This image is the cover for the book Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Landscapes in Acrylics

Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Landscapes in Acrylics

This beginner’s guide to painting the landscape in acrylics is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time. Each of the 33 quick-and-easy studies takes no more than 30 minutes, and will teach you how to apply a crucial technique to your work, or paint a particular aspect of the natural landscape. The book also contains 3 larger paintings that demonstrate how to combine the elements learned into vibrant and inspiring landscapes



Build up your skills in easy chunks, learning about form and composition, colour mixing, working with acrylics and capturing the drama of the natural world.



The exercises are all worked at postcard size – ideal for a 6 x 4 inch (A6) watercolour pad. All the required tracings are included.

Barry Herniman

Barry Herniman is a full time artist who has been painting landscapes and seascapes for many years. He is particularly fond of painting landscapes but also feels right at home painting anything from portraits to steam locomotives. He now travels extensively, both home and abroad, tutoring workshops and demonstrating to art clubs and societies and has had exhibitions in England, Canada and the USA. Barry won the Artist of the Year Award for the SAA in 2001 and the Harper Collins Award Patchings 2000. He is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine.

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