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The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Woodland

The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Woodland - Paperback

by Julie Collins
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Availability:In StockContributor:Julie CollinsSeries:Colour Mixing GuidesPublish date:1/13/2026Pages:64
Language:EnglishPublisher:Search PressISBN-13:9781800922464ISBN-10:1800922469UPC:9781800922464Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Techniques, Color Theory, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Painting, Landscapes & SeascapesSize:8.40 x 5.90 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCRGCNDPC9
Create over 100 vibrant watercolor mixes and paint a range of inspiring woodland subjects including trees, fungi, insects and birds with award-winning artist and color-mixing guru Julie Collins.

This colorful, practical book features 15 vibrant and varied woodland subjects including a cherry blossom tree, tiger moth, olive tree, silver birches and a barn owl. All 15 subjects feature a complete list of color mixes used with color 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.

Discover:
  • Comprehensive information about colour, including a color wheel and a guide to pure and mixed pigments
  • Essential watercolor techniques such as painting wet into wet, wet on dry, washes, lifting off and more
  • 15 inspirational paintings with color swatches, 5 shown step by step from start to finish
  • Useful tips and tricks scattered throughout.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Search PressISBN-13:9781800922464ISBN-10:1800922469UPC:9781800922464Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Techniques, Color Theory, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Painting, Landscapes & SeascapesSize:8.40 x 5.90 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCRGCNDPC9
Julie Collins studied Fine Art at the University of Reading and has been an artist, writer and teacher since then. She has written a number of colour mixing guides and artists' problem-solving books and also writes for The Artist magazine. She works from her studio in Hampshire, UK, where she explores her passion for painting, drawing and crafts.
Julie 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.
Julie has authored a number of different titles, including Colour Demystified, published by Search Press in 2021, and has now sold over 80k books.
Publisher: Search Press

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