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Nature in Watercolour

Expressive Painting Through the Seasons

Author Waltraud Nawratil
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$19.95 US
Search Press
8.88"W x 8.88"H x 0.35"D   | 14 oz | 32 per carton
On sale Jun 27, 2023 | 112 Pages | 9781800921290
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Paint a year in the natural world in stunning, vibrant watercolor.

Take a walk through each seasons with Waltraud Nawratil in this vibrant and inspiring guide to painting nature in watercolor.

Discover new and traditional watercolor techniques: textural effects, backgrounds, exciting color combinations and much more to create 30 stunning watercolor paintings that bring the natural world to life.

Paint your way through a landscape of flora and wildlife, from Spring flowers to poinsettias that mark the coming of Christmas and the closing of the year; each painting is worked in watercolor in the author's loose, delicate style.

An ideal introduction to watercolor painting and an unmissable guide to developing technical skills - with plentiful inspiration for seeking out your own inspiration in the natural world.
Art Book Review - Jan 2024

Subtitled Expressive painting through the seasons and translated from a German original, this is a simple guide to painting trees, flowers and landscapes in a more or less abstract way. Having established that, there isn’t a huge amount more to say. Each exercise (we can hardly call them demonstrations) occupies a single spread, with basic instructions, including a list of materials, facing the completed original. The medium is watercolour and, while you’ll get an approximate order of working, the methods of application and handling of detail are up to you.
Some images veer more towards abstraction than others, adding a pleasant variety to the book, which is nothing if not colourful. If this is a style that appeals to you and you’re more interested in ideas than having your hand held every step of the way, you should find this more than a little worthwhile.
Waltraud Nawratil was born in Syria in 1947. Since the 1980s, she has lived with her family – her husband and children – in Schönering, Upper Austria. Her garden serves as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for her painting work.
In 1995 Waltraud started painting at a local primary school, where, searching for new challenges, she attended a watercolour painting course. She worked mainly with flower designs due to the bold, intense colours, but soon went on to include more designs from the entire palette of nature, such as tree-lined avenues and floral landscapes. Over time, she attended further painting courses to develop her technique and experiment with different media and materials. 
Nature in Watercolour is the third of Waltraud's titles to be translated into English and published by Search Press.
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Paint a year in the natural world in stunning, vibrant watercolor.

Take a walk through each seasons with Waltraud Nawratil in this vibrant and inspiring guide to painting nature in watercolor.

Discover new and traditional watercolor techniques: textural effects, backgrounds, exciting color combinations and much more to create 30 stunning watercolor paintings that bring the natural world to life.

Paint your way through a landscape of flora and wildlife, from Spring flowers to poinsettias that mark the coming of Christmas and the closing of the year; each painting is worked in watercolor in the author's loose, delicate style.

An ideal introduction to watercolor painting and an unmissable guide to developing technical skills - with plentiful inspiration for seeking out your own inspiration in the natural world.

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Art Book Review - Jan 2024

Subtitled Expressive painting through the seasons and translated from a German original, this is a simple guide to painting trees, flowers and landscapes in a more or less abstract way. Having established that, there isn’t a huge amount more to say. Each exercise (we can hardly call them demonstrations) occupies a single spread, with basic instructions, including a list of materials, facing the completed original. The medium is watercolour and, while you’ll get an approximate order of working, the methods of application and handling of detail are up to you.
Some images veer more towards abstraction than others, adding a pleasant variety to the book, which is nothing if not colourful. If this is a style that appeals to you and you’re more interested in ideas than having your hand held every step of the way, you should find this more than a little worthwhile.

Author

Waltraud Nawratil was born in Syria in 1947. Since the 1980s, she has lived with her family – her husband and children – in Schönering, Upper Austria. Her garden serves as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for her painting work.
In 1995 Waltraud started painting at a local primary school, where, searching for new challenges, she attended a watercolour painting course. She worked mainly with flower designs due to the bold, intense colours, but soon went on to include more designs from the entire palette of nature, such as tree-lined avenues and floral landscapes. Over time, she attended further painting courses to develop her technique and experiment with different media and materials. 
Nature in Watercolour is the third of Waltraud's titles to be translated into English and published by Search Press.
Waltraud Nawratil View titles by Waltraud Nawratil

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