The Complete Guide to Watercolor Paperback – July 1, 2002

Bought this second copy as a gift. I did a lot of comparison shopping before I selected it for myself several years ago. Couldn't find a better book on this topic now either. Good illustrations. Reasonable price. and teaches the widest variety of techniques.

Great book a lot of information, will definitely help understand watercolor.

This is great book. I'm a newbie to watercoloring and I think this will be a great book to get started with. It's for beginner and more advanced artists alike. I like that there is quite a bit of color theory in there. I didn't know that certain colors / combinations can have a pretty dramatic effect. The projects cover a big variety of subjects which is great.

It was a good book but NOT the same one I got at the library with the same cover!!!!!!!!!!! THe only reason I purchased it was because I wanted to paint the photo in the book of some gorgeous blue and orange flowers. The edition I got on Amazon did NOT contain the photo I wanted to paint, even tho the cover of both books are the same!! Weird. Must have been a different edition. Live and learn.

I gave this to a friend who is starting water color painting. This is a nice book for beginner adult water color painting. It shows you the strokes of the brush.

Lovely book for beginners and intermediate watercolor artists very informative and has lots of much needed information for anyone trying to level up or get started it even talked about the history of watercolor and it has several watercolor artist galleries!

I would like to pay twice for this book - it's really amazing! It's like a comprehensive textbook covering everything about watercolor - history, materials, techniques etc. It's not a step-by-step instruction and therefore I think it's more suitable for artists at an intermediate level or above than for beginners.

I like to collect art books even though I've been painting for years. I never had any formal training and even if I can't use a book someone else might find it useful. This is an ok book but definitely not a complete guide. A complete guide in my opinion should have a solid brush section - essential information for watercolor. That is an area lacking for many new artists - how to use the tools. Many people start off with just a couple of brushes and you may not need much more. However a complete guide should really not gloss over that. Rather you can see how a brush is made rather than all the different types and how/when to use them.