragan and Laura Reiter - all known for their innovative approach to watercolour painting. It also includes a number of features to encourage practised artists to take the next step in their own watercolour painting.
Price: £17.99

Watercolour Pencil Step by Step
by Pat Averill

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback

This is the perfect introductory guide for aspiring artists who want to learn the captivating art of watercolor pencil. Each project includes full-color examples and detailed instructions, wherein the artists share their own methods and techniques for using watercolor pencil. Both beginning and accomplished artists will find an abundance of inspiration for creating their own original artwork with watercolor pencil, making this book a welcome addition to any painter's library!
Price: £6.99

Wet-on-Wet Watercolour Painting
by Ewa Karpinska

Publisher New Holland
Edition Paperback

Wet-on-Wet Watercolour Painting offers practical answers to the most frequently asked questions and provides clear and sound advice on all the wet-on-wet watercolour techniques. Ideal for those with a basic grasp of watercolour painting, this is the perfect follow-up to the previous book in the series, Watercolour Painting.
Price: £12.99

Still Life in Watercolour
by David Webb

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

David Webb provides an inspirational and practical guide to painting beautiful still life pictures in watercolours and shows how to capture the exciting qualities of this wonderful medium. Using many step-by-step photographs he illustrates all the basic techniques, explaining how to paint reflective surfaces, smooth surfaces, textures and more. Whatever your skill level you will be able to develop your own style using the demonstrations and exercises featured in these pages.
Price: £6.99

Watercolour
by Duane R

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback
Price: £6.99

Artists' Questions Answered: Watercolours
by David Norman

Publisher A & C Black
Edition Paperback

These titles are aimed as guides that answer all the questions which artists have about getting the best results from their chosen medium. Laid out in a user-friendly way, the books are styled in a question-and-answer format, illustrated with correct and incorrect ways of using the tools and getting the most from different techniques. The authors tackle the problems that serious beginners and amateur artists are likely to encounter and offer a variety of solutions.
Price: £12.99

Watercolour Secrets
by Charles Reid

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

This work is a glimpse into actual sketchbooks used by master painter Charles Reid for the past 25 years. It gives the reader an insight into Reid's artwork, giving a critique of the work in his sketchbook - what works, what doesn't and, most importantly, why. Each illustration is presented as it appears in the sketchbook and is annotated to demonstrate how each effect has been achieved. The book also includes five step-by-step demonstrations in which Charles recreates some of his sketches, revealing further his approaches, inspirations and techniques.
Price: £12.99

Master Disaster: Five Ways to Rescue Desperate Watercolours
by Susan Webb Tregay

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Hardback

In five simple, unique steps, Sue Tregay shows the reader how to change their mediocre paintings into spectacular works of art: lighten up, break it up, enrich it, and unify it. The book contains valuable advice on producing competition-quality art, what judges want and how to frame your work, which are things all artists need to know to turn their hobby into a money-making venture. The book's workshop feel and conversational writing, as well as several step-by-step demonstrations, many helpful side-bars, eight ideas for further growth and a painting that evolves with each of the five steps to improvement, will ensure that readers are able to complete stunning watercolour paintings.
Price: £18.99

Terry's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists
by Terry Harrison

Publisher Search Press
Edition Hardback

Easy tips for buying and using materials, mixing colours, creating texture and correcting mistakes, as well as for painting skies, fields, trees, water, roofs, winter scenes and much more. Terry demystifies the painting process, reveals his secrets and shows how to produce perfect pictures every time.
Price: £9.99

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