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Anne Pieper
Search Press
October 2010 / ISBN 1844485285
How-To Books/Drawing
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Flowers are a very popular subject for artwork of
all kinds, and this book shows you how to capture those beautiful
blooms using pencils, pastels, crayons and charcoal.
It’s all in here, from what paper and materials to choose,
practicing using the pencils and pastels, and how to tackle flowers
in particular. Various different shapes of flowers are looked at
in detail, from daisies to tulips, shapes of leaves, and what they
look like from a selection of angles. The flowers chosen are a good
range and include wild flowers such as dandelions, cow parsley and
poppies, as well as garden favorites like gerberas, narcissi and
calla lillies, so you can always find something to draw. I particularly
liked the way all seasons were represented, with cow parsley shown
covered with hoarfrost and looking magical. Whatever time of the
year it is, there is always something to draw without recourse to
lurking indoors looking at old photographs and books. Each flower
is treated as a series of exercises and a drawing project, so you
can get to grips with all aspects of that particular flower. I found
that this was a user-friendly book filled with projects that often
were quite quick to complete, meaning that drawing some good pictures
of flowers could be mastered with a lot less fuss than many other
books.
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