Color In and Out of the Garden

Author: Lorene Edwards Forkner
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647005507
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
Capture all the hues of the garden with a few simple brushtrokes and Lorene Edwards Forkner’s inspirational advice on observing color in nature, painting with watercolor, and gardening with joy and intention If you love flowers and the rich colors of the garden, Color In and Out of the Garden is for you. Artist and garden expert Lorene Edwards Forkner shares her simple watercolor techniques for capturing every lovely hue in a miniature artwork. Along the way, she also offers practical advice on topics from painting (no matter your skill level) to gardening mindfully to celebrating life. This delightfully useful and addictively readable little book may just inspire you to begin keeping a garden journal of your own, so you can record favorite plants with just a few simple brushstrokes. Arranged by color, each chapter helps readers sharpen their powers of observation and capture nature’s lovely palette. Plant profiles and personal reflections mingle with creative prompts for making a simple watercolor that helps focus one's attention. Both a mindfulness exercise for seeing garden colors and an easy guide to reproducing them on the page, Forkner guides you through the spectrum with her own watercolors while offering inspiration and a delightful garden respite from everyday stress.

Local Color

Author: Mimi Robinson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616894407
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
How to understand color’s impact on our perception of a place—and capture its palette in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes. Whenever we first encounter a new place, whether landscape or cityscape, one of the most immediate and powerful sensations comes from its colors, or the palette of colors, which profoundly influence our reaction to and sense of a space. In Local Color, designer and educator Mimi Robinson teaches us not only how to see the colors around us but also how to capture and record them in watercolor. Regardless of your level of painting expertise, Robinson will quickly have you creating personal memories of time, place, and travel through a series of self-guided exercises and illustrated examples.

Natural Watercolours

Author: Richard S. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780715306994
Category : Nature (Aesthetics)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Translate nature's wonders -- fruits, flowers, gardens, and landscapes -- into shimmering watercolors with these comprehensive exercises. Finished examples are broken down into constituent shapes, shadings, and techniques, so you'll understand how painters analyze their subjects and develop artistic skills and compositional acuity. Paint indoor and outdoor images from flowers and fruits to woodlands, gardens, and open sea and sky.

In and Out of the Garden

Author: Sara Midda
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780894801938
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
"Sara Midda's richly illustrated In and Out of the Garden has delighted readers and critics alike: "This is the most gentle of books, a peaceful pastime. The delicacy of Sara Midda's art is enchanting. Anyone who is a gardener, or who has worked with plants in nature, will respond to what she has put forth so exquisitely," wrote Joan Lee Faust, Garden Editor of The New York Times. Diana Vreeland praised it as "delightful and delicious," Time magazine as "Cause for revel," and Laura Ashley called it "pure inspiration." In scores and scores of delicate illustrations and tender reflections, the author recalls the English gardens her childhood and the gardens she tends now, to reveal surprises both dainty and daring. The colorings and imaginings make the fancy soar with pleasure, as she creates the most elegant and subtle of books to give and to have, a book to cherish as dearly as a volume of treasured poetry. Sara Midda's garden is sown with glorious images. Ruby-red radishes are the jewels of the underworld. Myriad colors fall upon warm green moss. Brown leaves drift with sweet scent. And "in the beeman's garden, a host of hives and a swarm of bees bring sticky honey for your teas." Vegetable gardens, herb gardens, flower gardens are illustrated. The pleasures of the orchard are celebrated. Recipes are shared for lotions and potions to cheer the heart and delight the senses." -- Publisher.

Billy Showell's Botanical Painting in Watercolour

Author: Billy Showell
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781265186
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form, texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have earned her a formidable reputation worldwide. Her compositions are given a contemporary, sometimes playful twist, while retaining all the beauty and accuracy of traditional botanical paintings. In this inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and vegetables. There is expert guidance on tools and materials, working from life, observation, and drawing and painting techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and colour and colour mixing. With numerous step-by-step studies, close-up photographs and examples of Billy's exquisite paintings, this book is not only packed full of invaluable advice and information but also a visually stunning showcase for the work of this amazing artist.

Along My Garden Path

Author: Holly Schwartztol
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781951188108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
The rhythms of life are metered like poetry; unknowable and mysterious. Like a garden-always changing, often surprising. Chronicling a life filled with tumultuous joy and deep sorrow, celebrations of friends, and fondness for places, Holly Schwartztol leads us along her garden path where one turn may reveal the perfect bloom, while another twist highlights a dried husk.She invokes brilliant images, personal notes, and vibrant personalities to take the reader into her universe-her garden-where the highs and lows of life are closely examined with a unique reality. You feel her emotions and suddenly you remember someone, a place, a moment, and realize that you, too, once had a reality almost like that. Holly makes a sharp point of contact in us, visualizing the garden path that we all must follow, acknowledging the rhythms of life that are part of the great discovery.

In Pursuit of Inspiration

Author: Rae Dunn
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452169047
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
In this visually rich hardcover volume, beloved artist Rae Dunn shares her favorite techniques for approaching a blank page. From drawing with your nondominant hand to sketching with objects found in nature, each chapter offers a simple yet surprising catalyst to help readers get in touch with their own creativity. Full of gorgeous watercolors, sketches, original patterns, dreamy photography, and hand-lettered insight from the author, In Pursuit of Inspiration offers a unique glimpse into the process of a successful fine artist. It's the perfect how-to book for artists of all skill levels who prefer freeform experimentation to step-by-step instruction.

Compendium of Drawing Techniques

Author: Donna Krizek
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844488032
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Explore the versatility of drawing both as an art in itself and as a foundation for building other media. This book covers all kinds of pencils, pens, and techniques, drawing line work, shading and textual effects, and how to build your observation and composition skills - whether you are working from life or drawing from your imagination.

The art of Tim Burton

Author: Leah Gallo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935539070
Category : Motion picture producers and directors
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description

Cultivated

Author: Christin Geall
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616899328
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style elevates floral design to fine art in this richly informative work on the principles of floral style. A charming and intelligent mentor, Christin Geall emboldens designers, gardeners, and entrepreneurs to think differently and deeply about their work with flowers as she draws upon the fine arts and historical sources, exploring Baroque music, the paintings of the Impressionists, or the work of floral innovators like Gertrude Jekyll and Constance Spry. Covering all aspects of floral design, including choosing plants to grow and arrange, selecting tools and vessels, balancing color and form, and even photographing and selling arrangements, Cultivated offers universal lessons for all levels of practitioners, budgets, and materials. Geall's stunning photographs of her own lush designs illustrate techniques for creating brilliant arrangements that spark the imagination.