Watercolor in Bloom: Painting the Spring and Summer Garden
Language: English
Pages: 128
ISBN: B005FW9OY6
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Painting pretty, prized flowers is easier than you think!
Using an uncomplicated palette and simple techniques, Mary Backer shares the secrets behind her prize-winning watercolor flowers. From first strokes to final touches, you'll learn everything you need to know to paint brilliant orange poppies, plump peonies, graceful lotus blossoms, classic roses and other garden favorites.
Features:
- an exciting variety of flowers and compositions, from individual flower studies to more elaborate, mixed arrangements
- 12 full-length demonstrations take you from first sketch to final brushstroke
- Illustrates step-by-step watercolor techniques for achieving luscious color, complementary backgrounds and dramatic, up-close compositions
- Plus a unique acrylic finishing technique that makes colors really pop
Experienced and novice artists alike will revel in the inspiration and easy-to-follow instruction inside. Watercolor in Bloom makes painting flowers as pleasurable as a stroll through the garden!
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rough-pressed 17" × 15" (43cm × 38cm) BRUSHES 1-inch (25mm) flat brush nos. 6, 8, 10 round (sable or synthetic) PAINT Gaillardia With Bee Blanket flowers (Gaillardia) are bright, colorful flowers that bloom continuously from early summer until frost. There are many fine varieties of Gaillardia, including red, burgundy and even a golden yellow version. They love the sun and attract butterfl ies and bees. This version, with its yellow petal and red center, is an excellent lesson in layering bright
bring the paint down into the yellow, adding clear water toward the bottom of the sheet. Paint around the yellow stem and leaves as well as the flowers. Let dry. 2 GLAZE OVER THE BACKGROUND Mix a medium value tint of Ultramarine Blue in a plastic cup. Using a no. 10 round and starting at the top, paint down the painting. Work around the stems, leaves and flowers. Use more clear water as you bring the blue to the bottom of the painting. Let this dry. 3 96 33508 I pg84-97.indd 96 1/10/07
Sienna and Ultramarine Blue mix and paint the edges of shadowed boards with the second gray tint. Paint the areas where the sky peeks through with the Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue and Ultramarine Blue mixture from step 1. Let this dry, then clean the edges with a damp cotton swab. 3 115 33508 I pg106-128.indd 115 1/30/07 4:00:45 PM PAINT THE LEAVES AND PETALS Paint the leaves a medium value New Gamboge using a no. 8 round. Paint the flowers a medium value Permanent Rose. Begin in the center of
33508 I pg01-9.indd 1 1/9/07 3:12:25 PM Watercolor in Bloom 33508 I pg01-9.indd 1 1/9/07 3:12:25 PM 33508 I pg01-9.indd 2 1/10/07 4:43:27 PM WATERCOLOR in Bloom painting the spring and summer garden Mary Backer NORTH LIGHT BOOKS CINCINNATI, OHIO www.artistsnetwork.com 33508 I pg01-9.indd 3 2/6/07 10:14:26 AM About the Author Watercolor in Bloom: Painting the Spring and Summer Garden. Copyright © 2007 by Mary Weinstein Backer. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part
strongly pigmented. Using your largest brush and beginning at the top of the sheet, bring the blue halfway down the page. Load a fresh no. 10 round brush with Alizarin Crimson, and apply the color into the lower part of the blue and beyond. Into the Alizarin Crimson, apply a few brushloads of the Aureolin Yellow, extending that to the very bottom. Flat Wash A flat wash is best painted on dry paper. For a successful flat wash, fully load the brush with saturated color. Beginning in the upper left