How to Paint Water

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Summary: Loaded with inspiration and techniques
Review: I really enjoyed the focus of this book on painting water. Water is such an essential element of so many landscapes, it was really nice to read a book devoted to it, and not just a sub-chapter.

I also really enjoyed the numerous color reproductions of paintings throughout the book which were well-chosen and beautiful to look at.

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Summary: Bringing water to life !
Review: It's always a burning desire to capture as close the minute details in a scenary picture or the scenery itself. Water often proved to be the hardest to express its formless self.

This book discussed in details the interpretation of water features using the different media like oil, pastel, water colour. All along, it had been thought that watercolour produces the best details with depth. But the book shows that other media can achieve similar effects as well.

Many examples are discussed in step-by-step approach and illuatsated in sequences to teach about the built-up, so it's a simplified step to learning. Many medium are explore adding to the variety of expression that beginners can explore.

Well formatted and recommended for beginners and intermediate painters.

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Summary: Excellent Reference Book
Review: This book offers great projects in watercolor, oil, pastel and mixed media with lots of finished work and step by step examples. It has improved the impression of "water" in my paintings remarkably.