Best of Watercolor: Painting Light and Shadow
Best of Watercolor: Painting Light and Shadow is a digital art book that focuses on the ways watercolor artists observe and paint light and shadow. This PDF edition is available for instant download and is ready to read on your preferred device.
Selected by Betty Lou Schlemm and edited by Sara M. Doherty, this 150-page collection was first published by Quarry Books in 1997. It includes an introduction by Schlemm and selected watercolor paintings from a range of artists.
Book Overview
This digital edition brings together watercolor works organized around the theme of light and shadow. In her introduction, Betty Lou Schlemm describes how natural light changes through the day and how colored light mixes with local color in the landscape. The book includes examples by artists such as Yolanda Frederikse, Barbara Nechis, George E. Kountoupis, M.C. Kanouse, Allison Christie, and Douglas Wiltraut.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- An introduction to observing light from dawn to evening and its effect on color and shadow.
- Selected watercolor paintings exploring intense sunlight, cool shadows, and reflected light.
- Works such as Yolanda Frederikse’s Bay Watchers, Barbara Nechis’s Lunar Series: Moon in Scorpio, and George E. Kountoupis’s Granada, Spain.
- A look at materials and approaches, including staining and opaque watercolors on cold-pressed paper.
- A 150-page digital edition of a 1997 Quarry Books title.
Why This Book Matters
For watercolor artists and students, this collection shows how different painters approach a single enduring subject: light and shadow. The selected works and introductory text offer a practical and visual reference for understanding color, value, and atmosphere in watercolor painting.
Book Details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| File Size | 17.8 MB |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 150 |
| Selected by | Betty Lou Schlemm |
| Edited by | Sara M. Doherty |
| Publisher | Quarry Books, an imprint of Rockport Publishers, Inc. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-56496-348-9 |
| Place of Publication | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital download, so there is no physical shipping. After purchase, access is available immediately from your account. The PDF works with most PDF readers, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps.
FAQ
How do I get instant access? After purchase, the PDF is available for immediate download from your account.
Will I receive a physical copy? No. This is a digital edition and no physical copy is shipped.
What devices are compatible? The PDF works with most PDF readers, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps.
Add this digital edition to your collection and explore how watercolor painters capture the changing character of light and shadow.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Copyright | © 1997 Rockport Publishers, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Distributor | North Light Books, an imprint of F & W Publications, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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