Anyone Can Paint Watercolour Flowers by Julie King

Anyone Can Paint Watercolour Flowers by Julie King is an inspiring guide to painting floral watercolours for absolute beginners. It includes 6 easy step-by-step projects suitable for even the most inexperienced artists.

Whether you’re an absolute beginner or a more experienced hobbyist, Julie King will demonstrate how quickly you can create your own beautiful watercolour paintings. Through clear, straightforward written and visual steps you’ll be creating your own floral masterpieces in no time. The book includes 6 traceable outlines so you can get straght to painting if drawing isn’t your strong point.

Julie King is a professional artist and tutor. This book begins with a short, but informative ‘What You’ll Need’ section that covers all the basic equipment required for the projects. Julie also introduces some basic techniques such as how to hold a brush, how to add water to your paint and how to mix delicate floral colours. The six projects build in difficulty, introducing new techniques as you progress and incorporating valuable advice from the author to help you progress in your painting journey.

This book was previously published as The Paint Pad Artist: Watercolour Flowers.

104 Page Paperback. 216 x 280mm

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction

• How to use this book

• What you need

• General techniques

• Preparing your paint

• Loading the brush and applying the paint

• Cleaning your brushes and palette

• Colour relationships

• How to prepare a colour mix in your palette

• How to mix colours on the paper

• Useful mixes

• How to frame and display your work

• The Projects

  • Tulips

    • Wet-on-dry flat wash

    • Wet-in-wet creating form

    • Painting fine lines

  • Hibiscus

    • Gradated washes fading out

    • Glazing

    • Stippling

  • Day Lily and Rudbeckia

    • Vibrant shades letting colours mix on the paper

    • Wet-in-wet stippling

    • Press and sweep

  • Clematis

    • Variegated wash

    • Lifting out

    • Negative painting

  • Sweet Pea

    • Shaping

    • Vignette background

    • Sharp highlights

  • White Rose

    • Shadows on white

    • Adding salt to create texture

    • Foliage positive and negative

• The outlines

• Index

Julie lives in Kent. She was brought up in March in Cambridgeshire where she attended Cambridge College of Arts and Technology to pursue a Foundation in Art, followed by a degree in Printed Textile design, at Trent Polytechnic Nottingham achieving a First class (Hons). She then went on to design household textiles, wallpapers and prints for ceramics inspired by her love of flowers.

Following a Certificate in Education, Julie began teaching and inspiring adults to paint in watercolour, not only to share her painting skills but for the benefits of well-being and good health. Teaching venues include gardens, galleries and cruise liners. Julie exhibited at Watts Gallery in Surrey whilst serving as Artist-in-Residence.

Her awards have included the Society of Botanical Artists' Certificate of Botanical Merit for a freestyle interpretation of an iris and the Elizabeth Smail Memorial Award for Colour and Composition while exhibiting at Florum in Kent.

Julie is a regular contributor to the Leisure Painter magazine, and has written a number of art books.