Grahame Booth – författare

Boken börjar med grunderna att välja motiv, att göra skisser och att arbeta med färg och fortsätter sedan med tydliga och detaljerade steg-för-steg-anvisningar för att måla i akvarell, akryl och olja.

Genom hela boken får du tips och råd från erfarna konstnärer, och med bokens hjälp skaffar du dig de färdigheter och det självförtroende du behöver för att utvecklas som konstnär och skapa din egen stil. Uppdaterad upplaga.

This complete beginner’s guide to painting watercolour street scenes is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time. Each of the 32 quick and easy exercises takes no more than 30 minutes and will teach you how to create a new street scene element – such as doorways, buildings and people – or work an exciting technique – such as creating washes, mixing colours and playing with perspective. The exercises are all worked at postcard size – ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad, and actual-size tracings are included. The book is broken down into eight chapters: tone, colour, perspective, the wash, edge control, brush strokes, adding detail and, finally, putting it all together – this last section contains 3 finished paintings that demonstrate how to integrate a combination of the elements into vibrant and inspiring street scenes; these complete paintings also have an accompanying actual-size tracing.

"There’s no grandstanding or showmanship, just solid, honest instructions and demonstrations that produce solid, worthwhile results." - Artbookreview.net

Snow scenes make wonderful subjects for beginner watercolour artists - all you need is the know-how and confidence to give snow depth, sparkle and just the right amount of colour. Popular artist and author Grahame Booth will show you how to achieve beautiful results, using just three brushes, three paints and nine fantastic projects.

Starting with a small but perfectly formed tool kit of three brushes, a mixing palette, watercolour paper and three tubes of paint, Grahame guides you step-by-step through nine projects, starting with a simple scene and progressing on to more complex ones.

Even if you have never picked up a paintbrush, you will be amazed at what you will achieve by the end of this book. And along the way you will have learnt all the skills you need to start painting wonderful snow scenes of your own.