Achieve Watercolors: A Concise History Narrated By Graham Reynolds Listed As Paper Copy

A decent summary of artists who worked with watercolor from thes to lates and the cycle of watercolor being considered a sketching medium to fine art and back.


The book was exceptionally dry with simultaneously too much commentary and too many names/dates, The lack of colored images although there were some was disappointing, There was also no real analysis,

Not bad if looking for a summary of the medium some artists to look up, Just make sure you have a decent amount of caffeine when you go in, This work follows the story of watercolour from its origins inthcentury Italy and Germany through developments in Holland, France and Switzerland in theth century and on to the special contribution made by the British School in the work of J.
R. Cozens, Girtin, Cotman and Turner, It concludes with the effects of Romanticism and Impressionism and a discussion of watercolour in theth century, .