Learn to paint tropical watercolor flowers and foliage in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolor painting for beginners. Marie Boudon's beautifully presented creative course will get you started in this expressive and fun medium. Find out about the essential materials you need, learn about color mixing for an on-trend jungle palette, get expert tips on transparency, overlays and negative space, discover ideas for compositions and then work step-by-step through over 20 tutorials for jungle plants and flowers. From palm trees, monstera leaves and other jungle foliage to tropical flowers such as hibiscus, bird of paradise and anthurium, you'll find easy exercises and inspiring ideas for jungle-themed art, which is a huge trend in interiors and surface pattern design. Along the way, be inspired by Marie's gorgeous ideas for presenting the finished work as art pieces, journal pages, handmade stationery and greetings cards, inspirational quote frames, personalized gifts and more.
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Learn to paint tropical flowers and foliage in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolor painting for beginners. Marie Boudon’s 20 step-by-step tutorials will have you making jungle-themed art in no time. Along the way, be inspired by ideas for displaying the finished work as wall art, journal pages, handmade stationery and cards.
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Foreword CHAPTER 1: Basic techniques Essential materials Extra-fine colors Creating a color chart Water usage Mixing colors Jungle palettes Mastering transparency Working in the wet Experimenting with overlays Negative painting Keeping brushwork fluid Ideas for compositions Ideas for framing My method CHAPTER 2: Jungle plants Banana tree Swiss cheese plant Palm tree Other jungle plants A varying pattern Transparent jungle Other ideas CHAPTER 3: Tropical flowers Hibiscus Bird of paradise Heliconia Torch ginger Ginger flower Pincushion protea Anthurium Tropical border Bouquet CHAPTER 4: Urban jungle plants Variegated plants Pilea Caladium Calathea orbifolia Other ideas Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781446308134
Publisert
2020-04-24
Utgiver
David & Charles
Vekt
676 gr
Høyde
256 mm
Bredde
217 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
160

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Marie Boudon is a completely self-taught artist and creative living in Paris, France. With an engineering background, she has built a program of online workshops under her own brand tribulationsdemarie.|Marie Boudon is a completely self-taught artist and creative living in Paris, France. With an engineering background, she has built a program of online workshops under her own brand tribulationsdemarie.