Fantasy Art in Watercolour: Painting Fairies, Dragons, Unicorns and Angels

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Three expert watercolourists show how to paint fairies, dragons, unicorns and angels in watercolour. There is extensive advice on how to draw each of these figures, and on watercolour techniques, as well as on using colour imaginatively to bring fantasy art to life. There are eight beautiful step-by-step demonstrations, showing how to paint magical fantasy paintings, and the drawings are all provided on tracing paper to pull out and transfer. Based on four books in the Watercolour Fantasy Series: Painting Dragons in Watercolour by Paul Bryn Davies Painting Unicorns in Watercolour by Rebecca Balchin Painting Fairies in Watercolour by Paul Bryn Davies Painting Angels in Watercolour by Elaine Hamer

Paul Bryn Davies has been a professional artist and illustrator all his working life. In addition to producing countless magazine illustrations, he has worked as an advertising illustrator and has had his work published as posters, greetings cards and fine art prints. Fantasy has been the dominant theme in Paul's career. Paul has also produced over 150 book jackets for some of the world's leading authors, including Christopher Pike, Lyall Watson, Robert E Vardeman and Stephen King. Paul has illustration thirteen book jackets for Stephen King including the author's first ever Number one European best seller. Paul lives in Kent with his wife and two daughters. Elaine Hamer is a professional illustrator and she has worked on a variety of publications, including cookery and children's titles. She uses pencil, gouache nad watercolour to create beautiful stylized, decorative and highly detailed illustrations. Elaine also works as a jewellery designer/maker and until moving into Kent lectured in jewellery making, art and design in the Midlands. She has two children, a son and daughter, and now lives in Kent with her husband. Rebecca Balchin graduated from the Kent Institute of Art and Design with a Fine art degree, then trained as a teacher and taught art, photography and life drawing. As a young artist, a natural love of horses helped to hone her drawing abilities. Since then she has revisited the subject, exploring the myth of the horse through installation, photography, painting and sculpture. Her artwork has been shown in several exhibitions. Rebecca also produces equine portraits to commission. She lives in Kent with her husband and son.

Fantastic book by three watercolour artists who are expert at painting fantasy art. This book is a compilation of four earlier ones brought together in one volume. There is advice on each individual area including subjects and backgrounds with ideas for producing artworks that vary from the traditional pretty pictureA" watercolour so the artist can produce works with more depth and excitement. Each book covers the subject in detail showing us not only individual sections such as fairy limbs, unicorn hooves and horns or dragon scales, but how to use different watercolour painting techniques to create unusual effects. Each section ends in two step by step demonstrations for the student to follow utilising techniques covered in the book. Included are tracings for each demo so the artist can concentrate on making best use of the painting techniques. This is a useful and informative book for anyone interested in using their imagination to create fabulous fairy and magical paintings. There's so many ideas for taking the subject far further than a simple traditional fantasy and thats what makes it so exciting.-Jeanniezelos.com