Painting Flowers With Joyce Pike. by Pike, Joyce - 1993.

Cincinnati, Ohio:: North Light, 1993.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue boards; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. about 11.25 inches tall by 8.75 inches wide . Index. Pink endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated (features 240 color illustrations). Dozens of brief demonstrations. Learn how to arrange the set-up; choose a color scheme and use lighting. Learn to use various brushstrokes to create the shapes of nine different flower types. Includes an entire section on roses showing how to paint all varieties, including perfect roses, open pink roses, and roses combined with unusual objects. A section on painting flowers outdoors include demonstrations on reducing your subject to a manageable size and handling the extreme light contrasts found outdoors Originally published in 1992.