MARINE PAINTING
Françoise Coffrant

The littoral, that is to say, the point where the land meets the sea, offers some of the most varied ranges of subject for the artist, as well as some of the most changing conditions of light. As well as the sea itself, there are landscapes, skies, boats, harbours, waterside buildings, even the people who inhabit the scene.

This isn't a book of techniques, but rather one of approaches. Françoise will show you a wide selection of the available subjects and show you how different artists have portrayed them, explaining, as she goes, some of their working methods. The illustrations are mostly in oil or pastel with some watercolours, but medium is scarcely important here, because it is the ideas and the interpretations that matter, rather than the actual methods of putting paint on paper.

It's an inspiring, rather beautiful and very readable book.

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