The Encyclopedia Of Flower Painting Techniques

This is a fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to painting beautiful, realistic flowers with professional advice for how to choose and arrange flowers and including tips for keeping them fresh; useful information on how to look at plants and flowers and analyze their shapes and structures. Also includes an inspirational gallery of more than 30 paintings by leading contemporary artists.

Covers techniques for watercolor, pastel, acrylics, pencil, and oil. Structure of different flowers, shapes, leaves, & pods is covered as well as composition and framing techniques.

A comprehensive guide to painting a variety of beautiful flowers with ease & confidence. Covers everything from selecting colors & working with tricky surfaces to creating convincing flowers, leaves, stems, & also designing complex flower arrangements. You'll find the best techniques used by professional flower-painting artists. Step-by-step instructions & full-color photos lead you through such processes as choosing a medium, mixing color, working from photos, arranging flowers, choosing a format, & introducing props & backgrounds into a set-up. An entertaining gallery section features more than 30 flower paintings by leading contemporary artists.

Find out what you can do with oil paints. Make brushwork more expressive and add shadows. Try a full complement of creative techniques. Breathtaking examples of finished paintings, analyzed in detail, guide you through a range of themes, including architecture, figures, and landscapes.

Guide to the basics of pastel drawing and painting techniques

This is a new release of the original 1961 edition.