Product Description

Transparent watercolour is ideal for painting plants. The white of the paper shines through the colour, creating a luminous effect. In this volume Eleanor Wunderlich shows the watercolour artist how to recreate the colours and textures found in nature. Flowers, fruits, vegetables, bulbs, ferns, vines and shrubs are all represented in exquisite drawings, paintings and demonstrations. In addition, Wunderlich offers advice on how to keep ferns and flowers from wilting before the picture is finished, how to mix the special colours often needed for depicting plants, and how to design a drawing that includes heavy foliage or multiple stems.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #295327 in Books
• Published on: 1996-11-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

For everyone who loves to paint with watercolors
If I had to sell all of my watercolor books except one, this is the one I would keep. Ms. Wunderlich takes the artist on a journey as if she understands that everyone needs to know both elementary and advanced techniques. Nothing is left out in her demonstrations as she easily SHOWS with wonderful pictures and TELLS with few words. I've been painting watercolors for two years, have borrowed or bought almost every book on the subject, have listened in classes, watched in seminars, and made every mistake possible until I got her book. Her simple demos gave me the greatest understanding of glazes/layering and texture application. I felt so confident with her guidance that my first painting was on a full sheet and became my favorite. The book's illustrations can be framed and referenced again and again. After I got this book, I sold and gave away half of my other watercolor books.