{"product_id":"9781849945936_learn-landscape-painting-quickly-watercolour-techniques","title":"Learn Landscape Painting Quickly: Watercolour Techniques","description":"\u003cp\u003eHazel Soan is a hugely successful painter in her own right but also an outstanding teacher and author of art books, which have introduced the wonders of art to a generation of amateur artists. In this book she teaches you how to get to grips with watercolour landscapes in the space of an afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the basics of watercolour landscapes with lots of simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations that are perfect for any beginner. That lifelong ambition of painting somewhere that is important to you can become a possibility with the help of this nifty little book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 covers Creating Space, including depth and distance, 'game of tones', perspective, warm and cool colours, background, middle ground and foreground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 is Composition and Focus with guidance on inspiration, design, focus, leading lines, and figures in the landscape. Describing Light is Chapter 3 with techniques on sources of light, angle of light, light and shadows, and seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 is Colours of the Landscape, mixing watercolours, transparent and opaque, choosing colours, cool or warm blue, mixing greens, warm reds and yellows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatercolour Painting Techniques in Chapter 5 include painting en pleinair, brushwork, wet on dry, wet into wet, etc, laying a wish, creating texture. She also covers specific landscape themes - skies, foliage, forests, fields, grasses, gardens, rivers and lakes, mountains, seascapes, wilderness, desert, urban landscapes, panoramas, sunsets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hazel Soan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897245716629,"sku":"9781849945936","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781849945936_2d97c967-3731-4fc1-a39f-9edaa928c358.jpg?v=1776888261","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781849945936_learn-landscape-painting-quickly-watercolour-techniques","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}