Watercolour Nature Unleashed

Description

Bursting with exciting and innovative techniques, best-selling author Jane Betteridge pushes watercolour to new heights, bringing nature to life with vibrancy, texture and dynamism. In this reissue of her best-selling book Dynamic Watercolours, Jane demonstrates an effective and vibrant use of a huge range of exciting ways of working, including the use of crackle paste, modelling pastes, metallic leaf, gilding flakes, print and much more. Inspired by nature on every page and showcasing 75 inspirational finished paintings, this book will excite and inspire watercolour artists of all abilities to experiment and approach their painting in a whole new way.

Jane Betteridge is an artist and qualified adult education tutor whose interest in painting stems from childhood, and whose inspiration is drawn from the landscape; from countryside to seaside. Known for her experimental, innovative approach to watercolours, Jane's venturesome, investigative ways aim to nudge the use of the medium a little further, and allows her readers and students to take advantage of the medium to produce free, lively works of art. Jane has demonstrated at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; and was Artist in Residence at the BBC's Gardener's World Live event. She has written for several art magazines and streams live workshops for the SAA. Jane also holds regular workshops in her studios in St Ives in Cornwall and Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, where she lives.

Jane Betteridge's Watercolour Nature Unleashed, is a revised and revitalised edition of her best-selling book, Dynamic Watercolours, in which she pushed watercolour to new levels. Drawing on inspiration from the natural world, Jane uses a range of techniques, including crackle and modelling pastes, metallic leaf, gilding flakes, and printing, to add texture and vibrancy to her watercolours. If you are looking to take your watercolours to another level, this is the book for you. * Leisure Painter, February 2023 * I really love this book. With all of Jane's step-by-step projects I felt inspired to get going straight away and experiment! I particularly love the crackle paste. So happy with my purchase and can't wait for Jane's next book! -- Patrick Smith * Customer Review * This is another great book from Jane. She actually tells you how it's done. There are some step-by-step exercises which are always helpful and the techniques used are interesting and colourful. Highly recommend. * Customer Review * A beautifully produced book. It is so helpful and inspirational for all artists whether a beginner or more advanced, and uses many watercolour techniques and different materials to enhance the paintings. The book is full of excellent images and the guidance to produce the images is first-class. Highly recommended. * Customer Review *