With an enthusiasm and love for life that is infectious, Hazel Soan will prove that you do not need to be a botanist to paint splendid flowers. Using wet on wet and wet on dry techniques Hazel will teach you how to paint a plethora of flowers such as the lily, Gerbera, Rose, Sunflower, Lysianthus Fuchsia Foxglove Anenome and many more. Find out how to create the hidden depths of flowers that truly capture the viewers interest. Part 2: Hazel puts you on the road to successful flower paintings by showing you ways to create highlights on flowers, not only by leaving the white paper. Having mastered the flowers themselves, backgrounds become the stumbling block so Hazel shows you, with amazing simplicity, how to make a background an integral part of your painting. You'll be astounded by how simple it all becomes with such enthusiastic, knowledgeable and expert instruction.

Watercolour Flower Painting Workshop

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Hazel Soan, with her colourful and lively style of painting, offers an exciting, contemporary approach to working in watercolour, the most popular medium of all. Every painter wants to paint vibrant pictures but sometimes it can be difficult to capture that special quality on paper. In Learn to Paint Vibrant Watercolours, Hazel Soan provides plenty of helpful advice on how to use watercolour in a bold and lively way, emphasizing the importance of using colour confidently, creating a strong composition, and evoking a powerful sense of atmosphere in your paintings.

Vibrant Watercolours: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started (Collins Learn to Paint Series)

Painting

HarperCollins, UK

One of the most common problems amateur painters face is not knowing what to paint. This highly illustrated guide shows artists how to recognize a good subject.

What Shall I Paint? : How to Find the Right Subject in Watercolor, Oils and Acrylics

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

TV artist and teacher Hazel Soan is well known for her watercolours of Africa. This illustrated guide is both a safari through her beloved southern Africa and an instructional journey through a range of subjects, showing different ways to see and paint them. Aimed at the more practised painter, this is an useful book for the reader looking to add adventure to their painting. Focusing on the popular medium of watercolour, Hazel travels through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, getting to know her destinations by painting them. As the journey unfolds, she presents a series of painting projects.

Hazel Soan's African Watercolours

Harper Uk

What Shall I Paint?: Finding the Right Subject in Watercolour, Oil and Acrylic

Important as it is, successful watercolors require more than good technique. Often, it is the artist’s attitude to their work that can make the difference between a merely competent painting and one that really stands out. Confidence is the key, and for the intermediate painter, this comes not just by practicing techniques but also by developing a deeper understanding of the underlying tenets of watercolor painting. Hazel Soan, internationally successful artist and instructor, reveals the secrets of watercolor painting that are so often overlooked in the desire to capture likeness. By focusing on the practice and discipline of painting, artists will build confidence in their skills, which will lead to a more positive approach and to paintings that are both vibrant and exciting.

Secrets of Watercolour Success (Collins Artist's Studio)

Designed for beginner and expert painters alike, this helpful handbook provides information on using color and maintaining spontaneity while painting with watercolors. All the techniques essential for successful paintings are covered, and advice on brush strokes, color selection, and tips on perspective are provided. Helpful chapters on painting a wide range of subjects—including people, landscapes, seascapes, buildings, gardens, flowers, and still life subjects—are also included.

10-Minute Watercolours: Techniques & Tips for Quick Watercolours (Collins Gem)

All painters want to know how to portray light successfully in order to create atmospheric and dramatic effects. Using techniques and tricks specific to watercolors, this innovative resource demonstrates how to create highlights and use color to shape a work’s mood and atmosphere. Invaluable guidelines are provided for beginners to enable them to paint watercolors that are vibrant and full of life and light. With clear instructions, helpful illustrations, and several step-by-step demonstration paintings, this is the only resource novice painters will need to paint luscious, light-filled watercolors.

Light and Shade in Watercolour (Collins Learn to Paint)

Popular TV artist and teacher Hazel Soan is well known for her stunning watercolours of Africa. This superbly illustrated guide is both a safari through her beloved southern Africa and an instructional journey through a range of subjects, showing different ways to see and paint them.
Aimed at the more practised painter, Hazel Soan's African Watercolours is an ideal book for the reader looking to add adventure to their painting. Focusing on the popular medium of watercolour, Hazel travels through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, getting to know her destinations by painting them. As the journey unfolds, she presents a series of exciting painting projects.
The contents include:
Introduction: A Tale of Two Journeys • Dramatic Seascapes: The Cape Peninsula Creating the third dimension • The Desert in Flower: Namaqualand Vibrant colour • Red Dunes, Cool Mists: The Namib Desert The strength of simplicity • Desolate Coastline: The Skeleton Coast Conveying an atmosphere • Heat and Dust: Etosha The suggestion of movement • Rivers of Life: The Chobe River Deep darks and reflections • The Lake of Drowned Trees: Lake Kariba Exploring shape and line • Kingdom of the Cats: The Kalahari Desert Responding to the subject • The Riches of Emptiness: The Karoo Tapestries of texture • Heartbeat of Africa: The People of the South Breathing life into paintings
Both a stunning collection of watercolours and an invaluable source of expert instruction, Hazel Soan’s African Watercolours will inspire readers, wherever they paint.

Hazel Soan’s African Watercolours

Collins

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