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Take Three Colours: Watercolour Flowers
Start to Paint with 3 Colours, 3 Brushes and 9 Easy Projects
Series: Take Three Colours
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'I have reviewed a lot of books on painting for beginners but this series is the very best to date.' www.myshelf.com With 3 colours, 3 brushes and this practical advice, you can start painting beautiful watercolour flowers.
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Tempted to start painting but not sure where to start? Learn how to paint beautiful watercolour flowers using just three colours, three brushes, a plastic palette, and a watercolour pad.
Take Three Colours: Watercolour Flowers will build your skills through easy exercises, starting from the simplest of tulips and working up to a stunning rose. Clear advice and step-by-step photography will show you exactly what to do at each stage. No drawing is necessary—you can simply trace and transfer the basic drawings from the finished paintings, which are shown at full size.
Colours used: cadmium yellow pale, ultramarine blue, and permanent rose.
Brushes used: Round brushes size 10 (Large), size 8 (Medium), and size 4 (Small).
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Take Three Colours: Watercolour Flowers
Tempted to start painting but not sure where to start? Learn how to paint beautiful watercolour flowers using just three colours, three brushes, a plastic palette, and a watercolour pad. Take Three Colours: Watercolour Flowers will build your skills through easy exercises, starting from the simplest of tulips and working up to a stunning rose. Clear advice and step-by-step photography...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week -
Take Three Colours
Learn to paint colourful watercolours using only three colours in this collection of projects, tips and techniques from the innovative Take Three Colours series. Each of the 25 projects explores a variety of watercolour techniques and walks the reader through a sequence of clear steps using a selection of three pure colours and their many mixes, and only three brushes...PaperbackSold Out
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Take Three Colours: Watercolour Flowers by Julie King is highly praised for its approachable method, making watercolour painting accessible to beginners with minimal equipment. Reviewers appreciate King's step-by-step instructions, which use just three primary colours and three brushes to guide readers through nine floral projects. The book is commended for its jargon-free language, useful tips, and clarity in teaching basic techniques, laying a strong foundation for novice artists. Overall, the book is seen as a confidence-building resource for anyone interested in venturing into watercolour artistry.
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ISBN: 9781782215288
Publisher: Search Press Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 July 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Search Press Ltd
Illustration: 180 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 292.0mm
Weight: 304g
Pages: 64
About the Author
After graduating with a first-class degree in textile design, Julie King worked as an in-house designer of household textiles before freelancing for several years, creating fabrics, wallpapers and ceramics, all inspired by her deep love of flowers. A contributor to Leisure Painter magazine, Julie runs regular painting classes for adults as well as painting days in National Trust and privately owned gardens. Julie was awarded the Society of Botanical Artists Certificate of Botanical Merit, judged by the Senior Conservator at Kew Gardens, for her freestyle interpretation of an iris. Julie lives in Kent with her husband and their two daughters.
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