Watercolour - by Tom Shepherd (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The ultimate practical guide to expressive watercolor painting from popular artist and trusted teacher, Tom Shepherd.

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.

About the Author

Tom Shepherd started his art career by creating custom artwork on guitars using graffiti pens. Making a move towards a brush and more traditional mediums opened up a whole new world to him, and he hasn't looked back since. Tom loves painting a wide variety of subjects, but is always drawn back to the place where his first two passions met; painting wildlife, in particular birds.
Tom is also a highly regarded, and much sought-after tutor.
Tom's work has become widely collected across the world. He has been a highly commended finalist in the world-renowned Wildlife Artist of the Year on several occasions. As well as involvement with various group exhibitions geared towards raising funds for wildlife and conservation; he also contributes a portion of sales each year to UK based Organisations such as WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust), raising many thousands of pounds for wildlife.
Tom co-hosts the podcast Ask an Artist, and runs successful remote painting classes through his School of Watercolour (schoolofwatercolour.co.uk)
Website: www.tomshepherdart.com
Instagram: @tomshepherdartist