Watercolour Landscapes (Ready to Paint) [Paperback]

It's easy for beginners to lose heart when they start to paint if their drawing lets them down. Like any craft, drawing takes practice, but for those eager to get going, it can become a real obstacle to developing painting skills. Terry Harrison has come up with a book that deals with this problem at a stroke, using such a simple idea, I wonder why it hasn't been done before. Ready to Paint: Watercolour Landscapes consists of five contrasting landscape paintings, each demonstrated in considerable detail, step by step. The novelty lies in the fact that in the middle of the book you can find six sheets of tracing paper, printed with the outlines of each of the paintings, plus one bonus composition. These can be removed easily from the book, and instructions are provided on how to transfer the image to your paper. Readers can then concentrate on the business of painting and create five or six beautiful images including a vibrant poppy field, a simple, sunny doorway, bluebell woods, a footbridge within the woods, and a village within the snow. The additional image is a river view, shown as a finished image rather than through a demonstration. Terry is a highly experienced painter and teacher, and his guidance is very easy to follow. He is keen to emphasise that painting should be fun, and this method goes a long way towards building the confidence necessary to really enjoy the process of using paint and capturing a successful image on paper. You can't really go wrong. I hope this is the first of a series, as beginners will love it. --Leisure Painter, Jan 08

Terry Harrison is a very popular artist and explains techniques in a way that is easily understood, and essential for beginner artists. In this book he covers use of his brushes,designed to his specification and he covers basic painting techniques and useful colour blends for landscape scenes. The innovative thing about this new book however is that Terry has included re-usable tracings of the scenes so that the artist can get straight on with painting techniques and not have to worry about drawing skills, something thats sets many would be artists back. He explains very clearly how to use the tracings to create outlines on watercolour paper ready for painting. Poppy Field, Doorway, Bluebell Woods, Footbridge in the Woods, Village in the Snow are all subjects he has chosen as demos for this book, and will appeal to any lover of traditional country scenes. He has some very clear instruction on how to complete these beautiful paintings including excellent step by step photographs to accompany the very clear text. He is very precise on which technique and which colour to use, and combined with the tracings supplied this makes it simple for even a beginner artist to produce a very creditable painting, yet the subjects are such that they will also appeal to the more experienced artists wishing to brush up on landscape skills. An excellent book for both beginners and those with some experience, its inclusion of tracings of subjects is bound to appeal to many people. --Jeannie Zelos Artworks

If you would love to wield a paintbrush and produce dreamy watercolour scenes but are always put off by the drawing part, then this is the book for you! All the drawings are ready on tracing paper in the centre of the book and all you have to do is trace them. Full details are given. Scenes include a poppy field, doorway, bluebell woods, footbridge in the woods and a village in the snow. Each scene had full step by step painting instructions (up to 48 in some cases), so you can recreate these beautiful pictures. --Cake Craft & Decoration, April 08

--Cake Craft & Decoration, April 08

Terry Harrison is a very popular artist and explains techniques in a way that is easily understood, and essential for beginner artists. In this book he covers use of his brushes,designed to his specification and he covers basic painting techniques and useful colour blends for landscape scenes. The innovative thing about this new book however is that Terry has included re-usable tracings of the scenes so that the artist can get straight on with painting techniques and not have to worry about drawing skills, something thats sets many would be artists back. He explains very clearly how to use the tracings to create outlines on watercolour paper ready for painting. Poppy Field, Doorway, Bluebell Woods, Footbridge in the Woods, Village in the Snow are all subjects he has chosen as demos for this book, and will appeal to any lover of traditional country scenes. He has some very clear instruction on how to complete these beautiful paintings including excellent step by step photographs to accompany the very clear text. He is very precise on which technique and which colour to use, and combined with the tracings supplied this makes it simple for even a beginner artist to produce a very creditable painting, yet the subjects are such that they will also appeal to the more experienced artists wishing to brush up on landscape skills. An excellent book for both beginners and those with some experience, its inclusion of tracings of subjects is bound to appeal to many people. --Jeannie Zelos Artworks

If you would love to wield a paintbrush and produce dreamy watercolour scenes but are always put off by the drawing part, then this is the book for you! All the drawings are ready on tracing paper in the centre of the book and all you have to do is trace them. Full details are given. Scenes include a poppy field, doorway, bluebell woods, footbridge in the woods and a village in the snow. Each scene had full step by step painting instructions (up to 48 in some cases), so you can recreate these beautiful pictures. --Cake Craft & Decoration, April 08

Readers who want to learn to paint but cannot rely on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. The outlines of five paintings (plus one bonus picture) are provided to pull out from the centre of the book. Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs show how to transfer the outlines on to watercolour paper and then how to create beautiful watercolour paintings. Terry Harrison's clear, no-nonsense advice and easy to follow instructions make painting accessible for people who have never had the confidence to try before. Learn how to paint beautiful pictures. This title includes five easy to follow demonstrations. It contains step-by-step photographs and clear instructions.