Finding new directions. How to use this book ; What this book contains -- Knowing your craft. The unique ways of watercolor ; Loosening up ; Before starting to paint ; When is a painting finished? -- Discovering your own way -- Using these experiments. Why these experiments? ; What to do and what not to do -- Experiments in composition. Compose from the top ; Let the base dominate ; Compose from one side ; Emphasize diagonals ; Emphasize horizontals ; Use different shaped paper ; Focus on a central dark area ; Paint on a narrow sheet -- Experiments in concept. Use only wet washes ; Paint from a painting ; Create a species ; Reveal white paper ; Let a motif stand alone ; Express a mood ; Choose a single value ; Use high key only ; Understate your subject ; Invent a color scheme ; Paint with pure color ; Gray field with bright accents ; Make restful areas count ; Concentrate on one shape ; Let painted lines dominate ; Paint without drawing first ; Change colors only slightly ; Convey a gray day ; Convey a bright day ; Aim for pure abstraction ; Use mostly hard-edged shapes ; Four variations on a theme : I ; Four variations on a theme : II ; Four variations on a theme : III ; Four variations on a theme : IV ; Subtly suggest shapes ; Select unique subject matter ; Position tension spots ; Compose with a letter ; Combine the figure with land forms ; Try no concept at all ; Light foreground, dark background ; Cool subject, hot colors ; Create elusive planes ; Abstract from a commonplace object ; Suggest vast distance ; Eliminate distance ; Paint from aerial perspective -- Experiments in technique. Let your paint flow freely ; Introduce sparkle with salt ; Lift out white lines with tissue ; Introduce scraping and scratching ; Crumple your paper first ; Introduce India ink ; Practice calligraphy ; Add work with cray-pas ; Spatter freely ; Work with marking pens ; Introduce bits of collage ; Use just one brush ; Paint on colored paper ; Stain and layer ; Paint with clear water ; Paint around forms ; Let "accidents" take over.
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