Watercolor Wisdom Book

	Foreword	8
	Introduction	10
Chapter 1	Color	12
	The color wheel	13
	Setting up your palette	14
	Mixing color	16
	Glazing	18
	Value range of colors	19
	Mixing your own blacks for luminosity	20
	Mixing grays	21
	The intensity of color	22
	Colors are affected by their surroundings	23
	Five color harmonies for realistic painting	24
	Five color harmonies for abstract painting	27
Chapter 2	Brush Practice and Texture	32
	Choosing paper	33
	Getting acquainted with your brushes	34
	Brush exercises	35
	Washes	39
	Texture tools	41
	Resists	42
	Stampings	43
	Stencils	46
	Scraping and bruising	48
	Spattering	50
	Painted textures	52
	Natural textures	54
	Applying textures in a painting	55
Chapter 3	Composition	56
	Dividing the space	57
	Different divisions create new paintings	58
	Six guidelines for a good shape	59
	Staging an entry	60
	Fitting different subjects into a good shape	63
	Applying good shape to abstract painting	66
	Using reference photos	67
	Recognizing negative shapes	68
	Six things that describe form	70
	Using values to create the illusion of form	71
	The shape of shadow	74
	Demonstration; Planning a composition	76
Chapter 4	Value	78
	Six broad value schemes for realistic paintings	79
	Six broad value schemes for abstract paintings	83
	Applying value to colors	85
	Realistic value schemes in color	86
	Planning: Time well spent	90
	Value key sets a mood and expresses feeling	92
Chapter 5	Painting Techniques in Action	96
	Painting wet-into-wet	97
	Lost and found edges	99
	Glazing and underpainting	101
	Demonstration - Glazing technique	104
	Negative painting	108
	Ink line and wash	111
	Painting with a palette knife	113
	Demonstration - Palette knife technique	116
	Applying or scraping paint with a spatula	118
	Tissue collage	120
	Enhanced monoprint	122
	Watercolor with overlay of pastel	125
	Plastic pressing technique	126
Chapter 6	The Language of Design	128
	The artist's ladder	129
	The key to design structure	130
	Relating emotions through the elements	131
	Design exercises	132
	Design variations: Space division	136
	Design variations: Line and direction	140
	Design variations: Value	145
	An experiment in abstraction	147
	Demonstration - Planning a painting	150
	Demonstration - Plan another painting	152
	Good design can be subtle	154
	Same subject, different designs for a series	156
	Demonstration - Painting an abstract	158
	Finding new compositions within a painting	160
	Evaluating paintings for good design	161
	Gallery	164
	Conclusion	172
	Index	174