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| Elisabeth Harden | | Hardcover:
| 64 pages | | Publisher:
| Booksales | | Publication Date:
| 1996-06 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0785805788 | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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 Useful Field Reference for Watercolor ArtistJan 07, 2008
This is the companion to Adelene Fletcher's similarly titled book.
This book is a nice reference to carry in the field. The illustrations are simple 1, 2, 3 step that remove the mystery from complex flowers. I would prefer a bit more detail but all in all this is a nice book and useful. Due note the recently issued Watercolor Flower Artists Bible actually combines both books and is a retitled retread edited by Claire Brown.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Flower Painters Pocket PaletteJul 08, 2006
Information on color useful but the artist's work is not very inspiring.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Best Flower Book for Watercolor on the marketSep 20, 2005
I have been painting in watercolor for over 15 years & this is the best guide for painting small flowers on the market.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Handy pocket reference for floral watercolor paintersOct 02, 2004
This book didn't blow my socks off, but I can see its merits. This is a slim, short volume, listing flowers page by page. Each flower is analyzed as to its shape (cup, bowl, ray, spike, or ball) and suggestions for approaching each flower are given.
The palette selections are good--but I like to see palettes for individual paintings. While the author does mention in the text which colors were used, for me, a swatch panel on the side is a helpful tool when doing au plein work. Some less-commonly painted flowers are included; mullein (a spikey wildflower used in herbcraft,) potentilla, which is a flowering shrub with tiny yellow or white blossoms. Red-hot pokers, foxgloves and bottle-brushes are included--things you'd find out in a garden along with the more common pansies and petunias.
For the price, this book is a very good buy--and a useful one, at that. If you are outdoors, it fits into your kit easily and provides on-the-spot advice.
27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
Great results for a beginnerJan 07, 2002
So many painting books cover too much from one step to the next. For example, they say "And then add the finishing touches" and the picture goes from murky (the type I typically paint) to beautiful. Okay, so obviously great pictures result from knowing what to do at the end, but what was that precisely?
This delightful little book keeps its focus on something small enough to properly explain, one flower at a time. My first attempts to follow the examples resulted in flowers I couldn't believe I had just painted. The small successful efforts I make guided by this book makes me believe I can someday paint the way I want to. Even those who aren't particularly interested in painting flowers will learn how to get paint to look a certain way on the paper. A fabulous book for the beginner.
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