The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook

The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook

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Offers plant-specific information on how to paint 50 popular flowers. The flower index explores each flower within a spread, showing through illustrations how to draw the basic flower shape, and how to paint a detailed flower bloom. This book includes an introductory section, covering basic materials, techniques, and colour.

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The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook by Jill Bays

From Agapanthus to Water lily, this unique artist's reference offers easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint 50 of today's most popular flowers. The Flower Index explores each flower within a spread, showing through clear illustrations how to draw the basic flower shape and how to paint a detailed flower bloom; further suggestions for designing and enhancing compositions are also provided. There is full practical instruction for painting each flower through a series of annotated illustrations, step-by-step instructions, as well as the essential colour palette. To ensure this is the indispensable reference for all artists, there is also a full introductory section covering basic materials, techniques and colour.
Jill Bays is the author of many successful practical art books including Watercolours in a Weekend: Flowers, The Watercolourist's Garden and Drawing Workbook. She is a regular contributor to the leisure painting press, and regularly teaches classes and holiday courses. Jill lives in Weybridge, Surrey.
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ISBN 13 9780715322468
ISBN 10 071532246X
Title The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook
Author Jill Bays
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher David & Charles
Year published 2006-04-28
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.