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  • Publisher: Search Press
  • Edition: BC Paperback 80pp + 16pp outlines
  • Publication: 17 March 2026
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9781800922969
  • Carton Qty: Not Yet Published
  • Size: 190x235 mm
  • Illustrations: 400
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $17.95
  • Series: Ready to Paint Postcards

Ready to Paint Postcards: Mountains

$17.95

15 stunning watercolour paintings to create in just 30 minutes by Lesley Linley


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Book Description

Paint a stunning range of mountain-themed postcard-sized watercolour scenes with popular author and artist Lesley Linley.

Fast, fun results in 15 half-hour lessons, with full-size templates included!

Within this inspiring, practical book are full instructions for 15 small-but-perfectly-formed, mountain-themed paintings. Highly varied, the projects range from atmospheric mountains looming through the mist to close-up rocky waterfalls, and show you how to use classic watercolour techniques to produce beautiful postcards to keep, send or show off.

  • The beginner-friendly projects are packed with hints and tips and structured step by step, making it easy to follow the instructions and achieve your own fantastic results!
  • Each of the 15 projects takes just 30 minutes, so are quick and easy to paint in an evening or in a spare afternoon.
  • The paintings are all worked at postcard size ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad.
  • No drawing is necessary full-sized line drawings for each postcard artwork are provided at the back of the book.

This book uses material previously published as Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Mountain Scenes in Watercolour (9781782216865).

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

First steps with Watercolour 8

The Postcard Projects 16

Summer Sky 24

Colourful Clouds 28

Colour and Distance 32

Waterfall 36

Rock Textures 40

Sunlight and Shadows 44

Reflections 48

Mountain and Sea 52

Wavelets and Ripples 56

Chill Peaks 60

Snowy Summit 64

Ridgeline 68

Silhouettes 72

Bright Water 76

Wreath of Mist 80

Outline drawings 84

Index 96

About the Author

About Lesley Linley

Lesley Linley has a background in Graphic Design but she learned about watercolour techniques entirely from books. Having discovered a love for the medium, she found she enjoyed sharing her skills and a career in teaching Adult Community Education began. Teaching left little time for her own painting until she moved to Skye. Here she opened a studio in order both to run classes and workshops for local people and visitors from the UK and overseas, and to spend more time painting for pleasure. She is now back in her home county of Derbyshire and continues to run workshops and classes. She has featured in Skye Makers magazine and Paint & Draw magazine. Lesley is a member of the SAA and Made in Derbyshire.

Reviews

artbookreview.net

In what has all the hallmarks of a new incarnation of Search Presss hugely successful Ready to Paint series, Geoff Kersey introduces the humble treescape.

The painted postcard has many attractions, not least its portability no need for an easel or large, unwieldy blocks or sheets of paper and probably only a pocket watercolour box. Back when I was selling art materials, we ordered postcard pads in 50s, such was their reliable popularity. A further advantage comes with the traceable outlines actual size and no need to assemble or fold out a larger format.

Geoff illustrates 15 compositions, from a path through autumn parkland to bluebells in spring as well as a snow-filled winter lane and a tree-backed farm. The ideas are simple but not simplistic and will give you a nice exercise with a variety of shapes, colours and techniques. Each subject is fully demonstrated, with plenty of steps and a full-page illustration of the result youre aiming for. Its just a shame that the reproduction seems more than a little muted Geoff is not noted for his bright colours, but I think this is more than that and some of the detail is quite hard to see.

For all that, this is an excellent idea and its to be hoped that further subjects are added in the not-too-distant future.

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