Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone. 
Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again. 
What you'll learn from this book ... 
• Specific brushes, colors, and techniques for creating delicate floral paintings 
• Tips on mixing the exact colors needed for each painting 
• Key considerations for painting roses, such as the size and shape of each flower, and tonal values 
• Various ways to set up a still life and create interest for your paintings 
• How to render cloth, water, and glass surfaces, and the effects of different light sources 
• Achieving delicacy, balance, and variety in floral compositions

Roses and Other Flowers (How to Draw and Paint series #130)

Arts & Photography

Ades, Lola

Drawing

Walter Foster Pub.

Painter Lola Ades invites you into her artistic world and shows you how to re-create an array of beautiful flowers—everything from a simple pitcher of pansies to an elegant spray of roses. In this step-by-step guide, she explains not only a number of acrylic painting techniques (including those for creating special effects) but also her own method of developing a painting from start to finish, which will help you use acrylic to its fullest potential. As you follow along, you will discover how to create various moods and establish points of interest in your paintings. You'll also find a wealth of beautiful floral paintings to both copy and admire.

Flowers

History & Criticism

Walter Foster Publishing

Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone. 
Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.

Small Paintings That Sell (How to Draw and Paint series #201)

Painting

In this lovely book of flower paintings, Lola Ades invites you into her artistic world and shows you how to re-create an array of beautiful floral bouquetsùfrom a simple grouping to more traditional, formal arrangements. Inside, she demonstrates her own method of developing a painting from start to finish, helping you discover how to use the oil medium to its fullest YouÆll find a simple step-by-step process for painting floral bouquets, and as you follow each demonstration from initial sketch to final touches, youÆll not only discover a number of essential oil painting techniques but also ways of creating special effects in oil. Best of all, you will find a wealth of beautiful flowers to copy and admire!

Oil Floral Bouquets (How to Draw and Paint/Art Instruction Program)

Foster, Walter

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Books by Ades, Lola

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Roses and Other Flowers (How to Draw and Paint series #130)

Flowers

Small Paintings That Sell (How to Draw and Paint series #201)

Oil Floral Bouquets (How to Draw and Paint/Art Instruction Program)