The Modern Flower Painter: Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour
The marvellous new book by Anna Mason.
Anna goes into full detail of her technique which is non-traditional and puts you firmly in control of watercolour, for clean crisp, 3D results. If you’ve struggled to get to grips with watercolour or botanical art, this book is for you.
In it she covers:
- materials including all the colours she uses
- photographing for reference material
- learning to ‘see’
- how to achieve 3D effects
- colour mixing
- brush technique
- the stages to paint in
It also includes 6 step-by-step projects for you to have a go at yourself AND there are loads of gorgeous images of her paintings to give you inspiration.
A sneak peak of what’s inside:
Anna Mason‘s exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. In this book, she shares her innovative watercolour technique so that you can paint flowers in her clean, crisp style. The book covers every aspect of painting modern botanical-style portraits of flowers, from tips on gathering your reference to Anna’s six stage watercolour process. There are instructions on setting up your studio and how to produce the detailed drawings. Each of the six step-by-step projects in this 128-page paperback book is accompanied by an outline drawing, tonal notes and useful colour swatches so that you can compare the tone and hue of your mixes to Anna’s own. This all builds into a fantastic guide that will inspire and challenge the experienced watercolour artist, while drawing in and reassuring the complete beginner.
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