Download or read book Painter s Quick Reference Flowers Blooms written by North Light Books and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2005-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on how to paint more than fifty popular garden flowers, wildflowers, and exotic flowers, discussing watercolor, acrylics, and oils, as well as a variety of styles and techniques within each medium.
Download or read book Painter s Quick Reference written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on how to paint more than fifty popular garden flowers, wildflowers, and exotic flowers, discussing watercolor, acrylics, and oils, as well as a variety of styles and techniques within each medium.
Download or read book Painting Florals with Gouache written by Vidhi Khandelwal and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the Art of Gouache with Easy-to-Paint, Stunning Floral Designs Let your creativity bloom with this inspiring step-by-step guide to painting lush roses, delicate daisies, blossoming cacti and more. Gouache makes it easy to create rich, bright colors for an impressive impact in just a few strokes. This forgiving medium is great for beginners, as well as watercolor artists looking for a bold, new way to create stunning artwork that pops. Vidhi Khandelwal, founder of The Ink Bucket art and stationery brand, guides you each step of the way through simple techniques to recreate her signature florals. Use your new skills to begin a daily art habit, create stunning compositions to brighten up your home and add a personal touch to homemade cards and gifts. With a trove of traceable flower sketches right in the book, you can focus on your painting journey without worrying about how to draw every line. Along with the essential strokes, you’ll learn simple shading methods for realistic petals, and lovely layering techniques to add fullness and texture in each blossom. Bring your project to life with fun details like veined leaves and colorful backgrounds, and even venture into floral hand lettering. Whether you’re looking to boost your painting skills or enjoy a relaxing new hobby, this book provides a refreshing creative escape.
Download or read book Artists Photo Reference Landscapes written by Gary Greene and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides about 400 color landscape photographs intended for use as reference for other artists' paintings or drawings of specific geographical regions. He also offers tips on how to use the images (for example, combining aspects of various images), choosing equipment, taking one's own reference photos, and composing good photographs.
Download or read book The Flower Painter s Essential Handbook written by Jill Bays and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2006-03-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your artistic talent bloom by capturing the beauty of flowers with your brushstrokes from realistic close-ups to impressionistic landscapes. From Agapanthus to Water Lily, this unique artist’s reference provides easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint fifty of today’s most popular flowers. • Learn to draw each basic flower shape and then paint a single detailed bloom • Gain full, practical guidance for painting each flower through clear illustrations, step-by-step instruction, and the essential color palette • Refer to Jill’s beautiful finished paintings for further inspiration • Use the indispensable introduction to discover basic flower painting materials, techniques and color considerations The must-have practical reference that no flower painter can be without!
Download or read book Painting Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor written by Soon Y. Warren and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paint flowers with feeling! You can paint watercolors that capture the beauty and personality of roses, peonies, zinnias and many more brilliant blooms--and achieve color more vivid than you ever dreamed possible with watercolor. In this expanded edition of Soon Y. Warren's best-selling book, she will help you: • Capture the unique shapes, textures, details--and temperaments--of magnolias, hibiscus, sunflowers, bougainvillea, gladiolus, dahlias, water lilies and more. • Use watercolor to duplicate and enhance the floral colors you see in nature, from subtle to saturated. • Create dramatic compositions that excite your viewers. • Complement your floral subjects with luscious surrounding textures (antique copper, smooth glass, rich fabric) and flattering backgrounds. • Learn fun and easy techniques for underpainting, mingling and texturing with 23 step-by-step demonstrations. Don't be a shrinking violet--express yourself with bold watercolor florals that have as much personality as you do!
Download or read book Expressive Flower Painting written by Lynn Whipple and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get nose to bloom with one of the most beloved subjects of painters for generations of artists with Expressive Flower Painting and master pedals, stems, colors, and more. It's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! Expressive Flower Painting's exercises have a loose, free, contemporary style the likes of which you'd see in galleries, in shops, and even on clothing and home design goods. It's not intimidating, and yet the paintings are colorful, immediate, and joyful and speak to the artist's desire to play, be loose, and to create freely. Lynn Whipple paints wildly and in small to large formats with a combination of acrylic paint, charcoal, and colorful soft pastel. Expressive Flower Painting presents a range of creative painting exercises that help readers develop vibrant nature paintings. This exciting book is an in-depth expansion of Lynn's class called Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting, with additional content. Expressive Flower Painting covers mark making, layering techniques, how to do "spin drawings," color methods, painted backgrounds, working from life, and how to successfully combine a wide variety of media for the maximum effect.
