Anna Mason's Watercolour World
Search Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78221-347-5 (ISBN)
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Includes 4 step-by-step watercolour painting projects!
Anna’s vibrant, detailed and uplifting watercolours have earned her worldwide recognition. Here, she goes beyond flowers to explore her inspirations from across the natural world, including fruit, birds, and animals. With clarity and warmth, Anna will help you find inspiration, choose scale and composition, see things correctly, and work with discipline and flow until you produce fabulous work of your own. She also covers topics such as:
How to take reference photographs and paint from them
How to understand colour, texture, and form
Anna’s signature 5-stage process, including drawing and colour mixing
Choosing paints, paper and brush techniques
How to practise and stay motivated, including practice exercises
Plus, 4 beautiful nature-inspired watercolour projects!
Packed with advice and inspiring finished pieces, this gorgeous book guides the reader through Anna’s method of working with a variety of beautiful step-by-step projects and exercises. It is suitable for beginners or for more experienced artists looking to refine their style or try some new techniques.
Anna Mason grew up surrounded by the lush English countryside and has always been inspired by the intricate detail and colourful beauty in the natural world. Completely self-taught, Anna has developed a true-to-life watercolour style that is accessible to the beginner and more advanced painter alike. It is her mission to help people develop their creative confidence and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of painting, as well as helping them get results they can be proud of. Anna's won several awards for her own work, including the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold Medal in 2007. Her paintings are held in prominent public collections and she has taught and exhibited widely in the UK and US, including at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Anna lives in Surrey with her husband and young son. Her popular blog has inspired prospective painters from all over the world to pick up their brushes. Take a free video class and join Anna's online painting school at: AnnaMasonArt.com.
Welcome to my world 6
How I got here 8
The Inspiration 10
Being in nature 12
Being in gardens 14
The act of gardening 16
The experience of painting 18
The Approach 20
Detail and impact 22
Small subjects painted big 24
Painting from photographs 28
Photographing tips 30
Composing with your camera 32
It has to click for you 34
Realism 36
Understanding colour 38
Form and texture 40
‘Tuning in’ to see visual textures 42
The Painting
Method 46
My method: a 5-stage process 48
Drawing 50
Drawing process 52
Painting: my paints 54
Consistency and colour mixing 56
Brushes 62
Paper 63
Brush techniques 64
Transitions 68
The Projects 70
Blackberry 72
Maple Leaf 84
Sunflower 92
Blue Tit 102
Keys to Improving 116
Practice right 118
Exercises for practice 120
Making practice happen 124
Trust the method 126
Taking a strategic break 130
Sharing 134
Where you’re heading: flow 136
Outline drawings 140
Index 144
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.04.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 350 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Tunbridge Wells |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 280 mm |
| Gewicht | 882 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Malen / Zeichnen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78221-347-3 / 1782213473 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78221-347-5 / 9781782213475 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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