Flower Portraits in Watercolour by Elizabeth Conlon

Flower Portraits in Watercolour by Elizabeth Conlon

This best-selling title will be relaunched in September 05 with a fresh new cover design. Botanical illustration is a very popular style of painting and in this book Elizabeth Conlon provides an accessible introduction to painting beautiful flower portraits. She teaches a simple and very effective way of creating beautiful flower portraits by first completing and transferring a detailed master drawing before starting to apply watercolour. This confidence-inspiring method will enable leisure painters to tackle a variety of popular flower subjects, ranging from a magnolia, iris and polyanthus to a rose, poppy and foxglove. Key features of the book include: • simple guidelines on choosing painting materials • practical advice on a variety of watercolour techniques • detailed instructions on making and using master drawings • stage-by-stage painting demonstrations of popular botanical subjects The book is beautifully illustrated with Elizabeth’s botanical illustrations and is ideal for all those new to this distinctive style of painting.

Elizabeth Conlon is a member of the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists and her work is regularly shown at various exhibitions in London. This is her first book.

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ISBN 13	9780007199112
ISBN 10	0007199112
Title	Flower Portraits in Watercolour
Author	Elizabeth Conlon
Series	Collins Learn To Paint
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2005-09-05
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.