30 Minute Artist

Got a half hour? Use it to paint something beautiful with these ten quick projects. “The 30 Minute Artist” series is for beginners and busy artists who want to achieve great paintings in just half an hour. Here, expert artist and teacher Fiona Peart helps you build skills and confidence, and loosen up your style, by producing spontaneous, lively flower paintings in thirty minutes flat. Discover quick exercises to get you started-and then try the ten fantastic step-by-step projects, from a jug of daffodils to sunflowers to spring violas-for a delightful creative break in your day.

All watercolour landscape artists need to know how to paint water, and in this book Terry Harrison excels in demystifying the painting process. Here he shares his expert advice and no-nonsense tips and techniques for producing quick, effective paintings of water. There are two or three-step exercises for painting water in all its varied moods and situations, including ripples, reflections, puddles, streams, breaking waves, choppy water, surf, bridges, riverbeds, boats, and much more. There are then ten step-by-step demonstrations that can be produced in half an hour: a misty lake, track with puddles, ford, waterfall, lazy river, stormy sea, cliffs, fisherman, sunset estuary and fishing boat. • Essential painting skills conveyed through quick, lively studies • Expert art tuition from a renowned artist, for beginners, the busy artist, or those wanting to loosen up their painting style • Numerous quick exercises and ten step-by-step demonstrations