Watercolor Simplified by John Rogers 1962 Reinhold Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Watercolor Simplified by John Rogers is a 1962 Reinhold Publishing Corporation hardcover watercolor instruction book with its original illustrated dust jacket, black and white instruction images, photographs, and full color plates.

Written as a practical watercolor painting guide, it moves from materials, paper, brushes, and color into wet and dry techniques, corrections, outdoor painting, drawing, perspective, masking, photography as reference, subject choice, still life, and framing. The pages remain easy to read and use, making this a solid working copy for an artist who prefers an older hands on approach to watercolor.

Details

• Item: Hardcover art instruction book
• Title: Watercolor Simplified
• Author: John Rogers
• Illustrator: not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York
• Publication Year: 1962
• Edition and Printing: 1962 edition. Printing not stated on the photographed copyright page.
• Format and Binding: Hardcover with gray boards
• Dust Jacket: Present, illustrated
• Pages: 111
• Genre: Art instruction, watercolor painting
• Language: English
• ISBN: No ISBN printed in the photographed book
• Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 0.5 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: Complete and intact with noticeable signs of age and use, while remaining readable and useful as an art reference.
• The interior pages shown are firmly held, clearly printed, and easy to read. The book includes black and white instructional material along with attractive full color watercolor plates.
• The original illustrated dust jacket is still present, and the gray hardcover boards beneath appear clean and serviceable in the photographs.

Issues / Wear

• The dust jacket has noticeable shelf wear, edge wear, small tears, creasing, and losses around the spine ends and corners.
• Pages and page edges show age related yellowing. The jacket also shows overall toning and handling wear.
• The front jacket has a visible tear near the upper left portion of the title area, with additional wear along the outer edges.

Collector's Notes

Midcentury art instruction books often taught technique through a mix of direct explanation, demonstration images, and finished examples rather than the highly condensed lesson format common in newer guides.

This one suits a watercolor painter who enjoys learning from older methods, an art teacher building a reference shelf, or someone collecting twentieth century painting manuals.

The combination of step based instruction and multiple color plates gives the book more practical value than a volume meant only for display.

It has the wear of a book that can still be opened on the worktable and actually used, which feels right for an instruction book like this.

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Care and Handling:
Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40 to 50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.

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