!!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- - .#/%-0- ! !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- - .#/%-1- About The Author Bob Davies is professional art instructor and co-founder or WatercolourSecrets.com. Bob is passionate about helping others discover the immense satisfaction of producing artwork they are proud of and is a staunch believer that you don’t have to born with ‘special artistic talent’ in order to enjoy the wonderful pastime of painting and drawing. In this e-book, Bob takes you through some of the basic foundations of watercolour painting that no one bothered to show him at school. In fact, Bob’s experience of art at school is like so many others’… So many of my students have told me that they passed through school wanting to learn art, but were frustrated that they were never taught basic techniques like drawing skills. Far too often they were told to 'follow the rules of art' and concentrate on creating 'mood' and 'energy' and 'themes'. They tried, but floundered because they were never shown how to draw simple shapes like trees or led through the principles of perspective. So they gave up altogether. Sadly, they lost art - and art lost them This mirrors my own experience at school i.e. " develop your theme and you'll pick up the basics as you go along " Well no, actually you don't! You need to understand some simple building blocks of drawing and painting techniques before you get into the heady heights of symbolism and representation in your work. Why have so many "TV Artists" enjoyed such popularity in the last decade or so? It's because they show you how ! 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