The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour

if you have ever wanted to do fine watercoloring of flowers this is a book for you. I have always wanted to do this. I never had the skill. this delightful woman is so encouraging and a wonderful teacher (she gives wonderful advice on how to choose your paper and tools) i'm going into this slowly. I had started to do some watercoloring for a few years. I had started to improve, but it was a "hot mess" a lot of the time. it turns out, your paper and brushes and watercolors all make a huge difference in getting success. there are many styles of painting and this is just one of them. I have had very little training (except some online card classes and watching really good you tube videos - Sandy Allnock, Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, Debbie Hughes, Kathy Racoosin are some of my favorites (they are cardmakers, but you can use their techniques for other kinds of painting) Have fun and enjoy!

Outstanding book. Mom loved it.

Anna Mason does A wonderful job given you step-by-step instructions and making you feel confident when working with watercolors.. I liked her class on craftsy. I ordered the book and I ordered the DVD. I will be signing up when she has more classes. She is very talanted and does a wonderful job teaching....I’m not finished with the class or the painting as you can see ... thank you thank you thank you

The book is really detailed and covers all the different phases of painting. The illustrations are amazing. It will be a huge help to improve. Great work!

I like Anna's painting style although mine is a bit different. I wish she had included the photographs of the projects in the book, although you can find some on her website if you join for the tutorials. You might not need the book if you joined as a member, but I ordered it before I joined. It is still a very nice reference book if you are interested in botanical painting. I actually discovered Anna from a Craftsy class. I have painted in oils forever but avoided watercolor due to it's unpredictability. I never felt I could control it. Between Anna's style and Billy Showell, I have learned how to use this medium and it is becoming a favorite. Oils are fun but take forever to dry. As an impatient person, I get immediate gratification using the glazing method with watercolor. For anyone who is a beginner my best advice is buy professional grade watercolors, decent synthetic brushes and good paper.

This is one talented and inspiring painter. I have struggled for years to learn to paint beautiful botanicals and this book really helped! Get the right paper, clean colors, and excellent brushes, and you will be on your way to making beautiful inspiring paintings! I just sold my first original botanical this week! Thanks Ms Anna Mason for your gift to us.

The book is very well written and there are many examples explaining techniques. I totally agree with the author when explaining tonal values and many artists will tell you to make your images into grayscales so tonal values can be observed. That is, if you're painting from photographs. A lot of botanical painters will tell a student to paint from life so that observation skills mature. The author's palette is quite large (22 colors) and those who like painting with a limited palette should really have no problems mixing greens, browns, or grays. A lot of the steps are needless, but may be good for beginners, however I suppose it depends on the person and how quickly they want a finished painting......also being careful not to overwork the paper. The author does not supply a photograph of each flower in the projects which limits not only creativity but individual perception. In other words, one must paint the way the author paints the flower. All the reader has is the grayscale image of the painting to start with, the instructions, and the finished painted image at the end. There are supplied drawings of the project flowers for the reader in the back pages of the book so they can be easily transferred onto the watercolor paper. I disagree with this part and I don't understand it. So now, the reader is reduced to painting by the numbers? In my opinion, I think that a serious student of botanical art should learn to draw and produce his or her own renderings. To paint from photographs is indeed limited.....sometimes colors are a bit off, even with today's digital cameras. Painting from life can also be a pain, but it teaches you to observe things that you may miss in a photograph. When all is said and done, students will develop their own methods after a lot of practice, which is key.

I have this book in hardback and love it. Its a very good book. However the kindle version has chunks of text that are jumbled up. The lovely and useful illustrations are also messed up, rendering this kindle edition uselrss. The print edition is wonderful.

... und auch in der Druckversion ein Augenschmauß :-) Anna Masons Bilder sind unverwechselbar- Blumen, Früchte auf weißem Grund und ab und an auch ein Tier mit knalligen Farben und lebendigen Pinselstrichen. Das Spielerische daran entsteht bei ihr vor allem durch eine gute, ausgewogene Technik und nicht durch minutiös, perfekt ausgeführte Striche. Was dazu nötig ist, präsentiert sie detailliert in diesem Buch. Auch für Anfänger geeignet. Besonders gelungen: extrem große Bilder geben jedes Detail preis, viele erklärende Bilder, detaillierte Step-by-Step Demonstrationen, genaue Wiedergabe der Farben (!). Für die Demos gibt es passende Umriss-vorlagen zum nachmalen, aber keine Fotos. Im Idealfall sollten eigene Fotos/ Pflanzen verwendet werden. Das Kindle-Ebook ist in Form doppelseitiger Bilder, d.h. es ist keine Textauswahl möglich und es können auch keine Einzelseiten angezeigt werden. Dafür kann alles vergrößert werden, Notizen und Markierungen (Rahmen) sind möglich & es ist sehr schön gestaltet. Wer noch einfachere florale Übungen sucht: Adelene Fletcher - Blumenaquarelle Ähnliches Niveau, aber kontrollierterer Pinselstrich: Billy Showell (sämtliche Bücher sehr gelungen) Besonders malerisch: Susan Harrison-Tustain "Glorious Garden Flowers"

Bom livro de aquarela artística botânica com desenhos das flores em movimento.

This book is great if someone is looking to make realistic flowers. I saw Anna's free youtube videos online and went for her book. I wanted to paint realistically in watercolour (which is v.hard) and this book helped me to achieve it mostly flowers-pink rose, clemantis,viola,cosmos,tulips,oriental poppy and dahlia with her detailed instructions.My painting has improved by following her method. However, leaves, dew-drops, stems are not discussed in this book..Her style is not fluid, but is perfect for building textures.

Excellent read. Easy guidance and beautiful images. Two thumbs up!

Rien à dire : envoi dans les temps et réception parfaite . Livre impeccable .