Flowers in the Landscape (Hardcover)

by Jill Bays (Author) "We will start in small ways, by enlarging your memory and your techniques..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
While most books on flower painting approach the subject as still life, this one places flowers in the larger context of landscape. The season, climate, light, mood, and perspective of landscape make flower painting infinitely more variable and complex. Bays, a successful painter, illustrator, and teacher in England, paints lilies in a home garden, wild roses in a hedgerow, and flowers along rivers and at the seashore. Her book is an example of another trend in art publishing, the appropriation of British publications for the American market. The quality of such books is generally excellent but, as in this case, the landscape, architecture, and gardens are decidedly British: Virginia creeper draping over a New England stone wall isn't part of the picture. Nevertheless, this is a fine book, written in fluid, readable style.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
This work combines the popular areas of flower and landscape painting. Flowers can be the focus of a painting or merely one of the elements. Either way, they add drama and colour and can lift an ordinary landscape to a higher level. The book covers all the basic techniques an artist needs to learn, together with how to paint the colour of flowers accurately. It encourages artists to develop their ability to compose a picure successfully, and offers suggestions for expanding personal creativity. Season, climate and mood are all discussed, and their is a section on personal organization - which materials to choose and how to prepare for an outdoor trip.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles UK (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715302671
• ISBN-13: 978-0715302675
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,310,313 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally... good GREENS!, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

This book has been a godsend. I have been trying for some time to paint good solid greens in three values. Jill's book has given me the colors that WORK. Now I can mix light, medium or dark greens as I need! This book is great for those wanting to start painting from real life, whether it be from a still life in your studio, your garden in your backyard, or on top of a hill overlooking a vista. Good plein air techniques including design and compostion and how to BEGIN. This is not just a book on painting flowers.