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Ready To Paint Fantasy Art Series
Paul Bryn Davies
Search Press
15 August 2011/ ISBN 9781844486397
Non-Fiction/Art
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Ready To Paint
has a second title, and like the first one Ready To Paint Dragons
(also reviewed
on this site) is it by talented fantasy artist Paul Bryn Davies.
Get those watercolors out again; this time you are going to paint
some fairies.
As with all the other titles there is a short section on what to
buy and why you need it. I appreciate the why as without it you
have an illustrated shopping list. Also covered in the introduction
is how to transfer the tracings, and then it is on with the projects.
There are five of these in grand old Ready To Paint tradition plus
a sixth where you are on your own and flexing your (fairy) wings.
The paintings include butterfly, desert, water, flower and musical
fairies. The extra one is my own favorite as it depicts a modern
fairy in a New York setting, lying in an abandoned food carton –
delightfully original and different. Each project is described in
at least thirty illustrated steps, each one showing what new detail
has been added and how to do it. I always think that this has to
be the most foolproof way yet devised of learning to paint and am
not surprised that the series has won awards. It is all very hands-on
and manages to cut through the fog and mystique that surrounds learning
how to paint and make it accessible and entertaining.
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