The instruction in this book makes it fun and easy to create beautiful watercolor daisies, hydrangeas, roses, lilies, poppies…all your favorite blooms! You'll find everything you need to get painting right away—from basic exercises in color choice and composition to techniques for painting leaves, backgrounds, arrangements and outdoor scenes. It's all explained in simple language with hands-on exercises, easy-to-follow demonstrations and step-by-step projects!

About the Author
Sharon Hinckley has had numerous one-woman shows and is represented in many private and corporate collections. Her work is featured in Splash 3 and The Best of Floral Painting. Sharon always prefers to work from life. She was commissioned by the U.S. Post Office to design the program cover for the first-day-issue of the "Fall Garden Flowers" series of stamps. She lives in La Jolla, California, with her husband.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

BASIC MATERIALS
Colors
Brushes
Setting Up
Easy Tips for Better Paintings

LEAVES AND BACKGROUNDS
Mixing Greens
Leaf Soup
Basic Leaf Shapes
Backgrounds
Leaf-Painting Exercises

INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS
Radiating Flowers
Puffy Flowers
Tropical Flowers
Popular Garden Flowers

PAINTING FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
Two Carnations in a Bottle I
Two Carnations in a Bottle II
Miniature Bouquet in a Blue Vase
Ikebana
Be My Valentine

PAINTING OUTDOORS
Bird-of-Paradise
Golden Lilies
Cyclamen
Calla Lilies
Garden Scene

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