Draw Boats Harbours

The step-by-step guides in this series provide readers with all the information they need to master the art of drawing. All titles in the series include information on materials and techniques, with step-by-step drawings and advice on composition and perspective.

This is a highly visual and practical approach to drawing boats and harbours. The author, a professional artist, discusses various media and shows how to achieve a wide range of effects and to get your perspective right. An ideal book for the beginner.

Learn all the tips, tricks and techniques you need in order to paint beautiful scenes of boats and harbours in this inspiring and practical book. Terry Harrison explains that you don't need to be an expert on all things nautical to paint great boats and harbours, you just need to learn to paint what you see using the advice and exercises in this book. There is excellent advice on using photographs, painting reflections, rigging, sails, jetties and harbour walls, as well as boatyard clutter, beaches, estuaries, figures and all the varied moods of the sea. There are then 6 beautiful step-by-step projects including a tall ship at sea, Greek boats by a sunlit jetty, a river harbour, a sparkling lake, a ship at sunset and a harbour village.

Artists who love the sea and dream of capturing every aspect of its beauty will treasure this lavishly illustrated guide to painting boats and picturesque harbors. With advice on technique, color, and composition, Ballinger begins with numerous seaworthy vessels and moves on to cover calm and stormy waters, sea birds, the sky, and more. 8-page color insert.

An ideal beginner's guide to painting boats and harbours in watercolour for artists who are short on time. This guide to painting boats and harbours in watercolour is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time. Broken down into 33 quick and easy paintings that take no more than 30 minutes to complete, this basic course will teach you all the skills you need to paint boats, yachts or barges on calm seas or raging waves, including how to depict reflections in water or realistic surf. The 30-minute paintings are all worked at postcard size - ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad, and tracings are included for those with limited drawing skills. Each small painting is a work of art in its own right, and can be stored in your portfolio for reference later, or framed and hung on the wall to impress your friends. The book is broken down into six chapters that focus, respectively, on portraying skies and water, texture and effects, boats themselves, boat and harbour details, waterside buildings and people and animals; through the 33 projects the reader will also be introduced to some of the techniques and tips that Charles Evans has learned along the way. The final section of the book contains three complete paintings that demonstrate how to combine all the techniques and elements of painting boats and harbours, gleaned from the preceding chapters. These paintings, too, are accompanied by actual-size tracings. There are 33 tracings in all to help you compose your own paintings of boats and harbours, and their details and environs.

Entry-level and experienced artists will be delighted by the simple and striking, boats and harbors which make terrific subjects for the medium of watercolor painting. Pull-out tracings and a clear guide on how to transfer them to watercolor paper eliminate any requisite drawing skills needed to paint these wonderful pictures. Detailed, illustrated instructions are provided for five scenes- each accompanied by a full-size, initial outline of the drawing to aid novice painters or provide inspiration to practiced artists.

Painting Boats and Harbours is a step-by-step guide to painting a wide variety of harbour and boat scenes. From selecting subjects and composition through to on-site working, this book offers the student and artist a comprehensive and practical guide with a truly international and universal appeal. Covers such topics as materials, colours, locations, sketching and sketchbooks, coasts, boats ashore, people, skies, the structure of craft, traditional sails and rigs, reflections, harbours, and silhouettes, as well as additional information about potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.