Painting with Brusho by Joanne Boon Thomas

Join Brusho guru Joanne Boon Thomas in ‘Painting with Brusho’ - a comprehensive guide to creating expressive, vibrant paintings using this versatile watercolour ink powder. It’s a go-to guide for any artist keen to explore the spontaneous beauty and improvisational qualities of Brusho.

Brusho is a dye-based colour, that is is packaged as a drum of powdered colour. The excitement comes when you mix these crystalline colours with water to produce a vibrant ink-like paint that’s loved for its versatility. Joanne demonstrates how a simple spritz of water can create vivid bursts of colour on your page. Her instructions are easy to follow, and the technique is simple - meaning that even the most inexperienced of artists can create paintings with a bold, loose style.

Joanne covers all kinds of techniques, including monochrome painting, colour mixing and the wonder of black Brusho. Her short demonstrations also show how the use of bleach, wax resist and line and wash techniques can bring your paintings to life. The title includes 10 step-by-step projects and numerous examples of the author’s work.144 page paperback. 216 x 280mm

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction 6

• About Brusho 8

• You will need 10

• Let’s get started 12

  • Getting brusho out of the pot 14

  • Sprinkle and spray 15

  • Using kitchen paper 16

  • Making a smooth wash 16

  • Sprinkle and spray using two colours 17

  • Spray then sprinkle 17 - Demo one 18, Demo two 22

  • Using wax resist 26 - Demo three 28

  • Using bleach 32 - Demo four 34, Demo five 42

  • Using black brusho 46 - Demo six 47

• Projects 50

  • White Duck 52

  • Ballerina 60

  • Echinacea 66

  • Bumblebee 74

  • Palm Trees 82

  • Elephant 88

  • Lavender & Butterfly 100

  • Cottage in the Snow 108

  • Allium 116

  • Crashing Waves 124

• Taking it further 134

• Outline 139

Joanne Boon Thomas is an experienced artist and tutor, with a lifelong love of painting and drawing and a passion for nurturing those skills in others. She offers online painting tutorials and has thousands of subscribers to her channel. She is a popular tutor for ArtTutor, has produced a number of instructional videos and hosts hugely successful workshops and painting holidays in the UK and abroad. Joanne's work is held in galleries and homes all over the world, and a selection of her figurative work is stocked by John Lewis.