Learn to utilize color and light through watercolor expression in this comprehensive text. All levels of artistic experience are sure to benefit from each detailed lesson.

Opening up a whole new world that explodes with color and light, this guidebook overflows with enthusiastic instruction for beautiful watercolors. With a section devoted to materials and basic techniques such as composition, color scheme, and light balance, each of the book's lessons can be put into immediate practice by even novice painters.

Featuring three step-by-step projects, this educational and inspiring collection teaches budding watercolorists how to capture light and color in portraits, still-lifes, animals, flowers, and landscapes.

Jean Haines is an award-winning artist and instructor who is passionate about watercolor, life, animals, and the beauty of nature. She enjoys working without the use of a preliminary sketch, painting directly with color, and aiming to capture the essence of a subject. Living and studying art for many years in Asia, Dubai, and Europe has influenced her to adopt the distinctive brushstrokes and techniques for which she is known.

Author — Jean Haines.

Paperback. 64 pages. 8½" × 11½" (22 cm × 29 cm).