Painting Flowers in Watercolour

Starting out with basic brush strokes and colour mixing, this book leads readers through a series of exercises on painting individual flowers, leaves, fruit and vegetables. Composition is kept simple and local colour value is analyzed.

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In this highly practical book award-winning artist Charles Reid uses his exceptionally fresh and free-flowing watercolours to show artists how to bring their floral paintings vividly to life. Starting out with basic brushstrokes and colour mixing, the artist leads readers through a series of exercises on painting individual flowers, leaves fruit and vegetables, keeping composition simple and carefully analysing local colour value. In the last section of the book full-scale step-by-step projects allow readers to put their newly found skills into practice Practical instruction and invaluable tips are accompanied throughout by a stunning selection of the artist's fresh and vibrant images.