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| Artist's Photo Reference: Flowers | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Greene
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 339921
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1581806779
Dewey Decimal Number: 702
EAN: 9781581806779
ASIN: 1581806779
Publication Date: January 30, 2005
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Product Description
A garden of gorgeous flowers captured on film--to paint, study or simply admire. In this easy-to-reference book, artists will find: -575 outstanding photos of 49 different types of flowers -Five step-by-step demonstrations that illustrate how to use these reference photos to create beautiful floral compositions in a variety of mediums -Brief information on color variations, scale and other facts to help artists achieve great results From amaryllis to zinnia, each flower is featured in a large, primary photo along with side views and close-ups of petals, leaves and other details to help artists find just the right image they are looking for.
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 Artist's Photo Reference:Flowers August 7, 2007
This book is excellent for anyone painting flowers as the pictures are brilliant for reference.
 More flowers, please November 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked the book. It has lots of useful photos, and the author, being an artist himself, designed the book with the artist in mind, which I found wonderful. The only reason I did not give it a "perfect" score, is because I think there are some very common flowers "missing", such as hollyhocks, violets and a few others. But considering that there are hundreds of flowers, it is understandable that these flowers are not there.
Great tool as a design reference June 24, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
At first glance, I was disappointed. I expected the photos to be somewhat more artistic. However, after sitting down and read it, the photos are very detailed, and that's why I wanted to order this book in the first place. It contains several photos in a page that shows the different views of a flower: close up of pedals, open & close etc - which I find very useful as a design reference. However, I must say I am not very impressed with the demonstration of the teaching, how to paint or photograph a flower. I think if the author is going to enclose this part in his book, it should be in detail, or else better off just leave it.
Great book, A must-have reference for any flower artist May 2, 2000
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you love to draw or paint flowers you will love this book. It's really nice reference book for those who don't have a garden with dozens of flowers year round to go pick or photograph when they want to create their next masterpiece. The book contains over 500 clear quality photos. There are about 50 different flowers in all. Each is show in several different perspectives from up close petals, to stems, in large bunches and even inside the flowers. As a bonus there are five beautiful step-by-step demonstrations on how to draw the flowers as well. The examples include Chrysanthemums in acrylic, Dahlias in pastel, Sunflowers & Orchids in colored pencil & Pansies in watercolor.
Beautifully detailed photos of flowers, leaves & buds March 8, 1999
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Gary Green has created a dream book for artists who specialize in flowers. Using many different angles and showing all stages of growth, he has compiled a fabulous reference for those of us who are unable to keep flowers on hand. My only question is, "When will he come out with his next book?"
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