Atmospheric Flowers in Watercolour

Breathe more energy and atmosphere into your watercolour flower paintings with this watercolour instruction book full of inspiring and innovative techniques.

Step into the garden studio of world-renowned artist Jean Haines, and learn her special techniques for painting flowers in watercolour!

Fresh, bright and invigorating, this practical step-by-step guide shows you how to paint a huge variety of watercolour flowers using Jean’s innovative watercolour techniques.

Bursting with beautiful finished artworks and Jean’s signature enthusiasm, Atmospheric Flowers in Watercolour will help you get the best out of your own watercolour paintings and motivate even the most hesitant of artists.

'This is an extraordinary book.' - The Artist Magazine

'It simply dazzles on the page and makes you want to grab your brushes and get going straight away.' - The Leisure Painter

Book Contents

Author’s welcome

Introduction

Why paint flowers?

The bare necessities

Materials

All about colour

Seeds of ideas

First steps

Simply blue

The point of no return

To Bee or Not to Bee

Painting white flowers

Simplifying complicated shapes

Standing tall

Taking flight with white

Seasons of life

Spring

Primroses

Daffodils

Bluebells

Summer

Roses

Sweet Pea

Sunflowers

Autumn

Winter

The journey

Using our imagination

A change in direction

Abstract impressions

Going for gold

Thinking outside the box