Dec 03
This bright and colourful book covers many creative techniques for capturing the beauty of flowers and plants using watercolour paints. It also covers the detailing of the finer parts of flowers, such as veining and stamens. Step-by-step projects on snowdrops, poppies and daisies are included and many other flowers are shown in examples of the author's finished work. Guidance is given on colour mixing, drawing, composition and painting backgrounds, as well as general advice and painting techniques. This is certainly a very colourful book featuring some wonderful photography and paintings that will appeal to anyone looking to extend their floral watercolour painting skills.
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Premier issue March 07
The watercolour medium is one of the most popular ones out there, and a quick flick through this book leaves you in no doubt as to why. Author Janet Whittle guides the viewer through her best tips and techniques for painting flowers and plants (the book's title kind of gives it away!). The practical walkthroughs give readers all they need to start painting their own flower portraits, with plenty of bright and colourful photos throughout the book to help illustrate the process that is being explained.
Readers also benefit from some techniques on setting up a watercolour painting and although some of this is obviously just for 'real' watercolours, the advice on what colours to set up as a basic palette and masking areas out translate very well into Corel Painter.
Whittle has also made sure there are plenty of finished paintings, giving readers a nice bit of eye candy and inspiration to use some of the techniques.
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