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Color In and Out of the Garden

Watercolor Practices for Painters, Gardeners, and Nature Lovers

Lorene Edwards Forkner

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Lorene Edwards Forkner shares her simple watercolour techniques for capturing every lovely hue in a miniature artwork. Along the way, she also offers practical advice on topics from painting (no matter your skill level) to gardening mindfully to celebrating life. This delightfully useful and addictively readable book may just inspire you to begin keeping a garden journal of your own, so you can record favourite plants with just a few simple brushstrokes.

Arranged by colour, each chapter helps readers sharpen their powers of observation and capture nature's lovely palette. Plant profiles and personal reflections mingle with creative prompts for making a simple watercolour that helps focus one's attention. Both a mindfulness exercise for seeing garden colours and an easy guide to reproducing them on the page, the author guides you through the spectrum with her own watercolours while offering inspiration and a delightful garden respite from everyday stress.