Use the full-size traceable outlines and the clear step-by-step instructions to create 6 dynamic coastal landscape paintings, and learn the key skills you need to become an accomplished artist.
Whether a beginner or more experienced artist you’ll be amazed at how quickly you will acquire the skills needed to produce beautiful paintings.
Written by professional artist Charles Evans, this guide begins with a short yet indispensable ‘what you need’ section, and some brief guidance on general techniques such as how to mix your watercolours, how to make the most of your palette, and how to enhance your watercolours with the addition of gouache.
The 6 stunning step-by-step projects that follow build in difficulty as you work through the book, introducing new techniques as they are used and incorporating numerous handy hints and tips from the author to help you progress on your painting journey.
The outlines for each of the six projects appear at the end of the book for you to trace, transfer and customize so you can start to paint impressive coastal scenes straight away.
'This series from Search Press is simply brilliant and brilliantly simple. Take one look and you'll get it immediately. I just love them.' Henry Malt, Paint Magazine
Previously published as The Paint Pad Artist: Coastal Landscapes (9781782217466), this inspiring book has been reimagined as part of the Anyone Can Paint series.
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
What you need
General techniques
Setting up your easel
Working with watercolour
Colours and mixes
Integrating gouache
Laying a wash
THE PROJECTS
By the Lake
Sucking out clouds
Scraping out rocks with a plastic cards
Putting in grasses
To the Lighthouse
Shaping hills
Painting over reflections
Painting buildings in the landscape
Warm Climes
Painting calm water
Painting a tree using a rigger brush
Inlet
Taking out light
Stippling foliage
Snow on the Moors
Suggesting distant trees
Storm in the Cove
Painting a stormy sky
Painting a stormy sea
Index
Outlines
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About Charles Evans
Charles Evans is one of the UK's leading painters, well-known from his long-running TV series and for his art classes, which are held all over the UK. Charles has made over 200 television programmes on art for the Tyne Tees television company and later for the Discovery Channel.
Charles has written several books for Search Press, selling almost 100,000 copies, and represents Daler-Rowney as their main demonstrator. He travels the UK and abroad, taking his no-nonsense approach to painting to hundreds of amateur artists. His exuberant personality is reflected in his own paintings, which have a lightness and simplicity to them.
Charles lives in Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. Visit his website, www.charlesevansart.com
