The Watercolour Flower Painter's Handbook

The Watercolour Flower Painter's Handbook PDF Author: Patricia Seligman
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ISBN: 9781844480432
Category : Botanical illustration
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Book Description
This book shows how to capture the beauty of flowers using the beautiful translucent qualities of watercolour, whether you are painting vibrant blooms or reproducing realistic studies. subjects, each bringing invaluable advice about their understanding of flower painting. Tips are included on finding a subject, the art of fast line, composition, light, shade, and how to achieve strong contrasts with dark tones and glowing colours. Here you will learn about brushwork, blending, wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet techniques, masking, glazing, adding highlights and much more. Learn about capturing the changing seasons and the characteristics of each species. Here is a book which will encourage you to explore your own style, to be adventurous and to and record the beauty of flowers in delicate and translucent watercolour.