{"product_id":"the-colour-mixing-guide-watercolour-botanicals-9781800922440","title":"The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Botanicals","description":"\u003cb\u003eCreate over 100 vibrant watercolor mixes and paint a range of inspiring botanicals including flowers, leaves, seedheads and bulbs with award-winning artist and color-mixing guru Julie Collins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis colorful, practical book features 15 vibrant and varied botanical subjects including a geranium, hydrangea, maple leaf, cardoon and allium bulb. All 15 subjects feature a complete list of colour mixes used with colour ratios and finished swatches for inspiration, and five of the subjects are painted step by step so that you can follow the process of selecting colors, mixing and painting from start to finish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscover: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive information about color, including a color wheel and a guide to pure and mixed pigments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential watercolor techniques such as painting wet into wet, wet on dry, washes, lifting off and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 inspirational paintings with color swatches, 5 shown step by step from start to finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUseful tips and tricks scattered throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will inspire your love of color, provide you with color mixing inspiration and is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to confidently create your own color mixes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMix the perfect colors for every painting with the inspiring and easy-to-use \u003ci\u003eColor Mixing Guide\u003c\/i\u003e series. Each book features over 100 key color mixes on a popular theme, showing you how to create exactly the colors you want, and building up your color knowledge at every stage. These handy, pocket-sized paperbacks make ideal gifts or on-the-go reference guides: each contains 64 pages bursting with colour and jam-packed with practical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Collins studied Fine Art at the University of Reading, UK and has been an artist, writer and teacher since then. She has written a number of color mixing guides and artists' problem-solving books and also writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She works from her studio in Hampshire, UK, where she explores her passion for painting, drawing and crafts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJulie has received numerous prestigious awards for her painting, including from the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal West of England Academy and ING Discerning Eye. Julie was elected a Member of the Society of Women Artists and on to the SWA Council in 2022.\u003cbr\u003eJulie is also the author of \u003ci\u003eColour Demystified\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Search Press in 2021, which has sold over 9k copies to date.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Search Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51182911717650,"sku":"9781800922440","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79ceedc9-6c33-45a0-9f9c-7314bdd40960.jpg?v=1744449492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-colour-mixing-guide-watercolour-botanicals-9781800922440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}