Get nose to bloom with one of the most beloved subjects of painters for generations of artists with
Expressive Flower Painting
and master pedals, stems, colors, and more.
It's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint—center, petals, stem, voila!
's exercises have a
loose
,
free
contemporary style
the likes of which you'd see in galleries, in shops, and even on clothing and home design goods. 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.
Lynn Whipple paints wildly and in small to large formats with a
combination of acrylic paint
charcoal
, and
colorful soft pastel
.
presents a range of creative painting exercises that help readers
develop vibrant nature paintings
. This exciting book is an in—depth expansion of Lynn's class called
Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting
, with additional content.
covers
mark making
layering techniques
, how to do "
spin drawings
,"
color methods
painted backgrounds
working from life
how to successfully combine
a wide variety of media for the maximum effect.