Anyone Can Paint Watercolour Landscapes

Introduction 6

How to use this book 8

What you need 10

General techniques 12 - Preparing to paint 12, How to hold your brush 12, Adding water 13, Creating a smooth, wet wash 14, Creating a graduated wash 15, Mixing colour 16, Colour biases 17, Framing your work 17, Sharing your work 17

THE PROJECTS 18

Windmill Hill 20 - Aerial perspective 20, Overlapping objects 21, Connecting shapes 21

Mountain Road 32 - Painting convincing silhouettes 32, Creating variety in repeating objects 33, Creating perspective on a mountain road 33

River and Bridge 46 - Simplifying shapes 46, Creating trees at different distances 47, Reflections 48

Alpine River 60 - Directional strokes 60, Connecting washes 61

Springtime in the Park 72 - Integrating buildings into a landscape 72, Creating winter trees 73, Creating drifts of flowers 74

Snow Scene 84 - Still-water reflections 84, Figures in a landscape 85

Index 96

Watercolour outlines 97

About Grahame Booth

Grahame Booth tutors workshops and holiday courses around the world. He is a popular demonstrator for art clubs and his paintings have been awarded many national and international awards. His work is featured in books, videos and art magazines, including Artists & Illustrators. Grahame is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His work is represented in private collections worldwide and in public collections in Ireland and the USA. He is Past President of the Ulster Watercolour Society and a member of the Watercolour Society of Ireland.

Grahame works in a relatively loose, traditional style. His subject range is international, and his use of colour, light and shadow are particularly impressive. He is the author of Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Street Scenes (Search Press, 2017), The Paint Pad Artist: Watercolour Landscapes (Search Press, 2018), and he is a contributing author to Artist's Painting Techniques (DK, 2016).

To see more of Grahame's work visit www.grahamebooth.com