Painting Flowers – a creative approach || Siȃn Dudley

This is not a book about painting flowers. I think it’s best to clear that up at the outset. What I mean is that it isn’t about how to paint botanical illustrations or flower portraits. If the details aren’t exactly correct, every stamen in place or the species immediately available for identification purposes, that’s fine. This is what the creative approach of the subtitle is.

What we do have is a book about creating stunning images using flowers as the main subject, but as a jumping-off point. What the non-specialist sees is shapes, colours and hues. Names and identities are unimportant and what matters is the infinite variety of possibility that flowers present. They can be indoors or out, alone or in arrangements, solitary clumps or jostling for space in a meadow. Light, shade and weather will change the way they appear. In this world, nothing is ever the same twice, no ideal specimen has to be found to create the perfect illustration; it’s all about creativity and paint.

If you’re fascinated by flowers but put off painting them because of the sometimes overly scientific approach and the fact that true enthusiasts know the exact names of everything, this is for you. It revels in its subject and makes the most of the properties of light, colour, watercolour and art.

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