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A comprehensive guide to painting 9 beautiful watercolour landscapes – with step-by-step instructions and expert guidance on mastering watercolour techniques!  Six renowned watercolourists share their best advice on painting beautiful watercolour landscapes. This workbook includes 9 step-by-step projects – including seascapes, snow scenes, and more – as well as expert guidance covering:  Which materials to useWatercolour techniques like wet into wet, spattering, and dry brushMastering tone, colour, composition, and perspectiveHow to plan and sketch your watercolour paintingHow to paint trees, water, sea, sky, and buildingsHow to capture mood and atmosphere  With 9 beautiful projects to try, and inspiring examples of the authors’ own work, this is the ideal introduction to watercolour landscape painting for artists of all abilities.This book includes material previously published in the highly successful Step-by-Step Leisure Arts series and the Watercolour Tips and Techniques series.

This beginner’s guide to painting the landscape in acrylics is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time. Each of the 33 quick-and-easy studies takes no more than 30 minutes, and will teach you how to apply a crucial technique to your work, or paint a particular aspect of the natural landscape. The book also contains 3 larger paintings that demonstrate how to combine the elements learned into vibrant and inspiring landscapesBuild up your skills in easy chunks, learning about form and composition, colour mixing, working with acrylics and capturing the drama of the natural world.The exercises are all worked at postcard size – ideal for a 6 x 4 inch (A6) watercolour pad. All the required tracings are included.

Pack up your materials, leave your painting inhibitions behind and step outside with Barry Herniman, ready to sketch.Fun, friendly and practical, this handbook is jam-packed with tips and brimming with answers to questions such as: What should I take? Where should I go? What medium should I use? Where can I find inspiration?This is a handy book you will keep close by for reference time and again. It is full of inspiring artwork as well as five demos: a coastal scene in pen and ink; a countryside panorama in watercolour; a quintessential English village in gouache; a townscape in line and watercolour wash; and trees in watercolour pencils.What comes across in every detail is the joy Barry experiences when he's sketching outside: it's contagious! He encourages you to absorb your surroundings, be aware of the input from your senses and have a go at capturing the moment in sketch. He addresses the challenges and opportunities you will face as an artist and teaches you to understand the importance of a sketchbook. Enjoyment is key – shake off peer pressure and your own expectations and enter the exhilarating world of sketching outdoors.