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Bring the vintage charm of classic travel posters to life in acrylics!
Stylish retro travel posters bring to mind summer holidays, happiness and nostalgic fun. Perennially popular as wall art, their strong designs and clean, bold shapes and clean flat colours are perfect for hobby artists to emulate in bright and versatile acrylic paints.
A complete guide to producing your own travel-poster art, this book includes guidance on composing a strong design, selecting colours to make sure your artwork pops, and adding lettering for a picture-perfect finished poster.
Since 2015, Susie West has been working her way around the UK recreating the upbeat, retro charm of travel posters in the modern world. This book shares her techniques and secrets for producing fun, charming artwork. Suitable for beginners, this is a great way into art for those who want to develop their skills, or for experienced artists wanting to try something new.
Introduction 6, Before you set out 12, Planning the trip: Designing your own travel poster 18, Getting started 36, Adding lettering 66
Projects 72
Amsterdam Canals 74 Sydney Opera House 80 London Tower Bridge 88 Mount Rainier National Park, USA 96 Lisbon Trams 104 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco 112
Onward travel 120, Afterword 124, Lettering templates 125, Index 128
Susie West trained as a graphic designer. While stuck on a train, she passed the time doodling the little rows of houses through the misted-up windows. These little rows of houses got stuck in her head and she painted them. She began selling her paintings of these quirky made-up village scenes which eventually evolved into a full-time business of travelling around Britain’s real cities, towns and villages for a range of travel poster prints.
Today, Susie is kept busy in her home in Leatherhead, Surrey, UK. When not producing her lovely acrylic paintings of cities, towns and villages, she is exhibiting at craft fairs and shows, or selling her prints. To learn more about Susie's work visit her website www.artistsusiewest.com, or follow her continuing painting travels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @artistsusiewest
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