Birds, Bees & Blossoms: A Step-by-step Guide to Botanical and Animal Watercolour Painting

by Harriet de Winton

Overview

Create stunning botanical and animal watercolor paintings in a fresh, contemporary style with the expert guidance of award-winning artist Harriet de Winton
 
In her second book, botanical artist Harriet de Winton shows you how to paint modern watercolor artworks to treasure and share. Picking up where New Botanical Painting left off, this books aims to expand readers' repertoires into fauna as well as flora, with easy-to-follow instructions for a variety of difficulty levels.
 
Through more than 30 step-by-step projects, you'll discover how to paint beautiful butterflies, bumblebees, birds and botanicals from around the world. In the final chapter, you'll find a guide to composing stunning patterns and scenes with your own botanical watercolor creations. Use your new skills to make art for your wall, unique cards, invitations, or simply paint for pleasure.
 
Chapters include:

• Temperate
• Tropical
• Continental
• Dry
• Polar
• Patterns and Scenes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781578322
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	418,318
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Harriet de Winton is an artist and stationer. Founder of the de Winton Paper Co, Harriet hosts a number of popular workshops throughout the UK including Brush Lettering, Watercolour Florals and Modern Calligraphy. She is the author of the best-selling New Botanical Painting.
Instagram: @dewintonpaperco

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Materials 6

Watercolour Basics 8

Choosing Colours 12

Labelled Bird, Insect & Flower 14

Projects 16

Tropical

Bengal Tiger 18

Moth Orchid 22

Toco Toucan 26

Emperor Dragonfly 30

Chilean Flamingo 34

Dry Arid

Scarab Beetle 36

African Hoopoe 38

Prickly Pear 42

Masai Giraffe 44

Zebra 48

Temperate

Bumblebee 52

Robin 56

Goldfinch 60

Seven-spot Ladybird 62

Apple Blossom Branch 66

Garden Tiger Moth 70

Humid Continental

Peacock 74

Calliope Hummingbird 78

Swallowtail Butterfly 82

White-tailed Deer 86

Olive Branch 90

Polar

Snowy Owl 92

Emperor Penguin 94

Polar Bear 98

Arctic Poppy 100

Arctic White Butterfly 104

Patterns & Compositions 108

Creating Compositions 110

Botanical Painting 112

Repeated Pattern 114

Chinoiserie 116

Arts and Crafts 118

Folk Art Pattern 122

Abstract Colour Palettes 126

Acknowledgements 128