Dynamic Seascapes: How to paint seas and skies with drama and energy

It does contain a lot of info you get in other books

This book is a nice visual book but not what I was expecting. A book promoting her own work (which is allowed) but not a great aid in helping paint

Pretentious full of useless ideas I.e. use bleach with your paints , unless you know exactly what your doing ( and this is a tutorial book ) you could ruin your art work !Full of her art work .As I said .Pretentious.

A beautiful book by a very talented artist. I bought it for my wife's birthday - she loves it.

Excellent illustrations and very encourageing,

Most "how to" books I've come across tend to have step-by-step instructions, but don't necessarily explain why a particular technique is used. In this book however, Judith Yates goes into detail on the paints, surfaces and techniques, so you can learn the skills to paint your own seas as well.I've never been overly confident on mixing paints to get the exact colours I need, but Judith even includes a section on mixing for subtle tones, so you aren't left floundering.The two step-by-step projects break down what looks like a "that's beyond my skill level" painting into much easier steps, where it feels like I can actually end up with something that looks like a dynamic sea at the end!Overall I think this is a fantastic book, and it's also inspired me to try painting on different surfaces rather than just sticking with canvas.(I was sent a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)

This booked is packed full of beautiful colour paintings using the artist’s preferred water based paints and acrylics, each with a handy description explaining how the effects were achieved. There are chapters covering observation and materials followed by a very useful section on colour mixing and palettes to create mood and atmosphere. It describes how to first understand the sea with a section on capturing light through waves and how to paint the swell of the sea. There are some good ideas about using different brush and palette knife strokes and some clever tricks to give texture to your painting along with chapters on composition and foreground extras. There are also two detailed step by step paintings that you can follow.I am a beginner who paints in oils so some of the water based techniques are not really relevant to me but I have picked up some new ideas to try on my next seascape.

I'd never heard of this artist until I won her book in a competition. What a great book, I am really impressed! It's a lovely mix of acrylics, watercolour and other media and Judith shows you how to achieve great textures with a variety of materials. She also shows step by step projects and examples.Dynamic Seascapes is beautifully presented by Search Press and is a lovely book to delve into and be inspired by. I fully recommend it as an inspirational buy.