TY - BOOK AU - O'Connor,Birgit TI - Paint watercolor flowers: A beginner's step-by-step guide SN - 9781440349966 U1 - 751.42 PY - 2018/// CY - Ohio PB - North Light Books KW - Botanical illustration KW - Flowers in art KW - Watercolor painting N2 - Guides you every step of the way, from selecting essential watercolor supplies, to practicing basic painting techniques, to capturing the unique details of a variety of flowers, to showing them off in striking, color-rich compositions. Learn how to paint nine different flowers, with each demonstration covering important concepts you need for successful results. Friendly, easy-to-follow instructions make flower painting fun and doable for any artist, whether you are new to the medium or simply want to try a subject you haven't painted before. Detailed instruction on color, value, creating shadows, composition and more; 3 negative painting demonstrations; 9 start-to-finish flower painting demonstrations exploring topics such as creating backgrounds, layering color, values in white flowers, values in colored flowers and much more ER -