Sunlight and Shadows in Watercolour: Painting Light From Interiors To Landscapes [Hardcover]

Lucy Willis is renowned for her atmospheric watercolors—and in this, her third book, she shares her professional secrets for creating inspirational landscapes, interiors, still lifes, and portraits full of light and shadow. Step-by-step demonstrations reveal how to attain different effects, from bright sunshine to dappling to nighttime scenes. In addition, Lucy shows how to paint from photographs, mix color, and use tone to achieve a successful composition.

Lucy Willis is renowned for her atmospheric watercolors—and now she shares her professional secrets for creating inspirational landscapes, interiors, still lifes, and portraits full of light and shadow. Step-by-step demonstrations reveal how to attain different effects, from bright sunshine to dappling to nighttime scenes. In addition, Lucy shows how to paint from photographs, mix color, and use tone to achieve a successful composition.

Lucy Willis is a Member of the West of England Academy. She leads very popular international painting holidays to exotic places forThe Artistmagazine and runs painting and printmaking courses from her house in Somerset. She has won many painting awards, including the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, and is represented by the Curwen Gallery in London. She is author ofLight in Watercolour(HarperCollins) andTravels with Watercolour(Batsford).