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Includes six step-by-step projects suitable for beginners
Traceable outlines for you to copy and customise
Basic instructions on techniques and working with watercolour
Previously published as The Paint Pad Artist: Coastal Landscapes
Anyone Can Paint Coastal Landscapes by Charles Evans includes six step-by-step projects suitable for beginners. This title also includes full-size traceable outlines for artists who aren’t confident in their drawing skills. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an enthusiast looking to improve your skills, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you can learn the skills needed to product beautiful paintings.
Charles Evans is a professional artist who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience tot he reader. The book begins with a short yet informative section covering basic materials, plus an introduction to some basic techniques like colour mixing, getting the most from your palette and enhancing your watercolours with a little gouache.
The six projects in this book will gradually build your painting skills as they increase in difficulty. Each project will introduce you to some handy hints and tips direct from the author to help you on your painting journey.
This title was previously published as The Paint Pad Artist: Coastal Landscapes, and has been reimagined as a part of the ‘Anyone Can Paint’ series.
104 page Paperback. 216mm x 280mm
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
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. Charles has made over 200 television programmes on art for the Tyne Tees television company and later for the Discovery Channel.
Charles has written several books for Search Press, selling almost 100,000 copies, and represents Daler-Rowney as their main demonstrator. He travels the UK and abroad, taking his no-nonsense approach to painting to hundreds of amateur artists. His exuberant personality is reflected in his own paintings, which have a lightness and simplicity to them.
Charles lives in Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. Visit his website, www.charlesevansart.com
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