Painting Dragons in Watercolour
Fantasy Art
by Paul Bryn Davies
Get those drawing pencils sharpened and blow the dust off those watercolors! If, like this reviewer, you find
that bowls of fruit and harbors filled with bobbing boats aren’t to your taste, how about sketching some dragons
instead? Nobody has ever seen one, so you only have to worry about making it look realistic. This tells you how.
This handsome book (it will look great on that coffee table!) first shows you what you need to buy, and
fortunately this artist thinks that you might have a budget. That is practically a first for an art book, and a
great start. I always wonder why a beginner would want to jump in and buy artists’ grade paints, when student
grade paints for beginners are available. I like the way Mr Davies shows the various watercolour techniques with
a minimum of fuss and some clear staged pictures. As to drawing the beasties, why not look at real animals and
see how they sleep or sit or jump, and use some of their features for your dragon too? Add some scales, or
perhaps a hide, and what about a background? Before long I had a picture almost ready and without spending too
much time sitting and chewing my pencil, proving that this is a good primer to get the creative juices flowing.
There are even two studies to work through, which is always a help with this type of book. In short, the artist
has packed a lot into a few pages. |
The Book |
Search Press |
November 2006 |
Hardback |
ISBN-10: 1844481514
ISBN-13: 9781844481514 |
Nonfiction/Art |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2007 |
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