Simple Elegance by Susan Scheewe Brown

WATERCOLOR & ACRYLIC BOOK. Susans newest book is beautiful. There are a variety of subjects using acrylic and watercolor. If you prefer watercolor you can translate the same project that is done in acrylic, and the same is true if you prefer acrylic you can translate the project from watercolor to acrylic. The techniques for acrylic and watercolor are very similar. Susan has experimented with a few new compositions in a fresh and contemporary way in this book. To entice you to pick up your brush Susan has created a soft french blue window adorned with a window box spilling with flowers in violets, blues and creams and a few touches of pink, this project has quickly become a favorite. Luminous Koi fish float in an indigo pond, so realistic it feels as though you can reach out and touch one, this is my personal favorite. A wooden garden basket lushly spills over with olive branches, artichoke and an eggplant, this would make a elegant kitchen painting. A conch shell and a starfish, each on their own decorator canvas are painted in a textured contemporary style. A stately light house aglow in the colors of sunset, bring back memories of that visit to the ocean. Two wine bottles and a glass of red wine a painted in a classic still life on a country board and also inside of a wooden wine box, a perfect gift for the wine lover in your life. Soft pink roses so delicate and tender you can almost smell their sweet scent. Sun kissed grass blades gently arch upward as they embrace crisp white daisies, and blue bachelor buttons in a fresh painting. Iris in full bloom in a close up composition reveal their soft a delicate violet blue petals in this classic favorite. An orange poppy in full bloom graces a canvas in a close up painting. Soft green ferns drape across small square canvass a great home accent. An elegant silhouette of trees with distant hills in a landscape setting is a different approach to a painting that is a great beginner project with fabulous results. You will not be disappointed in this book, it is great.