The Watercolorist's Guide to Painting Skies

Morethananyothersinglefactor,theskysetsthemoodofalandscapepainting.Yettheskyistoooftentakenforgrantedbecausewelookatitinapreconceivedway.Thisbookcontains50lessonsdesignedtohelpyougetridofandpreconceivedideasyouhaveaboutskies.Eachlessonconcentratesonaproblemthatyouarelikelytoencounterwhenyoubegintopaint.Firstthechallengesofeachsituationareanalyzed,thenaworkingprocedureoutlined.You'llfindthatmanyofthesituationspresentmorethanoneproblem,andyou'llseetoothatmosthavemorethanonepossiblesolution.Asyoureadthroughthelessons,you'llcometounderstandhowandwhydecisionsaremadeasanactualpaintingisexecuted.Fifteenofthelessonsareillustratedbystep-by-stepdemonstrationstoshowyouhowapaintingevolved,andinmanylessons,close-upsofdetailsenhanceyourunderstandingofthepaintingprocess.Unlikemanypaintingbooks,thisvolumeincludestheactualphotographstheartistworkedfrom.Thesesuperbphotograghscanhelpyoudiscovernewsubjectmatterandnewwaysofcomposingyourpaintings.Asabonus,supplementaryassignmentsrunthroughthebook,eitherelaboratingonapointcoveredinthelessonorinvitingyoutobranchoutanewdirection.Nomatterwhatyourlevelofexpertise,thisbookwilldomorethansimplyteachyou"howto"paintskies.Asyouworkthroughthelessons,you;lldiscoverhowtoanalyzerealproblemsyouencounterinlandscapepaintingandyou'lllearnpracticalwaystounraveltheirdifficulties.Onceyou'vefoundalogicalwaytobeginapainting,you'llseethatit'softeneasytoworkthroughtoitsend.There'snoonewaytopaintasky;infact,therearehundreds,eventhousands,ofapproachesthatwork.Usethesolutionsofferedinthisbookasapointofdepartureforyouowninterpretation.Asyougainconfidence,you'llnodoubtdiscovertheendlesschallengeofrenderingtheskyinwatercolor.