A practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a leading botanical painter. Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, that produces crisp and vibrant paintings, and is becoming increasingly popular in botanical painting. Leading botanical painter, Simon Williams, specializes in painting in gouache and this is his first book. Botanical Painting in Gouache is full of practical advice on all aspects of using the exciting medium of gouache and contains many step-by-step demonstration paintings. In addition to the sumptuous flower paintings there are also sections on painting butterflies, birds and exotic and unusual plants from the rainforest.
Author(s): Simon Williams
Publisher: Batsford Books
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 291
Title
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Materials and Tools
Paint
Tools
Papers and board
Techniques
Brush angles
Handling colour
Highlights
Step-by-Step Projects
Tulipa ‘Groenland’
Iris ‘Andalou’
Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’
Mixed-fruit study: Pink Lady apples, Rocha pear and figs
Paphiopedilum orchid
Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’
Buddleja davidii with peacock butterflies
Painting in Situ: Plants from the Southern Hemisphere
Bromeliads
Plant hunting in Borneo
In search of the ant house plant
Suppliers and useful addresses
Further reading
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright
