Expressive Flower Painting

Get nose to bloom with one of the most beloved subjects of painters for generations of artists withExpressive Flower Paintingand master pedals, stems, colors, and more. Its almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila!Expressive Flower Paintingsexercises have a loose, free, contemporarystyle the likes of which youd seein galleries, in shops, and even on clothing and home design goods. Its not intimidating, and yet the paintings are colorful, immediate, and joyful and speak to the artists 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.Expressive Flower Painting presents a range of creative painting exercises that help readers develop vibrant nature paintings. This exciting book is an in-depth expansion of Lynns class called Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting, with additional content.Expressive Flower Painting covers 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.