Kew: The Watercolour Flower Painter's A to Z

Adelene Fletcher trained as a textile designer at the Manchester College of Art before moving to London to pursue watercolour painting. She has exhibited at a number of venues, including the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the Royal Watercolour Society annual exhibitions. She also teaches watercolour painting and has been running adult art courses for over twenty years. About the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is a world famous scientific organisation and home to two elegant gardens in the South East of England – Kew Gardens in South West London and Wakehurst Place in West Sussex which also houses Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank. Kew Gardens is a recognised World Heritage Site, with stunning glasshouses and a rich history of royal heritage interwoven with the development of modern day plant science and sustainable development.Your purchase supports the vital work of Kew – saving the plants and fungi around the world that might one day save us.

Each demonstration occupies a single spread and covers the palette, working sequence and further examination of the detailed areas, covering 50 popular flowers.The full-page illustrations of the finished results show you exactly what you are trying to achieve and the enlarged detail photographs ensure that you'll get the fine work right every time.

• IntroductionEssentialsDirectory of FlowersCompositionGlossaryIndex