{"product_id":"9780008108519_loosen-up-your-watercolours-collins-artists-studio","title":"Loosen Up Your Watercolours (Collins Artist’s Studio)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis illustrated ebook, in the Collins Artist’s Studio series, is aimed at the intermediate painter and explains how to loosen up your watercolours and develop a more spontaneous style of painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudi Whitton has specialized in teaching and painting watercolours in a loose style for many years and in this book she shares her experience to enable you to liberate your creativity and achieve more freedom of expression in your work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers many of the traditional watercolour techniques and procedures, such as ‘lost and found’ edges, wet-into-wet, simplification and decisive brushstrokes, but all with an emphasis on maintaining spontaneity and a lively style. In addition, there are helpful sections on using colour creatively, planning your paintings, painting vignettes – a much overlooked technique – and working outdoors. A number of paintings by other well-known watercolourists, such as John Yardley, Charles Reid and John Palmer, are also included to show different styles of painting in a loose way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical exercises and projects, step-by-step demonstrations, studio tips and discussions on a variety of issues combine to make this an ideal book for all those artists who are looking to take the next step and develop their painting with confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Judi Whitton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285264973973,"sku":"9780008108519","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008108519.jpg?v=1776992279","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008108519_loosen-up-your-watercolours-collins-artists-studio","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}