Anna Mason grew up surrounded by the lush English countryside and has always been inspired by the intricate detail and colourful beauty in the natural world.Completely self-taught, Anna has developed a true-to-life painting style that she wants to share in order to get as many people as possible enjoying the therapeutic benefits of watercolour painting and achieving the results they want.An elected member of the Society of Botanical Artists, Anna has won several awards for her work, including the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal. Her paintings are held in prominent public collections and she has taught and exhibited widely in the UK and US, including at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Her popular blog has inspired prospective painters from all over the world to pick up their brushes: she has now taught more than 15,000 people from over 100 countries. Take a free video class and join Anna's online painting school and community at: www.NatureStudio.comOr find her at:» @AnnaMasonArt on Instagram» @NatureStudioTV on YouTube» Anna Mason Art on Facebook

Synopsis: Anna Mason's exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. With the publication of The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour she shares her innovative watercolour technique so that you can paint flowers in her clean, crisp style.The Modern Flower Painter covers every aspect of painting modern botanical-style portraits of flowers, from tips on gathering your reference to Anna's six stage watercolor process. There are instructions on setting up your studio and how to produce the detailed drawings.Critique: An ideal introduction and DIY tutorial on painting flowers in a watercolor medium, The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour by Anna Mason is an especially appropriate pick for personal, community, art school, and college/university library Watercolor Art instructional reference collections.

• Introduction 6About the author 8Material 10Getting started 16Reference material 18Setting up your workspace 21Drawing 22Painting colour 26Learning to see 28Working with watercolour 32Painting tone 34Painting hue 38Mixing hue 42Brush techniques 48Holding your brush 50Applying the paint 50Painting flowers 56The six stages of painting 58Flower portraits 70Step-by-step project: Clematis 72Step-by-step project: Viola 78Step-by-step project: Cosmos 86Step-by-step project: Tulips 94Step-by-step project: Oriental Poppy 102Step-by-step project: Dahlia 114Outlines 124Index 128

Anna Mason grew up surrounded by the lush English countryside and has always been inspired by the intricate detail and colourful beauty in the natural world.Completely self-taught, Anna has developed a true-to-life painting style that she wants to share in order to get as many people as possible enjoying the therapeutic benefits of watercolour painting and achieving the results they want.An elected member of the Society of Botanical Artists, Anna has won several awards for her work, including the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal. Her paintings are held in prominent public collections and she has taught and exhibited widely in the UK and US, including at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Her popular blog has inspired prospective painters from all over the world to pick up their brushes: she has now taught more than 15,000 people from over 100 countries. Take a free video class and join Anna's online painting school and community at: www.NatureStudio.comOr find her at:» @AnnaMasonArt on Instagram» @NatureStudioTV on YouTube» Anna Mason Art on Facebook

Synopsis: Anna Mason's exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. With the publication of The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour she shares her innovative watercolour technique so that you can paint flowers in her clean, crisp style.The Modern Flower Painter covers every aspect of painting modern botanical-style portraits of flowers, from tips on gathering your reference to Anna's six stage watercolor process. There are instructions on setting up your studio and how to produce the detailed drawings.Critique: An ideal introduction and DIY tutorial on painting flowers in a watercolor medium, The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour by Anna Mason is an especially appropriate pick for personal, community, art school, and college/university library Watercolor Art instructional reference collections.

• Introduction 6About the author 8Material 10Getting started 16Reference material 18Setting up your workspace 21Drawing 22Painting colour 26Learning to see 28Working with watercolour 32Painting tone 34Painting hue 38Mixing hue 42Brush techniques 48Holding your brush 50Applying the paint 50Painting flowers 56The six stages of painting 58Flower portraits 70Step-by-step project: Clematis 72Step-by-step project: Viola 78Step-by-step project: Cosmos 86Step-by-step project: Tulips 94Step-by-step project: Oriental Poppy 102Step-by-step project: Dahlia 114Outlines 124Index 128

Anna Mason grew up surrounded by the lush English countryside and has always been inspired by the intricate detail and colourful beauty in the natural world.Completely self-taught, Anna has developed a true-to-life painting style that she wants to share in order to get as many people as possible enjoying the therapeutic benefits of watercolour painting and achieving the results they want.An elected member of the Society of Botanical Artists, Anna has won several awards for her work, including the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal. Her paintings are held in prominent public collections and she has taught and exhibited widely in the UK and US, including at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Her popular blog has inspired prospective painters from all over the world to pick up their brushes: she has now taught more than 15,000 people from over 100 countries. Take a free video class and join Anna's online painting school and community at: www.NatureStudio.comOr find her at:» @AnnaMasonArt on Instagram» @NatureStudioTV on YouTube» Anna Mason Art on Facebook

Synopsis: Anna Mason's exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. With the publication of The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour she shares her innovative watercolour technique so that you can paint flowers in her clean, crisp style.The Modern Flower Painter covers every aspect of painting modern botanical-style portraits of flowers, from tips on gathering your reference to Anna's six stage watercolor process. There are instructions on setting up your studio and how to produce the detailed drawings.Critique: An ideal introduction and DIY tutorial on painting flowers in a watercolor medium, The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour by Anna Mason is an especially appropriate pick for personal, community, art school, and college/university library Watercolor Art instructional reference collections.

• Introduction 6About the author 8Material 10Getting started 16Reference material 18Setting up your workspace 21Drawing 22Painting colour 26Learning to see 28Working with watercolour 32Painting tone 34Painting hue 38Mixing hue 42Brush techniques 48Holding your brush 50Applying the paint 50Painting flowers 56The six stages of painting 58Flower portraits 70Step-by-step project: Clematis 72Step-by-step project: Viola 78Step-by-step project: Cosmos 86Step-by-step project: Tulips 94Step-by-step project: Oriental Poppy 102Step-by-step project: Dahlia 114Outlines 124Index 128