Expert watercolour landscape painter, Geoff Kersey, explains how to work from photographic reference to produce beautiful paintings. Clear tips and advice are accompanied by Geoff's reference photographs, colour charts, preparatory sketches and finished paintings, and there are full details of the adaptations and creative processes involved.

Many artists like working from photographic reference, but the trick is knowing what to leave out and what to keep in, how to adapt the scene and interpret it artistically as a painting. In this book, Geoff Kersey introduces 27 of is own paintings, explaining how they evolved from one or more photographs. He includes photographs, sketches, diagrams, details, colour charts and a wealth of hints and tips exploring his artistic process. Relevant painting techniques are explained, there is a glossary of painting terms, and at the end of the book are some photographs for readers to interpret for themselves.

A vital resource for artists
A visual feast of paintings and their origins
27 beautiful paintings explained

Artists who work from photographic source material need to learn how to adapt and improve in order to create a successful painting. Geoff Kersey is a master of this way of working, and here he shows how it is done. Reference photographs, colour charts and preparatory sketches are shown alongside all the finished paintings in this book, with full details of the adaptations and creative processes involved. There are plenty of clear tips and advice, and an illustrated glossary of all the painting terms used. Readers who want much more advice on adapting from reference sources than is provided in step by step painting books will have all they need here, and there are dozens of beautiful paintings to inform and inspire them.