An Adventure into Painting by Brian Turton-Smith
'But for enormously good fortune I should never have met Vanda Cook, nor studied for many years under her expert tutelage...I joined her class, and have never regretted that decision.' Brian Turton-Smith signed up one day for a course on modern painting at his local college, and there encountered the inspirational teaching which was to transform him into a painter dedicated to the freedom of expression granted by modern art. In this meticulously structured painting course, a tribute to his former teacher, the author distils her methods into a detailed handbook, written with all the zeal with which she fired her students. Starting with basic black and white line exercises, the reader is guided step by step towards colour composition and an understanding of contemporary painting, every stage accompanied by carefully designed exercises, and illustrated by examples of the author's own work done under Vanda Cook's tuition.