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# The Modern Flower Painter: Creating vibrant botanical portraits in watercolour

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Review: A great book for learning Botanical techniques - A lovely book with lots of educational and interesting tips for Anna's techniques. In fact, she is very generous information-wise. I teach watercolour painting as a well known Art College, and I found the ideas innovative and enlarging to my repertoire of the types of projects I can set students. I do love Anna's big flower paintings, they are marvellous in theur own way. However, if you are a watercolourist rather than a botanical watercolourist, do be aware that the techniques of application are limited to a particular method, very controlled and neat. In particular, the method of applying paint, is more like 'drawing' with paint, rather than allowing the free flowing of colour to describe the form, colour is applied in short strokes which are gradually built up. The backgrounds are always white, in keeping with the style of botanical illustration and are rather like photographic iterations of flowers etc. However, I like the apparent simplicity of the technique and the method of applying a dark tone every now and then to allow the eye to see the mid tones.It is skillful. I really love this book, I like Anna and the fact she has presented and marketed her work so well. Just be aware that watercolour can also flow and run to describe form which is equally magical and maybe a bit more expressive. I teach both a tight method and a loose expressive style which is more my own. I find Anna's way is great for those times when you just want to lose yourself in a painting which you build up in layers... kind of mistake proof. However, I do skip on a bit and use stronger and bolder tints much earlier and mix some of the methods in with my own style. Also. I paint from life, rather than photos, I love painting from life and interacting with fruit or flowers, and I only use a photo if I really cannot finish in one sitting. I also paint shadows and backgrounds, I am not convinced that it is always better for a subject to float on white paper, although it does look very stylish and is totally in keeping with the botanical arts.
Review: Excellent book for all levels......... - I have been drawing and painting for quite some time, but could never to grips with watercolour. I have a few books on this topic and this by far the best for me. I like to draw and paint in detail, but I do not have the ability to paint true botanical portraits. This book, however, provides the excellent method used by Anna, which has enabled me to get somewhere near. This book is designed as a stand alone product, or in my case, a visual extra to complete Anna's on-line video tutorials. I can recommend this book to any body interested in producing detailed watercolour paintings. Anna's method, as far as I am concerned, can be applied to many types of topics, ie., birds, butterflies, etc. This book is of an excellent quality production which is easy to follow. Keith

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 678,696 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 296 in Reading & Writing Curriculum Resources |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (798) |
| Dimensions  | 22.23 x 1.47 x 28.73 cm |
| ISBN-10  | 1844488632 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1844488636 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 128 pages |
| Publication date  | 23 April 2014 |
| Publisher  | Search Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book for learning Botanical techniques
*by P***D on 8 June 2018*

A lovely book with lots of educational and interesting tips for Anna's techniques. In fact, she is very generous information-wise. I teach watercolour painting as a well known Art College, and I found the ideas innovative and enlarging to my repertoire of the types of projects I can set students. I do love Anna's big flower paintings, they are marvellous in theur own way. However, if you are a watercolourist rather than a botanical watercolourist, do be aware that the techniques of application are limited to a particular method, very controlled and neat. In particular, the method of applying paint, is more like 'drawing' with paint, rather than allowing the free flowing of colour to describe the form, colour is applied in short strokes which are gradually built up. The backgrounds are always white, in keeping with the style of botanical illustration and are rather like photographic iterations of flowers etc. However, I like the apparent simplicity of the technique and the method of applying a dark tone every now and then to allow the eye to see the mid tones.It is skillful. I really love this book, I like Anna and the fact she has presented and marketed her work so well. Just be aware that watercolour can also flow and run to describe form which is equally magical and maybe a bit more expressive. I teach both a tight method and a loose expressive style which is more my own. I find Anna's way is great for those times when you just want to lose yourself in a painting which you build up in layers... kind of mistake proof. However, I do skip on a bit and use stronger and bolder tints much earlier and mix some of the methods in with my own style. Also. I paint from life, rather than photos, I love painting from life and interacting with fruit or flowers, and I only use a photo if I really cannot finish in one sitting. I also paint shadows and backgrounds, I am not convinced that it is always better for a subject to float on white paper, although it does look very stylish and is totally in keeping with the botanical arts.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book for all levels.........
*by T***N on 6 May 2014*

I have been drawing and painting for quite some time, but could never to grips with watercolour. I have a few books on this topic and this by far the best for me. I like to draw and paint in detail, but I do not have the ability to paint true botanical portraits. This book, however, provides the excellent method used by Anna, which has enabled me to get somewhere near. This book is designed as a stand alone product, or in my case, a visual extra to complete Anna's on-line video tutorials. I can recommend this book to any body interested in producing detailed watercolour paintings. Anna's method, as far as I am concerned, can be applied to many types of topics, ie., birds, butterflies, etc. This book is of an excellent quality production which is easy to follow. Keith

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A hand holding book into botanical painting
*by J***E on 31 May 2014*

A thoughtful laid out book, with very clear step by step instructions. Flower diagrams already drawn out for the reader to copy, to enable you to get down to the joy of painting.Especially useful are the photos of paint consistency. Altogether an easy to follow guide, from materials, to how to take photos, and on to the clear instructions with photos of each stage of building up the painting. A very well thought out guide to botanical painting.

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