Loose and Lively Flowers in Watercolour, Inks & Mixed Media - Jo Allsopp

Loose and Lively Flowers in Watercolour, Inks & Mixed Media by Jo Allsopp is a practical guide to painting expressive floral subjects. This paperback edition brings together watercolour, inks and mixed-media approaches, supported by extensive colour illustration.

Key details

• Author: Jo Allsopp
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 144
• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 15 May 2026
• ISBN: 9781800923379

Synopsis

Designed to help artists loosen up their approach, this book focuses on vibrant, contemporary flower painting with practical guidance on composition and creating dynamic results. Jo Allsopp shares her top tips for working in a relaxed, lively way, including simplifying shapes, embracing backruns, involving the background and allowing the process to get a little messy.

Inside you’ll find advice on painting flowers from life, as still life arrangements or from photographs, alongside three step-by-step watercolour projects featuring tulips, daffodils and bluebells. A further 24 short exercises explore mixed media such as acrylic ink, black art pens, metallic powders and gold leaf, with clear explanations of the effects and when to use them. The book also includes troubleshooting ideas and a range of floral subjects from around the world, sometimes paired with insect pollinators and wildlife such as ladybirds, bumblebees, butterflies and dragonflies; it is suitable for beginners and for more experienced painters looking to refresh their style.

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