Painting Flowers and Plants by Janet Whittle

Painting Flowers and Plants by Janet Whittle

In this bright and colourful book Janet Whittle covers many creative techniques for capturing the beauty of flowers and plants - wet-in-wet, wet-in-dry, negative painting, masking, lifting out, glazing and more. She also looks at detailing the finer parts of flowers such as veining and stamens. Janet's paintings are characterised by their lively backgrounds and her vibrant palette and she gives guidance on painting backgrounds as well as on composition. Clear step-by-step projects on snowdrops, poppies and daisies are included and many other flowers are depicted in examples of Janet's finished work.

Dec 03

This bright and colourful book covers many creative techniques for capturing the beauty of flowers and plants using watercolour paintsIt also covers the detailing of the finer parts of flowers, such as veining and stamens. Step-by-step projects on snowdrops, poppies and daisies are included and many other flowers are shown in examples of the author's finished work. Guidance is given on colour mixing, drawing, composition and painting backgrounds, as well as general advice and painting techniques. This is certainly a very colourful book featuring some wonderful photography and paintings that will appeal to anyone looking to extend their floral watercolour painting skills.

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Premier issue March 07

The watercolour medium is one of the most popular ones out there, and a quick flick through this book leaves you in no doubt as to why. Author Janet Whittle guides the viewer through her best tips and techniques for painting flowers and plants (the book's title kind of gives it away!). The practical walkthroughs give readers all they need to start painting their own flower portraits, with plenty of bright and colourful photos throughout the book to help illustrate the process that is being explained.

Readers also benefit from some techniques on setting up a watercolour painting and although some of this is obviously just for 'real' watercolours, the advice on what colours to set up as a basic palette and masking areas out translate very well into Corel Painter.

Whittle has also made sure there are plenty of finished paintings, giving readers a nice bit of eye candy and inspiration to use some of the techniques.

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Janet Whittle is a professional artist and qualified teacher who specialises in flowers and landscapes in watercolour and pastel. She exhibits regularly at the Westminster Galleries in London, and has also shown her work at the prestigious Mall Galleries and other international venues. Greeting cards bearing her work are widely available in Europe and the US and her prints are sold throughout the world. Janet Whittle has received awards from the major UK art groups, including the Society of Botanical Artists' Founder President's Honour in 1999, and the St. Cuthberts Mill Award for a picture of outstanding quality in 2001. Also in that year she won The Society of Flower Painters' Award for Excellence for their Jersey Exhibition.

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ISBN 13	9781903975589
ISBN 10	1903975581
Title	Painting Flowers and Plants
Author	Janet Whittle
Series	Watercolour Tips And Techniques
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Search Press Ltd
Year published	2003-08-01
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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