Jelbert Wendy Livres

A complete project-based teaching course of watercolour painting techniques, for beginners to intermediates, photographed throughout.

With six detailed demonstrations, dozens of terrific tips and instructions on all the elements that make up the landscape, this practical guide makes acrylic painting easy and fun to do.

If you have ever wanted to learn to draw but lacked the confidence to start, then Drawing for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.

Projects include the Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal, gondolas, reflections, stunning architecture and more.

Previously published as the hugely successful Leisure Arts, these Art Handbooks are being reissued in a handy format with beautiful new covers and the same high quality content. Wendy Jelbert has written a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to creating beautiful pictures in acrylics, covering all the basic techniques and more.

This comprehensive volume provides clear instructions on how to work with watercolors, oils, acrylics, and gouache for artists of all levels of experience.

In-depth expert teaching makes this a comprehensive guide to acrylic painting, drawing on the expertise of three respected and well-loved artists. There is a wide variety of styles and subjects shown and step by step photographs show how to paint 10 beautiful paintings.

A complete beginner's guide to drawing portraits, from a best-selling author. Pastel pencils, watersoluble pencils and pastels take their place alongside pen, pencil and charcoal.

Everything you need to know about transforming a rough sketch into a perfect painting, and how to enjoy the looseness of sketching as an art form in its own right.

Four renowned flower artists show how to paint beautiful paintings in watercolour and acrylics, and there are free pull-out outlines so that you can bypass the drawing stage.