Ready to Paint: Irises by Julie King

Ready to Paint: Irises by Julie King

Julie King shows you how to paint beautiful Irises in this inspiring book, from the classic deep purple variety to the more unusual white and golden blooms.

On the face of it, a book on how to paint a single flower type seems rather like overkill, but this rather excellent series has already made inroads in this direction and the method is beginning to make senseFlowers are, after all, tricky things to pin down - they challenge just about every aspect of painting: from colour to shape and shading. Sticking to one type gives you an advantage from the start as many variations are eliminated. Julie King's paintings are a delight, doing full justice to a subject whose name itself means colourful. The five demonstrations (with pre-printed tracings) cover most of the colourways of the species and she'll show you how to capture the subtleties of tone and shading that characterise them.-Paint

After graduating with a first class degree in textile design, Julie King worked as an in-house designer of household textiles before freelancing for several years; creating fabrics,wallpapers and ceramics, all inspired by her deep love of flowers.
More recently Julie was awarded the Society of Botanical Artists Certificate of Botanical merit, judged by the Senior Conservator at Kew Gardens,for her freestyle interpretation of an iris.
She lives in Kent with her husband and their two daughters. A contributor to the Leisure Painter magazine she paints and runs regular classes for adults as well as painting days in National Trust and privately owned gardens.

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ISBN 13	9781844487219
ISBN 10	1844487210
Title	Ready to Paint: Irises
Author	Julie King
Series	Ready To Paint
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Search Press Ltd
Year published	2012-04-18
Number of pages	72
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.