 | Exploring Color: How to Use and Control Color in Your Painting by Nita Leland
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $5.00 Excellent color technique, generally applicable (color, color schemes, different approaches to color, elements of design, types of contrast) examples of many artists' work
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 | Painting What You Want to See (Practical Art Books) by Charles Reid
Buy used from: $18.95 Excellent art technique, generally applicable (rough drafts, understand value, direct the eye, tie objects together, when to blur edges, put perspective into perspective)
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 | The Natural Way to Paint: Rendering the Figure in Watercolor Simply and Beautifully by Charles Reid
Buy new: $18.80 / Used from: $14.43 Excellent topic book (painting people using watercolor, improve your skill with quick paced exercises)
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 | Painting from Life: Explorations in Watercolor by Douglas Lew
Buy used from: $26.65 Good topic book (sketching live nude models in watercolor with limited time) very helpful if you have access to live models; look for a class or coop
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 | Tom Lynchs Watercolor Secrets by Tom Lynch
Buy used from: $11.32 Good topic book (what went wrong & how to fix it; also covers design theory) best for visual learners
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 | Watercolor Basics - Lets Get Started by Jack Reid
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $6.56 Excellent introduction, suitable if you're just starting into watercolor; not intended for intermediate/advanced artists
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 | Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor by Paul Jackson
Buy used from: $19.94 Topic book (interactions between light & various surfaces) best if you paint still life
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 | Creating Textures in Pen & Ink With Watercolor by Claudia Nice
Buy used from: $4.77 Topic book (detailed ink drawings, enhanced with watercolor) best for patient, detailed artists
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