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Ready To Paint Series
Fiona Peart
Search Press
7 January 2011 (1 May 2011 in USA)/ ISBN 9781844485468
How-To Books/Painting
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Flowers are
always a popular subject for artists, and if you are a novice painter
who finds the drawing part gets in the way of producing a good painting,
this series is a great help. Each book contains six tracings along
with everything you need to produce some excellent results. Just
add water…
…Also paint, brushes, paper, etc., of course. Even this part
is covered, with each project listing exactly what you need and
a section describing methods to transfer the tracings to paper.
This artist has a delightfully playful approach to painting flowers,
and the result is some truly happy pictures that will cheer up any
home or workplace. Each project introduces new techniques to learn,
making this a great way of practicing watercolor painting, even
for those who do not find drawing a challenge. Choose from poppies,
buddleias, sunflowers, tulips, irises and, when you find you want
to have a go sans the tutorial, a tracing of lilies. Techniques
covered include an exuberant background of splatters, stippling,
water-soluble pen outlines and many more. Each project is incredibly
detailed and virtually fool-proof, consisting of many stages, each
with a small photograph and short caption to show what has been
added and how to do it. This loose, free style of painting captures
beautifully the bright, outdoors appeal of flowers.You can almost
smell the fresh summer air. I like the way the author shows what
a lot of fun painting can be, and this book is sure to produce some
good results and plenty of positive energy towards future unassisted
work.
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