Product Description

Ann Blockley is well-known for her attractive paintings of flowers and here she explains all the basic techniques for painting country flowers in watercolour. This practical yet inspirational book is part of the renowned Collins Learn to Paint series. Country flowers are an accessible and endlessly fascinating subject. In this book, Ann Blockley shows you how to capture them in watercolours, teaching the methods and techniques that are needed to paint a variety of flowers. There are many practical and step-by-step demonstrations throughout, with sections on how to create texture and effective backgrounds, making this an essential guide on the subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33583 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

About the Author
Ann Blockley is a popular watercolour artist and teacher. Her paintings can be found in collections throughout the world and she is the author of several books on painting. She also regularly writes for Leisure Painter magazine and has made two painting DVDs.

Customer Reviews

Stunning - I was captivated by the artwork in this book
Both traditional and more innovative watercolour techniques are covered in this beautiful book, ranging from laying a simple wash on a pansy to using interesting texture-making processes to suggest seed heads or ruffled petals. Advice is also given on using gouache and colourful watercolour inks. The step by step demonstrations featuring a wide variety of flowers were very instructive, and the use of a number of different interpretations of similar objects for comparison helped enormously. Absolutely stunning illustrations.

Flower Painting.
Flower Painting is addective! All it needs is practice, getting to grips with colour mixes and the dreaded "Tone". When you find that that this is the mix of darks, mediums and lights the penny drops!!!! When you have sorted that you are away. This book gives you a good head start. Each excersie is better than the last

Ann Blockley - an inspiration!
I love Ann Bloskley's paintings and her books have urged me to try something a bit different in my own paintings.
I bought this book for a friend for her birthday, she said she needed inspiration so this will kick start her creativity!