Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers - Paperback Book - Discover Techniques for Creating Realistic Florals and Plants in Pencil and Watercolor - by Kyehyun Park - 9780760373309 - Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

In Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers, discover how to draw flowers such as cosmos, hibiscus, canola, lily of the valley, hydrangea, foxglove, and more from various angles, and learn about perspective and shading. Once you have the skills to draw a single flower, learn how to draw groupings and wreaths. Mix in leaves and smaller flowers to create a variety of looks.

Then, learn simple techniques to add luscious watercolor, using shading, blending, and gradient techniques for eye-catching results.

Popular artist Kyehyun Park shares her secrets for capturing realistic flower, leaf, and plant shapes. Artists of all levels love drawing and painting nature, and with these techniques they’ll confidently render lifelike botanicals in an array of lovely palettes.

The book also includes:

Ideas and techniques for drawing and painting charming potted plants

Instructions for drawing and painting smaller flowers, buds, and branches

Watercolor techniques showing how to expertly blend colors, use brush strokes and brush pressure to create various shapes, and how to use color to shade and highlight

Warm-up exercises that help develop skills

Simple methods for understanding perspective and composition, making it effortless to draw flowers from different angles