Ready to Paint Series -Irish Landscapes in Watercolour by Dermot Cavanagh

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Ready to Paint: Irish Landscapes in Watercolour by Dermot Cavanagh

Television presenter and expert watercolour tutor, Dermot Cavanagh, shows how to paint five beautiful Irish landscapes, and tracings are provided so that readers can get straight down to painting.

The Ready to Paint series provides six tracings for readers to pull out and transfer on to watercolour paper. There is one for each of the five step-by-step demonstrations, plus a bonus tracing of the inspirational painting in the introduction section, and full instructions on how to transfer the images.

People who want to learn to Irish Landscapes in watercolour without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Renowned television presenter and watercolour tutor, Dermot Cavanagh, has created five step-by-step demonstrations depicting beautiful scenes from his native Ireland: the Argory, a National Trust property in County Tyrone, a Singing Pub in County Donegal, Glendalough, a historic site in County Wicklow, Glencar Lake in County Sligo and Doo Lough in County Mayo. There is also a beautiful Roscommon lake scene featuring Castle Island on Lough Key for readers to have a go at once they have mastered the skills learned from the demonstrations, and a tracing is provided for this too.

* Six tracings provided, so no need to draw

* Expert tuition from renowned television presenter and watercolour turor, Dermot Cavanagh

* Beautiful Irish landscapes that readers will want to paint

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Materials 6

Transferring the image 9

The Argory 10

Step by step

Glencar Lake 16

Step by step

Glendalough 24

Step by step

The Singing Pub 32

Step by step

Doo Lough 40

Step by step

Index 48

Dermot Cavanagh inspired millions of viewers by teaching a host of celebrities to paint the Irish landscape in the BBC TV series Awash With Colour. A prolific painter all his life, Dermot has had numerous exhibitions of his work and his paintings hang in collectors' homes around the world. He is regularly commissioned to create original paintings, specialising in his native Irish landscape. Dermot demonstrates to art clubs and societies and holds painting courses throughout Britain and painting holidays to Ireland and abroad. Dermot is a published author and has produced many teaching DVDs. He has appeared on various television and radio programmes and is a regular contributor to art magazines.