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Seslar, Patrick, 1947-

Watercolor basics. Painting from photographs / Patrick Seslar.

1st ed.

Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, ©1999.

128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

This volume reveals the simple secrets to spotting promising painting ideas in photos and turning them into original still-lives, portraits, and landscapes. The author provides tips on cropping, combining elements, and simplifying compositions, as well as supplies, mixing colors, and transforming a slide or snapshot into a drawing. He includes hands-on exercises, demonstrations, and 12 step-by-step projects, all illustrated with color photos and watercolors.

Watercolor basics

Watercolor basics.

Watercolor painting -- Technique.

Painting from photographs.

Painting from photographs

Includes index.

[1.] Getting started. Watercolor supplies -- Useful accessories -- Cameras and film -- Prints -- Compiling a photographic sketchbook -- Visualize with a viewfinder -- Photo sketchbook in action -- Zoom in on the action -- Play with perspective -- [2.] Painting from photographs made easy. Enlarging and copying from photographs -- Using grids and pantographs -- Opaque projectors -- Slide projectors -- Creating strong compositions from photographs -- Cropping for impact -- Combining several photographs -- Correcting values and distortions -- Help from your computer -- Basic painting techniques -- Mixing the right color -- Useful strokes and techniques -- [3.] Step-by-step demonstrations. Daisies -- Thistle and butterfly -- Potted geraniums -- Pears on a shelf -- Apple and grapes on linen -- Cherries and silver creamer -- A winter landscape -- A summer landscape-Grand Canyon -- A child on the beach -- Rolling surf -- Cape Hatteras lighthouse -- Mackinac Island tulips.

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