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Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees By Terry Harrison

Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees by Terry Harrison


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WINNER OF THE 2006 PRACTICAL ART BOOK OF THE YEAR

Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees Summary

Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees by Terry Harrison

Produce beautiful trees quickly and easily with Terry Harrison's simple watercolour techniques.
He paints many of his favourite trees, including cypress, conifers, willow, horse chestnut, oak, birch and trees with blossom. With clear step-bystep instruction and inspirational paintings, this book will encourage artists to create their own original pictures.

Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees Reviews

Mar 06

There aren't very many books just on painting trees. One of the best is a little book by Adrian Hill, published in the 1960's by Blandford Press. The most comprehensive is Adelene Fletcher's Watercolourist's A-Z of Trees & Foliage which covers by far the widest range of specific varieties. Both of these books, however, tend to concentrate on the specific shapes of individual types of tree.

If this is their weakness, it also explains why there aren't many books on trees. To put it simply, very few people want to paint a tree in the way they want to paint a flower; in general, trees are part of a landscape, nothing more. All they need to do is look reasonably convincing and they're done their job, they're a shape and not a lot else.

Trees basically have four different appearances, corresponding to the four seasons: in winter there are no leaves and you can see the branches, in spring there may be flowers, in summer the canopy is full developed and in the autumn the leaves have turned brown and started to drop off. Not a lot more you need to know, really, except that, where a tree appears, it needs to look like a tree and not just an attempt at a tree. You don't need paint every leaf: from any distance they quickly merge into just patterns of light and shade and you also need to get the branches, if they're visible, looking as though they're growing naturally and aren't just stuck on.

In just 48 pages, Terry Harrison will show you how to do all this. A short book can't be laboured, so he gets to the point quickly and doesn't labour it. Terry sells his own range of brushes, so naturally these feature widely, but you can find similar alternative in any art shop (if you don't have them already) or they can be ordered from www.terryharrison.com.

The book covers basic shapes, how to paint trunks, branches and foliage, trees in different seasons and concludes with more detailed studies of eleven specific varieties of trees which are painted in more detail and include apple, oak, pine and horse chestnut.

For a subject that won't detain most people for very long, this book should be just about the right length and price and contain most of the information they need.

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About Terry Harrison

Terry Harrison grew up in Norfolk, UK. His early art education was basic and he never dreamed that he would one day become an artist. At fifteen, Terry moved to Hampshire and, inspired by his brilliant art teacher, won a place at Farnham Art School at the age of sixteen. After graduating he became a graphic artist but continued to paint in his spare time. In 1984 Terry gave up his job to paint full time and never looked back, teaching and demonstrating his watercolour techniques throughout the world, developing his own range of brushes and paints and writing over 20 best-selling books that have been translated into many languages. Sadly, Terry passed away in 2017 but his legacy lives on. His gift for explaining his methods in an easy and accessible way has encouraged countless people to take up painting, and his beautiful works of art, inspired by the English countryside that he loved, will continue to be enjoyed by people all over the world.

Additional information

GOR001532816
9781844480500
184448050X
Terry Harrison's Watercolour Trees by Terry Harrison
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Search Press Ltd
2005-01-31
48
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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