Time to start your art: Learn to paint with passion

Sue Trusler taught herself to paint canal art roses with acrylics to renovate her small narrowboat - despite having no previous experience. This led to painting roses on flower containers and other household objects and her work was published in Paint & Draw magazine.

Time to Start Your Art combines her different art adventures, with guidance to those who are new to art and shows examples of the things she has learnt on her journey. Time to Start Your Art is illustrated throughout and shows how you can make considerable progress. All you need is the courage to start your art. Time to Start Your Art includes a range of resources and tips about the basic materials for five different types of art styles that each have their own chapter. Sue's passion for art shines throughout this book and is designed to give those with little or no knowledge a taste for what can be achieved making art accessible for all.

After 37 years in finance, Sue retired and discovered the joy of painting, which has now become her greatest passion. She hopes to ignite the same passion in others. Sue Trusler grew up in the Victorian seaside town of Penarth where she married and had two children before moving to Cardiff. Having bought a small narrowboat, with an expectation of relaxing cruises and a slower pace of life, fate played a wild card. Traditional canal art was needed to bring back the boat's original character. With no previous art skills, Sue took up the challenge. She successfully painted the boat and went on to paint roses on watering cans, plant holders and other decorative items.Her new passion for art led to many exciting opportunities and experiences and she learned to paint with acrylics, watercolours and inks. A thirst for knowledge and desire for continuous improvement, led to magazine articles being published and work being displayed in exhibitions. Talking about her art journey has given encouragement to others.By sharing her passion, enthusiasm and knowledge, it is her greatest wish that you will find it's now "Time to Start Your Art".