Watercolour: The Ultimate Guide to Loose, Expressive Watercolour Painting

Follow Tom's tried-and-tested approach to painting with freedom, flair and a whole lot of fun. This is a fresh, colorful painting course for all aspiring watercolour artists: gain confidence with the medium, experiment through guided exercises and discover your own style. Tom's fresh, simple approach can take any painter's work to the next level, and can be applied to any subject.

• START WITH THE BASICS: shape, tone, color and edges. These concepts, and how to use, play with and explore them, are explained in clear, practical language.
• LEARN THROUGH DOING with plenty of step-by-step exercises, 6 paint-along projects and a number of jumping-off points for your own ideas. All the necessary details of brushwork, paint mixing and consistency, and application are included in each.
• DEVELOP YOUR OWN STYLE: discover exercises to refine and adapt your style, broaden your artistic horizons and troubleshoot any common issues. Guest artists build on Tom's teachings, showing you other ways of working.
• TAKE IT FURTHER: longer step-by-step projects help to put the key principles into context, with extra guidance on technical elements like brushwork and washes.
• The book is completely standalone, but supports Tom Shepherd's online School of Watercolour.