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Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN | Comments | |
Travels with Watercolour | Lucy Willis | Batsford | 9781906388331 | A good book on painting on location | |
Coastal Landscapes | David Bellamy | Collins | 9780007121762 | One of a series of books by a very good teacher of watercolour and other media | |
The Artist's Essential Guide to Watercolour | Gerald Green | David and Charles | 9780715326343 | A loose painter with some very good limited pallete approaches | |
Painting Dorset | Marilyn Allis | Tabella Publishing | 9780955808890 | Marilyn is a very loose painter which is useful for those who are too 'tight' | |
Portrait painting in watercolor | Charles Reid | Watson-Guptill | 0-8230-4192-1 | A book about a very loose style of portrait painting recommended by Ali Lindley | |
Painting from Photographs | Diana Constance | Collins | 9780004133508 | Many professional painters and graphic artists use photographs for their work as a matter of course. This book shows how to make the most of this very useful tool in the creative process. | |
Painting Watercolors from Photographs | Georg Shook and Gary Witt | Watson-Guptill | 9780823038732 | A handbook on the creation of water color paintings based on photographs includes advice on using color, simplifying details, and building a strong composition. | |
Intuitive Composition | Albert Handell and Leslie Trainor Handell | Watson-Guptill | 0-8230-2545-4 | A comprehensive book on composition. | |
| Pure Watercolour Painting | Peter Cronin | Search Press | C906222398 | A good book on watercolour technique using pure washes. | |
| Watercolour Rainbow | Hazel Soan | Batsford 2014 | 9781849941242 | An excellent book on watercolour paints, their properties and their use. |
The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing On Location Around The World | Gabriel Campanario | Quarry Books | 9781592537259 | A book by the founder of Urban Sketchers | |
The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location | Marc Taro Holmes | North Light Books | 9780007121762 | A good book giving detailed instruction | |
Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling in Color | Felix Scheinberger | WatsonGuptill Publications | 9780770435219 | An interesting book with some good techniques | |
| Freehand drawing and discovery urban sketching and concept drawing for designers | James Richards | John Wiley & Sons | 9781118232101 | A bit wordy but worth reading! |