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Synopsis -------- New in paperback, this popular book provides all the information you need to get started in watercolour painting. Full of clear, simple advice and more than 70 step-by-step demonstrations, "Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner" will teach even the least confident of beginners the skills and techniques needed to start painting. In this easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide, three professional artists explain all the basic watercolour techniques. Top TV artist, Alwyn Crawshaw demonstrates basic techniques including: brushstrokes; colour mixing; making objects look 3D; depicting distance and foreground; painting simple buildings; and painting fruit, vegetables, flowers, skies, trees, landscapes and coastlines. Lecturer and writer, Sharon Finmark explains how you can paint realistic figures, covering: scale and proportion; mixing convincing skin colours; painting from photographs; painting single figures; painting people in groups; and depicting movement and light. Popular painter and teacher, Trevor Waugh demonstrates techniques for painting domestic, farmyard and wild animals. Starting with simple shapes, Trevor takes you through the rudiments of: 3D shapes, tone and colour, texture and pattern, individual animal features, movement, and foreshortening. About the Author ---------------- Alwyn Crawshaw is the author of over 25 titles on art instruction and is the Founder of the Society of Amateur Artists, past President of the National Acrylic Painters Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Sharon Finmark is an experienced art teacher in all media but with spem in life drawing. She has written several books on painting. Trevor Waugh is a well-travelled popular painter whi runs very successful painting workshops. He has written several books on painting and has become known to a wide market through his greeting cards and prints.