Artist's Photo Reference: Flowers [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Gary Greene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1998

Contains more than 500 photos of 49 different types of flowers. Each flower is featured in a large, primary photo along with side views and close-ups of petals, leaves and other details and brief information on colour variations, scale and other facts are included to help artists achieve great results.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

While writing an earlier book, Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil (North Light, 1997), Greene couldn't find a suitable botanical book for an artist's reference source. The result is this book of more than 500 photos of nearly 50 types of flowers. For each flower, Greene provides a primary photo, side views, and closeups of petals, leaves, and other details. Captions on color variations and scale and five painting illustrations complete this highly successful, highly recommended book.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Gary Greene is a talented coloured-pencil artist, graphic artist and photographer. He's also written a number of art books, including Artist's Photo Reference: Reflections, Textures & Backgrounds, Creating Textures in Colored Pencil, and Painting with Water-Soluble Colored Pencils. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; illustrated edition edition (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891348115
• ISBN-13: 978-0891348115
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #878,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully detailed photos of flowers, leaves & buds, March 8, 1999

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This review is from: Artist's Photo Reference: Flowers (Hardcover)

Gary Green has created a dream book for artists who specialize in flowers. Using many different angles and showing all stages of growth, he has compiled a fabulous reference for those of us who are unable to keep flowers on hand. My only question is, "When will he come out with his next book?"

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, A must-have reference for any flower artist, May 2, 2000

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This review is from: Artist's Photo Reference: Flowers (Hardcover)

If you love to draw or paint flowers you will love this book. It's really nice reference book for those who don't have a garden with dozens of flowers year round to go pick or photograph when they want to create their next masterpiece.

The book contains over 500 clear quality photos. There are about 50 different flowers in all. Each is show in several different perspectives from up close petals, to stems, in large bunches and even inside the flowers.

As a bonus there are five beautiful step-by-step demonstrations on how to draw the flowers as well. The examples include Chrysanthemums in acrylic, Dahlias in pastel, Sunflowers & Orchids in colored pencil & Pansies in watercolor.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tool as a design reference, June 24, 2000

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"zox" (Hong Kong, SAR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Artist's Photo Reference: Flowers (Hardcover)

At first glance, I was disappointed. I expected the photos to be somewhat more artistic. However, after sitting down and read it, the photos are very detailed, and that's why I wanted to order this book in the first place. It contains several photos in a page that shows the different views of a flower: close up of pedals, open & close etc - which I find very useful as a design reference. However, I must say I am not very impressed with the demonstration of the teaching, how to paint or photograph a flower. I think if the author is going to enclose this part in his book, it should be in detail, or else better off just leave it.