Flower Painting ... Painting Flowers

Welcome to the world of flower painting. This extensive collection of flower painting books and guides, many at a discount price, is sure to help you learn how to paint flowers to be proud of ...

Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects some with sample pages

All New book of one-stroke painting by Donna Dewberry

Donna's back with fresh new projects featuring her easy and fun one-stroke technique. Designed to ensure success even for the most basic beginner, this guide takes the guesswork out of getting started. Following Donna's clear, close-up photos, readers will quickly learn to master her simple brush loading techniques to create one-stroke flowers, buds, vines, fruits, leaves and more. They will then apply their new skills to 12 fabulous and functional projects. This is the largest and most complete one-stroke painting guide ever. Featuring today's most popular subjects, colours and projects, it has everything crafters and painters are looking for. (Source: Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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All New book of one-stroke painting by Donna Dewberry - (Decorative arts and crafts books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

'As seen on TV'

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Garden Flower Designs by Polly Pinder (Art and craft resources) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

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Samples : look inside or view sample pages from Garden Flower Designs (UK Page)

Garden Flower Designs by Polly Pinder

Borders, frames, patterns and motifs are included in this beautiful book, which offers an abundance of illustrations and ideas.

The specially commissioned collection garden flower designs will inspire anyone wanting to create unique, original work. Here you will find illustrations that can adapted for your own projects, or used directly to decorate paper, textiles, china, glass, metal, wood and more. You can create your own greetings cards, produce personalised posters, or use elements of the designs to create borders and frames. (Source: Publisher UK 6 December 2005)

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Decorative Flower Painting by Ginger Edwards

Refurbish a discarded dresser, transform a tacky table, or give new life to a dingy desk. With a little paint and a bit of floral know-how, you can turn car boot sale cast-offs into unique furnishings to treasure for years to come. Follow basic instructions on selecting supplies, preparing a surface, and painting a variety of floral designs - daisies, roses, pansies, violets, and more - to craft furniture as fresh and delightful as the first blooms of spring. (Source: Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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Decorative Flower Painting by Ginger Edwards (Flower painting for decoration) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

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Botanical Art Techniques by B S King (Watercolour, Pen and Ink painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

Books on painting : Watercolour, pen and ink

Botanical Art Techniques by B S King.

This collection of 19 step-by-step projects will teach the artist simple and effective techniques for creating beautiful floral illustrations using a variety of media. Included are techniques for pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and watercolour with ink, which will enable the artist to create crisp, clean illustrations. These intermediate-level demonstrations will appeal to a wide range of artists, from fine artists who appreciate creating realistic botanical illustrations to decorative painters who wish to include flowers in their designs. (Source: Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

More guides to Botanical painting, drawing and illustration

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Flowers A to Z - more than 50 beautiful blooms you can paint with Donna Dewberry

Donna Dewberry is known for her innovative and easy-to-use one-stroke technique. With Flowers A to Z with Donna Dewberry, devoted fans and beginner painters alike will learn to create gorgeous garden flowers and wildflowers. Taking the reader through every stage, this book teaches: Dewberry's basic one-stroke technique, using materials available at any craft store; Tips on painting flower petals and leaves, vines, foliage and filler flowers; How to create beautiful floral compositions in a wide range of stunning colours; In addition, readers receive over 50 exquisite flower painting projects complete with step-by-step photos and simple directions that provide dazzling results every time. (Source: Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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Flowers A to Z - more than 50 beautiful blooms you can paint with Donna Dewberry (Flower painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

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Color Your Own Great Flower Paintings (Coloring books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

Color Your Own Great Flower Paintings (Coloring books)

Coloring books - flowers

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Color Your Own Great Flower Paintings

Art lovers, colourists and flower enthusiasts will delight in adding their own hues to these 30 floral masterpieces by Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and other celebrated artists. The actual paintings are all shown in colour on the covers. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

Note: I think you only get one picture, and probably that will be at random...

