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| The Flower Painters Essential Handbook: How to Paint 50 Beautiful Flowers in Watercolor | 
 enlarge | Author: Jill Bays
Publisher: David & Charles
Category: Book
List Price: $22.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 604225
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 8.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0715322486
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.4224343
EAN: 9780715322482
ASIN: 0715322486
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Product Description
The abundant variety of flowers is a never-ending source of inspiration for all artists. Whether it's the graceful shape of a tulip or the cheerful colors of a daffodil, each flower has its own unique beauty. The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook teaches readers how to find that beauty, and features: -50 of today's most popular flowers, from azaleas to water lilies -Step-by-step instructions that show artists how to capture the exact qualities of each flower -Helpful suggestions for customizing projects to the artist's individual style -A "getting started" section that covers basic materials, techniques and colors for beginning artists
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concise and easy to follow May 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A wonderful addition to my art bookshelf. I found The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook easy to follow, well illustrated in full color throughout and detailed.
Great Lessons for Watercolor Flowers January 14, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book to learn watercolor flower painting with, and I love the loose, relaxed style of the 50 flowers you will learn to draw and paint. It is different from some other watercolor books I already own, and fills a nice gap in learning to vary painting styles.
I really like it for it's simplicity and loose relaxing style, while at the same time, presenting about 50 different types of flowers to paint in a step-by-step fashion. It's a great book. It has drawing instructions for each flower, pointing out the details and things such as a folded or twisted petal, and how the bud attaches to the stem. Arrows explaining where the light and shadows fall and how to paint that are easy to follow. The palette for each painting is between 3 to 6 colors, which I also found nice. The washes and layering are also taught in an easy to follow manner.
The book is almost completely devoted to 50 two-page exercises on painting 50 different flowers from letter A to W, and does not spend much time on presenting such things as color theory. I really like this book and recommend it to anyone who wants to learn and practice flowers in watercolors.
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