Painting Nature: Techniques, Tutorials and Projects

Drawing inspiration from the natural world that surrounds us, Painting Nature contains 20 projects that will help you to discover how to find your seasonal style, use colour and paint what you see.

Packed with tips and tricks, this book features practical projects from the starting sketch to building up your scene and that all-important final flourish - learn how to pick up a paint brush and paint nature through the seasons. The themes include fauna and flora, animals and window scenes.

Featuring clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations, Gemma will gently guide budding beginners, or intermediate-level artists to pick up a brush to paint their way through the seasons. Painting Nature offers a springboard to unleashing your creativity, reigniting a love of art as you refine your technique

Projects Include:

SPRING - Spring wreath, Spring flowers, Painting readymade wooden eggs, Spring window scene

SUMMER - Summer flowers, Midsummer moon, Shells and seaweed, Sea views

AUTUMN - Mini mushroom matchbox, Autumn leaves, nuts and seeds, Autumn fruits sketchbook, Autumn window scene

WINTER - Winter wreath, Snowflakes, Fox in the moonlight, Winter window scene

Gemma Koomen is an artist and illustrator. She makes paintings and illustrations in gouache and ink taking inspiration from the natural world with a focus on wildflowers and plants, small people in big places, animals that you could maybe have a conversation with, thoughtful objects and tiny homes.