A brush with art - A beginners guide to watercolour painting from Alwyn Crawshaw
With this easy-to-follow guide based on his successful TV series, well-known painter Alwyn Crawshaw removes the mystery from watercolour painting and encourages you to have a go. (Backcover of book – 1992 BCA edition) |
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In this book, which accompanies the Channel 4 TV series A Brush with Art, Alwyn Crawshaw sets out to remove some of the mystique of painting and to inspire even the most hesitant of beginners to 'have a go'. Alwyn's warm and enthusiastic personality makes him the ideal teacher and he shows that painting can be easier than you think.
For the many people who would love to paint but don't know where to start, help is at hand. A Brush With Art takes you through the various stages of watercolour painting in an entertaining and easy-to-follow way. Each of the 12 sections is a self-contained lesson, featuring a different location and explaining how to paint it successfully in watercolour. Alwyn demonstrates the different techniques required in each case and then shows how to use them to build up a painting.
Alwyn gives advice on all the essential aspects of watercolour painting - mixing colours and laying a wash, sketching, composing a picture, portraying light and shade, tonal values and perspective - introducing these gradually to instil a growing confidence in the beginner. With Alwyn to guide you, you'll find that in no time you are producing watercolour paintings to be proud of. (Frontflap of book – 1992 BCA edition) |
Alwyn Crawshaw is the author of eight books in HarperCollins' successful Learn to Paint series, as well as, among others, The Half-Hour Painter and Alwyn Crawshaw's Watercolour Painting Course. He has had numerous one-man shows and his paintings are in many private collections. Alwyn Crawshaw also has his own gallery in Devon.
Besides lecturing to art groups and societies, Alwyn frequently runs residential painting holidays which are extremely popular. He is a regular contributor to Leisure Painter magazine and has made several videos on painting.
In addition to A Brush with Art for Channel 4, Alwyn has made two further television series, one on working with oils and another about painting on holiday. (Backflap of book – 1992 BCA edition) |
Contents : |
Forward Portrait of the artist Introduction Materials – colours – basic kit – brushes - paper |
The 12 programmes |
A course of easy to follow watercolour painting lessons to accompany the television series … |
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| Watercolour lesson 1
Topsham |
Observation
Observing Topsham |
| Watercolour lesson 2
Hay Tor |
Mixing colours
Painting a wash
Painting tips
Painting Hay Tor
Painting tip |
| Watercolour lesson 3
Hound Tor |
Brush strokes
Painting tip
Painting Hound Tor |
| Watercolour lesson 4
Dawlish Warren Beach |
Comparing paper – cartridge paper – rough paper
Painting tip
Quick sketches |
| Watercolour lesson 5
Harpford |
Choosing a location
Selecting a view
Drawing with pencil
Design and composition
Measuring
Drawing Harpford
Drawing tips |
| Watercolour lesson 6
Shaldon Beach |
Tonal values
Drawing boats |
| Watercolour lesson 7
Polperro Harbour |
Pen and wash
Details from the painting |
| Watercolour lesson 8
Studio |
Painting from photographs
Still life
Details from the painting |
| Watercolour lesson 9
Exeter Quay |
Painting trees
Painting water
Painting Exeter Quay
Painting tips |
| Watercolour lesson 10
Paignton Zoo |
Painting people
Drawing animals |
| Watercolour lesson 11 Cottages, Ide |
Painting windows
Painting skies |
| Watercolour lesson 12
Brixham Harbour |
Painting a complex scene |
| A brush with filming |
Behind the scenes on location with A Brush with Art (Source - 1992 BCA edition) |
