"The essence of watercolour" by Hazel Soan. Book review.

[@patriciaforbes129]

Hello Anne-Laure, thank you for the review! Many people comment that Hazel Soan's books don't contain many step-by-step examples. Did you know that nearly all Hazel Soan's books are accompanied by a DVD? This book is no exception. You can watch her create paintings and demonstrate techniques that she talks about in the book. There are some excerpts on KZbin; her method of teaching is very clear, and I have learned a lot from her. I hope this helps! By the way, your paintings are beautiful!

[@sincostanian]

Thank you for this detailed review! I just ordered a copy based on this. I love both your paintings and Hazel's, and I agree that you are close in style to each other :)

[@sue6002]

Thank you for showing Hazel Soan’s book. Her artwork is beautiful. I find her writing of the art difficult to understand and wishfor more information. My main language is english, and I really struggled to understand what she was trying to say. I am reading her book “Light and Shade in Watercolor”. Your watercolor work shown here is beautiful. 🙂

[@Discofoxx1]

Good job on doing the painting exercises. This does not seem like a book for beginners, more for the advanced watercolor artists. Good to know. Thank you for the review.

[@barbaraverser1056]

Excellent review. I have bought many art books that I thought were going to explain the process of wonderful paintings in the book by the author, only to be disappointed again and again when there's nothing but a little blurb about them. I inevidably try to copy the photo to learn, but just end up frustrated, not knowing where even to start. It's why I love your videos! You are such a good teacher and communicator, most times giving the "why" of what you're doing. That's so valuable. It just occurred to me that this video is from 2016, and you'll probably never see this comment. But thank you anyway for sharing like you do.

[@redmoon8217]

Thank you for in-depth review, very helpful and much appreciated. Love Hazel Soan work, so fresh and transparent.

[@evangelinepoe8952]

Thanks for the in-depth review of this book. I enjoy watching Hazel Soan on youtube videos; she has such a loose style of painting. I just put a hold on the book at my library.

[@caroletraynor8763]

I recognise the style of hazel soan in your paintings which I love,

[@marganamaurer]

Thank you for posting your review, Anne-Laure. Hazel Soan caught my interest several years ago with her fresh approach and wide variety of subjects. For reference purposes, I put together a playlist of links to videos about and by her including this review. It is one of my sources of inspiration. Your videos are as well.

[@NorahsYarnArt]

Thanks for your review. Your English is excellent. I particularly enjoyed the explore pages- what a great idea!

[@Blissfulthings]

very nice review thankyou, I have not heard of Hazel before now I must learn more about her work!

[@madisonutube3524]

Thank you for this review. I'm new to watercoloring and love all your videos. This was a nice informative review since I've never heard of Hazel Sloan. Are you going to write a book too? : )

[@georgewu5]

To me, Hazel Soan's watercolor is as romantic and beautiful as a poem. It is like a dream to me ! George Wu, ARCHITECT, AIA, NCARB 2017-12-1

[@marilynbrown3194]

More book reviews plz!!!! This was informative!

[@skasskass8331]

THAnk you for the comments - it wasn’t at all too long. While I absolutely love Hazel's work, I always find her commentaries to be too vague and lacking any sharing of her methods. She appears in some British painting magazines and same thing - exquisite painting but scant information or instruction.

[@redmoon8217]

I only have one dvd by her called watercolor rainbow. In the dvd she demonstrations many of her techniques and ways of working. I am guessing that this is the case with other of her dvds. I think someone mentioned earlier that most of her books are accompanied by a dvd which gives lots of information and practical advice.

[@prune9216]

Wow ! J'aime beaucoup ce que tu as fait en t'inspirant du style d'Hazel Soan, que je découvre 😊

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Merci Prune!! ☺️ Ravie de te faire découvrir cette chouette artiste, qui effectivement m'inspire beaucoup. 😊 Comme on le disait : simplicité, spontanéité et expressivité ! Cela pourrait très bien définir son style. J'ai trouvé cette video il y a quelques jours dans laquelle elle peint un éléphant avec 3 couleurs.... Tellement impressionnant !! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWmkdKOJqK-mqdk Tu trouveras pas mal d'autres vidéos chouettes sur KZbin. 😊😉

[@prune9216]

Following the White Rabbit Merci pour ces pistes 😃😃😃

[@amberbobk8390]

I love it, sadly I am a beginner. Should I be discouraged to reach so high? Which book would you recommend? Love you, your style, personality, voice and ❤️ heart. Amber from Oregon

[@mariannapanopoulos4276]

Fabulous review - thank you! Your english and accent are lovely!

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

Beautiful book ! And your own watercolours look very nice too 👍

[@francoiseblais884]

Thank you so much I really wanted to see the pictures your accent is really pleasant to ear

[@christelmauke4638]

Thank you for shoing this wonderful wonderful book 😎😎💚😎😎

[@strooooble]

Lovely review, keep 'em coming. :) Love your accent, too. :D

[@vijaypundkar2792]

lovely presentation

[@suzalasuzala1135]

great review

[@joanporter916]

Sorry the sound isn't very good Find it difficult to understand you. Thank.you anyway

[@mohammedirfan7732]

I like

[@ikaw41]

nice helpful :)

[@janlappalainen]

This is not a review, it's a promotion - a review is a critical dissection of a subject, there's no critical approach here. I guess it's obvious once you watch the video so that's fine, but the header is very misleading.

[@Toyon95]

I disagree. It's a review.

[@redmoon8217]

So do I, if you are thinking of buying the book as I am and have looked for book reviews this is very helpful in giving you an insight of what is in the book and what someone who has read it feels about it.

[@JohnLankford-n4b]

Very helpful seeing the pages with comments before one buys the book. If it were a critical review it would have said "critical review". Give the lady some space for generously making this video for you the see!