Painting Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes: Transform Ordinary Places into Extraordinary Scenes

In Painting Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes, Joyce Hicks shows you how to transform ordinary landscapes into gorgeous, lush works of art.First you'll learn to look differently at the world around you by slowing down and seeing beauty in the every day to find settings you can't wait to paint. Learn the Art of Seeing and tap into the beauty of the everyday!The scenes around you don't have to be perfect to inspire beautiful watercolor paintings. Begin to paint from the sacred place withinwith Painting Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes.. Finally, Joyce shows you how to add fine details to make the painting distinctly yours.With Painting Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes, you will:Discover your inspiration in a scene by training yourself to see it differently and creating a workable simplified composition.Practice techniques like glazing, color mixing, developing an inviting composition and more.Complete 12 step-by-step projects to create you signature watercolor style. Then, by learning to understand design elements and principles, use color and make the most of artistic license, you'll gain the confidence you need to create light-filled watercolor landscapes

Well written book G. S. Cook I liked the paintings by Ms. Hicks and decided to purchase the book - it's probably the first watercolor book I've actually read all the way through. She talks about developing one's own style, and I am slightly amused because her style is definitely developed! I'm a newbie to W/C but even I recognize that she uses certain colors in each of her pictures that are not necessarily t. A good teacher mcm Unlike many watercolor instruction books, this one has effective explanations in its demos. Followed closely, one can achieve the signature Joyce Hicks look--but with hard work! I like how the author instructs readers to repeat the demo as often as needed to achieve success. It is a realistic teaching but one rarely given.. Hicks Ain't No Hick Amazon Customer It's the Nitty Gritty.No fuss,no muss. Simple, Complete,HonestFast, accurate, an actually complete recipe for success. Joyce's guidance begins with the "What's," and the "Whys," how to determine what Your's are.and then the "How To". step by step. She includes photos of her works with step by step instruction as to how she obtained her results. She includes color choices, atypica