Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner: The Society for All Artists

I liked everything about this book and would thoroughly recommend it to beginners. The 'centre-fold' outlines, which you trace and which enable you to paint the projects without having to sketch them, are really useful if you are lacking drawing experience. The projects themselves are carefully graded and each is preceded by an exercise which enables you to practise the key skills that the project teaches. The instructions are clear and step-by-step. As someone who has never been able to draw and has always been pretty useless at art, the section on vanishing points and perspective was a complete revelation. I followed the instructions and my sketch of houses actually worked. It was like magic! The only thing I struggled with was getting the boat right - but that is me rather than the book I am sure! There are sections on equipment and all the main techniques you will need to learn as a beginner. I loved the book so much I signed up to the guy's website which is also great fun and really helpful. No, I am not related - not on commission - and have no vested interest!!

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Great book. As a beginner to any kind of art, it's a nice book, with lots of variety.

Started trying to learn water colour painting. It' safe to say i'm more a logical person than an artisitc person, in fact I was terrible at Art :) However its something I've always wanted to do and started using you Tube vids to try and learn. I saw an MP program on TV and liked his teaching methods and the fact he was doing landscapes which is my particular interest. I wasn't convinced a book to teach this sort of subject well, but I've found it really useful and shows all the basic techniques. There is also trace and paint pictures with instructions which i'm more than half way through painting the Cornish Seascape one last night. Although i wasn't convinced half way through he does advise always taking a painting to the end and it actually came out quite good, no where near as good as shown in the book but i was pleasantly surprised with my efforts. The book does push his own paints etc but you don't have to use them and he does tell you the equivalents at the start of the book and show you how to mix paints, although given i may follow more of his painting tutorials i may just look at buying them. Overall as a teaching guide, given i'm hopeless at art I really like this book and has helped a lot, if you're a complete novice like me i'd definitely recommend.

This is a fabulous book. Incredibly detailed, step by step. Lots of hints and tips.

I’m an absolute beginner to watercolour and can’t draw. With this book, I was still able to produce some wonderful paintings. Happy to recommend this book which has become my watercolour ‘bible’.

As it says great for beginners and giving inspiration

Good presentation and range of exercises. Expect to benefit from the information outlined.

Excellent book for beginners.loved it.step by step instructions made watercoloring very easy.would definitely recommend and a must have book for watercolor enthusiasts.

satisfait de ce livre,il permet d,apprendre beaucoup sur la peinture en tant q,amateur,je le conseille fortement ,merci GJL07

Muitas páginas com muita informação detalhada, desenhos simples e muito bonitos para experimentar fazer, muitas fotos a cores, era mesmo o que eu queria.

This is a very good book for the watercolor beginner. Not only is there a good introduction to the art of watercolor, the book also gives very good instruction on perspective, light and shade and color. There are very good and easy to follow instruction for techniques that include step by step instruction with exercises to help you learn the technique. Also, includes outline drawings with step by step instructions for full size paintings. I wish I had this book a year ago when I started learning water color. This is a great book for the beginner and will be a big part of my painting for years to come.

This book explains the secrets of basic drawing which is helpful when it comes to painting your subject in watercolour. A few techniques shown really helps to give you confidence to have a go