Bøger af Rachel Pedder-Smith

Learn to become a botanical artist with this beautiful guided creativity book created in collaboration with the RHS.

15 stunning wildflower templates with guidance from the artist behind RHS Flowers: The Watercolour Art Pad and RHS Botanical Art: The Watercolour Pad. Create beautiful wildflower paintings using template outlines from the artist, printed on art-quality watercolor paper. Each outline includes a finished painting to copy and a recommended color palette, as used by the artist. The book includes step-by-step tutorials on essential techniques and advice and tips on painting different kinds of plants and flowers, from fleshy bluebells to delicate blossom. Perfect for absolute beginners in botanical art, the ready-to-use outlines allow readers to focus on painting, avoiding the difficulty of accurate composition drawings. RHS Wildflowers: Watercolour Art Pad is an ideal gift for watercolor fans at all stages, whether they're looking to take up botanical art for the first time or refreshing their skills. Featured templates include: - Bluebells - Cowslips - Bee Orchids -  Aconites - Meadow Flowers

With its simple instructions and stunning inspirational illustrations, Flowers: The Watercolor Artpad is the perfect introduction to the timeless art of painting flowers in watercolors. Inside the book are 15 pages of simple line drawings of flowers-from wild poppies to sculpted calla lilies-printed on high-quality watercolor paper for you to remove and paint. The outlines allow you to skip the sketching and simply begin painting. Each sketch is accompanied by a color guide and a completed version of the same flower to serve as a model and inspiration as you paint your own. Using simple terms and step-by-step illustrations, the author explains the basic tenants of botanical watercolor showing you how to layer delicate washes of color and subtle shading so you can easily master the art of creating beautiful, life-like flowers. All you need is this book and some paint to get started today!

As a follow-on to the successful RHS Flowers: A Watercolour Art Pad, this edition includes 15 beautiful plant and flower templates to fill in, plus some introductory step-by-step guidance and tutorials on painting botanical subjects.