For more than 25 years, Arleta Pech has been dazzling the art world with her strikingly realistic watercolor compositions. Now artists can learn to utilize her trademark techniques by following this guide's complete demonstrations for painting irises, magnolias, roses, peonies, apple blossoms, tulips -- even delicate china and lacework.
Starting with the basics, beginners can learn to successfully render transparent petals, luminous colors and a variety of delicate floral shapes. In addition, readers will learn: -- eight step-by-step demonstrations of luxuriant, finished paintings-- shorter step-by-step demonstrations showing how to observe and paint each flower's "living presence"--Glazing techniques for building depth of color and three-dimensional form-- tips on how to find inspiration, develop a composition, create a theme and paint backgrounds.
|
