The Half-hour Painter

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Product Description This best-selling book by popular TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw is now reissued by popular demand in a new paperback edition at a very competitive price. In The Half-Hour Painter Alwyn teaches the techniques and skills that are required to paint a successful landscape in 30 minutes. He shows how to observe and paint from nature when time is limited by working through a number of landscape paintings in various mediums - watercolour, oils and pencil. Alwyn believes that imposing a time limit on your painting helps you to learn to paint a picture as a whole - in a broad statement - and prevents too much fussing on detail. He maintains that half-hour painting exercises provide a valuable discipline for artists of all levels and not just for beginners. From the Back Cover This best-selling book by well-known TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw is reissued by popular demand in a new paperback edition. In 'The Half-Hour Painter' Alwyn teaches the techniques and skills that are required to paint a successful landscape in just 30 minutes. By working through a number of landscape paintings in various mediums - watercolour, oils and pencil - he shows how to observe and paint from nature when time is limited. These half-hour painting exercises provide a valuable discipline for artists of all levels as they encourage spontaneity and prevent too much emphasis on detail Alwyn Crawshaw is author of numerous books on painting and has made seven popular TV series for Channel 4, each with accompanying best-selling books. He is also Founder and President of the Society of Amateur Artists.