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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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First Edition, first printing with full number line in very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are solid with some wear to the cloth at the edges, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has some wear, with a few nicks and tears at the edges. Previous owner's personal library sticker on the first page. Otherwise a nice copy with minimal signs of use an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
This is an excellent book to learn watercolor still life's. The techniques that Liz Donovan teaches, can certainly be applied to other watercolor subjects as well. It has a very fresh feel about it.
Donovan gives step-by-step demonstrations on how to capture sunlit textures and colors of such things as lace, clear and colored glass, grass, copper, silver, wood grains, different types of marble, fruits and flowers, velvet, patterned fabric and flowered wallpaper. This book is filled with wonderful lessons such as "preliminary drawing method", creating light and shadow with color, avoiding muddy color, achieving beautiful granular effects, intense blacks, gentle grays, beautiful brown-grays, the importance of values, etc..
Donovan's demonstrations are organized in a very simple way, usually taking two pages with 3-4 illustrations. She gives the color palette, then proceeds by showing a photo of what to paint, then follows by illustrated stepped demonstrations. Her teaching is easy to follow and understand. The paintings are beautiful. This is a wonderful book to learn and improve on watercolor techniques. I love this book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Putting Together a Sparkling Sunlit Composition (Learn to view your surroundings with an artistic eye, to create beautiful sunlit still lifes. 2. using Materials, Colors and Values Creatively (Tips on use of color and hte best equipment and materials to achieve gorgeous sunlit effects) 3. Painting Beautiful Fabric and Lace (Paint along with these step-by-step instructions to create lace, an Oriental rug, satin and velvet, print fabric and flowered wallpaper 4. How to Paint reflective Surfaces (Twelve step-by-step demonstrations of how to paint critical shiny surfaces such as brass, copper, silver, glass, windows and more.) 5. Painting Rich Wood and Marble Surfaces (Step-by-step instructions for painting oak, rosewood, marble and a marble top dresser 6. Painting Lush Flowers and Fruit (Capture brilliant sunlight in flowers and fruit with these seven step-by-step deomonstrations 7. Putting It All Together (Use all the skills you've learned to create these beautiful sunlit paintings Gallery Index
