Anna Mason's Watercolour World (paperback edition)

Learn to paint your own stunningly realistic watercolour works of art, rich in detail and vibrant in colour, with award-winning botanical artist Anna Mason.

'An intriguing, enthralling and thoroughly enjoyable book.' (The Society for All Artists)
'Gorgeously illustrated' and 'Highly recommended.' (Rachel Hyde, myshelf.com)
'Glorious in every sense... the detail is outstanding.' (My Creative Notebook)

Anna Mason’s vibrant, detailed and uplifting watercolours have earned her worldwide recognition, and she has now taught over 15,000 people in over 100 countries how to paint. In this paperback edition of her second book, she explores her inspirations from across the natural world, including fruit, birds and animals.

• Discover a personal insight into Anna’s way of working; with clarity and warmth she will help you find inspiration, choose scale and composition, see things correctly and work with discipline and flow until you produce fabulous work of your own.
• Packed with advice and inspiring finished pieces, this gorgeous book guides you through Anna's method of working with four beautiful step-by-step projects: a blackberry, an autumn leaf, a sunflower and a garden bird.
• Each project contains a full-size traceable outline. 
• The book is suitable for beginners or for more experienced artists looking to refine their style or try new techniques.

This is a paperback edition of the best-selling hardback original (9781782213475).

Book Contents

Welcome to my world 6
How I got here 8
The Inspiration 10
Being in nature 12
Being in gardens 14
The act of gardening 16
The experience of painting 18
The Approach 20
Detail and impact 22
Small subjects painted big 24
Painting from photographs 28
Photographing tips 30
Composing with your camera 32
It has to click for you 34
Realism 36
Understanding colour 38
Form and texture 40
‘Tuning in’ to see visual textures 42
The Painting
Method 46
My method: a 5-stage process 48
Drawing 50
Drawing process 52
Painting: my paints 54
Consistency and colour mixing 56
Brushes 62
Paper 63
Brush techniques 64
Transitions 68
The Projects 70
Blackberry 72
Maple Leaf 84
Sunflower 92
Blue Tit 102
Keys to Improving 116
Practice right 118
Exercises for practice 120
Making practice happen 124
Trust the method 126
Taking a strategic break 130
Sharing 134
Where you’re heading: flow 136
Outline drawings 140
Index 144