Download or read book Painting Butterflies Blooms with Sherry C Nelson written by Sherry Nelson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paint a World of Beautiful Butterflies Delicate, majestic and diverse, the butterfly is an eternal source of inspiration and wonder. Now you can learn to capture the radiant beauty and delicate details of the world's most spectacular butterfly species in glowing oil paintings. Renowned artist and teacher Sherry C. Nelson takes you on a global expedition featuring more than 50 captivating butterflies and blooms for you to paint, study and admire–all in an easy-to-use reference-book format. You can do it! Sherry makes painting butterflies achievable with simple steps, visual examples, and clear instructions. Starting with the basics, you'll learn how to transfer designs, select and mix colors, and create a range of harmonious backgrounds. Next, Sherry guides you from start to finish through 54 step-by-step demonstrations for painting butterflies, moths and flowers of all sizes, shapes and colors. Each butterfly is painted in a vignette featuring flowers and foliage that are part of its native habitat or food source. Sherry also includes crisp reference photos and traceable line drawings that allow you to paint the demos exactly as they are, or you can incorporate them into your own paintings of the natural world. The creative possibilities are up to you. With this guide, you can capture your most beloved butterflies with skill and satisfaction. No net required!
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Flower painting Techniques written by Sue Burton and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to painting beautiful, realistic flowers with professional advice for how to choose and arrange flowers and including tips for keeping them fresh; useful information on how to look at plants and flowers and analyze their shapes and structures. Also includes an inspirational gallery of more than 30 paintings by leading contemporary artists.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Flower Painting Techniques written by Sue Burton and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers techniques for watercolor, pastel, acrylics, pencil, and oil. Structure of different flowers, shapes, leaves, & pods is covered as well as composition and framing techniques.
Download or read book Painting Flowers A to Z with Sherry C Nelson MDA written by Sherry Nelson and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stop and paint the roses! And the tulips, and the sunflowers, and the pansies, and... When it comes to painting flowers, Sherry C. Nelson definitely has a green thump. In this book, she shares her secrets to painting lovely, realistic looking flowers. Just follow the step-by-step lessons to create 50 blooming beauties—from amaryllis to zinnia and every blossom in between. Once you learn the basics—like how to create textures and common leaf shapes—you'll be able to paint any flower that grows! Sherry even offers tips for creating your own, unique floral designs. Although she works primarily in oils, Sherry includes information and color charts for acrylic and watercolor artists, making this a must-have reference for every flower painter.
Download or read book Paint Watercolor Flowers written by Birgit O'Connor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can paint beautiful blooms, step by step! Sunflowers, orchids, daffodils, lilies...your brush can bring these and more to life with Paint Watercolor Flowers. Master watercolorist Birgit O'Connor guides you every step of the way, from selecting essential watercolor supplies, to practicing basic painting techniques, to capturing the unique details of a variety of flowers, to showing them off in striking, color-rich compositions. Learn how to paint nine different flowers, with each demonstration covering important concepts you need for successful results. Friendly, easy-to-follow instructions make flower painting fun and doable for any artist, whether you are new to the medium or simply want to try a subject you haven't painted before. • Detailed instruction on color, value, creating shadows, composition and more • 3 negative painting demonstrations • 9 start-to-finish flower painting demonstrations exploring topics such as creating backgrounds, layering color, values in white flowers, values in colored flowers and much more Learn to play with gorgeous color and water effects, expressing yourself with the unparalleled beauty of nature's bouquet.
Download or read book Everyday Watercolor Flowers written by Jenna Rainey and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learn Flower Painting Quickly written by Trevor Waugh and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2023-08-03 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and accessible guide to painting flowers in watercolour with step-by-step exercises. World-renowned artist Trevor Waugh reveals the secrets of painting flowers in watercolour in this fun, easy-to-follow book. Focusing on the techniques that matter the most, you'll be able to start producing better flower paintings in the space of an afternoon. The book includes expert guidance on all aspects of flower painting in watercolour, including the basic shapes and how to combine them, how to design the perfect composition and how to create subtle and evocative effects. The author shares tips on how to use colour to create realistic-looking flowers and foliage, his go-to basic palette and details on how to create beautiful, nuanced colour mixes. There is also a section on how to achieve real artistry in your work, using hard and soft edges, clever observation and different angles to perfect your work. Armed with this beautiful book, packed with breathtaking inspirational paintings and a selection of helpful step-by-step demonstration sequences, you'll become an expert flower painting in no time at all.
Download or read book Artist s Photo Reference written by Gary Greene and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A garden of gorgeous flowers captured in photographs - 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 colour 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.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Flower Painting Techniques written by Sue Burton and published by . This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to painting a variety of beautiful flowers with ease & confidence. Covers everything from selecting colors & working with tricky surfaces to creating convincing flowers, leaves, stems, & also designing complex flower arrangements. You'll find the best techniques used by professional flower-painting artists. Step-by-step instructions & full-color photos lead you through such processes as choosing a medium, mixing color, working from photos, arranging flowers, choosing a format, & introducing props & backgrounds into a set-up. An entertaining gallery section features more than 30 flower paintings by leading contemporary artists.
Download or read book Complete Guide to Flower Painting written by Ralph Fabri and published by . This book was released on 1985-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
