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Archives - Improve Your Tone and Contrast in Watercolour with Paul Talbot-Greaves

There has always been a lot of confusion between colour and tone, even amongst experienced artists. In this tuition, you will learn once and for all the importance of tone and the difference between tone and colour. Surprisingly tone is much more important than colour – get the tone right and your paintings will work even if the colours are wrong!

Paul will lead you in easy to follow stages through this vital lesson, which will impact your painting for ever more. Getting the tone and contrast right will give a feeling of depth, distance and life to your work.

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