Ready to Paint Postcards: Mountains: 15 Stunning Watercolour Paintings to Create in Just 30 Minutes

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Lesley Linley

Ready to Paint Postcards

Name: Ready to Paint Postcards
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ISBN: 9781800922969

Mountains: 15 Stunning Watercolour Paintings to Create in Just 30 Minutes

Lesley Linley

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Search Press Ltd
17 March 2026

Watercolours; Painting & art manuals

Series: Ready to Paint Postcards

Paint a stunning range of mountain-themed postcard-sized watercolour scenes with popular author and artist Lesley Linley.

Fast, fun results in 15 half-hour lessons, with full-size templates included!

Within this inspiring, practical book are full instructions for 15 small-but-perfectly-formed, mountain-themed paintings. Highly varied, the projects range from atmospheric mountains looming through the mist to close-up rocky waterfalls, and show you how to use classic watercolour techniques to produce beautiful postcards to keep, send or show off.

The beginner-friendly projects are packed with hints and tips and structured step by step, making it easy to follow the instructions and achieve your own fantastic results! Each of the 15 projects takes just 30 minutes, so are quick and easy to paint in an evening or in a spare afternoon. The paintings are all worked at postcard size - ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad. No drawing is necessary - full-sized line drawings for each postcard artwork are provided at the back of the book.

This book uses material previously published as Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Mountain Scenes in Watercolour (9781782216865).

By: Lesley Linley
Imprint: Search Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 190mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 336g
ISBN: 9781800922969
ISBN 10: 1800922965
Series: Ready to Paint Postcards
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 17 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction 6 First steps with Watercolour 8 The Postcard Projects 16 Summer Sky 24 Colourful Clouds 28 Colour and Distance 32 Waterfall 36 Rock Textures 40 Sunlight and Shadows 44 Reflections 48 Mountain and Sea 52 Wavelets and Ripples 56 Chill Peaks 60 Snowy Summit 64 Ridgeline 68 Silhouettes 72 Bright Water 76 Wreath of Mist 80 Outline drawings 84 Index 96

Lesley Linley has a background in Graphic Design but she learned about watercolour techniques entirely from books. Having discovered a love for the medium, she found she enjoyed sharing her skills and a career in teaching Adult Community Education began. Teaching left little time for her own painting until she moved to Skye. Here she opened a studio in order both to run classes and workshops for local people and visitors from the UK and overseas, and to spend more time painting for pleasure. Since returning to her home county of Derbyshire she has become a member of Peak District Artisans and exhibits with the group. She also continues to run workshops and give demonstrations. Lesley has featured in Skye Makers magazine and Paint & Draw magazine, and has written articles for Leisure Painter. Find her at: www.lesleylinley.co.uk

Reviews for Ready to Paint Postcards: Mountains: 15 Stunning Watercolour Paintings to Create in Just 30 Minutes

Lesley Linley is a master of washes and granulation and although the images in Ready to Paint Postcards: Mountains are simple, they also provide a lesson in simplification as well as the use of colour to define shape. You probably won't want to follow every exercise, but you might well marvel at the considerable technical expertise that has gone into them. As the days warm up, why not treat your creative self? -- Henry Malt * The Artist - March Issue *