Tracings
Introduction 6
Basic painting equipment 8
Know your materials 10
Skies 18
Moorland, foliage & trees 28
Atmosphere & perspective 38
Rock and stone 50
Water 60
Snow 70
Weather, light & mood 80
Snow Scene 90
Mountain and Loch 92
Waterfall 94
Index 96
Lesley Linley has a background in Graphic Design but she learned about watercolour techniques entirely from books. Having discovered a love for the medium, she found she enjoyed sharing her skills and a career in teaching Adult Community Education began. Teaching left little time for her own painting until she moved to Skye. Here she opened a studio in order both to run classes and workshops for local people and visitors from the UK and overseas, and to spend more time painting for pleasure. She is now back in her home county of Derbyshire and continues to run workshops and classes. She has featured in Skye Makers magazine and Paint & Draw magazine. Lesley is a member of the SAA and Made in Derbyshire.
Ideal for artists short on time, the Ready to Paint series from
Search Press shows you how to complete a painting in just 30
minutes. Leisure Painter contributor, Lesley Linely runs workshops
and classes from her studio in Derbyshire and has many years'
experience teaching beginners to paint. Her new book, Mountain
Scenes in Watercolour is a guide for complete beginners.
Information on basic watercolour techniques is followed by sections
on how to paint elements of the landscape, such as skies, distant
trees or rushing water. The examples are all post-card size, which
are ideal for an A6 watercolour pad. The book finishes with three
full size paintings for you to try, and outlines are included on
tracing paper to help you being painting straight away.
*Leisure Painter*
This well thought out series goes from strength to strength and, in
new author Lesley Linley, has found an excellent demonstrator for a
perennially popular subject. Having spent several years living on
the beautiful island of Skye, she is at home with mountains,
vistas, water and misty panoramas. All these feature in this
exciting and inspiring book and Lesley's considerable experience as
an adult education tutor ensures that the explanations are clear
and concise. The book is based around 32 postcard-size projects,
for which outline tracings are provided. Each one should take about
30 minutes to complete and deals with a single topic - receding
tones, rock textures, distant and close-up trees, skies, mist,
highlights in a sparkling stream and much, much more. The result is
a comprehensive and, above all, practical course in painting upland
landscapes. It's easy to follow, inspiring and most important,
great fun.
*Paint*
Having lived for several years on Skye, Lesley is well-placed to
understand the many moods and atmospheric variation of mountain
landscapes and this latest addition to an excellent series covers
everything from aerial perspective and tonal recession to textures
in rock and reflections in water. Each of the 32 projects
concentrates on a single topic, so there are no complex scenes to
get bogged down in. The whole idea is to develop your skills
through simple exercises, each with a full-size A6 tracing that’s
easy to transport and can be completed quickly. If you’re stuck on
a larger work of your own, you could even break off for a quick bit
of revision before going on – so much better than spoiling the
whole thing at the last minute! This is a delightful book in a
series that’s already been well thought-out and Lesley’s confident
approach makes it especially easy to follow.
*Artbookreview.net*
From hazy distant views seen across calm waters to rugged
snow-capped peaks, Lesley Linley captures every aspect of upland
landscapes in this easy-to-follow guide. Each of the 32
demonstrations is accompanied by an actual-size tracing that allows
you to get the outline and composition right first time and
concentrate on the actual painting itself. As well as a full
variety of scenes, Lesley demonstrates skies, trees, rocks, water
and that elusive quality, atmosphere. Each project is simple and
short and concentrated on a single topic, with Lesley's clear
instructions making the book easy to follow. If you want to paint a
mountain of moorland scenes, this is one of the best
introductions.
*The SAA Catalogue 19/20*
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