A brush with art

104 Pages·1993·16.041 MB·English

by  Crawshaw, Alwyn

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North Light Books
NORTH Cincinnati, Ohio
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First published in U.S.A. in 1993 by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
North LightBooks, an imprint of
FiSiWPubHcations, 1507 Dana Avenue, I would like to record mygrateful thanks to all the
Cincinnati, OH 45207 (1-800-289-0963) team who worked on the TV series- in particular
DavidJohn Hare, the producer, and Ingrid Duffell,
Firstpublished in the UK in 1991 by the director, and, ofcourse, TSW for their
HarperCollins Publishers tremendous support.
London
I would also like to express mysincere thanks to
© Alwyn Crawshaw, 1991 Cathy Gosling from HarperCollins, and to Flicka
Lister for the editing ofthis book. Finally, toJune,
Consultant Editor: Flicka Lister mywife, forall the help she has unselfishly given
to both the book and the filming ofthe TV series.
Designedand typeset by
Brown Packaging Ltd
255-257 Liverpool Road
London Nl ILX
Photography: Nigel Cheffers-Heard
Location photographs: DavidJohn Hare and
June Crawshaw
All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication
maybe reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted, in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording
or otherwise, without the priorwritten permission
ofthepublishers.
A catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library.
Jacketillustrations: BrLxham Harbour (front); Dawlish
WarrenBeachandHay Tor(back);photographofthe
authorbyNigel Cheffers-Heard
Titlepage: Dawlish WarrenBeach (actualsize 21 x 29
cm/S'Ax 111/2in)
ISBN 0-89134-536-1
Printed and bound in the UK
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Contents
Foreword byDavidJohn Hare, Producer 6
PortraitoftheArtist 8
Introduction 9
Materials 10
PROGRAMME TOPSHAM
1:
Observation 16
PROGRAMME HAY TOR
2:
Mixing colours 20
Painting a wash 22
PROGRAMME HOUND TOR
3:
Brush strokes 26
PROGRAMME DAWLISH WARREN BEACH
4:
Comparingpaper 32
Sketching people 36
PROGRAMME HARPFORD
5:
Choosinga location 38
Selecting a view 38
Drawingwith a pencil 40
Design and composition 42
Measuring 43
PROGRAMME SHALDON BEACH
6:
Tonalvalues 46
Drawingboats 48
PROGRAMME POLPERRO HARBOUR
7:
Pen and wash 50
PROGRAMME STUDIO
8:
Paintingfrom photographs 56
Still life 57
PROGRAMME EXETER QUAY
9:
Painting trees 62
Paintingwater 63
PROGRAMME PAIGNTON ZOO
10:
Paintingpeople 66
Drawing animals 68
PROGRAMME 11: COTTAGES, IDE
Paintingwindows 72
Paintingskies 72
PROGRAMME BRIXHAM HARBOUR
12:
Painting a complex scene 76
Making theseries 80
Gallery 86