Dramatic Light

This comprehensive guide addresses the popular goal of watercolor and oil painters alike — achieving stunning, light-filled paintings.

It includes 23 step-by-step demonstrations on seeing and painting the elusive quality of light, on making paintings glow from within. It also covers in depth the basic principles of light, including transparency, translucency, luminosity, and reflections.

Subjects such as glass jars, sheer curtains, stained glass windows, and water are included as well. Artists of all levels will come away with a better understanding of light ... and more dramatic paintings!

Author — Patrick Howe.

Hardcover. 128 pages, 220 color illustrations, 20 black-and-white illustrations. 8½" × 10½" (22 cm × 27 cm).