Painting Abstract Nature on Canvas by Jane Betteridge

Painting Abstract Nature on Canvas by Jane Betteridge is an inspiring guide to painting vibrant watercolour and mixed media art on canvas.

This title is full to the brim with short practical projects as well as a comprehensive techniques section and step-by-step projects that will have you feeling inspired in no time. Along the way you’ll find copies of Jane’s finished paintings that are sure to fuel your own creativity. Throughout the title, Jane encourages you to take an experimental, semi-abstract approach to painting the natural landscape and helps you loosen up your technique.

Painting Abstract Nature on Canvas is fantastic for beginners and experienced artists’ alike, and her relaxed approach offers a great way to combat the stresses of modern life. Her expert guidance and exciting ideas are guaranteed to help artists of all abilities to create stunning semi-abstract paintings.

128 page paperback. 216 x 280mm

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction 6

• Getting started 8

• First steps into abstraction 18

• Texture 44

• Colour 51

• Swirling Tide at Porthmeor 58

• Deeper into abstraction 72

• Magical honesty 92

• Shape and line 104

• Flowers and fruit 116

• Afterword 126

• Index 128

Jane Betteridge is an artist and qualified adult education tutor whose interest in painting stems from childhood, and whose inspiration is drawn from the landscape; from countryside to seaside. Known for her experimental, innovative approach to watercolours, Jane’s venturesome, investigative ways aim to nudge the use of the medium a little further, and allows her readers and students to take advantage of the medium to produce free, lively works of art.

Jane has demonstrated at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; and was Artist in Residence at the BBC's Gardener's World Live event. She has written for several art magazines and streams live workshops for the SAA. Jane also holds regular workshops in her studios in St Ives in Cornwall and Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, where she lives.