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The Art of Drawing Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables: Simple Approaches to Drawing Natural Forms
by Giovanni Civardi
Giovanni Civardi has built a formidable reputation worldwide for his skills as both an artist and a teacher, and here he provides a unique introduction to the art of still-life drawing focusing on natural forms. The focus of the book is on Giovanni's exquisite drawings of a broad range of flowers, fruit and vegetables, which are accompanied by concise, clearly written explanations of perspective, composition, vegetable anatomy and structure, and light and shade. At the start of the book there is a useful section on the various drawing materials that are available, where to find botanical subjects and how to make careful studies and observation.
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Origami Ikebana: Create Lifelike Paper Flower Arrangements
by Benjamin John Coleman
Demonstrates how to combine the principles of ikebana and origami to create paper flower arrangements, covering such topics as basic paper folding techniques, incremental leaf sizing, and making simple makigami stems.
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The Paper Florist: Create and Display Stunning Paper Flowers
by Suzi McLaughlin
Paper flowers are not only beautiful, but also incredibly versatile. They can be used to create everything from unique centerpieces to decorative one-off bouquets, and be made from the most basic and inexpensive of materials. Suzi McLaughlin's step-by-step tutorials cover all you need to know, including: how to curl petals, score and wire leaves and wrap stems, and show you how to make a beautiful array flowers from a variety of different papers, both bought and found, allowing you to bring new life to old letters, second-hand books, sheet music and discarded
wrapping paper and maps.
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Expressive Flower Painting: Simple Mixed-Media Techniques for Bold, Beautiful Blooms
by Lynn Whipple
Flowers are one of the most common and beloved subjects for artists. And for new artists, it's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! The painting exercises and the process shown in this book have a loose, free, contemporary style. It's not intimidating, and yet the paintings are colorful, immediate, and joyful and speak to the artist's desire to play, be loose, and to create freely. The book will cover mark making, layering techniques, how to do "spin drawings," color methods, painted backgrounds, working from life, and how to successfully combine a wide variety of media for the maximum effect.
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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