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The Watercolourist's Nature Journal: How to Create a Personal Record of the Natural World Around You [Paperback]

Jill Bays (Author)

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Product details

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: David & Charles; New edition edition (24 Jun 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0715313908
ISBN-13: 978-0715313909
Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.3 x 1.3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 469,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Keeping a watercolour journal of the natural world is an excellent way to build up your confidence as a watercolourist, to start a collection of images as reference for future paintings, and to celebrate the natural world. This book gives season-by-season guidance on how to portary and record plants, flowers, animals, birds and landscapes, and shows how to use a sketchbook to collect material as a resource for creating complete watercolours. The first section of the book introduces readers to the essential watercolour techniques for journaling. The main section of the book takes a season-by-season look at the typical scenes you will find. Each season starts with a general overview of the main colour palette of the season and shows examples of typical weather, skies and clouds, tree shapes and other principal seasonal characteristics. The author then looks at the natural sights you might see in the early, mid and late periods of the season, offering technical tips, practical advice and her own inspiring examples. Within each season a topical landscape is also shown and extra feature spreads explore subjects such as hothouse flowers or harvest fruits.

About the Author

Jill Bays in the author of many highly successful book on art including The Watercolourist's Garden and Drawing Workbook. Much of her work depicts the natural world around her - from garden or greenhouse flowers to local landscapes and visiting wildlife. She is a regular contributor to art-teaching magazines and partworks, teaches classes and holiday courses, and is well known to the wider public through the publication of greetings cards. She lives in Weybridge, Surrey.

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We can use many different ways to depict our subjects in watercolour, from line and wash to pure watercolour brushwork. Read the first page

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This is one of the most beautiful books, packed with emotion, I have ever read. For those into beauty, self-actualizing, and nature, this is your book.

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