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Half-hour
painting exercises provide a valuable discipline for artists of all levels.
In The Half-Hour Painter professional painter Alwyn Crawshaw describes
and demonstrates the techniques and skills that are required to paint
successful landscapes when time is limited. One of the greatest difficulties an amateur painter experiences is learning to paint a picture as a whole - in a broad statement -before putting in any detail. One of the best ways to overcome this problem is to impose a time limit on your painting which will prevent you from concentrating too much on detail. Half-hour painting exercises can help you improve your technique in the following ways: Observation: the foundation of all painting. By regularly practising timed exercises your skills of observation will be sharpened so that, in time, they will become automatic. Simplification: By practising half-hour exercises you will train yourself to pick out the important elements and go for broad shapes only. Form and shape: Timed exercises encourage you to see objects in terms of their main shapes and tonal values. Speed and discipline: Half-hour exercises help you to increase your speed of working and be more disciplined when you are painting outside. In this book Alwyn Crawshaw sets himself the half-hour challenge, working through a number of paintings in watercolour, oils, and pencil. He explains to the reader how he is progressing with each picture, points out his mistakes, and shares many hints and tips on painting technique. In the second section of the book Alwyn Crawshaw uses some of the half-hour exercises as a starting point for other paintings executed in the studio when more time is available. The final section of the book is a gallery of finished paintings in various mediums. The originality of approach and the value of this form of painting exercise make The Half-Hour Painter an essential addition to the amateur painter's library. |
Out
of Print Published in 1989 |
Hardback
- 128 Pages |
Signed
by Alwyn |
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