Practice flower painting at your leisure, without worrying about seasonal availability, changing light, or your subject altering in appearance as buds open or fade. This beautiful collection of 60 flower images by professional nature photographers teaches you how to turn a floral photograph into a w[...]
Learn to build confidence and skill levels with 30 practical exercises. Oil, acrylic and gouache painting made easy in a comprehensive, fully illustrated step-by-step guide. It includes an introduction to artists' materials, including canvases, papers, paint, brushes, additives, gels, pastes, suppor[...]
This book showcases bestselling author Wendy Tait's fresh, loose and inspirational flowers in watercolour. Enjoy using your paints to their fullest in producing fresh, loose paintings with Wendy's relaxing and reassuring approach. Learn about colour, tone and composition, and benefit from Wendy's li[...]
An exciting new talent, Fraser Scarfe's moody and expressive landscapes combine the best of the traditional approach to painting with the benefits of modern materials. His aim is to reveal the natural beauty and drama in the landscape without the need for romanticism, and this is borne out in his ra[...]
A complete guide to painting flowers and plants in watercolour, by a bestselling author and experienced, inspirational artist. Janet Whittle's vibrant and evocative compositions capture all the glory and beauty of flowers. In this beautiful book, you can learn Janet's creative techniques and approac[...]
Join renowned artist Joe Dowden for the ultimate masterclass in representing water through the medium of watercolour. Follow step-by-step instructions to replicate Dowden's own stunning true-to-life work, or experiment with a variety of paints and other materials to create your own masterpieces. A m[...]
Skies are an important part of landscape paintings, setting the tone of the scene as a whole and often representing the dominant feature of the composition. In this revised and updated edition of Painting Skies which includes material from Geoff's Top Tops for Watercolour Artists, Geoff Kersey impar[...]
Jeremy Ford is a master-artist who will show you how to paint beautiful watercolour pictures, starting from initial sketches, through simple techniques to completed pictures, ready for display. A reissue of the best-selling How to Paint Water Colour, this book includes three comprehensive step-by-st[...]
How to Paint Classic Cars takes you through each stage of painting a car, from planning, to safety, to finishing. Move forward on your painting projects with skill and the confidence you need for a perfect finish.This guide will teach you how to make minor repairs, handle filling and undercoating, p[...]
In this book, Dani Humberstone shows how to create a great selection of abstract paintings using mixed media and a few simple guidelines. Combining her distinctive style with colour and texture, she includes clear step-by-step demonstrations to help build up skills with easy-to-follow explanations a[...]
From capturing light and reflections in water, to building up the vibrant colours of a Mediterranean landscape or the delicate mood of morning mist, this book shows how to create landscape paintings in oils that are filled with compelling atmosphere and interest. David Crane offers easy instruction,[...]
Encapsulating Jean Haines' enthusiasm and passion for art, this stunning book, packed full of ideas, tips and expert advice, opens up a whole new world filled with colour and light that will not fail to inspire and excite you. Drawing on many years' experience as an accomplished and well-known water[...]
Experienced painter Gwen Scott shows how she paints beautiful, inspiring watercolour landscapes, with her own very particular approach, using masking, spongeing, stippling and placing tiny areas of flat wash side by side to create paintings full of vibrant patterns as well as colour and light. There[...]
Three step-by-step demonstrations showcase the richness and versatility of the acrylic medium, and how flowers can be portrayed in very distinct styles. The book includes illustrated sections on the benefits of the materials you will use, and demonstrates the various techniques that help make the mo[...]
This title features over 30 beautiful and easy-to-follow decorative projects for all types of china, with practical ideas for both the house and garden. It is illustrated with over 300 pictures and detailed photographs of the finished results so that you can see exactly what you are aiming to achiev[...]
Taking you step-by-step through each stage of the painting process, from planning, preparation, and safety, to final painting and finishing, this book will give you the skills and the confidence you need for a perfect finish. Minor repairs, filling and undercoating, pinstriping, equipment care and c[...]
Ever felt inspired to paint a portrait but didn't know where to begin? This bookcaptures the step-by-step processes that underpin what it takes to create and paint agood portrait.Covering a wide range of media from oil, watercolour, acrylic and even spraypaint, this book guides the reader, with sequ[...]
J.M.W. Turner was one of the greatest artists Britain has ever produced. His watercolours, with their extraordinary effects of shifting light and dramatic cloudscapes, are especially highly regarded. For the first time, this book reveals the secrets of his technique, allowing present-day watercolour[...]