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"Simplicity can only be
achieved by forethought,
planning and insight. It
actually takes much more
effort to create a bold
simple painting, than to
endlessly worry and poke
a picture to death".  
    Ron has written over 25 books on
    art, including Big Brush Watercolor,
    Ron Ranson on Skies, and
    Watercolor Landscapes from
    Photographs.

"Big Brush Watercolour"
Ron Ranson


Sorry, no workshop
scheduled for 2009

    RON RANSON is an English artist, teacher and author,
    who has recently moved from England to Portland,
    Oregon in the USA. He is one of the world's most traveled
    watercolor teachers, giving workshops and private tuition
    to students on every continent for many years. Ron
    Ranson is an artist of great patience and good English
    humor!

    His style is impressionistic and traditionalist, and his
    work is renown for its purity of design and clear,
    transparent colors. He paints with his own version of the
    oriental hake brush, teaching his students freedom of
    expression and simplicity. Painting decisively and quickly,
    Ron is a master of timing.

    As an author, Ron is enormously prolific, having written
    over twenty-five art books that have sold throughout the
    world. He also writes articles for art magazines in
    England, Holland, Norway and Australia, and has been
    the European editor of the prestigious publication, the
    International Artist.

    In 2008, Ron will be teaching in various locations
    throughout the U.S. and Canada. Check the Home
    Workshops and Nationwide Workshops pages for details.

    "I found a traditional hake brush twenty-five years ago,
    tried it out, and was completely thrilled with it. It was
    possible to cover the paper quickly and simply, with fewer
    and more economical strokes, while its size prevented
    'fiddling'.

    My enthusiasm for this brush soon had me writing books
    about its use, such as 'Watercolor Fast & Loose', 'Big
    Brush Watercolor', and many others. These were followed
    by videos of the same name.

    But, the original traditional oriental brush was quite fluffy
    when new, and required a great deal of wearing-in. I
    dreaded 'wearing-in' a new brush, so in cooperation with
    Pro Arte Brushes in Yorkshire, England, we redesigned it.

    They found a way to shape it and sharpen the working
    edge before it was sold, and they now believe the Ron
    Ranson Hake to be the best, and most easily controlled
    one in the world.

    It seems to have changed the approach of thousands of
    artists around the world, who wanted to paint loosely, and
    in a more impressionistic style."

Books
            by Ron Ranson

    Big Brush Watercolor
    David & Charles, London

    Watercolor Impressionists
    David & Charles, London

    Watercolor Fast & Loose
    David & Charles, London

    Ron Ranson on Skies
    Cassells, London

    Skies in Watercolor
    Harper Collins, London

    Edward Seago
    David & Charles, London

    Edward Seago: The Vintage Years
    David & Charles, London

    The Art of Edward Wesson
    David & Charles, London

    The Maritime Paintings of
    Montague Dawson
    David & Charles, London
Books
            by Ron Ranson

    Solving The Mystery of Watercolor
    International Artist, Australia

    Distilling the Scene
    David & Charles, London

    Modern Oil Impressionists
    David & Charles. London

    Watercolor Painting, The Ron
    Ranson Technique
    Blandford Press, London

    Second Time Around
    David & Charles, London

    Learn Watercolor the Edgar
    Whitney Way
    F&W Publications, USA

    Oil Painting Pure and Simple w/
    Trevor Chamberlain
    Blandford Press, London

    Watercolor Landscapes from
    Photographs
    Harper Collins, London
Books
            by Ron Ranson

    The Art of John Yardley
    David & Charles, London

    Watercolors, The Ron Ranson
    Painting School
    Anaya, London

    Pastels, The Ron Ranson Painting
    School
    Anaya, London

    Drawing & Sketching, The Ron
    Ranson Painting School
    Anaya, London

    Watercolor Landscapes, The Ron
    Ranson Painting School
    with John Palmer Anaya, London

    Perfecting Your Watercolors, The
    Ron Ranson Painting School
    Anaya, London

    Oils, With Trevor Chamberlain
    The Ron Ranson Painting School
    Anaya, London