Practice flower painting at your leisure, without worrying about seasonal availability, changing light, or your subject altering in appearance as buds open or fade. This beautiful collection of 60 flower images by professional nature photographers teaches you how to turn a floral photograph into a watercolor masterpiece. Along with the photographs, you'll find: Step-by-step painting demonstrations with tips on special techniques and working methods, palette choices, and color-mixing A variety of techniques that are clearly explained, from laying washes to methods of salt granulation and wax resist Advice on bringing detail and vitality to your flower paintings A handy hidden-wiro format that shows the photo on one side of the spread and step-by-step instructions on the facing page, eliminating the need to turn a page as you paint No matter your level of expertise, How to Paint Watercolor Flowers will provide you with countless hours of fun.
Authors
Robin Berry
Additional Info
- Release Date: 2010-09-30
- Publisher: Readers Digest
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781606521687