Work Small, Learn Big Sketching With Pen & Watercolor

Pen and watercolor is the unsung hero of art instruction, yet it is the easiest, fastest way to build painting skills. Speak to most master artists and they will tell you that preparatory studies are the best way to design a painting, to concretize ideas and pave the way for larger paintings. Pen and watercolor is one of the tools master artists routinely use for such studies. In this book 17 accomplished international artists reveal their personal methods for working with pen and watercolor. * They show how to use the classic pen and watercolor study as the first stage of a major painting. * They demonstrate how working with pen and watercolor can generate ideas and how it can develop personal style. * There are chapters on improving design and on problem solving. * Several artists show how to journalize your travels with pen and watercolor. * Another section shows how to tackle complex architectural subjects. * There's even a chapter on how to create pen and watercolor "products" for quick sale to galleries. Every artist has something unique and informative to offer. They spell out the materials and methods used, including their choice of sketchbooks and papers, and even how they make the most of sketching on site. All this information is presented in a way that entices rather than intimidates. This book will boost the reader's confidence from day one. But most of all, because it is based on a classic approach, it will turn many beginners into real artists much quicker than if they worked with any other method.King, Jennifer is the author of 'Work Small, Learn Big Sketching With Pen & Watercolor', published 2003 under ISBN 9781929834273 and ISBN 1929834276.