Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors Hardcover – December 18, 2014

This is a great book for those painters who have some experience and want to improve by giving some attention to the use of texture in watercolors. Ray Hendershot is an excellent artist with a flair for realism. He used 21 step by step exercises to show techniques with plenty of illustrations from various stages of the process. I really appreciate his attention to surface details, like wood, brick, worn areas, etc. It's the little details that bring the paintings to that next level.Incredibly useful in the pursuit of improving your work. Highly recommended.

What a great artist! These techniques are extremely useful in my artwork. I plan on studying and practicing them daily as they fit perfectly in my style of painting!

Beautiful and packed with information on painting in a style that is more true to the subtle colors of nature.Just wonderful examples and what a welcome relief to see beautiful and skillful paintings that do not rely on garish colors for optical effect.This painter can actually draw and does a great job imparting his sensibility and love of the natural light of the Northeast.THere are clear explanations and again his use of more greys and his emphasis on values and light are refreshing in the sea of over excited palettes that seem to have hijacked Watercolor Painting.This is one of the most interesting and informative WC books I have purchased in ages and I am daily learning from it and enjoying it.It has the basics such as what to use or rather what he uses and the intro ot papers so on and so on but it is his sensibility and the light in his paintings that keeps me enthralled and coming back for more.

The artist's work is quite nice and his writing and instructions are clear and encouraging, yet there is much more to painting the well designed and compelling work he creates than learning to paint rusted metal, aged wood or brickwork. It might have been helpful to hear how the artist chose to design his work, what was left out or changed. And inclusion of some of his photo references might have been interesting to see the transformations made. But the work is very good, not as compellingly strange as Wyeth or as Americana as Eric Sloane, but in the same vein and nicely done. Also agree that an earlier publication of this work flattered the artist better with vibrant reproductions of his work as opposed to the rather flat reproductions in this release. Worthwhile purchase for some insights and gains, if not to exemplify what technical mastery can achieve.

I love this book and all the techniques. I gave mine to my grandchild as this one arrived damaged.EDIT: Gave this five stars instead of three. Amazon is replacing the damaged book free of charge. Fantastic customer service. Thank you.

To some extent, if you've read one how-to book on watercolors, you've read them all. They all cover the same ground in much the same way regarding materials and basic techniques. I've read a lot of books about painting watercolors. The ones that stand out are mostly those that illuminate a unique perspective. This is one such book. Hendershot's technique, composition and bold choice of subject matter are inspirational. The painting on the cover illustrates his approach very well. His style is reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth's, probably with good reason as they both hail from the same area (southeast Pennsylvania). The numerous "demonstrations" included in the book are very superficial from a technical standpoint. As such, this is probably not a great book for the rank beginner. If you're a painter who knows the medium, but wants to break out of a rut or advance his or her skills to a higher level, this is an excellent book.

Mr. Hendershot has a wonderful mastery of watercolor technique and an eye for composition. This is a beautiful book, and I am proud to have it in my library. I think only an expert would be able to use the step by step instructions to achieve similar results to the author. This is a well-written and sophisticated journal of watercolor effects. If you are looking for advanced level watercolor landscape techniques and "how to" on texture, this is the perfect book.

The content is good, with lots of useful information. This review is for the actual paperback copy, of the book itself.My issue is the cover, which is some of the worst quality I have seen. It is thin and just slightly thicker--maybe just double the thickness-- of the pages in the book itself. The pages inside the book are also thin and the color reproductions of paintings have no vibrancy, they are dull and flat like copy machine print. The quality of the book is disappointing. The author who put so much work in writing this, deserves a better product for his efforts.

I've just read a dozen books on watercolour painting, and this is hands down the best one of them. Not for beginners though. And not for someone who wants to paint in a super-loose style - you don't have to paint every blade of grass, but you do have to go to some trouble. The author's paintings are simply beautiful.

very good

Fantastic book for step by step learning to paint textures. Very details and very nice painting examples.

A priori, après avec parcouru ce livre sans réellement me plonger dedans et le mettre en pratique, je suis déjà bien emballé. J'aime bcp le style de cet aquarelliste américain et l'ouvrage présente plusieurs démonstrations et de pas-à-pasassez détaillés pour émuler sa technique pour rendre diverses textures. Le livre semble prometteur.

光が当たって明るく美しい印影の水彩画は多い。しかしこの本の台部分は曇った空、まだ晴れ間の見えないような景色、茶色のレンガの建物、、、光と影ははっきりせずお互いが溶け込んだよう。風景画は老朽化した建物、陰鬱な空気の田園風景の錆びたような渋い色合いを美しく表現している。静物画のモチーフは古びて、そして長年使われたものたちである。そのセピア色の雰囲気からか、なんだか記憶の中の風景のようでもある。テクスチャの本なので水彩で役に立つチップスはたくさんあるがそれよりも、色がおさえられた作者の絵にたいへん惹かれた。