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| The Watercolorist?s Essential Notebook | 
 enlarge | Author: Gordon Mackenzie
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (43 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8008
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0891349464
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.422
EAN: 9780891349464
ASIN: 0891349464
Publication Date: March 1, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Gets You Started and Keeps You Going March 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let's just say calling me an amateur would be an understatement. I bought this book in high hopes of entering the world of watercolor. It hit the nail right on the head.
The text is informative and precise without being overwhelming. Enough different information and very comprehensive. Although perhaps lacking in the texture/details department. Overall the best of the 3 other books I bought. This one may be the best beginner to intermediate book out there!
The only drawback was the fact it doesn't say in the description that it is for tube watercolors, as I want to use pans...but still I think most techniques will work either way.
Highly Recommended February 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really great book on watercolor. It is full of wonderful tips and explanations of how to achieve many simple to advanced effects. It also explains why certain colors are better to mix with others for the results you want. It is also amazingly readable. I set it by my reading chair and I am drawn to pick it up and read just for interest. I am learning so much. FYI- I have lots of knowledge about art, but am a beginning to intermediate watercolorist.
Great book!!! January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book offers great advice on landscape painting so, If you've wanted to paint plein air with watercolors, this is the book for you.
Really essential December 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book contains valuable techniques for the creation of landscape features in watercolor. It is perhaps a bit overwhelming for the absolute beginner, but for anyone who has a little experience with watercolors and is motivated to improve, it's a great book!
THE best! November 25, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a fairly new watercolorist, I have purchased many, many books on the subject in an attempt to gain skills, learn techniques, expand my thinking, etc., etc. Some of those books have been helpful, but usually only a page or two of a 60-page book was exactly what I was looking for. In other words, I was disappointed! Long introduction to say that THIS watercolor book exceeded all my expectations! I am oh so happy with it; I will probably use information on every page of this one. The techniques and skills introduced are interesting and fairly easy to execute; the author provides abundant details all along the way. The book has answered so many of my questions about producing sparkling water, distant trees, various types of skies, clouds, fog, using color schemes effectively, and the technique of "fading out" (which I love). And much, much, much more. It is well worth every penny and then some.
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