Product Description

This highly inspirational yet practical guide to flower painting provides a unique opportunity to discover the approaches and techniques used by acclaimed artist Julie Collins in her strikingly beautiful, contemporary work. Julie guides the reader through the materials she uses as well as her colour mixing and compositional techniques, giving a unique insight into the workings behind her creative process. She then explores in detail the techniques she uses to put her ideas down on paper with such success - clear explanation is accompanied throughout by step demonstrations, exercises and a stunning collection of finished artworks. She then moves on to explore advanced techniques such as painting abstracts and white flowers, as well as a rare insight into vellum work and the incredible levels of detail this can produce.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #115312 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Leisure Painter, July, 2005
Julie's lovely colourful, light-filled, flower paintings sing off the spacious white pages, complemented by a delicate type font.

Leisure Painter, July, 2005
Julie's enjoyment of colour is evident and inspiring

About the Author
Julie Collins has a degree in Fine Art from the University of Reading. She teaches techniques in classes and writes regularly for The Artist magazine. She has had her work displayed at international exhibitions including the Society of Botanical Artists, London. She lives in Farnham, Surrey.

Customer Reviews

Flower Painters...Take note!
There are many books in the "flower painting" league, and this one is in the Premier Division. Very well laid out, with clear
concise instructions, easy to follow diagrams, and exercises for detailed work. It also has some very interesting project work to test your skill. Hardback,beautifully illustrated all through and printed on top quality paper, this must be included
in any "flower painting" library.

A New Perspective on Painting Flowers
When I received this book I was immediately stimulated and excited by this new (to me) approach to flower painting. I have painted flowers for many years and am used to a more traditionally disciplined style of botanical painting. Julie Collins shows in this book a very challenging method of achieving wonderfull pictures in a very wet and loose style. I found the freedom of allowing colour to flow into water and producing its own effects exhilarating to say the least! Some plants are more suitable for this method than others and now I find myself looking at my subject in a completely different way to decide which way I shall paint to show the character of the plant. Thank you Julie Collins, your book is definately a 'must' for any enthusiastic flower painter.

Painting Flowers with Impact: A wonderful book
This is an incredible book, inspirational, liberating and a joy to read and work through. I highly recommend it and refer to it for other subject too. It is worth the purchase just to see the beautiful work on vellum. Everyone could gain something from this book.