ALWVN CRAW:5HAW winiAft? -r—=i-^as»i-.,;fc* r« A Beginner's Guide to Watercolour Painting As seen on PBS ^ A BRUSH WITH ART j % it '^^^m A S^USW WIT« ART ALWYN CRAWSHAW i)>j % '• 'h -,^t?- '-Tf"-''T>7:;^^?Ka ^^ "n:^ North Light Books NORTH Cincinnati, Ohio I LIGHT [BOOKS 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 -^ l~A A .., 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