This book gives you everything you need to begin creating your own unique and detailed renderings: basic decorative painting techniques demonstrated step by step; the basics of composition, value and color; and lots of hints for making your flowers look "real." The step-by-step mini-demonstrations show you how to paint leaves, stems, tendrils, dew drops and other details.
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Each of these three books deals with the complex challenge of painting flowers, but the similarity ends there. An instructor at the Scottsdale Artist's School, Arnett, using the medium of oil, combines flowers with other elements of classical still life painting. The results are truly sumptuous. In seven lessons she demonstrates the soft petals and strong colors of magnolias, African tulips, and cascading roses in combination with lush peaches, pears, and figs. Here's a fine book for advanced students. By contrast, Beck uses acrylics and a purely decorative approach. The book is misnamed, for the flowers aren't rendered realistically but in the formal style decorative artists use for ornamenting plates and baskets. This is a fun and approachable volume for beginning and mid-level craft painters. Riley, teaching a freestyle method in watercolors, offers the finest of the three books. In an extremely well-laid-out manual, Riley provides a kind of master class that teaches as much about how to observe flowers as how to paint them. He covers past masters of the genre, as well as non-Western perspectives. The technical sections on lighting flowers, resist painting, and two-color brushwork are beautifully done. If only one of these three excellent volumes can be purchased, make it Riley's.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Excellent for any level artist.,
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This review is from: Painting Realistic Flowers in Acrylic (Decorative Painting) (Paperback)
From basic supplies to color theory and painting techniques this book has it all in an easy-to-understand narrative and demonstrates every step in wonderful full-color photographs. I borrowed this book and loved it so much I had to order a copy for my own.
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Not for those with a shorter attention span.,
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If you are wanting to jump right in and paint a flower this isn't the book for you. It is very thorough, very well written and very detailed. However as a beginner I think it sort of overwhelmed me. I am just wanting to learn painting and have ordered several books on painting flowers. This one arrived first. I am sure that it will be a book I consult frequently in the future if I decide that I really do like painting as a hobby. If you already know basic decorative painting I believe this book would be a fantastic addition to your library, as the author covers values, shadows, shapes, and other topics that will make your floral paintings really come to life.
For the beginner, she does cover exactly which brushes and supplies she uses, which I am hoping will be helpful soon. If you are like me, and are a more "visual" learner, and want things broken down into simple steps and precise directions you might want to look elsewhere for an instructional guide. This review doesn't intend to take anything away from the author though, she is an excellent writer and an incredible artist. Hopefully one day in the not too distant future I will read this book again to improve my painting technique.
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This book is very informative for those interested in painting flowers. It gives the basics and the painting steps in easy to understand format.
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