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The Modern Flower Painter (paperback edition): Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour

The Modern Flower Painter (paperback edition): Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour


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Learn to paint stunningly realistic botanical watercolour flowers with award-winning artist Anna Mason. 'A fantastic guide that will inspire and challenge the experienced watercolour artist, while also drawing in and reassuring the complete beginner.' My Weekly Anna's popular style and trusted techniques have inspired and delighted aspiring artists in over 100 countries worldwide. Covering every aspect of painting modern botanical-style flower portraits, Anna guides you step by step through her six-stage watercolour process. Each of the six stunning projects 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. Inside, you'll find: How to get started, from setting up your workspace to drawing your projects; How to work with watercolour to achieve the right tones, hues and colour mixes; How to hold your brush, apply paint and other useful brush techniques; How to paint watercolour flowers in Anna's signature 6-stage process; 6 step-by-step flower portraits including clematis, violets, tulips and more! Anna Mason's exceptional botanical artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine, and earned her a spot in the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. This is the paperback edition of the best-selling hardback original, which sold over 25,000 copies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 6 About the author 8 Material 10 Getting started 16 Reference material 18 Setting up your workspace 21 Drawing 22 Painting colour 26 Learning to see 28 Working with watercolour 32 Painting tone 34 Painting hue 38 Mixing hue 42 Brush techniques 48 Holding your brush 50 Applying the paint 50 Painting flowers 56 The six stages of painting 58 Flower portraits 70 Step-by-step project: Clematis 72 Step-by-step project: Viola 78 Step-by-step project: Cosmos 86 Step-by-step project: Tulips 94 Step-by-step project: Oriental Poppy 102 Step-by-step project: Dahlia 114 Outlines 124 Index 128

About the Author :
Anna Mason grew up surrounded by the lush English countryside and has always been inspired by the intricate detail and colourful beauty in the natural world. Completely self-taught, Anna has developed a true-to-life painting style that she wants to share in order to get as many people as possible enjoying the therapeutic benefits of watercolour painting and achieving the results they want. An elected member of the Society of Botanical Artists, Anna has won several awards for her work, including the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal. Her paintings are held in prominent public collections and she has taught and exhibited widely in the UK and US, including at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Her popular blog has inspired prospective painters from all over the world to pick up their brushes: she has now taught more than 15,000 people from over 100 countries. Take a free video class and join Anna's online painting school and community at: www.NatureStudio.com Or find her at: " @AnnaMasonArt on Instagram " @NatureStudioTV on YouTube " Anna Mason Art on Facebook

Review :
Synopsis: 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. With the publication of The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour she shares her innovative watercolour technique so that you can paint flowers in her clean, crisp style. The Modern Flower Painter covers every aspect of painting modern botanical-style portraits of flowers, from tips on gathering your reference to Anna's six stage watercolor process. There are instructions on setting up your studio and how to produce the detailed drawings. Critique: An ideal introduction and DIY tutorial on painting flowers in a watercolor medium, The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour by Anna Mason is an especially appropriate pick for personal, community, art school, and college/university library Watercolor Art instructional reference collections. With this gorgeous new book from Search Press, you'll uncover the best tips and techniques to bring stunning blooms to life in no time! All you need is a bit of patience and your favorite watercolours. I started with a Viola — as usual, not exactly sticking to the recommended colours, but having so much fun experimenting and learning along the way! 


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781800923621
  • Publisher: Search Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Search Press Ltd
  • Height: 280 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Sub Title: Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour
  • ISBN-10: 1800923627
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 216 mm


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