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Fill your watercolors with the allure of nature! Artist Susan D. Bourdet shows you how. From the basics to the fine points, here’s what you need to create paintings that pulse with energy and life.
Discover: *Seven techniques to paint nearly every bird and flower. *Advice for painting backgrounds that enhance your center of interest without overpowering it. *Detailed exercises for creating realistic background foliage. *Step-by-step demos for irises, daisies, apple blossoms, woodpeckers, hummingbirds and more. *Proven methods for defining shape with shadow and contrast. *The basics of painting bird beaks, eyes, feet and legs. *Five special techniques for capturing surface textures. *Tips for painting weathered wood, cobwebs, rocks, bark, moss, lichen, snow and fog.
Bourdet will help you combine these skills to complete four extraordinary step-by-step projects. And you’ll discover that—whether painting lilacs and goldfinches in spring or cardinals and fresh snow in winter—the joy of painting nature in watercolor lasts all year round.
About the Author
Susan D. Bourdet has been painting, studying and teaching watercolor painting techniques for the past twenty years. Her watercolors have received numerous awards, been featured in numerous exhibitions and currently appear in calendars by Bookmark. She is a member of The Nature Conservancy, the Oregon Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund and the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Susan lives in Jefferson, Oregon. |
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