The Watercolour A to Z of Trees and Foliage
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This paper back version of the gorgeous book is now available. Trees have inspired artists for generations. This unique watercolour artist's guide offers easy-to-follow, plant specific information on how to paint a wonderful selection of the most popular species of trees. This book begins with a description of the materials vital to successful watercolour tree painting. The main part is an illustrated directory of twenty five trees, from Acer to Zelkova. Step-by-step sequences show how to paint each one in a fresh, lively style with all the essential details of shape and form beautifully captured. The author explores the overall shapes and masses of branches and leaves, outlines in full foliage, winter trees, branch and twig details, and presents stunning leaf and flower portraits shimmering with life. A source of inspiration, as well as a manual of techniques, this book is a must-have for every tree painter.
The twenty four trees featured are:
Sugar maple
Horse chestnut
Silver birch
Dwarf bottlebrush
Coconut palm
Italian cypress
Cedar of Lebanon
Eucalyptus
Common beech
Maidenhair tree
Common holly
Black walnut
Apple
Oleander
Olive
Umbrella pine
Common oak
Staghorn sumac
Golden weeping willow
Windmill palm
American elm
Spanish bayonet
Caucasian zelkova
Review by art lover Sarah Cooper:
"This is my favourite book of all time and I am not exaggerating. It’s so wonderful to be able to have expertise on how to paint such a wide range of trees at my fingertips. My other love besides art is making altered books. And so recently my son and I covered a board book with some lovely countryside paper and then he helped me produce a lovely A-Z of trees. My four year old son sticking in leaves he had collected and me painting many of the trees featured in this book to go in our completed project. My son and I were delighted with the end result and of course this was a perfect excuse for practising my painting of trees. I can honestly say I was 100% happy with each of my paintings because I followed the step-by-step guide for each tree and the end results were simply stunning. The instructions in this book couldn’t have been more simple and detailed at the same time. This book will remain a firm treasure of mine!"
SC 07/2006
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Author: Adelene Fletcher
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Search Press Ltd
Date published: June, 2006
ISBN: 1844481247
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