- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: David Porteous Editions; New edition edition (July 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1870586107
- ISBN-13: 978-1870586108
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 689 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,537,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
Each of these three books deals with the complex challenge of painting flowers, but the similarity ends there. An instructor at the Scottsdale Artist's School, Arnett, using the medium of oil, combines flowers with other elements of classical still life painting. The results are truly sumptuous. In seven lessons she demonstrates the soft petals and strong colors of magnolias, African tulips, and cascading roses in combination with lush peaches, pears, and figs. Here's a fine book for advanced students. By contrast, Beck uses acrylics and a purely decorative approach. The book is misnamed, for the flowers aren't rendered realistically but in the formal style decorative artists use for ornamenting plates and baskets. This is a fun and approachable volume for beginning and mid-level craft painters. Riley, teaching a freestyle method in watercolors, offers the finest of the three books. In an extremely well-laid-out manual, Riley provides a kind of master class that teaches as much about how to observe flowers as how to paint them. He covers past masters of the genre, as well as non-Western perspectives. The technical sections on lighting flowers, resist painting, and two-color brushwork are beautifully done. If only one of these three excellent volumes can be purchased, make it Riley's.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
A step-by-step book which demonstrates exactly how the reader can paint flowers in watercolour. The demonstrations are aimed at the aspiring flower painter, even with little or no experience, covering everything from basic materials to advanced techniques.
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A book for beginners!, April 13 2006
By Thomas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Flower Painting (Hardcover)
I agree with the reviews here that this book is for beginners. Why? When I opened this book and saw the paintings inside, I felt as though I were looking at paintings done by someone who had just begun to paint and was taking a brush and just splashing color all over the canvas. Any beginner would be thrilled to learn from this book, because to duplicate what this artist has done would seem quite simple to do. I realize that this is just my opinion of an artist's work. Apparently he is well received and has won many awards. But, I could not even get passed the paintings to get to the text to see if it was actually of any value, because I felt the paintings were so horrid. I don't write many reviews, but this was something for which I felt strongly. I'm so glad I only paid $4 for a used copy.
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Paul Riley Flower Painting, July 5 2002
By D. Healy - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Flower Painting (Hardcover)
Excellent innovative approach to painting flowers in watercolor. Paul Riley departs from the standard format of predictable how to books and speaks of research and investigation, planning and preparation, exactly as he might as a teacher. (He runs successful painting workshops from his studio in Devon.) Flowers are synonymous with color and Riley is a consummate colorist. He uses unusual tools, calligraphy brushes and bamboo pens to achieve his effects. Beautiful color, articulately written.
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Beautiful Book for Beginner and Advanced Alike, Aug 3 2010
By Gayle K. Bodine "cookbook lover" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Flower Painting: How to Paint Free and Vibrant Watercolours (Paperback)
I love art books and have been painting seriously since the '80s. This is the most beautiful book on flower painting I have ever seen. His subtext "How to paint free and vibrant watercolours" is a great description. His use of color, shape, pattern and innovation is remarkable. No stiffness or predictability here. Thanks Paul for something fresh and stunning.
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