Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips, award-winning artist Siriol Sherlock breathes new life into the genre of botanical painting. - Leisure Painter. The 2005 winner of the Artists Choice Award - now new in paperback - reveals the secrets behind her stunning and luminous plant portraits.
Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips, award-winning artist Siriol Sherlock breathes new life into the genre of botanical painting. - Leisure Painter
The 2005 winner of the Artists Choice Award - now in paperback - reveals the secrets behind her stunning and luminous plant portraits. Using simple techniques that produce breathtaking results, and packed with inspirational ideas for botanical artists.
The chapters cover :
* The Botanical Artist: A brief history of botanical illustration
* Comfort and Confidence: The right environment, paint, paper and brushes
* A Technique to Imitate Nature: The wet-in-wet technique
* Flowers - Colour and Form: Projects and demonstrations arranged by colour, from exotic orchids to wild flowers.
* Foliage - Colour and Form: How to capture the subtle variations in hue and tone
* Fruit - Colour and Form: Creating the three-dimensional forms, rich colours and textures of fruit.
* Details: Secrets of the finishing touches
* Completing the Picture: Step-by-step demonstrations, plus information on framing, presentation and selling your work.
* Plant Characters in Composition: How to experiment
* The Trials and Tribulations of a Botanical Artist.