Vibrant Flower Painting (Paint Pastel) [Hardcover]

Frances Treanor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1995 | Series: Paint Pastel

Frances Treanor, who is best known for her paintings of flowers in pastels, sets out to demonstrate how vibrant images of flowers can be achieved with maximum speed and minimum fuss, and that the colour and texture range of pastel is as varied as that of the flowers themselves. Intended for all levels of artistic ability, the book encourages an approach based on personal response and interpretation. Whatever an artist's style, Treanor's structured approach to the basics of pastel drawing and painting techniques, colour, and flower pattern and decoration, offers a framework on which to build.

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These fine books from the same series are each written from an entirely different point of view. Aggett celebrates light as a means of painting in a truer relationship to nature, while Treanor uses pastels as a means of personal artistic expression. Aggett, a full-time painter and the author of Pastel Techniques (Crowood, 1993), believes a painting should be located firmly in a time and place. Thus, light and its effects on color and tone are paramount. When most people think of depicting light, watercolor is what comes to mind, but Aggett enjoys the immediacy and versatility of pastel. The proof is in his stunning illustrations, which fully prove the medium's ability to handle any lighting situation beautifully. In this highly recommended book, he depicts the same scene under differing conditions and even paints a Mediterranean scene in "English" light and English scene in "Mediterranean" light to illustrate a point. While Van Gogh might have been bored with Aggett's approach, he would be pleased with Treanor's vivid, sometimes nightmarish portraits of flowers. What they lack in sense of place or naturalistic light, they more than make up for in pure inspiration. Recommended for advanced collections.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles UK (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715302477
• ISBN-13: 978-0715302477
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,313,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Vibrant Flower Painting (Paint Pastel) (Hardcover)

I have a fine art degree, and have done some graduate level work, so believe me when I say that I enjoy this womans work as much as I enjoyed seeing some of the great art in Europe and New York. The colors and textures are as vibrant and alive as Van Gogh. She really helped me see the potential of pastel in a way I would not have.