B O O K S 
”Akvarellteknik” by Arne Isacsson,
founder of Gerlesborg art school and an important Scandinavian watercolourist.
A nice book that goes through the special properties of pigments and papers and gives an in-depth
view of different techniques.
Illustrated with works of contemporary Scandinavian artists. Available on Adlibris.
If possible, get your hands on as many of Lars Lerin's books as possible,
he paints like no one else can!
He has mastered the uncontrollable watercolour, but kept the flow and freedom.
Spatter up close, exactness from a distance. He has absolute colur-pitch. Fantastic!
If you want to see his works up close, he has a permanent exhibit in an old factory in his hometown;
Munkfors in Värmland, Sweden. Laxholmen is the name of the museum, it's well worth visiting!
Amazon is pretty much my favourite bookstore. HUGE selection, quick delivery and modest prices.
A couple of favourites:
”Making Color Sing” by Jeanne Dobie.
A real treasure that will change the way you look upon watercolour. In an almost scientific (but never
boring!) way, Jeanne Dobie covers colour theory for watercolorists. Transparency, carrying power and
how you make colours "sing" next to eachother. The book also contains a section on composition
and a bunch of lovely paintings by the author herself and other artists.
”Painting What you Want to See ”by Charles Reid.
A lovely book from the eighties about watercolour and oil. Starts out on a beginner's level but contains
lots of interesting assignments and mind-experiments.
“The Simple Secret to Better Painting”. by Greg Albert.
A good book on composition. The simple rule "never make any two intervals the same” is applied to
colour, shape, division, direction, light/shadow etc.
Puts into words all the stuff that you kind of "felt" but never knew the theory behind.
Easy to read, lots of lovely illustrations, good and bad examples.
”How to make a watercolor paint itself” by Nita Engle.
Cool book about how to apply colour to the canvas in different ways. Full of good ideas!
