Flowers in Arts and Crafts

As Winter lingers and the flowers of Spring seem like a distant dream, brighten the season with your own colorful creations. Spur your creativity and hasten the coming of Spring with these vibrant books from the library's collection.
 
 
 
Painted Blossoms : Creating Expressive Flower Art with Mixed Media
by Carrie Schmitt

Offers techniques, tips, and advice for creating a variety of flower shapes and incorporating design elements with examples from over a dozen established artists with unique floral styles.
Kaffe Fassett's Bold Blooms : Quilts and Other Works Celebrating Flowers
by Kaffe Fassett

Explores the behind-the-scenes process and design methods used to create Kaffe's bold fabrics and modern color palettes, and also features eighteen new quilt patterns and seven new needlepoints.
A-Z of Silk Ribbon Flowers
by Ann Cox

Shows how to create three-dimensional versions of live flowers with embroidery and silk ribbons using step-by-step instructions for basic techniques, color photographs, and projects ranging in difficulty from simple to complex.
Painting still life in watercolour
by Lesley Hollands

Still life painting is a beautiful, tranquil art which is as rewarding for the novice as for the experienced artist. This practical book captures the essence of still life and uses an array of subjects to celebrate its possibilities in watercolour.
Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables : Simple Approaches to Drawing Natural Forms
by Giovanni Civardi

"...exquisite drawings of flowers, fruit and vegetables are accompanied by concise, clearly written explanations of perspective, composition, anatomy and structure, light and shade. This book is an ideal introduction to the subject of still-life drawing as well as a source of information and inspiration for artists of all abilities." - back cover
Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil : 64 Step-by-step Demos, 54 Kinds of Flowers
by Gary Greene

Offers step-by-step instructions for drawing over sixty flowers with colored pencils, including hyacinths, peonies, begonias, and dahlias, and features suggestions for tools and color palettes.
Origami Ikebana : Create Lifelike Paper Flower Arrangements
by Benjamin John Coleman

Demonstrates how to combine the principles of ikebana and origami to create paper flower arrangements, covering such topics as basic paper folding techniques, incremental leaf sizing, and making simple makigami stems.
Flowers : 300 Quick & Easy Designs
by Trice Boerens

A collection of 300 easy, vintage-and-retro inspired designs features lovely and richly colored flower-based motifs--from single blossoms and multiple blooms to flower-bearing teddy bears and flower-covered windmills--and requires only two hours each to create.
Handmade Fabric Flowers : 32 Beautiful Blooms to Make
by You-Zhen Lu

An accredited expert from the Japan Ribbon Flower Making Association presents an English-language translation of a step-by-step guide to making sophisticated craft flowers from a range of fabric materials including silk, lace and velvet, providing next-step instructions for using handmade flowers as accessory embellishments. 
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