The Artists Garden : The Secret Spaces that Inspired Great Art by Jackie Bennet

The Artists Garden : The Secret Spaces that Inspired Great Art by Jackie BennetThe Artists Garden offers an intriguing study into 20 gardens that have inspired and been home to some of the greatest painters of history. The most alluring image of an artist at work is surely one where he or she has come out of their studio, set up their easel on the garden path, pulled on a hat to shade their eyes from the sun and taken their brush and palette in hand. This sumptuously illustrated and fascinating book delves into the stories

By exploring how simple brushstrokes and splashes can be repeated to create more intricate images and patterns

These two majestic-looking beasts stand proudly on School Knott

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Set within a dark wood frame

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with the tree-girt peninsula of The Rigg projecting into Haweswater at the base of the Long Stile ridge running east from the summit of High Street

The myriad of rusty reflections mirrored in the water below the boats show that William must have been influenced by the fluid style of the Impressionists

making for very comfortable working

These wooden panels feature an 18mm deep edge and are suitable for use with dry media

creating the irregular mottled patterning that makes every bauble unique

pristine mountain tarns and sparkling rivers