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Lush and Lively Flowers You Can Paint by Sharon Hamilton, MDA

One of the frustrations voiced by decorative painters regarding their beloved acrylic paints is the difficulty in achieving a realistic, true-to-life look to flowers, leaves and foliage. In this book Sharon Hamilton shows how to achieve the natural, lively look decorative painters desire with a two-stage approach that is not difficult to learn. She shows painters how to take their paintings a step further by adding oil glazes to build up the highlights, deepen the darker areas, and add warm or cool tones to areas of leaves and petals. 10 complete step-by-step demos cover eleven flowers, including tulips, morning glories, daffodils and Fuscia. They'll learn how to add an increadible softness, luminosity of colour and realism to every flower they paint. Even beginner painters will find her step-by-step demonstrations easy to follow, teaching them valuable skills they can put to use in future painting projects. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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Lush and Lively Flowers You Can Paint by Sharon Hamilton, MDA Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

"Includes 10 step by step projects"

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Samples : look inside or view sample pages from Lush and Lively Flowers You Can Paint (US Page)

Painting Gilded Florals and Fruits by Rebecca Baer, CDA (Flower painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

13 Step by Step projects in acrylic with gilding techniques Frontcover

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Samples : look inside or view sample pages from Painting Gilded Florals and Fruits (US Page)

Painting Gilded Florals and Fruits by Rebecca Baer, CDA

In this book, realistic flowers and fruit are distinguished from all other flower painting books by the author's use of gold, silver and other leafing colours to provide rich, lustrous accents to each project. Readers will not only learn how to paint a variety of flowers, fruits and berries - including roses, magnolias, poinsettias, apples, plums, blueberries and cherries - but also how to enhance their paintings with the beauty and brilliance of gold or silver trim for heirloom quality work. Once readers have learned the technique, the book then presents ten step-by-step projects ranging from beginner to advanced, featuring florals and fruits in designs that use leafing or other metallic paint in some way. Readers will be left with realistic looking flowers, fruits and berries that harmonise and enhance their paintings. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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Flowers in Pastel - learn how to create beautiful paintings by Margaret Evans

Pastels are ideal for capturing the vibrancy and wonderful richness of many different flowers. Margaret Evans shows how to blend and work with pastels, using their soft velvety tones and subtle changes of colour to reflect the beauty of flowers in the landscape, in gardens and in still life studies. Both drawing and painting techniques can be applied, creating stunning effects with light, shade, varied textures and detail. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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Flowers in Pastel - learn how to create beautiful paintings by Margaret Evans (Flower painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

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Samples : look inside or view sample pages from Flowers in Pastel (UK Page)

Painting Flowers A to Z by Sherry C. Nelson, MDA (Flower painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

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Samples : look inside or view sample pages from Painting Flowers A to Z (US Page)

Painting Flowers A to Z by Sherry C. Nelson, MDA

Learn to capture vivid colours and delicate intricacies of all kinds of flowers with easy to follow painting techniques. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

Contents include:

Materials, techniques, painting basics, flower basics, flower techniques ...

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Flowers in Watercolour - Workshop by Hazel Soan

The aim of this book is to inspire amateur artists to create beautiful flower paintings in watercolour by developing their own style right from the start. With this in mind, the book contains plenty of instruction on essential watercolour techniques and methods, and includes the following key features:

projects - practical projects, with a system of self-assessment to monitor progress;

demonstrations - developing a painting step-by-step;

exercises - additional exercises to put theory into practice;

ideas - flowers with still life, in garden settings, close-up compositions, flowers in the landscape, flower portraits and studies;

and inspiration - a wide selection of flower paintings to show different styles and techniques.

The book features paintings by the author and a number of other well-known contemporary artists, including John Lidzey, Shirley Trevena and Ann Blockley. It adopts a "workshop" approach, with practical projects, exercises and step-by-step demos. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

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Flowers in Watercolour - Workshop by Hazel Soan (Flower painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

A practical course in flower painting to develop skills and confidence Frontcover

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Painting Blooms and Blossoms in acrylics by Judy Diephouse and Lynne Deptula (Flower painting books) Books on how to paint flowers and related subjects

Featuring 10 beautiful step-by-step projects in acrylics Frontcover

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Samples : look inside or view sample pages from Painting Blooms and Blossoms (US Page)

Painting Blooms and Blossoms in acrylics by Judy Diephouse and Lynne Deptula

The authors teach a combination of brushstrokework and painting that produces very realistic and fresh-looking fruits and flowers. Once learned, readers can use the technique to decorate virtually any object they desire. (Source Amazon UK 6 December 2005)

Contents include ...

Materials and supplies

Techniques

Projects : folk art flowers birdhouse; asters on basket lid; flowering herbs on a plate; apple blossom time; pansies and ribbons dresser box; poinsettia bowl; lilacs and tulips box; fruit samples; fruit recipe box; floral sampler floorcloth ...

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