Product Description

Tom Lynch's watercolors are dynamic, expressive and amazingly vibrant. In this guide, he shares his masterful techniques for achieving loose, energetic compositions through step-by-step demonstrations, inspiring examples and clear instruction.

To make lessons easy to learn, Lynch breaks down his painting strategies into simple principles, including Values, Color, Shapes, Impact Area, and Expression & Mood. Each principle features exercises designed help artists build their skills and paint with impact.

* Includes color-coded sections for easy referencing
* Captivating artwork spanning a range of subjects
* 10 complete step-by-step demonstrations
* Visual instruction, featuring before-and-after examples

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246248 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

About the Author
Tom Lynch has been a watercolor artist and teacher for more than 25 years. He has taught workshops all over the world and has written several instructional articles, books and videos. His work is currently featured in private and corporate collections throughout the world, and he was the featured artist for the US Open Golf Championships and several PGA events. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Customer Reviews

Nice Art Work---Book Needs Better Text
A great concept with wonderful illustrations by Tom Lynch but lacking descriptions of the techniques and pigment use employed. Like the other reviewer I found the secrets still secrets and not revealing enough information. This publishers books seem to follow this pattern as with Alvaro Castagnet book Watercolor Painting with Passion (beautiful and inspiring illustrations by Castagnet but lacking decent text of the techniques and use of pigments used).

However, aside from the lacking technical information, Lynch's work is wonderful and inspiring.

OK BUT NOT ENOUGH DETAIL AND EXPLANATION!!
THIS BOOK NEEDS MORE DETAIL AND TECHNIQUE IN MUCH BETTER FORM. I APPRECIATE GOOD ART BOOKS AND THIS ONE COULD BE A LOT BETTER..

One of my very favorites
Out of the dozens and dozens of watercolor books that I own this is one of the few that I return time after time for new insights on composition and technique. I've tried several times to get into one of Tom's seminars but scheduling conflicts prevented it. One day I'll attend and have him autograph my dog-earred, paint-splattered worn out old copy of this great book on watercolor painting! If you do buy it don't just read it and place it on the shelf...use it and abuse it... throw some paint on some paper and practice the techniques and you'll see the value!