The Botanical Palette: Color for the Botanical Painter - Hardcover

Stevens, Margaret; Society Of Botanical Artists

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061626678 ISBN 13: 9780061626678

Publisher: Smithsonian Books, 2008

Synopsis

The Botanical Palette From the creators of The Art of Botanical Painting, here is the essential guide to achieving perfect color in your paintingsThe Botanical Palette, published in association with the Society of Botanical Artists, is the first instructional guide to focus entirely on the art of color in botanical painting. Each chapter in the book looks at a specific color, providing expert advice on how to achieve the right color in both painting and colored pencil work. The detailed step-by-step demonstrations reveal exactly how each flower painting is built up, from the initial stages to the finished illustration. em>The Botanical Palette also includes special project featur...

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Product Description:

Demonstrates how to apply essential color principles to botanical paintings, in an authoritative reference that provides twenty step-by-step demonstrations by top artists on how to achieve specific colors by utilizing overlaying washes and other techniques. 10,000 first printing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061626678
• ISBN 13: 9780061626678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144