Anyone Can Paint Coastal Landscapes 6 easy step-by-step projects to get you started

by Evans, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781800921498
• ISBN10: 1800921497
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-07-16
• Publisher: Search Press

Summary

Develop your watercolor skills and create 6 dynamic coastal landscapes to be proud of!

'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

Whether a beginner or more experienced artist you’ll be amazed at how quickly you will acquire the skills needed to produce beautiful paintings.

Professional artist and instructor Charles Evans takes you through everything you need to know to paint stunning coastal landscapes in vibrant watercolor. 6 varied skill-building projects show you all the techniques necessary and are accompanied by full-size outlines to get you started on your watercolor journey.

• 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 6 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.

• Expert author’s hints and tips, for beginners as well as more advanced artists wishing to improve their skills.

Previously published as The Paint Pad Artist: Coastal Landscapes (9781782217466), this inspiring book has been reimagined as part of the Anyone Can Paint series.

Author Biography

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. After a conventional school education Charles entered and spent many years in the catering trade, eventually taking a break to study at Lincoln College of Art. He then joined the Royal Air Force. Following several years in the military, Charles resumed his civilian life in catering, owning bistros and contract catering companies, before turning back to art around thirty years ago. Charles made over two hundred television programmes on art for the Tyne Tees television company, then for the Discovery Channel.

Charles has written several books for Search Press, and now also represents Daler-Rowney as their main demonstrator. His exuberant and informal personality is reflected in his paintings, which have a lightness and simplicity that many artists aspire to.

Charles lives in Morpeth, Northumberland, UK.

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