Drawing and Painting Flowers: Problems and Solutions

Author(s): Trudy Friend

Art Instructional

Highlights common problems and simple solutions to create more effective drawings and paintings. This book covers a wide range of popular flowers including chrysanthemums, foxgloves, dahlias and honeysuckle. The techniques demonstrated are applicable to graphite pencil, coloured and watercolour pencil, watercolour, and pen and wash.

General Information

  • : 9780715324035
  • : David & Charles Publishers
  • : David & Charles Publishers
  • : 0.54
  • : 03 February 2007
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Trudy Friend
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 743.73
  • : 128
  • : 250 colour illustrations

More About The Product

Trudy Friend is the author of the four Problems and Solutions books published by David & Charles, all based on her popular column in Leisure Painter. Trudy is a respected artist and regularly writes for leading UK leisure painting magazines. She currently lives in Monmouthshire, UK.

Introduction; Media and Techniques; Basic Methods; Working from Life; Working from Photographs; Planning and Composition; THEMES; 1 Depicting Detail; 2 Achieving Accuracy; 3 Contrasts; 4 Monochrome and Colour Co-ordinated; 5 Line and Form; 6 Colour; 7 Composition and Arrangement; To See the World Go By; Conclusion; Index.