Splash 18: Value - Celebrating Light and Dark (Splash: The Best of Watercolor)
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Rating | : | 4.93 (645 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1440347042 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2018-02-06 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
About the Author Rachel Rubin Wolf, Maineville, OH, has edited and written more than 20 fine art books for North Light including the Splash: Best of Watercolor and Strokes: Best of Drawing series.
Splash is always inspiring Great book, I have the majority of the Splash books.
For the artist, no element is more effective at conveying a sense of space or directing the viewer's eye. There is no more fundamental duality than that of light and dark. See what happens when artists paint what they love, and love what they paint.130 paintings reproduced in brilliant, juicy colorContemporary artists share how strategic value placement gives power and punch to their workA breathtaking range of styles and subjects--from skyscrapers and still lifes to figures, faces and cherished pets"If the composition of the lightest and darkest values alone is interesting, you are more than halfway there before you even start to paint." --Mark McDermott, p20 "Life is full of ups and downs, like a symphony of light and dark." --Lim Bee Tat, p33 "The true subject is not an orchid, but the celebration o
. Rachel Rubin Wolf, Maineville, OH, has edited and written more than 20 fine art books for North Light including the Splash: Best of Watercolor and Strokes: Best of Drawing series