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    Painting Trees and Landscapes in Watercolor
    Painting Trees and Landscapes in Watercolor
    Painting Trees and Landscapes in Watercolor
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    Painting Trees and Landscapes in Watercolor

    By Ted Kautzky

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    Join noted watercolorist Ted Kautzky as he shares his wisdom on painting the infinitely wonderful details of trees and landscapes. Beginning with the fundamentals of good composition, value arrangement, balance, rhythm, and basic brushstrokes, the book explores ways of painting such important landscape components as trees, roads, puddles, rain, plant life, and fog. Individual chapters are devoted to painting forests, and different types of trees are amply illustrated, from the lush willow to the stately Lombardy poplar. Beautifully presented and filled with valuable insight, this book will be warmly welcomed by art students, landscape architects, commercial artists, and anyone familiar with the author's other popular books.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateMar 8, 2012
    ISBN9780486141992
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    • 4/5
      Buenos ejemplos de referencia podría ser mejor en cuanto a ejercicios a realizar y técnicas.
      Pero es un buen libro.
    • 3/5
      Where are the color inserts that are spoken of? Otherwise some of the drawings are good.

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    Painting Trees and Landscapes in Watercolor - Ted Kautzky

    To

    My wife, Ruth, a constant companion on my travels and painting trips.

    Bibliographical Note

    This Dover edition, first published in 2007, is a republication of the work originally published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, in 1952. The original color plates have been gathered together as a sixteen-page color insert between pp. 28 and 29. These plates also appear in black and white in their original positions in the book. All of the other illustrations, originally printed in sepia tone, have been reproduced here in black and white. In addition, the half-titles appearing on the reverse of each plate in the 1952 edition have been omitted here; the pagination and all page references within the text have been updated accordingly.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Kautzky, Theodore, 1896−1953.

    [Painting trees & landscapes in watercolor]

    Painting trees and landscapes in watercolor / Ted Kautzky.

    p.cm.

    9780486141992

    1. Landscape painting—Technique. 2. Trees in art. 3. Watercolor painting—Technique. I. Title.

    ND2240.K38 2007

    751.42’2436—dc22

    2006052120

    Manufactured in the United States of America

    Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

    Table of Contents

    Title Page

    Dedication

    Copyright Page

    INTRODUCTION

    MATERIALS

    COMPOSITION

    VALUE ARRANGEMENT

    FOG AND RAIN

    ROAD PUDDLES

    ON PAINTING ROADS

    USEFUL STROKES FOR PAINTING TREES

    PAINTING TRUNKS AND FOLIAGE

    THE FOREST

    TEN VARIETIES OF TREES

    THE WILLOWS

    EVERGREENS

    THE MAPLE TREE

    THE BIRCHES

    THE SYCAMORE

    THE PALMS

    THE ELM TREE

    THE OAKS

    LOMBARDY POPLAR AND ASPEN

    MONTEREY CYPRESS

    PRACTICE SUBJECTS

    INTRODUCTION

    The present book has been written to afford the reader an opportunity to learn about a number of elements that appear time and again in almost every landscape. In each of these, I have presented only enough fact to serve the artist’s need−placing the emphasis on a workmanlike approach to the way of achieving a particular effect.

    Since trees are a vital part of many landscapes, a large part of the book has been devoted to a general study of a selection of them. But I want to stress at the outset, that my object in writing about trees has not been directed to the botanist−even the amateur botanist−but rather, to the student of watercolor painting. Nor has it been my intention to suggest that my way of painting trees and landscapes is the only way. There are many.

    Certain features of a tree are important to every painter regardless of the technique or manner of expression he may employ in painting them. These are: the general form; scale; the kind of foliage; structure of its trunk, limbs and branches; the color and textures; and its general appearance, with or without foliage. For each of the varieties, I have prepared numerous illustrations to demonstrate these facts. Preceding the actual writing of the book but in active preparation for it, I spent a number of months sketching and painting in various sections of the United States. All of the sixteen watercolors reproduced in color¹ were painted especially for this volume. In order to present each variety of tree in a typical setting and atmosphere, and at the same time to paint pleasant landscapes, I have given equal attention to all of the elements in each one−so that the reader might see a developed composition in color.

    For each of these pictures, I have analyzed the composition briefly and given pertinent facts concerning my choice of paper, palette, and painting order. Also, as a teaching aid, there is included a half-stage illustration (painted after the completion of the finished watercolor) to demonstrate graphically the initial stages−revealing in addition, the skeleton pencil draft. The reader will also find chapters on composition, value arrangements, fog and rain, puddles, various types of roads, and a chapter on forests.

    Throughout the book, I have demonstrated by example technical procedures for painting all of these subjects−including typical brush strokes for modeling foliage, trunks, limbs and branches. Finally at the end, there will be found a series of pencil outline compositions which will aid the student in trying out various color schemes and value arrangements. They will prove of value only if the reader will study the book in sequence from the beginning. These are not intended to substitute for actual study in the field−there is no substitute for firsthand knowledge acquired by diligent study of nature−but rather, as a series of studio exercises to assist the student in working out the various hints which accompany each drawing. With the popularity of watercolor growing steadily, I hope that the study of this book will increase the knowledge of the student and provide a benefit in his watercolor practice.

    MATERIALS

    For the best results, watercolor painting requires the use of good materials. This is particularly true of the three basic tools: paper, pigment and brushes. My own preference in paper is always a handmade sheet of rough or semi-rough, all rag stock, in a 300 pound weight. Such a paper, manufactured abroad and known as Whatman, D’-Arches, Crisbrook and Royal Water Color Society, comes in full sheets measuring 22 by 30 inches.

    I use a half sheet for most of my outdoor paintings and a full sheet when working in the studio from my pencil drawings and outdoor color studies. Paper of a dubious quality is not only a handicap in the actual appreciation of the color washes, but its chemical impurities will cause deterioration in an otherwise fine performance in color. The economy of these papers I have recommended in a 300 pound weight lies in the fact that both sides are equally well sized and may be used. The D’Arches paper, unlike the others mentioned, is not pure white, being manufactured of bleached rag, but has a real advantage in painting watercolors of fog, rain and mist. For subjects of strong light contrasts, I prefer the whiteness of Whatman or Crisbrook. Of the more than one hundred watercolor pigments available to artists, most successful painters use a palette consisting of about ten to twenty colors. As in

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