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Watercolour Artist

 

Watercolour is probably the most difficult painting media to use and one of the most popular. The techniques required for successful watercolour paintings are harder to master than those required for acrylic and oils.

With the right approach, however, the road can be made much easier.

Christian Wharton is a watercolour artist and teacher who specializes in water as waterfalls, pools, waves, rivers and lakes.

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Painting in Watercolours 

Starting and Succeeding

Christian's paintings are active and stimulating.
On her web site, there are four galleries of her paintings covering scenes from Britain and elsewhere.

A sound beginning and good guidelines are essentail to success at watercolour painting.
As well as providing galleries, Christian's web site has a number of tutorials specially written to inspire the beginner in this art.

Topics covered include:

Inspiration and Motivation
The importance of feeling in getting started and how to creating a painting.

Tips
Before painting, there is looking and seeing. There is a difference between them and here are tips to help the beginning.

Simplicity
Part of the starting process. What to do and what to avoid.

Nonfigurative and figurative
What's all that then?
Different types of painting exercises to develop essential techniques.

Materials
The basic equipment necessary, in the form of brushes, pencils, paper, essential paints, palettes and masking fluids.

How To Start
Getting down to that personal masterpiece. The importance of arranging and composing - and relaxing.


Some of the paintings are available as Fine Art Prints.

www.christianwharton.com

Royal Watercolour Society 

Royal Watercolour Society
A collection of good watercolour artists in Britain.

Painting Water in Watercolour 

Learn great techniques for painting with watercolors.

Painting Water in Watercolour

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The Watercolour Expert: Insights Into Working Methods and Approaches (Royal Watercolour Society)

Amazon Price: $22.76 (as of 10/12/2008)

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