Flowers & Nature (Drawing in Color) [Paperback]

Lee Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Series: Drawing in Color | Publication Date: December 2000

Glorious color, realistic style, appealing subject matter and clear step-by-step instruction makes these books a great place for colored pencil artists to start. Hammond offers her encouraging "You Can Do It" techniques and demonstrations for brilliant and realistic results.

Lee's trademark techniques reveal how to create brilliant, realistic fruits and flowers, bees and butterflies. Color mixing, shading and creating hard and soft edges with different colored pencils are all covered.

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About the Author

Lee Hammond is the author of six Discover Drawing titles, How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs, and How to Draw Portraits in Colored Pencils from Photographs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581800371
• ISBN-13: 978-1581800371
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #846,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Colored Pencil
  • #68 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Specific Objects

More About the Author

A professional artist and art instructor for more than twenty years, Lee has authored seventeen North Light books. She owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Also a certified police composite artist in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked with “America’s Most Wanted.” A contributing writer for The Artist’s Magazine, she is also licensed with many of NASCAR’s racing teams to produce art. Her work is seen online at www.leehammond.com.

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, March 7, 2003

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This review is from: Flowers & Nature (Drawing in Color) (Paperback)

I was a little disappointed in this book, because it says Flowers and Nature, and shows a beautiful flower on the front cover, but she doesn't show you how to do anything that nice. Also all of her examples look unfinished and unrealistic. Her trees are the worst, but she does great bark, but she doesn't show you, she just tells you how to do it.
I have a lot of respect for Lee Hammond, as I think she is very talented. I have her drawing horses book and I think it's wonderful.
The only thing I like about this book is the tips in the front of the book.
Also, I don't consider an artichoke and peppers to be nature. Also she just shows you the butterfly that's on the front cover, the same as she does the beautiful flower, she doesn't show you how to accomplish them. She does do one pretty rose with Col-erase pencils.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flowers & Nature by Lee Hammond, December 24, 2000

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Sandra K. Wilkins (Lago Vista, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flowers & Nature (Drawing in Color) (Paperback)

I love Lee Hammond's drawing books and this one is no exception. Though small in stature, it's big in areas of helpful information and beautiful photos! Also, the Drawing in Color series have step by step demos which are exceptionly helpful in deciding what materials to use for your drawing! I own all of Lee's books and can't wait for more!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid results from colored pencils, March 24, 2002

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"soianyhc" (Huntington Beach, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flowers & Nature (Drawing in Color) (Paperback)

Lee Hammond presents great tools and ideas for those that tend to have a tightness in nature to their drawing. Her realist ways with a pencil are always remarkable to me. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to learn about applying color to achieve realistic results.