Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner

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

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

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

foreshortening