Fast & Fun Flowers in Acrylics

Book excerpt: Paint a Garden of Gorgeous Flowers, Instantly! Let the sun shine in! In one afternoon you can learn to paint a gorgeous garden of colorful flowers, even if you've never held a brush before. Open this guide and see how easy and fun it is. Just follow along step by step and in no time, you'll be painting pansies, jasmine, hydrangeas, roses, tiger lilies, zinnias and dozens more of your favorite blooms.Fast & Fun Flowers in Acrylics features: • 66 flower-painting demonstrations that require only three to eight simple steps to complete • 11 demonstrations for adding decorative embellishments, including dragonflies, bees, water droplets and tendrils • Step-by-step instructions for creating six complete floral compositions • An inspiring gallery of ideas for painting your new creations on greeting cards, scrapbook pages, frames, bookmarks, and more Designed to be fun and easy to use, this guide includes a stay-flat binding and a handy visual index for finding the flower you want - even if you don't know what it's called. There's also complete guidance for getting started quickly, from painting supplies to basic stroke techniques. Fast, fun and foolproof, this guide will give you a "green thumb" for painting flowers!