Name: How to Draw 100 Flowers
Brand: Search Press
SKU: 9781800920255
Price: 12.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Description

How to Draw 100 Flowers by Janet Whittle and Penny Brown will encourage and inspire you to build up drawings of flowers from basic shapes to amazing drawings in simple and easy steps.

Everyone loves flowers, and this book is filled with 100 little projects to recreate yourself! Whether you're a fan of the understated beauty of a daisy or prefer the bombastic good looks of a flamingo lily, you are sure to discover a flower in this book that you will find irresistible. You'll be inspired to pick up a pencil and start drawing! This books covers everything from everyday garden flowers like roses and tulips, delicate wildflowers such as primroses and bluebells and a whole range of radiant exotics.

Each of the 100 included projects is broken down into six simple steps that will guide you to completing the final drawing with ease. There are no written instructions, just step by step illustrations building up from simple shapes and strokes to a finished drawing. A coloured illustration of each project is also included. New artists will be amazed at just how quickly they can achieve a detailed, realistic drawing.

This book is ideal for budding artists who are inspired by florals, or even for experienced artists looking for a broad selection of subjects to inspire! Material from this book is taken from Search Press's successful How to Draw series: Flowers, Garden Flowers, Wild Flowers, Exotic Flowers.

112 page paperback. 216x292 mm.

LOOK INSIDE

Table of Contents

Introduction 8
What do you need? 9
How to use this book 10
Flowers 12-111

About the Authors

About Janet Whittle

Janet Whittle is a professional artist and qualified teacher who specializes in flowers and landscapes in watercolour and pastel. She exhibits regularly at the Westminster Galleries in London, and has also shown her work at the prestigious Mall Galleries and other international venues. Greeting cards bearing her work are widely available in Europe and the US and her prints are sold throughout the world. Janet has received awards from the major UK art groups, including the Society of Botanical Artists' Founder President's Honour in 1999, and the St. Cuthberts Mill Award for a picture of outstanding quality in 2001. Also in that year she won The Society of Flower Painters' Award for Excellence for their Jersey Exhibition. Visit her website www.janetwhittle.co.uk.

About Penny Brown

Penny Brown trained and worked as a theatre designer for ten years before an increasing love of painting and drawing led her to illustration. She works in watercolour, graphite and most recently, cut paper collage. She has illustrated many books on craft, textiles, design, natural history and gardening. She exhibits her botanical paintings and drawings with The Society of Botanical Artists in London, Frankfurt and Spain. She has won several awards, including the prestigious President’s Prize at the SBA exhibition in 2015. She is also a member of The South West Society of Botanical Artists and opens her studio regularly for Dorset Art Weeks. She looks forward to continuing her parallel careers in botanical art and illustration. Visit her website www.pennybrownillustrations.com.

Specifications

Loose/Set

Individual

Technique

Drawing

Medium

Drawing

Brand

Search Press

Book Format

Paperback

Author

Janet Whittle

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