Geoff Kersey's Pocket Guide to Watercolour Painting for Artists

Shirl Brimhall: Good book to have in your art book library for reading a reference for painting.

United States on Jul 08, 2023

Cheryl: I enjoy Mr. Kersey online so I ordered this book. It is worth the price for all of the great tips and wonderful photos. I also like the smaller format.

United States on Jul 05, 2023

Loghead: Handy guides for beginner watercolor artists.

United States on Jun 15, 2023

Sean: Small enough to take with you if you are planning on doing some plein aire paintings or traveling. The author covers beginner issues like materials and brushes: but also more intermediate water colorists questions, as he covers some color mixing and various techniques he uses to achieve his results.

United States on Mar 15, 2023

Margaret Werth: Very good reference book to add to my collection

United States on Feb 23, 2023

Sherlock: This is a beautifully illustrated book with some of Geoff’s great paintings.
Covers the usual topics, like materials and tools, colour mixing stretching paper.
On the topic of Masking Fluid, the approach of wetting the paper then adding masking resulted in disastrous results, as the paper simply tore to shreds when removing. The tip of adding figures to an otherwise finished painting seemed a bit of a faff and I would much sooner think about that at the planning stage.
Much of the advice gives stunning results, without the step-by-step guidance that a novice/ amateur would need.

United Kingdom on Aug 25, 2022

Bonnie: Good book, fair price, fast delivery

Canada on Feb 13, 2022

Peter J. Lewis: The first, and most important thing I found was that the main bulk of the text uses a very small, very light font which caused some difficulties, even using reading glasses. I feel a slightly larger and bolder font would have been preferable. However, I found the actual content to be extremely helpful and enlightening in many instances. A very handy pocket book to keep with me when I'm painting; Thankyou Geoff for sharing your skills and experience.

United Kingdom on Mar 12, 2021

Sturgeon: For the beginner it is invaluable as it goes over your (in)ability to draw complicated things and to keep within a limited (but with generous possibilities) palette. So anyone can try his best at this without too a spectacular failure! As you progress, adding new skills comes easy and adding new colors to your palette becomes a very responsible and judicious decision that improves the perception of your own work.

All the questions regarding watercolor materials, technique and so on are answered here in an accessible manner.
Highly recommended!

United Kingdom on Jan 11, 2021

Artist learning: I am a fairly newcomer to art and watercolour paints. This pocket booklet is informative, clearly laid out and moves one along gently.
There is a lot of very useful advice, even for a more advanced novice. The quality of the whole booklet with the contents page helping one to check out best ways to achieve results being presented in logical order. The adding figures page onto a painting is extremely useful.. Actually one can learn from each page and indeed experiment following the photos presented.
Great value...recommended.

United Kingdom on Apr 12, 2019