Unlock Your Creative Potential with Ann Blockley's Watercolour Workshop: Projects and Interpretations

Rene Bien: I am delighted with this purchase. So many great techniques that produce interesting interpretations of nature. I am so inspired to start painting. Highly recommended for those who want the freedom to create images that are personal and provocative.

United States on Nov 06, 2023

helen forrest: Great reading

Australia on Jul 22, 2023

Mr. J. A. Davies (UK)Mr. J. A. Davies (UK): Though there are about 7 paint-along tutorials, it is intended that you adapt the many inspirational ideas from your own references and ideas. Attached, the flower is a tutorial, the other is my first attempt at adaption - bit of a mess. There are a great many mark-making techniques demonstrated, along with other practicalities like painting surfaces. You would make a number of interpretations of the same thing, varying colours, techniques and experimenting. Incidentally, the ragged outline to tree trunks is from spraying. Take a look at Ann Blockley's galleries on line to see if you would like to go in this direction. It all needs plenty of experimentation and PRACTICE. Good book.

United Kingdom on Jun 22, 2023

Judith: Love the format. Workshops with instructions for different images. Very informative. Loaded with creative ideas!!!

United States on Dec 04, 2022

graeme sims: People of my generation could be forgiven for thinking that Ann simply followed her father John. Yes, she obviously gained much from his superb paintings but has added a dimension that is all her own. She uses textures that fill spaces between features with subtle interest but never allows texture to rule the composition. Her colours are both sublime and breathtaking and because she really understands ,through both natural ability and the desire to search , she achieves. I recommend this book to my students because it is an eye opener and a remover of limited thinking . The typography used in the text and the colour of it might be arty but has forgotten its purpose to the extent that those with less than perfect eyesight will struggle to read it . Not withstanding this the pictures alone make this a feast worth sitting down to

United Kingdom on Sep 11, 2022

BJ: The book is visually exciting and the text reads well and says enough to follow. I liked hearing the artist's way of experiencing nature and how it affects her art, the colors, textures and imagination. I also purchased her Creativity through Nature. My love of nature connects with both of these books. I appreciate being inspired to adapt some methods into my work and just overall enjoy what happens. If you love the outdoors and see possibilities in everything out there, you will like this book.

United States on Aug 20, 2022

Melody: Very inspiring read which offered many innovative approaches to interpret a scene or photograph into an unique but stunning watercolour painting. I don’t find I’d be able to copy any of Ann’s sample paintings after reading the book, but certainly I gained a lot confidence from it to invent and experiment in my own way. Cant wait to pick up my brushes now...

United Kingdom on Feb 18, 2022

pen-y-bryn: Beautifully illustrated w/clear guidelines for you to create your own style of watercolor painting. Obviously I just received it so cannot comment further.

United States on Jan 03, 2022

William T. Meschke: I recently purchased , Experimental flowers, landscapes, watercolor texture and watercolor workshop. All books are good. this book may have more appeal it presents various subjects and how to develop them in various fashions . The Watercolor texture book is very informative , The experimental books are very good however more from a contemplative point of view.

United States on Jul 03, 2021

Mercutio: Ann Blockley's latest book is a wonderful addition to anyone's library. It is not only a delightful insight into her own approach to painting, but is a practical and exciting package of demonstrations - techniques, methods and projects - all aimed at encouraging the artist to see and interpret subjects in highly innovative and personal ways. I found the opening sections hugely refreshing, on interpreting subject matter and on 'ways of seeing' , and what follows in the rest of the book is sound and practical - and never boring! The approach to the projects themselves is flexible and helps to encourage a looser, more personal style.
Her illustrations are stunning and are clearly the result of her own explorations and interpretation of her local landscape. The range of mark-making and textural devices to represent these landscape features she includes in each section again can be considered in a flexible manner, encouraging the artist in us to extend and experiment. This is a welcome companion to Ann's other books, notably 'Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour' and 'Watercolour Textures'. A truly inspirational book.

United Kingdom on Apr 22, 2018