Watercolor Portraiture: A Practical Guide

Watercolor Portraiture is a practical guide by Phoebe Flory, written with Dorothy Short Paul and Eliot O’Hara. This digital PDF edition makes the classic 1949 art instruction book available as an instant download.

The 1985 Dover edition revises the original work and keeps its core teaching on painting portraits in watercolor. Readers can begin exploring the book immediately after purchase through their preferred PDF reading app.

Book Overview

Watercolor Portraiture is an art instruction title from Dover Publications. Phoebe Flory, Dorothy Short Paul, and Eliot O’Hara share practical methods and observations drawn from their experience with the medium.

First published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1949, this Dover edition was released in 1985 as a revised republication. The preface explains that the surviving authors reread the text and found the bulk of the teaching still applicable. Three chapters were contributed by guest artists, and Carl N. Schmalz made revisions to his chapter.

This edition omits the original suggested reference list. The frontispiece and Plates 3, 20, and 34, originally presented in color, appear in black and white in the text; the frontispiece and Plates 20 and 34 are reproduced in color on the covers.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• Practical approaches to painting watercolor portraits.
• Instruction and perspectives from Phoebe Flory, Dorothy Short Paul, and Eliot O’Hara.
• Guest artist chapters, including a revised contribution by Carl N. Schmalz.
• Techniques connected to transparent watercolor and portraiture.
• An enduring teaching text made available again by Dover Publications.

Why This Book Matters

Watercolor Portraiture documents a period of renewed interest in recognizable subject matter, watercolor, and people as primary subject matter. The book acknowledges Eliot O’Hara’s pioneering contribution to transparent watercolor teaching.

The 1985 Dover edition was prepared to make the material available to contemporary painters. Its cataloging in the Library of Congress classifies the work under portrait painting technique and watercolor painting technique.

Book Details

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