This book is dedicated " To YOU, lovely artist" & that sums up the enthusiasm Glyn feels for his medium & what he can do with it. The title, too, perfectly conveys the no-holds-barred approach he brings to painting.
This is a book bursting with ideas. Glyn's subjects are mostly landscapes & seascapes, but he's equally at home with buildings, trees & flowers & you get the sense that he'll turn his hand to any subject
- as long as it enthuses him. His working methods are relatively unconventional & he'll often use spattering & stippling to give the sense of a background or foreground rather than paint it in detail. All this gives his work a feeling of fluidity & spontaneity that, in his capable hands, always works.
This is not a book for the faint-hearted but, if you like experimenting, you'll absolutely buy into Glyn's refreshing approach & methods. For someone who apparently works straight from the top of his head, he turns out to be able to convey his methods surprisingly clearly & the step-by-step demonstrations that make up the bulk of the book are very easy to follow.
If you want to take your work to a new level, but not to follow the abstract route, Glyn is the perfect companion.
Book: Search Press. Paperback. 144 pages. Colour throughout
Author: Glyn Macey
ISBN: 9781844487967