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Painting Watercolor Florals That Glow

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This book is perhaps my favorite watercolor book. Jan Kunz is very clear and informative about color and light, design and technique, and she gives great step by step examples to illustrate how to paint.

I've taken her classes, and the book is almost as good as working with her one on one.

This is one of those books that you read from cover to cover, cause you just can't get enough! After following Jan's instructions on the 40% rule of shadows, my florals now not only glow, but they have taken on a real three dimensional look!!

This book is detailed, well illustrated, well written, and filled with clear instructions for all levels, but even a novice could paint a respectable flower picture in minutes by following the techniques in this book. Intermediate students should be able to paint one that would sell in minutes.

I've owned this book for several years and have gone through all of the exercises at least twice over those years. I am totally puzzled by the other reviewer's rave reviews. Jan's paintings are absolutely gorgeous; in fact, she is my favorite watercolor painter- but don't expect to be able to paint anything like her after studying this book. There are many, many important techniques covered in this book, but the descriptions of how to do the different techniques are completely inadequate. There are only four steps for each demonstrated painting and there is no way you can produce a picture anything like Jan's by following those steps- unless you already know how to do those techiques. And I am an intermediate painter, not a beginner, just so you know. If you want to buy a book with lots of pictures of beautiful flower paintings in it, go for it, but don't expect to become a flower painter from it.

Jan does a supurb job of simplifying a complex painting problem.
What a fine teacher! An excellent book to keep in a painters library.

A very straightforward instruction book which helps one achieve a wonderful glow in florals as well as other subject matter.

I started painting about 5 years ago, and have read a lot of books on how best to paint with watercolours. I regard this as the very best book I have come across so far. It is beautifully presented, with lovely illustrations and gives detailed but easy to follow instructions about shadows, lighting, creating convex and concave curves, curled edges, backgrounds, glazing, and more, with exercises to try. If you love flowers, precision, colour and light this is for you. But even if you don't paint flowers the principles regarding shape, light, shadows etc. remain. This book really does show you how to paint pictures that glow.

The book that I ordered, "Painting Watercolor Florals That Glow" was everything I was looking for. The book was like new! The information inside was extremely helpful. I have read it 4 times already! Not only was I satisfied with the book, but also the price, the shape the book was in when delivered and the quickness of the delivery. I certainly would use Amazon again, and have...with the same results!

For a book about glowing colors, I thought the pictures were quite dull. The book is run of the mill, nothing interesting.