Landscapes in Watercolour
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This practical and inspirational guide, in a handy sketchbook format, is aimed at the practised beginner and shows how to achieve successful watercolour landscapes in just 30 minutes – ideal for the busy amateur artist who doesn't have much time to paint.
Many people think they don't have enough time to paint, but in this attractive guide Paul Talbot-Greaves encourages quick and simple painting. By working with just a few materials and focusing on the key techniques it is possible to achieve successful, realistic landscape paintings in no more than half an hour. And for those artists who already have a little painting experience, learning to work more quickly enables them to free up their style and paint more spontaneously.
All the key topics are covered, from watercolour techniques, colour and tone to learning about creating distance, composing pictures and selecting scenes.
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Landscapes in Watercolour - Paul Talbot-Greaves
INTRODUCTION
Until the 18th century landscapes were generally painted only in oils, but since then watercolour has become one of the most popular media for portraying this fascinating subject. Its translucent quality makes it ideal for capturing the beauty of the natural world around us.
Landscape painting can be tackled either indoors or out, and it requires very little equipment. Despite our busy lifestyles it is perfectly possible to find time to paint successful watercolours by keeping them quick and simple. In this book you will discover how to achieve exciting landscape paintings in just 30 minutes.
Sunset
25 × 34 cm (9¾ × 13½ in) In this simple picture the sky dominates the landscape, making the painting process quick and fresh. Horizontal shapes and strong colours create interest and drama.
The beauty of watercolour
The crisp, translucent feel of a watercolour wash is unrivalled by any other medium and its immediacy makes it perfect for capturing different landscape subjects, including the various moods and atmospheres that you see every day. Watercolour is quick and spontaneous, and with fast drying times paintings can be completed in one session and easily achieved in about 30 minutes.
Other advantages of watercolour as a medium are that you do not need much equipment to work with, getting started can be relatively inexpensive, and you do not really need a special studio or room set aside for working. Materials can be quickly brought out when needed and tidied away afterwards.
Summer Lane
14 × 19 cm (5½ × 7½ in) I completed this painting in 30 minutes, aiming for the relevant colours and tones in no more than three stages, and this has helped to keep the washes fresh and crisp.
The aim of this book
Many people think they need to have plenty of time to paint, but my aim here is to show you how you can create your own successful landscape paintings in just 30 minutes. Throughout this book you will discover various ways of interpreting the landscape to suit your own style and approach, using simple and quick techniques. You don’t have to create large panoramic paintings with every detail crammed in to the scene – in fact, the best paintings are often the simplest – and with a little organization most can be done in one sitting.
For practical reasons you may prefer to paint your landscapes at home, working from reference sketches or photographs. However, try to paint or sketch from life whenever possible. Whichever method you choose, I hope this book will help and inspire you to paint with increasing confidence and enjoyment.
Coastal View
14 × 20 cm (5½ × 8 in) This painting was worked from a holiday photograph, but I could easily have painted it while I was sitting on the beach. You may decide to work some of your own paintings from photographs, but try to paint outdoors whenever you can.
ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
Although there is a huge array of materials available you need only the essentials to be able to paint landscapes successfully in 30 minutes. Buy the best-quality materials you can afford, as these will produce the finest results, although there are also less expensive options if you are on a tight budget.
For indoor work, try to have a few luxury items, such as a sable brush, good-quality paints and a large mixing palette. When working outdoors you may wish to expand your kit slightly, but again very little equipment is generally needed.
Hay Meadow
14 × 22 cm (5½ × 8¾ in) Paintings such as this can be completed with only a small amount of equipment – some watercolour paper, a pencil, a medium-sized round brush and a few paints.
Paints
Watercolour paints are available in both tubes and pans. Tubes offer instant colour, whereas pans demand more effort to work up the paint to the required volume. This can be a little restrictive when painting large landscapes, but the portability of pans in a paintbox makes them ideal for outdoor work.
There are two grades of paint -students’ quality and artists’ quality. Students’ quality paint is cheaper than the higher-quality artists’ paint, but is fine to start with. You will probably develop your own favourite colours, but a good range for landscape painting might include Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine, Sap Green, Hooker’s Green, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Light Red, Payne’s Grey and white gouache for retouching any white areas or highlights at the end of a painting.
Brushes
Kolinsky sable brushes offer the best handling and will last for a long time, but they can be very expensive. Synthetic brushes are cheaper but still effective, making them ideal for beginners. For large wet-into-wet washes I prefer to use a 25 mm (1 in) sable flat brush, which holds lots of paint. For most other applications I tend to use Nos. 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 round brushes and a No. 1 rigger or ruling pen for fine details.
Palettes
A large mixing palette is best and I use a white plastic catering tray when working in the studio. Try to avoid mixing in small wells as these often give a false