Flowers are always a popular subject for artists, and if you have always wanted to learn the technique to portray them in watercolor, then here is how.

This is quite an exhaustive book for its modest length, and I learned a number of things I would have loved to know when I was a beginner.  Although I will never agree that purchasing artist quality paint instead of student is a good idea for a beginner this is not one of those books that expects you to buy up the art store.  I like the way the author shows you what paint looks like on different types of watercolor paper, and also the section on greens.  Anybody painting plants is going to use more green than any other color, and here is a whole two pages on mixing an assortment of shades, what they look like and the effect they have when used together painting vegetation.  There are also lots of what can be called "tricks of the trade" such as how to use salt to suggest various effects, what masking fluid can do and the mysteries of "negative painting." There are several projects to work through to test out your new skills, each of which shows you how to paint a different shape of flower.  If you want to try your hand at this subject, then I haven’t seen much around that is better than this book, which is 100% useful.

Other new titles in the How To Paint series include ones on using oils, acrylics (also recently reviewed on Myshelf.com) and watercolors. If you cannot find a good range of watercolors locally try SearchPress.com for a list of suppliers.