How Did George Elgood Do It?

A Victorian garden painter reveals his method

Jul 26, 2024

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George S. Elgood was one of the great Victorian watercolorists specializing in flower gardens

His paintings show botanically accurate flowers in natural groupings, often with architectural or landscape elements. Flower gardens are a brain-busting challenge to paint in watercolor because you have to paint precisely around all the light shapes.

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