North Light Books - Splash 10

The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook

Painting with watercolors gives you endless opportunities to create the world you want. You choose whether to let the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling golds and reds.

The Flower Painters Essential Handbook: How to Paint 50 Beautiful Flowers in Watercolor

From Agapanthus to Water lily, this unique artist's reference provides easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint 50 of today's most popular flowers. Learn to draw each basic flower shape and then paint a single detailed bloom Gain full, practical guidance for painting each flower through clear illustrations, step-by-step instruction, and the essential color palette Refer to Jill's beautiful finished paintings for further inspiration Use the indispensable introduction to discover basic flower painting materials, techniques and color considerations The must-have practical reference that no flower painter can be without!

Painting Watercolor Flowers That Glow

A celebration of light Light has the power to make an ordinary flower extraordinary. Inside, Jan Kunz shares simple, step-by-step techniques for capturing that celebrated "glow" in watercolor.

Painting Expressive Watercolour

Watercolour offers great potential for expression. Its fluidity, full colour range, generous spread and variety of marks can portray a likeness, a response, a feeling - even the notions of time and speed.

Learn to Paint Horses and Dogs In Watercolor For The Absolute Beginner

Splash 13

A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but the less expected routes are what more often lead artists from inspiration to great paintings. Splash 13 explores the paths less traveled.

Wet on Wet: The Waldorf School Method of Painting and Color

Learn How To Paint Like They Do In Waldorf Schools WorldwideDo you ever wonder how the teachers teach the Waldorf school style of painting?

Masters of Water-Colour Painting (Illustrated)

This book, first published in 1922, consists of an introduction by H.M.

Angelic Visions

Angels have been many things to many people throughout the centuries & #150emissaries of the divine, harbingers of holy wrath, symbols of enduring beauty and great power. In this book, with Angela Sasser's graceful artwork guiding the way, you'll discover how to bring to life your own divine visions.

W A T E R C O L O U R AND "A R T W O R K S"

A new collection of sculptures, painting and work of art by sculptor Enrico Bedini (2nd of a Trilogy) A new book is always an exciting event and this book is no exception. Enrico's sculptures are classical - modern and hand carved by the artist himself out of a block of white marble from the quarry of Carrara (Tuscany) Italy.

Ways with Watercolor

In simple, direct language, accompanied by purposeful illustrations, teacher and master watercolorist Ted Kautzky shows beginners how to handle the medium.

Fantasy Fashion Art Studio

Live out all your fashion fantasies! Flower fairies, water spirits, enchanted forests, Victorian ladies and more!

Quick & Clever Watercolor Pencils

Charles Evans shows you how to get the very best results from watercolor pencils in next to no time! Watercolor pencils are versatile, fun and easy-to-use no matter where you are.

DreamScapes Myth & Magic: Create Legendary Creatures and Characters in Watercolor

Open this book, and enter a realm where fantasy springs to life in dreamlike colors, luscious textures and graceful compositions. Continuing the journey of the original Dreamscapes, this second book by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law explores - in words and beautiful watercolor imagery - more legends of the sea, sky and earth.

Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision

The Splash series has earned a reputation as a premier showcase of contemporary watercolor. Year after year, artists and art enthusiasts look forward to its big, beautiful images, innovative approaches and insightful commentary.

Experimental Flowers in Watercolour

Well-known watercolour painter Ann Blockley presents flowers through a variety of interpretations, from traditional to unconventional in both technique and concept.

Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color

A guide that shows painters, drawers, doodlers, and urban sketchers how to bring their drawings to life with colorful, bold, yet accessible painting methods.

Powerful Watercolor Landscapes: Tools for Painting with Impact

Banish boring watercolors forever! This guide gives you the "power tools" you need to transform dull, flat landscapes into robust, colorful expressions of your artistic vision.

