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""Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips, award-winning artist Siriol Sherlock breathes new life into the genre of botanical painting."" – Leisure Painter The 2005 winner of the Artists Choice Award – now in paperback - reveals the secrets behind her stunning and luminous plant portraits. Using simple techniques that produce breathtaking results, and packed with inspirational ideas for botanical artists.

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Author:   Siriol Sherlock
Publisher:   Batsford
Imprint:   Batsford
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9780713490527

ISBN 10:   0713490527
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   01 March 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

The chapters cover : • The Botanical Artist: A brief history of botanical illustration • Comfort and Confidence: The right environment, paint, paper and brushes • A Technique to Imitate Nature: The wet-in-wet technique • Flowers – Colour and Form: Projects and demonstrations arranged by colour, from exotic orchids to wild flowers. • Foliage – Colour and Form: How to capture the subtle variations in hue and tone • Fruit – Colour and Form: Creating the three-dimensional forms, rich colours and textures of fruit. • Details: Secrets of the finishing touches • Completing the Picture: Step-by-step demonstrations, plus information on framing, presentation and selling your work. • Plant Characters in Composition: How to experiment • The Trials and Tribulations of a Botanical Artist.

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Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips. -- Leisure Painter Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips. -- Leisure Painter Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips. Leisure Painter

Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips. -- Leisure Painter

Author Information

Siriol Sherlock worked for nine years as a textile designer, specializing in floral designs. Since 1986 her paintings of watercolour flowers have been widely exhibited and she now works full time as a painter and teacher. She is President of the society of Floral Painters and a member of the Society of Botanical Artists, with whom she regularly exhibits. Her work has been exhibited in a solo show at the gallery at Kew Gardens, London and she has been awarded three gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society. Siriol lives in Romsey, Hampshire.

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