Passport to Painting

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How to Paint Retro-Style Travel Poster Art

By Susie West

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Passport to Painting by Susie West is a captivating journey through the vibrant world of painting. The book serves as both a guide and an inspiration, blending cultural insights with artistic techniques to transport readers into various international art traditions. With its rich illustrations and engaging narrative, it encourages readers to explore and appreciate diverse artistic styles across the globe.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're passionate about exploring different painting styles and techniques from around the world. It offers insightful guidance and inspiration for both beginners and seasoned artists looking to expand their artistic horizons. Set off on a creative journey, filled with vibrant illustrations and helpful tips, perfect for anyone with an interest in Arts & Culture.

Passport to Painting

Retro-style travel posters are optimistic, aspirational and unabashedly fun. This book teaches everything the reader needs to produce a contemporary twist on the travel posters of the past.

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Stylish retro travel posters bring to mind summer holidays, happiness and fun. Perennially popular as wall art, their strong designs and clean, flat colours are perfect for hobby artists to emulate.

A complete guide to producing your own travel-poster art, Passport to Painting by Susie West includes guidance on composing a strong design, selecting colours to make sure your artwork pops, and adding lettering for a picture-perfect finished poster.

Learn to create key poster elements such as clouds, skies, water, and architecture, and discover how to add your own stylized lettering. There are six striking international projects to complete, or you can use your newfound skills to celebrate your own hometown or treasured place. This book is packed with examples of Susie West’s inspiring artwork and a short history of travel posters.

Since 2015, Susie West has been working her way around the UK, recreating the upbeat, retro charm of travel posters in the modern world. Passport to Painting shares her techniques and secrets for producing fun, charming artwork. Suitable for beginners, this is a great way into art for those who want to develop their skills, or for experienced artists wanting to try something new.

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Passport to Painting by Susie West is praised for its unique approach to capturing the essence of a place using bold colours and geometric shapes, aimed at beginners and seasoned painters alike. It offers comprehensive guidance, from photography tips to brush techniques, encouraging readers to experiment with its six step-by-step projects. The book is lauded for its accessible style and its ability to inspire artists to transform everyday scenes into vibrant travel poster art.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782219569

Publisher: Search Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 August 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Search Press Ltd

Illustration: 400 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 564g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture New Zealand and Australia Published Non-Fiction Susie West

About the Author

Susie West trained as a graphic designer. While stuck on a train, she passed the time doodling the little rows of houses through the misted-up windows. These little rows of houses got stuck in her head and she painted them. She began selling her paintings of these quirky made-up village scenes which eventually evolved into a full-time business of travelling around Britain’s real cities, towns and villages for a range of travel poster prints.

Today, Susie is kept busy in her home in Leatherhead, Surrey, UK. When not producing her lovely acrylic paintings of cities, towns and villages, she is exhibiting at craft fairs and shows, or selling her prints. To learn more about Susie's work visit her website www.artistsusiewest.com, or follow her continuing painting travels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @artistsusiewest