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Author
Publisher
Landauer Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for the embroidery novice, embroidering plants and flowers for beginners is a comprehensive guide to learning some of the most important artistic forms: plants and flowers. Mastering these techniques will help you navigate more advanced embroidery. The book begins with sections on equipment and materials, transferring patterns, setting up the frame, and understanding project keys. It continues with a complete guide to 14 different types of...
Author
Publisher
Ilex
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Create beautiful botanical artworks, engage with the natural world around you, and take pleasure in the changing seasons with A Year of Watercolour. Award-winning and bestselling artist and tutor Harriet de Winton takes you through more than 30 step-by-step botanical paintings that span the seasons. Learn to paint cherry blossoms and lambs in the spring, honeybees and wildflowers for summer, oak leaves and harvest mice in autumn, and pine trees and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by lush garden flowers here are 25 gorgeous knitted garments and accessories from top Rowan designer Martin Storey. The projects offer a mix of designs, some with applied flowers and others with floral designs knitted into them, others with the designs embroidered on top. The wearables range from sweaters, boleros and shrugs to scarves, bags, and berets. There is also a small bouquet of delightful home accessory projects, like cushions and...
Author
Publisher
North Light Books
Pub. Date
â„—â™1998
Language
English
Description
"This book is for every flower painter who has ever wasted hours searching through books and magazines for good reference photos ... only to be disappointed that the photos you do find are out of focus, poorly lit or lack important detail." "Artist Gary Greene knows the frustration. That's why Gary - also a professional photographer - created this book. It contains 500+ reference photos of flowers, all taken with the special needs of the artist in...
Author
Publisher
Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration is a guide for contemporary artists aspiring to master shape, color, and texture and render beautiful, realistic, and vibrant botanical artwork! An expert botanical artist educates you about the tools and materials traditionally used in botanical illustration, including pencils, colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, and pastels. This thorough yet easily digestible guide includes overviews of key illustration...
Author
Series
Design library volume 6
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"... original collection of 100 art nouveau flowers specially commissioned for all artists and crafters to use in their own projects... roses, poppies, lilies, sunflowers, daffodils, and many more wild, exotic and garden flowers"--From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Racehorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"New painters wanted! No experience necessary! With Lin Wellford's instruction, thousands have discovered the thrill of turning rocks into works of art. 'Rock Painting Flowers, Cottages, Houses, and Towns' offers a variety of easy projects designed to introduce basic painting techniques yet still appeal to seasoned painters. With tips on proper proportion and perspective, these projects will brighten any home or garden. Grab a brush, find a stone,...
Author
Publisher
Watson-Guptill
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Author of Everyday Watercolor and Instagram darling Jenna Rainey presents a beautiful step-by-step guide to painting botanicals from lilies to daffodils in a wide variety of styles. Artist Jenna Rainey shares easy-to-follow ways to paint a wide range of botanicals, all in her fresh, modern style that appeals to the next generation of watercolor artists and creatives, from beginners to hobbyists. With gorgeously illustrated instructions for both loose...
Author
Language
English
Description
Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop from a geranium. In a flash of inspiration, she picked up her scissors and cut out a paper replica of the petal, inventing the art of collage. It was the summer of 1772, in England. During the next ten years she completed nearly a thousand cut-paper botanicals (which she called mosaicks) so accurate that botanists still refer to them. Poet-biographer Molly Peacock uses close-ups of...
Series
Publisher
Walter Foster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring in-depth instruction on basic drawing techniques, creating texture, developing likeness, and more, Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects teaches beginning artists how to create realistic, detailed drawings in graphite pencil. After an introduction to basic materials and pencil techniques, artists Diane Cardaci, Nolon Stacey, Linda Weil, and Diane Wright offer insight, tips, and drawing demonstrations to help create detailed, lifelike...