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Painting Flowers in Watercolor with Louise Jackson (Decorative Painting)

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If you are interested in painting watercolor flowers, and you are beginning or intermediate painter, this book is a must. The instructions are very easy to follow, and the illustrations are beautiful, as will be your painting if you follow the instructions. I looked at at least 6 other books on painting watercolor flowers, but chose this one because of the ease of the instructions. I highly recommend this book. Please note: as a beginner, I am choosy because many art instruction books are simply over my head at this stage. This one is not, but will make you feel like a professional artist. I hope that the author publishes a second book, and makes this a series!

It was sheer luck that I picked up this book. I had finished stenciling all my walls, all the wood in my house and was looking for a way to continue when I picked up this wonderful book. It's perfect for a beginner. I loved it and every painting lesson in it. She's clear, she goes at the reader's pace. This isn't for advanced artists or even hobbyists in watercolor of long standing, but it got me into the wonderful world of watercolor painting, a medium I had never tried. Jackson should write more books and give more advanced lessons. Great book.

As a newbie to the world of painting with watercolors, I was totally amazed with this book. Louise gives step-by-step instructions and projects that fits any skill level, whether beginner or advanced. This is a MUST HAVE for anyone who loves watercolor and flowers.

Besides her obvious talent and teaching ability, Louise Jackson brings a generosity to her book that only someone who is completely secure in her life can do: she has given permission, in the introduction, for her book 'students' to copy the work, sell it, enter it in competitions, as their own. The only thing she asks is that she is mentioned somewhere, as in "after Louise Jackson" under the new artists name. She says judges and purchasers deserve to know that the DESIGN is not original although your rendition is. How is that for sharing? The other thing I noticed is the absence of the word, "I", without which most other artists cannot begin a sentence. I have checked this out of the public library so often they have cut me off. Today I am buying the book from Amazon. Thanks, Louise, for sharing all.

The lessons are super - also gives you templates to
produce the same pictures with help features along the
way

When using this book I found it easy to understand the preliminary sketches and follow them quite easily. The explanations about colors, how to mix them in order to get shades and contrast are superbly explained. The materials used an how to handle them are clear, and "secrets" about which amount of water to use, the techniques of wet over wet and wet on dry are perfectly understandable and easy to follow. once you tested you learned al the "how tos" you can try your own design. Yet, I'd have liked to see more step to step indications if this publication was directed to beginners. This publication is a must for amateur and self-trained watercolorists but not for fresh beginners.