Painting with System 3: Techniques and Inspiration for using Inks and Acrylics

by Charles Evans

Overview

Paint with best-selling author Charles Evans and unlock the vast potential of System3 acrylics and inks!




Renowned artist Charles Evans reveals the capabilities of these hugely popular and economical inks and paints from Daler Rowney aimed at students and amateur artists. From fluid acrylics to Heavy Body acrylics – through exercises and projects worked on watercolor paper, canvas and wood, Charles will lead you through the process with step by step projects.

Discover how to show movement, texture, and mood, and how to depict the natural world – from animals and birds to dramatic seascapes and vistas. Above all, have fun experimenting with the media both indoors and en plein air.
Immerse yourself in this highly practical approach to introducing the potential of the System 3 range, with numerous exercises and 13 step-by-step projects to help you carry forward the skills you’ve acquired.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782218784
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,082,720
Product dimensions:	8.56(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Charles Evans is one of the UK's leading painters, well-known from his long-running TV series and for his art classes, which are held all over the UK. After a conventional school education Charles entered and spent many years in the catering trade, eventually taking a break to study at Lincoln College of Art. He then joined the Royal Air Force. Following several years in the military, Charles resumed his civilian life in catering, owning bistros and contract catering companies, before turning back to art around thirty years ago. Charles made over two hundred television programmes on art for the Tyne Tees television company, then for the Discovery Channel.

Charles has written several books for Search Press, and now also represents Daler-Rowney as their main demonstrator. His exuberant and informal personality is reflected in his paintings, which have a lightness and simplicity that many artists aspire to.

Charles lives in Morpeth, Northumberland, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

Introduction 8

Introducing System3 10

The System3 Palette 12

Soft body System3 Acrylic paints 13

System3 Acrylic Inks 18

System3 Heavy Body Acrylic paints 22

System3 Fluid Acrylic paints 24

Brushes 26

Palette knives 28

Surfaces 30

Additional tools and materials 34

Setting Up 36

Making Your Mark 40

System3 in Action 48

Highland Scene 48

Cumbrian Landscape 58

Comparing the surfaces 61

Leading Him Home 62

Woodland Walk 76

A Calming Lake 80

Comparing the surfaces 84

Fox in the Woods 86

Shoebill Stork 92

Seasons 98

The Old Bath House 106

On the Beach 120

Crashing Waves 128

The Beauty of Summer 138

Index 144