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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 landscapes
Build 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.
Tracings Introduction6 Basic painting equipment8 Tips and TEchniques10 Preparing and mixing paint 12 Washes14 Simple landscape18 Distant hills20 Using different surfaces22 Misty scene24 Rocky outcrop26 Trees and skies28 Winter trees30 Green fields32 Autumn trees34 Summer sky36 Moddy sky38 Lakes and rivers40 Flowing stream42 Bridge44 Quiet reflections46 Stepping stones48 Coastlines50 Towering cliffs52 White water54 Beachscape56 Rough seas58 Evening on the estuary60 Harbourside62 Town and country64 Country lane66 Rustic barn68 Successful shadows70 Townscape72 Country cottage74 Doorway76 Ox-eye daisies78 Hills, Mountains and Snow80 Hills82 Misty mountains84 Snowy lane86 Wintry woodland88 Lakeland River90 Garway Village92 Towards Achill Head94 Index96
Barry Herniman is a full-time artist who has been painting landscapes and seascapes for many years, both in the studio and en plein air. Like his paintings, Barry is full of colour and life, and his enthusiasm for sketching outside is contagious! He enjoys travelling, both at home and abroad, tutoring workshops and demonstrating to art clubs and societies, and has had exhibitions in England, Canada and the US. Barry is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine. He lives in Ross-on-Wye with his wife and five cats and is a self-taught mandolin player.
Visit his website at barryherniman.com
By Barry Herniman
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