Nature Painting In Watercolor: Learn To Paint Florals, Ferns, Trees, And More In Colorful, Contemporary Watercolor (The Art Of, 7)

Nature Painting In Watercolor: Learn To Paint Florals, Ferns, Trees, And More In Colorful, Contemporary Watercolor (The Art Of, 7)

In Nature Painting in Watercolor, the focus is all on the great outdoors-specifically, the plants that grow there. Beginning and aspiring artists can learn to create their favorite ferns, leaves, trees, florals, as well as animals, using the popular watercolor medium. Start by learning about thetools and materials needed to paint in watercolor; then dive into a thorough and funpainting techniques section, which covers washes, glazes, how to add detail in watercolor, and much more. If you?d like to spend more time outside (who doesn't?), check out the section on finding inspiration outside fortips on viewing and gathering natural painting subjects, such as trees, grasses, flowers, and many other plants. And if you can?t get outside, we?ve got you covered as well, with suggestions for where to find images online and photos to use as references. Alsolearn to sketch and keep a detailed sketchbook-skills that will help you when you get started on the step-by-step painting projects in the largest section of the book. Thestep-by-step projects cover popularnatural painting subjects, including the ones already listed here as well asrocks,mushrooms,buds,blooms,big and small trees, and forest animals. All are illustrated and painted in the author/artists's signature contemporary watercolor style.Nature Painting in Watercolor offers a fun, refreshing look at painting plants for today?s artist.About the AuthorKristine A. Lombardi is a professional illustrator who began her career in advertising and promotions before leaving the corporate world to focus on design and illustration. The author and illustrator behind Nature Painting in Watercolor (Walter Foster Publishing) and several children's books, Kristine has also worked with a variety of well-known clients and teaches art classes at Montclair Art Museum. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her cat, Boo. Learn more at kristinelombardi.com.