Lovely watercolor book by Elizabeth Kincaid. It arrived in excellent condition and in a timely fashion. thank you.

Elizabeth's techniques help bridge the gap between creating a so-so painting and an excellent painting. She shows how to save the lights and saturate the darks so your paintings can really pop. The examples shown in the book will inspire and make you drool! Very well written and straight-forward. There's something for every painter in this book.

It's a treat to view Kincaid's paintings, but I would have been disappointed of that was all there was to it. Fortunately, the other reviewers here are dead on. I have just started reading and already am finding techniques and new ways of seeing I feel excited about. Recommended.

I read this book cover to cover and now use it as a reference book. Kincaid not only describes her method of watercolor in clear detail and with many illustrations, but she covers the basics of painting and composition in any medium. She is a very good teacher, reiterating principles throughout the book but in different examples and contexts. Just when I had a question while reading one chapter, she would address it in the very next chapter. In one of the best chapters in the book, she describes and provides photos of her tools and workspace setup. Another really excellent chapter explains glazing and how it works to provide maximum color transparency.

Fair warning: Kincaid's method is very precise, drawing with a lot of detail and using masking fluid and paper. And she depends on analog photographic slides for reference, instead of digital photos. If you are not into a lot of drawing or want to use digital photos or work from life only, you will need to pick and choose from her method and adapt it to your own. But that's always the case when learning from others.

I am inspired by the beautiful work she does. She gives very good detailed instructions on how to paint using her techinque and style. While I haven't been able to do what she does with layering of colors, this could be due to many other factors such as paint and paper quality. She also gives us helpful information on related topics around being an artist, and the various supplies and techniques. I highly recommend this book for someone who is fascinated by light and luminosity in watercolor as I am.