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!!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- - .#/%-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 ! I often wonder how long Catering Colleges would survive if their students weren't shown how to beat an egg before they were let loose baking a Christmas cake “ .” !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- - .#/%-2- Index of Lessons Page%3% Section%1:%Create%Whatever%You%Want%With%Simple%Shapes% % Page%9%% Section%2:%Keeping%Things%in%Perspective% % Page%13%% Section%3:%Colour%Mixing%Without%Tears% % Page%20% Section%4:%Mixing%Greys%And%Greens% % Page%25% Section%5:%Paint%A%Simple%Cloudy%Sky% % Page%31%% Section%6:%Creating%Believable%Trees% % Page%39% Section%7:%Basic%Reflections% % Page%42% Section%8:%Enhance%Your%Landscape%With%Simple%Figures% % Page%45% Section%9:%Putting%It%All%Together% % Page%58% What%Is%Watercolour%Secrets?% % % % - - - !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- - .#/%-3- Watercolour Secrets SECTION 1 % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % CREATE WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH SIMPLE SHAPES !!!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- !!"!#$%&'()(*&+%'&%$+"'(,- - .#/%-4 - - % 1 5+67/-8#+6'-+9#:%+-$(-'&%#$%-#7;-(8<%'$=-!9%$9%&-6$>+-#-?)(!%&=-#-?6/*&%=-#76,#)-(&-#7;$967/-%)+%-6+7>$-7%!"- @$>+-8%%7 -* +% A -?( & -9 * 7 A &% A + -( ?-;% # &+ " B &% # C67 / -A ( !7-#7-# : : # &% 7 $); -' ( , : )% D -( 8 <% '$ -$( -# -+% &6% + -( ?-8 # +6' -+9 # : % +- ,#C%+-6$-#-!9()%-)($-%#+6%&-$(-A&#!-8%?(&%-;(*-%E%7-9#E%-$(-$967C-#8(*$-#AA67/-:#67$F- - - G- B- H- 2 @-<*+$-*+% -?6E% -8 # +6' -+9#:%+-I-'6&')%=-+J*#&%=-(8)(7/=-(E#)-#7A-$&6#7/)%=-#+-KGL-#8(E%"-M(*-'#7-+%%-9(!-;(*-'#7- %#+6);-,#76:*)#$%-$9%+%-+9#:%+-KBL-8%)(!=-8;-+$&%$'967/-(&-'(,:&%++67/-$9%,-$(-+*6$-;(*&-+*8<%'$"-G7A-A(7>$- $967C-;(*-9#E% -$(-A&# ! -;(* &-8# +6'-+9# :% +-#+-7% #$);-#+-@>E%-#' 96%E %A -!6$9 -$9%+% -'(,:*$%&-6,# /%+ "-G))-$9#$>+- 7%'%++#&;-6+-+(,%$967/-)6C%-,;-KE%&;FL-&(*/9-(*$)67%+-KHL-?*&$9%&-A(!7"-N9%+%-&(*/9-+9#:%+-#&%-!9#$-@-*+%A-67-#))- (?-$9%-Watercolour!Secrets!DVD!Course © ! )%++(7+-$ ( -'&% # $% -$9 % -+* 8 <% '$ -, # $$ % &-@-9 #: : % 7 %A -$ (-8 % -! 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  www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  19     www.watercoloursecrets.com   Watercolour Secrets SECTION 4 MIXING GREYS & GREENS   www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  20   www.watercoloursecrets.com       1  Although  we  often  think  of  landscapes  as  full  of  various  greens,  it’s  also...  lines  here  and   there,  to  change  your  viewpoint  up,  down  and  sideways  at  will         www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  12   www.watercoloursecrets.com   Watercolour Secrets SECTION 3   COLOUR MIXING WITHOUT TEARS   www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  13   www.watercoloursecrets.com         1  Let’s  get  the  most  basic  (and  for  many,  the  most  boring)  part  of  colour...   © tutorials  in  the Watercolour Secrets  DVD  Course    Believe  me,  with  a  little  practice,  it  can  take  you  less  time  to     produce  a  successful  sky  than  it  takes  to  read  through  this  tutorial    Go  on  -­‐  give  it  a  go  and  amaze  yourself!           www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  30   www.watercoloursecrets.com   Watercolour Secrets SECTION 6     CREATING...     www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  14     www.watercoloursecrets.com         1  One  of  the  most  frustrating  problems  the  aspiring   watercolourist  faces  is  how  to  control  the  way watercolour   paint  spreads  –  at  times  in  a  most  frustrating  and   unpredictable  way       2  Don’t  worry,  it’s  not  nearly  as  difficult  as  you  think  and  in   fact, Watercolour. .. usually,  the  ideal  point  to  add  your  next  layer  of  paint   WATERCOLOUR SECRETS  TIP:   If  you’re  not  sure  of  the  difference  between  ‘shiny’   and  ‘sheen’  think  of  the  surface  of  a  gloss-­‐painted   bedroom  door  and  one  with  a  satin  finish       www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  18   www.watercoloursecrets.com   5  Adopting  this  idea  in  a  practical  sense,...  foliage     WATERCOLOUR SECRETS  TIP:   Observe  carefully  how  wide  tree  trunks  are   in  relation  to  the  tree  size    Invariably  they’re   thicker  than  you  think  –  remember  how   much  weight  they’ve  got  to  support !   www.watercoloursecrets.com   Nearly  there  for  the  summer  tree   Let’s  go  to  the  next  stage  to  complete  it!       Page  34     www.watercoloursecrets.com...  left  panel   www.watercoloursecrets.com   A   B   Wet   Wet   A   B   Dry       Dry   Page  16   www.watercoloursecrets.com   5  Now,  the  next  big  step  is  learning  to   put  one  colour  on  top  of  another  that’s   still  damp,  without  causing  those  awful   run-­‐backs  and  cauliflowers  that  are  the   curse  of  the  newcomer  (and  not-­‐so-­‐ newcomer!)  to  watercolours    ...  I’ve  been  able  to  control  this   far  more  readily  and  the  paint  has  stayed  much   nearer  its  original  intensity     www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  15   www.watercoloursecrets.com   7  Now,  moving  on  to  colour-­‐mixing,  the   next   Watercolour  Secret’  is  to   understand  the  importance  of  the   strength  of  colour  you  use  In  the  top   picture  I’ve  made... grey/black  that’s  biased   towards  blue,  red  or  yellow  –   far  more  useful  and  vibrant  that   most  black  paint  straight  out  of   the  tube             www.watercoloursecrets.com       Page  22   www.watercoloursecrets.com   1  Now  let’s  look  at  greens      With  just  the  two  blues  and  two  yellows,  a  whole  range  of  greens  to  suit  all  seasons  is   available   . 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