Lorene Edwards Forkner

Color In and Out of the Garden (eBook, ePUB)

Watercolor Practices for Painters, Gardeners, and Nature Lovers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Capture all the hues of the garden with a few simple brushtrokes and Lorene Edwards Forkner's inspirational advice on observing color in nature, painting with watercolor, and gardening with joy and intention

If you love flowers and the rich colors of the garden, Color In and Out of the Garden is for you. Artist and garden expert Lorene Edwards Forkner shares her simple watercolor techniques for capturing every lovely hue in a miniature artwork. Along the way, she also offers practical advice on topics from painting (no matter your skill level) to gardening mindfully to celebrating life. This delightfully useful and addictively readable little book may just inspire you to begin keeping a garden journal of your own, so you can record favorite plants with just a few simple brushstrokes.

Arranged by color, each chapter helps readers sharpen their powers of observation and capture nature's lovely palette. Plant profiles and personal reflections mingle with creative prompts for making a simple watercolor that helps focus one's attention. Both a mindfulness exercise for seeing garden colors and an easy guide to reproducing them on the page, Forkner guides you through the spectrum with her own watercolors while offering inspiration and a delightful garden respite from everyday stress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abrams
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781647005504
• Artikelnr.: 63819308

Autorenporträt

Lorene Edwards Forkner is the author of five books, the former garden editor for Horticulture magazine, and the current garden columnist for the Seattle Times, where her column is read by more than 700,000 gardening enthusiasts each week. She lives in Seattle.