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Create dynamic watercolor and mixed media abstract art works with bestselling artist Jane Betteridge. Expand your skill set and be inspired to explore with color!
An outstanding instructional art book with pictures that illustrate each step. Creative readers of all skill levels will likely love this title. – Library Journal
Whether you are starting your painting journey or wish to improve your skills, abstract painting is achievable and satisfying for artists. Jane Betteridge is known for her use of vibrant color and she shows you the way to combine watercolor and mixed media and achieve great results.
Using watercolor, inks, pastels and other media, this book will help you to explore the abstract world of art. The book demonstrates skills and steps to start your art work, how to avoid pitfalls and gives you inspirational ideas to start. Painting encourages creative flow and is a great way to step away from daily stress.
Jane Betteridge’s new book includes lots of practical advice for approaching abstract painting, explores the unusual discipline of using watercolors on canvas, and shows you the steps to create your own, inspired by Jane’s sumptuous and inspirational finished artworks.
From the Publisher
Yearning to paint nature? Learn how to free up your watercolors and paint on canvas.
This exciting new title from best-selling author and artist Jane Betteridge explores how to create stunning abstract watercolor and mixed media art on canvas.
Loosen up!
The book encourages an experimental, semi-abstract approach to painting the natural landscape, and helps artists to loosen up.
Expert guidance!
Jane provides expert guidance and exciting ideas that will allow anyone, whether beginner or experienced artist, to create amazing semi-abstract artwork. Dotted throughout are examples of Jane’s sumptuous and inspirational finished artworks.
The book contains short practical projects along with a comprehensive techniques section and three step-by-step projects including:
Swirling Tide at Porthmeor
Several techniques have been used to capture this atmospheric seascape showing a culmination of foam and bubbles swirling around the rocks as the tide is coming in.
Magical Honesty
My favourite seedheads are from the honesty plant, Lunaria annua. It bears clusters of small, purple flowers in late spring and early summer, followed by flat, round, silvery seed pods.
Flowers and Fruit
The abstraction in this project allows us to introduce movement and dynamism into a subject that is, by its nature, motionless. Clean, choppy (but subtle) marks contrast with the overall softness, reflecting the movements that the artist’s eye makes over the subject as the painting develops.
Activities that promote creativity, such as art, are seen as great ways to combat the stresses of modern life, and Jane’s latest book will do just that.
Publisher : Search Press (August 29, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 1782219706
ISBN-13 : 978-1782219705
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.56 x 0.38 x 11.06 inches
