Download or read book French Flower Painting written by and published by . This book was released on 2003* with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contemporary Flowers in Mixed Media written by Soraya French and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting new approach to flower painting with step-by-step demonstrations for creating contemporary flower portraits and landscapes that are truly unique. This is more than a 'how-to' on flower painting. It is a guide encouraging artists to explore new and exciting ways to create flower paintings bursting with individuality and moving towards a contemporary and impressionist style. Mixed-media artist Soraya French, well known for her gloriously vibrant flower paintings, shares the secrets of her work, with expert advice on all aspects of this endlessly rewarding subject. The book covers: Colours, shapes, patterns and textures particular to various flowers through the seasons, from fresh green foliage in the spring to rich red and gold hues in the autumn. How to incorporate flowers in both still life and landscape paintings, pictured in woodlands, seascapes, meadows and hedgerows as well as vases. How to assemble the perfect palette for flower painting and how to mix vibrant secondary colours, subtle tints and natural greens. The huge range of painting materials available today, from traditional watercolour to vividly coloured wax pastels to innovative textural mediums such as crackle paste and glass bead gel. The secrets of good composition and how to lead the eye around a painting, giving a sense of rhythm and movement while maintaining unity and harmony. Packed with exciting new ideas and illustrated with stunning examples of Soraya's own work, this book will take your flower painting to a new level and help you find your unique visual voice.

Download or read book The Last Flowers of Manet written by Robert Gordon and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1880 Edouard Manet, then 49, was dying. In the last months of his life he funnelled his waning energy into a series of remarkable still lifes - 16 small paintings of flowers - which are brought together in this book. An essay by Andrew Forge pays tribute to the artist's struggle and his legacy, and Robert Gordon's selections from Manet's letters add poignancy to this last glow of a brilliant artistic flame.

Download or read book Working Among Flowers written by Heather MacDonald and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue accompanies exhibitions at the following museums: Dallas Museum of Art, October 26, 2014-February 8, 2015; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, March 21-June 21, 2015; Denver Art Museum, July 19-October 11, 2015.

Download or read book Flowers Art Bouquets written by Sixtine Dubly and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be it a single delicate bud in a simple clear vase or an explosion of colorful blossoms, a brilliant bouquet accents an atmosphere and brightens the mood like nothing else. The beauty of flowers has inspired artists, designers, poets, and myriad other creators for centuries: the Dutch masters of the 1600s and impressionist painters from Manet to Van Gogh, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret, even the inimitable Andy Warhol. Flowers: Art & Bouquets showcases a glorious profusion of floral images and interpretations across a spectrum of artistic media and time periods. Design writer Sixtine Dubly chronicles the evolution of floral design in this remarkable compendium, which also features stunning work by more than forty contemporary floral artists in London, Paris, and New York, from minimalist to elaborate. This treasury of gorgeous imagery blooms in resplendent color before the reader’s eyes.

Download or read book The Art of French Flower Making Complete with Exclusive Patterns and Easy Lessons written by Ruby Clarice Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elementary Flower Painting written by Elementary flower painting and published by . This book was released on 18?? with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 120 Great Flower Paintings written by Carol Belanger Grafton and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful compilation features bouquets by the masters, including van Gogh, Cézanne, Renoir, Degas, Monet, Cassatt, and many other artists. Each painting can be printed at poster size and you can play a slideshow of the images on your TV or computer.

Download or read book French Floral Art a Vintage Lesson Guide for Making Fashionable Flower Adornments written by La Paula Art Academy and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book French Flower Painters of the 19th Century written by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier and published by Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om franske blomstermalere i det 19. århundrede

Download or read book My Stylish French Girlfriends written by Sharon Santoni and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet 20 beautiful, creative French women who live with passion; work every day; and love to take care ot their homes and families. Visit them in their grand chateaux or charming little country cottages or Parisian apartments. Learn where they shop, where they work, where they play, how they dress and, how they entertain. Absorb each girlfriend's style and joie de vivre. Santoni's affectionate writing, along with gorgeous photography, tells each woman's story with an intimacy usually reserved for the closest of girlfriends. SHARON SANTONI·SMITH grew up in England but married a Frenchman and has raised her family in Normandy, France. Her blog, My French Country Home, is read daily by thousands all over the world. She writes about life in rural France; the ups and downs of family life; her inspiring French girlfriends; the intricacies of village life; and her love of searching for brocante treasure in the flea markets of Paris and the countryside.

