Ready to Paint: Ireland in watercolour by Terry Harrison

Ready to Paint: Ireland in watercolour by Terry Harrison

The Ready to Paint series provides six tracings for readers to pull out and transfer on to watercolour paper. There is one for each of the five step-by-step demonstrations, plus a bonus tracing of the inspirational painting in the Introduction section, and full instructions on how to transfer the images. People who want to learn to paint without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Terry Harrison's no-nonsense teaching style takes the mystery out of watercolour painting and the tracings clear step-by-step photographs make it easy for readers to reproduce all of the projects. In this book Terry shows how to paint five Irish scenes including a crofter's cottage, a pub front and a Dublin doorway. Fans of Terry's popular painting style will want to add this to their collection.

Nov 09

This is the latest title in Search Press' Ready To Paint seriesIf you are a tyro painter who finds drawing difficult yet wants to get some practise with the painting part then this is for you. Now you can get to grips with both, by tracing and learning how to not only construct the painting but see how simple drawing can be if you are only using it as a framework for painting rather than as a finished work in its own right. These books are not about tracing and filling in outlines but getting to understand how a picture grows through a series of stages. There are a good number of these, all shown with short captions and in full color each adding a small detail and explaining what is happening. Each project also comes with a useful list of which brushes and colors to buy, the size of the finished piece and lots of tips germane to the subject. There are six pictures depicting various views that sum up the beauty and uniqueness of Ireland. These range from mountains to cliffs and a bay, to a fine Georgian doorway in Dublin. When you work on each painting you will learn different skills each time in order to depict a variety of surfaces from painted wood to rocks, Ireland's wonderful forty shades of green to the sea. This series is highly recommended for anybody starting out in watercolors needing to see what their work looks like before getting further into this absorbing hobby.

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Aug 09

With its rich colour and widely varied landscape, Ireland is bordering on artistic overload. At first glance, the idea of reducing a whole country down to five paintings (you get the usual pre-printed tracings that come with this series) sounds like a definition of the absurd, but Terry has picked subjects that capture the essence of what Ireland has to offer: a mountain, a castle, a seascape, cliffs and a townscape detail. What you finish up with is as much a good primer in many of the subjects you might want to tackle in any situation as it is a practice run at a location where you might well be wondering where to start. Just remember to stock up on that Emerald Green, to be sure.

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Oct 09

This latest no-nonsense guide to painting in watercolour provides six pull-out tracings, so that readers don't need to rely on their drawing skills. Beginners to watercolour will find that Terry's teaching style encourages them to have a go and try for themselves. Lovers of Ireland, whether they're Irish or have happy memories of holidays, will want to reproduce the five iconic Irish scenes in the step-by-step demonstrations. There are six tracings, one for each of the five demonstrations and one bonus tracing.

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Terry Harrison grew up in Norfolk, UK. His early art education was basic and he never dreamed that he would one day become an artist. At fifteen, Terry moved to Hampshire and, inspired by his brilliant art teacher, won a place at Farnham Art School at the age of sixteen. After graduating he became a graphic artist but continued to paint in his spare time. In 1984 Terry gave up his job to paint full time and never looked back, teaching and demonstrating his watercolour techniques throughout the world, developing his own range of brushes and paints and writing over 20 best-selling books that have been translated into many languages. Sadly, Terry passed away in 2017 but his legacy lives on. His gift for explaining his methods in an easy and accessible way has encouraged countless people to take up painting, and his beautiful works of art, inspired by the English countryside that he loved, will continue to be enjoyed by people all over the world. To see more of Terry's work visit www.terryharrisonart.com

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ISBN 13	9781844483631
ISBN 10	1844483630
Title	Ready to Paint: Ireland in watercolour
Author	Terry Harrison
Series	Ready To Paint
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Search Press Ltd
Year published	2009-07-24
Number of pages	72
Prizes	Winner of Independent Publishing Awards: Nielsen Innovation of the Year 2010
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.