Contemporary Figures in Watercolour: Speed, Gesture and Story by Leo Crane & Roy Joseph Butler

Contemporary Figures in Watercolour: Speed, Gesture and Story by Leo Crane & Roy Joseph ButlerPainter Leo Crane and art model Roy Joseph Butler explore how to interpret the gestures and movements of the figure through the language of paint. Through a range of exercises, they show how to work with the fluidity and immediacy of watercolour to create lively paintings that are bursting with character and narrative possibility. With experience in both fine art and animation, they share tips on bringing life to the figure, and encourage you to

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He concludes by tracing out the story of landscape and Englishness down to the present day

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with distant columns of showers

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