Download or read book Paris in Bloom written by Georgianna Lane and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Get ready for a beauty overload. It’s food for the soul, it’s a book of dreams and details, of flowers so perfect you want to hug them to you.” —Carla Coulson, author of Paris Tango Paris—City of Love, City of Light, City of Flowers. From elegant floral boutiques to lively flower markets to glorious blooming trees and expansive public gardens, flowers are the essential ingredient to the lush sensory bouquet that is Parisian life. With beautiful photography, Paris in Bloom transports readers on a stunning floral tour of the city, and provides recommendations to the best flower markets and a detailed guide to spring blooms. Timeless in content, Paris in Bloom is a book for Paris lovers to savor again and again, one to keep on the nightstand to conjure fond memories of their first visit and inspire dreams of the next. “Brilliantly captures the splendor of French fleurs with lush photographs and elegant prose . . . A masterpiece!” —Laura Dowling, former chief floral designer at the White House “I don’t know how Georgianna does it. She manages to make Paris, already the most beautiful city in the world, appear even more charming, more elegant and more beautiful than it already is . . . Paris in Bloom is filled with a veritable carpet of pinks and whites, pastels and green portraits that make me let out an audible sigh of joy. This book can re-inspire you to believe that yes, life really is quite beautiful.” —Doni Belau, author of Paris Cocktails “Destined to become a classic of its type, Paris in Bloom is Georgianna Lane’s love letter to Paris and to flowers.”—Gray Levett, editor of Nikon Owner magazine

Download or read book Watercolour Flower Painting Step by step written by Tait and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Flower and the Woman written by Takashimaya Gallery (Tokyo) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inspirational Paintings Flowers written by Raia Iotova and published by Osmora Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life Is Not Measured By the Number of Breaths We Take, But By the Moments That Take Our Breath Away." "Inspirational Paintings: Flowers" is a great book if you like and enjoy art. This Art Book contains many wonderful Reproductions of flowers paintings with full data page for each painting. The Book includes Table of Contents, and is formatted for all e-reading devices, and Android tablets: you may use rotate and zoom feature on landscape or horizontal images for optimal viewing. Being able zoom in or move around an image lets you learn so much about detail, color and painting technique. The images are in color; they render beautifully in optimized gray-scale tones for black-and-white e-book readers, but exhibit even more stunningly in full color with color readers and inside Kindle apps for color-enabled computers and portable or hand-held devices. Overall this is simply a decent collection of some fantastic Flowers paintings for your everyday inspiration. The following Flowers paintings are included: Jan Frans van Dael - Flowers Samuel John Peploe - Pink Roses, Chinese Vase Martin Johnson Heade - Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds Martin Johnson Heade - Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth Ambrosius Bosschaert - Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge Gerard van Spaendonck - Flowers in an alabaster vase and fruits on a marble top Jean-Baptiste Berre - Flower Piece Pierre Auguste Renoir - Bouquet of Roses in a Vase Vincent van Gogh - Almond Blossom Claude Monet - Bouquet of Mallows Manet - Two Roses Paul Cezanne - Still Life Flowers in a Vase Albertus Jonas Brandt - Flowers Charles Monginot - Flowers with Candlestick Frieda Menshausen-Labriola - Floral Still Life Charles Ethan Porter – Lilacs Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder - Flower Still Life Abate Andrea Belvedere - Still life with flowers and peacock Josef Schuster - Still Life with Fruit Flowers and Parrot Charlotte Beauparlant - Floral Still Life Eugène Henri Cauchois - Summer Flowers Eugene Petit - Floral Still Life Georges Jeannin - Roses Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld - Still-Life Georg Frederik Ziesel - Roses, hyacinth and other flowers in a glass vase in a stone niche Carl Massmann - Basket of Lilac Antonio Ponce - Still-Life with Flowers, Artichokes and Fruit Jacques Linard - Chinese Bowl with Flowers Cailebotte - White Flowers Alfred Rouby - Spring Flowers

Download or read book Billy Showell s Botanical Painting in Watercolour written by Billy Showell and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form, texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have earned her a formidable reputation worldwide. Her compositions are given a contemporary, sometimes playful twist, while retaining all the beauty and accuracy of traditional botanical paintings. In this inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and vegetables. There is expert guidance on tools and materials, working from life, observation, and drawing and painting techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and colour and colour mixing. With numerous step-by-step studies, close-up photographs and examples of Billy's exquisite paintings, this book is not only packed full of invaluable advice and information but also a visually stunning showcase for the work of this amazing artist.

Download or read book Martha s Flowers written by Martha Stewart and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential resource from Martha Stewart, with expert advice and lessons on gardening and making the most of your spectacular blooms Martha Stewart's lifelong love of flowers began at a young age, as she dug in and planted alongside her father in their family garden, growing healthy, beautiful blooms, every year. The indispensable lessons she learned then--and those she has since picked up from master gardeners--form the best practices she applies to her voluminous flower gardens today. For the first time, she compiles the wisdom of a lifetime spent gardening into a practical yet inspired book. Learn how and when to plant, nurture, and at the perfect time, cut from your garden. With lush blooms in hand, discover how to build stunning arrangements. Accompanied by beautiful photographs of displays in Martha's home, bursting with ideas, and covering every step from seed to vase, Martha's Flowers is a must-have handbook for flower gardeners and enthusiasts of all skill levels.