The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Botanicals - Julie Collins - The Colour Mixing Guide

From Search Press, The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Botanicals by award-winning artist Julie Collins is a practical paperback guide for watercolour artists looking to build confidence with colour mixing while painting botanical subjects. Designed as an easy-to-use reference, it brings together colour theory, technique guidance and inspiring finished artwork to support both learning and day-to-day studio use.

Across 64 pages, you’ll find 15 vibrant botanical subjects, including a geranium, hydrangea, maple leaf, cardoon and an allium bulb. Each subject includes a complete list of the colour mixes used, with colour ratios and finished swatches to help you recreate and adapt palettes. Five of the paintings are shown step by step, taking you through selecting colours, mixing and painting from start to finish. A section on watercolour techniques covers approaches such as wet into wet, wet on dry, washes, lifting off, creating texture, layering and masking, with tips and tricks included throughout.

Key features

• Paperback format
• 15 botanical subjects with colour mixes, ratios and swatches
• 5 step-by-step paintings from start to finish
• Over 100 colour mixes with colour charts
• Colour information including a colour wheel and guidance on pure and mixed pigments
• Watercolour techniques section including wet into wet, wet on dry, washes and lifting off

Specifications

• Author: Julie Collins
• Series: The Colour Mixing Guide
• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 10 January 2025
• Pages: 64
• Illustrations: 175 colour illustrations
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781800922440

Sizing

155 x 215 x 5 mm

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