Watercolors Step-By-Step By Joe Cartwright

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Author: Joe Cartwright

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Thanks to overwhelmingly positive responses to the demonstrations in my first book “Mastering Watercolors – a practical guide,” I’ve created this 124 page manual of how-to demos. Here you’ll find twelve new step-by-step paintings with reference photos and plenty of images to guide you through each piece. I’ve also included a section on watercolor basics and materials (11 pages) similar to what was in my first book for people who have not read it. An additional chapter covers what to consider when working from photographs. An ideal follow-on from “Mastering Watercolors – a practical guide,” this book is especially suited to people who can’t attend regular classes with a professional tutor. Watercolor is wonderful and challenging medium which, like most creative pursuits, develops with regular practice. Happy painting! Joe Cartwright

At this time of writing, The Mobi Watercolors Step-By-Step has garnered 10 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Mobi is Good TO READ!

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I give this lovely book four stars! Why not five? I'll explain below.I have a select few of what I consider top quality watercolor books. As a retired educator and professor of the arts of a university, there are certain things I look for in my art book collections. Quality of the work, quality of the author's ability to convey a message throughout the book especially if it has to do with instruction, and the quality of the book itself, the paper and cover binding, etc.Joe Cartwright proves he can paint AND teach in this Step by Step book. As with many how-to books, he reviews palettes, brushes, paper, tools of the trade, and the kind of paints he uses, etc., to get the beginning artist started. He talks briefly about watercolor basics and the types of strokes and the type of surface such as wet on wet or wet on dry, photo resources, and so on. The book is written to understand the concepts easily and he doesn't get too heady but keeps things basic and straightforward. Every page is loaded with paintings and diagrams and step by step procedures. And in all of his case studies, he also reveals the photos, and the colors he uses, and what he does in adjustments so you cannot get lost!The only problem I found has to do with a couple of little things that made me give only four stars and not five.One is that he published a painting with some serious perspective flaws. He knows the principles of perspective it seems and has a linear layout on page 49 imposing perspective lines over a photo to show what the horizon line and the eye level is, aling with z-axis lines (depth) that go into the distance as vanishing points. All of that is working in fine. The instruction is solid. However, on page 33 the painting has a number of horizon lines all over the painting and as we know, there is only one horizon line which is the eye level of the viewer. It would be okay if there was some close resemblance to reality since watercolor artists often work loosely around perspective. Yet, there is so much discrepancy with several horizon lines in the work that the illusion of space doesn't hold up. There can be many vanishing points in a 1, 2, or 3 point perspective along the X-axis representing depth, even on hilly surfaces, which can be distracting. Buildings built in hills are built with the slope of the ground in mind and are adjusted for this at the foundation. They have concrete structures to compensate for the slope of the hill to keep the buildings level. All depth lines should therefore recede into space to the single horizon line. The sample photo he shows reveals this architectural proof. But in the painting from the photo, the buildings appear to dip and slant in unnatural ways, throwing the whole thing off. There can be different vanishing points for various structures that are not necessarily parallel to each other but there should be only one horizon line because the horizon line is representative of the viewer's eye level and it also is the level where the sky and ground meet along the horizontal plane. This is what makes a painting hold reality.Clearly, in other examples of the author's work, he knows and applies perspective with accuracy. So I don't know why this piece was included in the book. There were a couple of other things that did not hold well in the book - but minor.The book quality influenced my rating. The cover is nice and glossy but thin and feels a bit cheap. I would have expected the cover to be nice and thick with inside pages to be of better quality. This book comes very pricey so I expected more of it. The paper should have been of better quality inside as well. It is pulpish. There are only a few pages with a hint of quality sheen to them. Other watercolor books of high professionalism and price I have purchased are made with better paper with much more content. This could have been published with a little more care for the price of it.Joe Cartwrite is a very successful watercolor artist and his work shines with great knowledge and the ability to teach the watercolor medium very well. His book has many examples of cities, farms, harbors, and far reaching places in it like Greece, Australia, and Italy, and more. Step by step, you can't miss out on the entire detailed process of building a watercolor painting. He does not venture out into the abstract or get into areas where form and edge, color and contrasts lose their reality of three dimensional space. He keeps his color ranges within the reach of local colors and sticks close to his photos with adjusted values to create a more focused composition. The level of instruction for this book in my opinion, is beginner to intermediate.The main thing to get out of this book is the great step by step instructions which he takes the reader through anywhere from 6 to 13 photos of progression from the drawing to the finished work. He explained everything he does and provides excellent instruction so you cannot get lost. It's a good book overall and because of his talent and the excellent book instruction.A great book in that respect and it holds up to its title as a Step by Step watercolor book.I wish I could post photos of the pages in the book but due to CV19, Amazon has limited photo posting options for many of their products.

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