The Watercolorist's Garden

By Jill Bays and Bays

Book Overview

A practical guide to capturing the intimate beauty of the garden in watercolour. It offers advice and instruction on painting all aspects of the garden. Arranged by season, it highlights how the painter can make use of all the available resources, produce, garden props and weather conditions. The author includes basic advice on suitable materials and equipment, composition and drawing. She also demonstrates specialist techniques and discusses the typical colours of each season. Garden produce is demonstrated and illustrated in colour paintings, including flowers, fruit, vegetables and seeds. The author also includes step-by-step demonstrations which reveal her own technique and approach to painting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715306200
• ISBN13: 9780715306208
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.0"