Watercolour Flowers for the Absolute Beginner

Fiona Peart is a professional artist and fully qualified art tutor, specializing in watercolour and drawing techniques. She runs popular workshops, gives talks and presentations to various art groups, and also demonstrates at art shows and exhibitions throughout the UK. She writes regularly for The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines, as well as contributing articles and features to national magazines, and has produced several DVDs on watercolour and coloured pencils. For more information visit www.fionapeart.com

• Introduction 6Materials 8Getting started 14Greeting card – step–by–step 24, Daffodils in Spotty Mug – step–by–step 34Colour and tone 38Sweet Mock Orange – step–by–step 54More ideas and techniques 62Majestic Magnolia – step–by–step 72Finding your own way 82Camellias – step–by–step 96Creating movement 106Blue Hydrangea – step–by–step 118Index 144

Part of the Absolute Beginners series, Watercolour Flowers for the Absolute Beginner by Fiona Peart provides a complete course in learning to paint flowers in watercolour. Simple step-by-step exercises take you from basic marks and shapes to more complex projects, with a host of flowers to paint from hydrangeas and camellias to hellebores. Twenty-one full-size traceable outlines are included so you can get started with your watercolour straight away.