Secrets of Watercolor - From Basics to Special Effects

A must-have reference for every watercolorist! This is your complete guide to watercolor-from basic art concepts and techniques to fun special effects and pointers for painting popular subjects.

Painting In Watercolor

Learn how to watercolor. In this step-by-step guide, you will discover how to watercolor paint the right way.

Watercolor: The Can Do Approach

Painting with the watercolor medium is a partnership. You bring to the process your ideas and images and the medium takes them to another place all together.

Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines

Harness the power of negative space! Breathe new life into your art through negative painting.

Painting En Plein Air: Teaching - Techniques, Tactics, Tips

An inspiring, practical book that encourages you to "Have A Go" and capture, in paint, any scene you see outdoors. Practical painting strategies and tactics simplify a range of subjects - from simple to complex.

Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction's Most Beloved Heroines

A treasure of a gift for the well-read woman, this collection brings together 50 stirring portraits, in watercolor and in word, of literature's most well-read female characters. Anna Karenina, Clarissa Dalloway, Daisy Buchanan.

Just Add Watercolor: Inspiration and Painting Techniques from Contemporary Artists

A beautifully illustrated, easy-to-navigate guide to creating contemporary watercolors, pairing full-page paintings with insights and tips for artists.

Painting Vibrant Watercolors: Discover the Magic of Light, Color and Contrast

Paint Watercolors that Shine! Make the most of watercolor's fresh, vibrant nature through light, color and contrast.

Watercolor: Paintings of Contemporary Artists

Watercolor is taking the art, fashion, and home décor worlds by storm. The result is an explosion of amazing new work by contemporary artists.

Transparent Colors

This book is a journey into the challenges and achievements of three Filipino-American watercolorists who set precedents in the development of watercolor in the Filipino-American art communities of New York and New Jersey. It is also about human struggle, persistence better understood by first generation immigrants in this country, and heart-warming public recognition in the quest for the American dream through life-changing passion for art.

TED BILLSON REVEALS THE SECRETS OF WATERCOLOUR

I decided to write this book for a number of reasons, to impart what I have learnt over 40 years of painting, to show my paintings and because I have read many books and not one of them has given the full facts.

Landscapes: Painting Processes

Landscapes is a favorite painting subject. We all live in the natural world and have personl responses to specific places.

Learn How To Paint Trees

Learn how to paint. The Oak Tree The Beech Tree The Willow Tree The Elm The Ash & The Scotch Fir Learn which brushes, paints and pencils are best and why.

Splash 16

100 top artists share the tricks behind their textures! Have you ever stood fascinated before a painting, wondering, "How did they do that?

Watercolor Unleashed

Discover fresh, forgiving techniques that promise less frustration and juicier results! Julie Gilbert Pollard subscribes to the "whatever works" school of painting.

Learn How to Paint Rainforest Animals In Watercolor For The Beginner

How To Paint with Watercolor For Beginners

Watercolor: Realistic Painting: Learn to paint step by step

Creating a piece of artwork that might be mistaken for a photograph is the goal of many aspiring artists. With this 32-page guide, even beginners can learn methods for painting with amazing realism and accuracy.

Watercolors

Watercolors by Geraldine Landriau is a compilation of 153 photographs of paintings created by the artist, beginning with her first attempt in 1971, continuing throughout the period of her study of the medium, and ending with her final piece, which was unfinished at the time of her death in 2010. Included in the collection are 15 photographs of untitled and undated pieces that were created to study techniques and to experiment with the medium.

Realistic Watercolor Portraits

Portraits have the power to capture a likeness that touches the soul. You can learn to paint realistic portraits with artistry following the guidance in this inspirational book.

Painting Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor

Paint flowers with feeling! You can paint watercolors that capture the beauty and personality of roses, peonies, zinnias and many more brilliant blooms-and achieve color more vivid than you ever dreamed possible with watercolor.

First Steps Painting Watercolors

Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding! Watercolor's vivid colors and fresh, direct brush strokes make it the most exciting way to paint.