Gardens: Drawing & Painting in Watercolour

Relatively inexperienced artists are shown in this book how to capture a garden on paper using watercolours. Fotherby's step-by-step, easy to follow approach begins with suggestions on how to select paper, brushes and other materials and goes on to explain perspective and scale, how to achieve natural colours and the variety of shapes and textures in garden flowers, shrubs and trees. She shows the importance of "looking" at a garden, understanding how it grows and appreciating how the day's changing light alters what one sees. For more experienced painters, there are hints and tips on how to achieve subtle effects and how to paint in difficult lights. As well as being a guide to painting, the book is also a journey through some of England's finest and most famous gardens.