Ready to Paint: Ireland in watercolour - Softcover

Harrison, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844483630 ISBN 13: 9781844483631

Publisher: Search Press, 2009

Synopsis

"The Ready to Paint" series provides six tracings for readers to pull out and transfer on to watercolour paper. There is one for each of the five step-by-step demonstrations, plus a bonus tracing of the inspirational painting in the Introduction section, and full instructions on how to transfer the images. People who want to learn to paint without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Terry Harrison's no-nonsense teaching style takes the mystery out of watercolour painting and the tracings clear step-by-step photographs make it easy for readers to reproduce all of the projects. In this book Terry shows how to paint five Irish scenes including a crofter's cottage, a pub front and a Dublin doorway. Fans of Terry's popular painting style will want to add this to their collection.

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Review

Nov 09 This is the latest title in Search Press' Ready To Paint series. If you are a tyro painter who finds drawing difficult yet wants to get some practise with the painting part then this is for you. Now you can get to grips with both, by tracing and learning how to not only construct the painting but see how simple drawing can be if you are only using it as a framework for painting rather than as a finished work in its own right. These books are not about tracing and filling in outlines but getting to understand how a picture grows through a series of stages. There are a good number of these, all shown with short captions and in full color each adding a small detail and explaining what is happening. Each project also comes with a useful list of which brushes and colors to buy, the size of the finished piece and lots of tips germane to the subject. There are six pictures depicting various views that sum up the beauty and uniqueness of Ireland. These range from mountains to cliffs and a bay, to a fine Georgian doorway in Dublin. When you work on each painting you will learn different skills each time in order to depict a variety of surfaces from painted wood to rocks, Ireland's wonderful "forty shades of green" to the sea. This series is highly recommended for anybody starting out in watercolors needing to see what their work looks like before getting further into this absorbing hobby. * Myshelf.com * Oct 09 This latest no-nonsense guide to painting in watercolour provides six pull-out tracings, so that readers don't need to rely on their drawing skills. Beginners to watercolour will find that Terry's teaching style encourages them to have a go and try for themselves. Lovers of Ireland, whether they're Irish or have happy memories of holidays, will want to reproduce the five iconic Irish scenes in the step-by-step demonstrations. There are six tracings, one for each of the five demonstrations and one bonus tracing. * Machine Knitting Monthly * Aug 09 With its rich colour and widely varied landscape, Ireland is bordering on artistic overload. At first glance, the idea of reducing a whole country down to five paintings (you get the usual pre-printed tracings that come with this series) sounds like a definition of the absurd, but Terry has picked subjects that capture the essence of what Ireland has to offer: a mountain, a castle, a seascape, cliffs and a townscape detail. What you finish up with is as much a good primer in many of the subjects you might want to tackle in any situation as it is a practice run at a location where you might well be wondering where to start. Just remember to stock up on that Emerald Green, to be sure. * Artbookreview.net *

About the Author

Terry Harrison became interested in art early on, attending Art School at the age of sixteen. His studies led to a career in graphics, then he became an illustrator, developing his own painting style and perfecting his techniques during evenings and weekends. Demand grew for his paintings and he soon gave up his 'day job' to paint full time. Now he is kept constantly busy with a full schedule of exhibitions, private commissions, demonstrations and painting holidays. His fine art prints are sold in shops and galleries everywhere and he has recently opened a successful art gallery where he displays and sells his paintings. Terry is an energetic and prolific painter and his regular re-bookings for demonstrations reflect an enthusiastic response to his educational and entertaining style.

About this edition

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844483630
• ISBN 13: 9781844483631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72