The Watercolorist's Nature Journal

By Jill Bays

Book Overview

Keeping a watercolour journal of the natural world is an excellent way to build up your confidence as a watercolourist, to start a collection of images as reference for future paintings, and to celebrate the natural world. This book gives season-by-season guidance on how to portary and record plants, flowers, animals, birds and landscapes, and shows how to use a sketchbook to collect material as a resource for creating complete watercolours. The first section of the book introduces readers to the essential watercolour techniques for journaling. The main section of the book takes a season-by-season look at the typical scenes you will find. Each season starts with a general overview of the main colour palette of the season and shows examples of typical weather, skies and clouds, tree shapes and other principal seasonal characteristics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715313908
• ISBN13: 9780715313909
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

THe Watercolorist's Nature Journal

This is one of the most beautiful books, packed with emotion, I have ever read. For those into beauty, self-actualizing, and nature, this is your book.