Geoff Kersey is an experienced watercolourist and is much in demand as a teacher and demonstrator. He lives and works in Derbyshire, where he has a studio, and he exhibits extensively. He has made many watercolour DVDs, contributes to various art publications and has written many bestselling watercolour books. Check Geoff out at www.geoffkersey.co.uk
This is the second outing for a promising new series that breaks
popular subjects down into manageable form. The idea of using just
three colours (red, blue and yellow) is that there’s a minimum of
fussing about with mixing. What’s impressive, though, is the range
of tints and hues that Geoff manages to achieve and there’s no hint
of the extremely limited palette. These books are, as you might
have guessed, aimed at the beginner and the instruction and
hand-holding are comprehensive; you’re never left feeling that
something has been missed out, that there was another stage in
there somewhere. Handy jargon busters deal with any technical terms
that may be unfamiliar. The pictures you’ll work on are not complex
images, but that’s not what you’d want. The tone and detail are
nicely judged.
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Last year I reviewed this author’s first Take Three Colors book on
Watercolor Landscapes (also reviewed on this site) and was
impressed with it. Now here is a second book on seascapes and
like the first one is aimed squarely at the total beginner who
wants to give painting a go but doesn’t want to buy up the art
shop. The caption below the title on the cover reads “start to
paint with 3 colors, 3 brushes and 9 easy projects”. Add in
some paper and a cheap plastic palette plus a few other household
basics (cocktail stick, ruler, pencil etc) and you are good to
go. This author has not forgotten what it is like to be a
beginner with a budget, or just anybody who does not want to buy a
lot of materials only to find that art is not for them. You
get started with the painting fairly immediately too after a very
brief and essential introduction explaining about mixing colors,
adding water and using brushes. There are nine projects in
here each of which teaches a basic watercolor skill and these are
listed under the title with each project. Each of these is
illustrated with plenty of good-sized photographic steps together
with short helpful captions and “Jargon Buster” points explaining
terms. There are handy tips and a nice touch is the photo of
a palette showing the mixed colors so you can get the shades
right. The pictures get more complex as you progress, from
very basic beginnings showing boats with reflections through to
scenes of dunes, two lighthouses, an estuary, Bamburgh Castle
and. At the back is a page about transferring the outlines of
the full sized paintings using tracing paper, or you can draw them
freehand plus how to add a boat to one of the scenes. I have
reviewed a lot of books on painting for beginners but this series
is the best to date. Very highly recommended for anybody who
wants to learn watercolor painting.
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Always wanted to work with watercolours but don't know how to
begin? This book shows you how to achieve good results with just
three colours and three brushes. In this way it limits what you
have to spend on materials and concentrates on getting you
painting. It shows how to mix paints and has step-by-step guides
throughout covering those popular features of landscape painting
such as skies, water, woodland and mountains. There are nine easy
projects to build your skills. In just a few simple steps, you will
feel like a painter. A confidence-building book for anyone
interested in watercolour.
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