Learn to paint pocket-sized woodland watercolour scenes in 15 half-hour lessons with best-selling author and trusted watercolour teacher Geoff Kersey.
Fast, fun results, with full-size templates!
Within this inspiring, practical book are full instructions for 15 small but perfectly-formed landscape paintings themed around trees and woodlands. The 30-minute paintings are all worked at postcard size ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad - and simple outline drawings are provided for those who are less confident at drawing.
Highly varied, the projects range from snow scenes to bluebell woods, and show you how to use classic watercolour techniques with minimal materials to produce beautiful postcards to keep, send or show off.
The beginner-friendly projects are packed with hints and tips and structured step by step, making it easy to follow the instructions and achieve your own fantastic results! Each of the 15 projects takes just 30 minutes, so are quick and easy to paint in an evening or in a spare afternoon. No drawing is necessary full-sized line drawings for each postcard artwork are provided at the back of the book.
This book uses material previously published as Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Trees and Woodlands (9781782215264).
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It's amazing! The book features expert tuition, lots of scenes, techniques, tips and advice. There is a section on what materials to use. Also, the projects show the end results too, along with outline drawings. * @joallsopp.sablestudiogallery *
Contents
Introduction 6
Watercolour basics 8
The postcard projects 16
Autumn Tree 16
Spring Trees 22
Summer Trees 28
Bandstand in the Park 32
Bluebell Wood 36
Farmhouse 40
City Trees 44
Weeping Willow 48
Parkland in Autumn 52
Cherry Blossom 56
Dappled Sunlight 62
Looking into the Light 68
Fir Trees 72
Winter Lane 76
Pond Reflections 80
Outline drawings 84
Index 128
Geoff Kersey is an experienced watercolourist and is much in demand as a teacher and demonstrator. He lives and works from his studio in Derbyshire, and he travels and exhibits extensively. A successful commercial artist and writer, he contributes to various art publications and has written many best-selling watercolour books including How to Paint Skies, Painting Successful Watercolours from Photographs and Take Three Colours: Watercolour Seascapes, with over 176,000 books sold worldwide. He now runs highly successful online tutorials via his website www.watercolourlandscapes.co.uk
