Tag: Painting Flowers: Floral Art

Water-Soluble Colored Pencil Demo | Gary Greene

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Beth Williams

Gary Greene shares his step-by-step wet-on-dry technique for creating Flower Power (water-soluble colored pencils and wax-based colored pencil on paper, 17¾x24), as seen in the August 2013 issue of Watercolor Artist. Full Article

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Paint Bold Blooms and Blossoms

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Cherie Haas, Online Editor

In celebration of colorful blossoms, today’s newsletter focuses on a unique floral painting by Lyn Diefenbach, of Yeppoon, Australia, third place winner in the Still Life and Floral category in this year’s Pastel 100 competition. Full Article

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Pastel Floral Painting | Lindesay Harkness

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Beth Williams

Pastellist Lindesay Harkness’ floral still lifes and garden scenes look effortlessly beautiful. Her secret? She spent years learning to see the light effect and the value relationships on which it rests. In the June 2013 issue of Pastel Journal, … Full Article

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Paint a Crystal Vase | Step-by-Step from Soon Warren

Posted on April 10, 2013 by NickK

The keys to painting cut crystal in watercolor are a detailed drawing, masking fluid and patient glazing. Full Article

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Painting | How to Use Reflected Light

Posted on March 22, 2013 by NickK

Lovely and elusive, reflected light adds life and dimension to your painting. Full Article

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Floral/Still Life Winners in the 2012 Annual Art Competition

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Cherie Haas, Online Editor

Congratulations to the winners of The Artist’s Magazine’s 29th Annual Art Competition. View the winning paintings of the floral/still life category of this art contest. Full Article

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Oil Painting Techniques | Paint Flowers With Eric Wert

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Christine McHugh, Managing Editor

"Crush" by artist Eric Wert (oil, 24x48)

Learn Eric Wert’s oil painting tips and learn how to paint floral still lifes full of dynamic detail and gorgeous lighting effects. This step-by-step demonstration will take you through the drawing stage, the grisaille, adding the local color, finessing the individual elements and finishing with the tabletop and water droplets. Full Article

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How to Use Water-Soluble Colored Pencils

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Sarah Laichas, Senior Editor

Colored Pencil Explorations by Janie Gildow

Water-soluble colored pencils are a wonderful tool for easy and colorful backgrounds. In this demonstration of a yellow lily, artist Kristy A. Kutch shows us how to combine colored pencil techniques with an old tooth brush and masking film to … Full Article

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Painting Flowers: 5 Step-by-Step Watercolor Techniques

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Kelly Kane, Editor, Watercolor Artist

watercolor techniques for painting pansies

Sharply lit and set against a dark background, Birgit O’Connor’s watercolor flowers are anything but sweet. “I usually don’t paint the garden variety of flowers; I like the unusual. If the flower isn’t sweet, the color can’t be wishy-washy. Follow … Full Article

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Free Watercolor Demo: Discover Shapes Within a Composition

Posted on July 7, 2012 by christinar

Painting Watercolor Flowers That Glow, an encore presentation of North Light artist Jan Kunz’s best-selling book, shares simple step-by-step demonstrations for capturing that celebrated “glow” in watercolor. Kunz explains how composition, color theory and other important elements of painting … Full Article