Susan E. Meyer

Watercolorists at work

Published by Watson-Guptill, hardcover with dustjacket, illustrated
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One of the best methods of learning to paint is by watching a skilled artist at work.

Watercolorists at Work recreates in book form the actual sequence of techniques followed by twenty-five master watercolorists as they create a painting. Twenty-five step-by-step demonstrations, all in full color, lead the reader through the entire development of each painting, from start to finish. Watching over the shoulder as the painting develops, the reader will discover techniques and insights which are sure to enrich his own work.

The leading American watercolorists who have participated in this book include Tore Asplund, Ralph Avery, Merrill Bailey, Robert Blair, Glenn Bradshaw, Kent Day Coes, Ray Ellis, Edmond FitzGerald, Henry Gasser, Tom Hill, Phillip Jamison, Charles Kinghan, Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Pellew, John Pike, Henry C. Pitz, Michael Rossi, Joseph L. C. Santoro, Millard Sheets, William Strosahl, Donald Teague, Eileen Monaghan Whitaker, Frederic Whitaker, Edgar Whitney, and Alex Yaworski.

Every painting is developed in five instructive stages and every stage is faithfully produced in color, full page size, enabling the reader to see, clearly and accurately, how the painting grows. The demonstrations are accompanied by text which presents the artist's working methods, and by detailed captions which fully describe the stages in the painting's progress.