A-Z of Flower Portraits: An Illustrated Guide to Painting 40 Beautiful Flowers in Watercolour
Capturing slender stems and fragile flower blossoms, this step-by-step resource updates traditional botanical paintings, adding an elegant, modern flair to flower portraiture. Each of the four project chapters offer insightful case studies, close-up details, and explanations of various styling techniques and finishing methods that give more than 30 flower portraits an organic feel, emphasizing their botanical nature. Arranged in alphabetical order, this comprehensive all-in-one guidebook includes tips for buying the best materials for successful results as well as basic brushstroke and surface techniques — such as wet-into-wet, color blending, lifting out, layering glazes, and dry brushing — that build confidence and motivate aspiring artists.
- Author
- Billy Showell
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Search Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781844484522
- Genres
- art
- Release date
- 2010
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