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Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers

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This book was really insightful. It was different than anything I've read in the past. It really did impact my reading life in a positive way.

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Netgalley has plenty of books that are remarkable for learning new skills. This is one such book. From the cover to end, not only is it pretty, but it also has a lot to teach.

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Wonderful guide for artists, thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access it in exchange for my feedback.

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Thank you so much to the author, Quarry Books, and NetGalley for the complimentary ARC!
This review contains my honest and unbiased thoughts and opinions. 🌸

Since jr. high, I have loved to doodle, especially flowers. But they were always just that, doodles. Which has been great and they are cute and all but now that I'm wanting to do more with my art, I want to find ways to improve. I was ecstatic when I received a copy
from Netgalley to review. I couldn't wait to see what all different flowers were included and attempt to follow the instructions as I improve my drawing.

This book has been fantastic for learning and improving my "doodles", I have learned so much and I definitely feel like my flowers have greatly improved. While I still have much to learn and still need to improve, they are definitely more flower-like than cutesy doodles now.

The art featured within this book is stunning and inspiring, I have enjoyed not only using the book for learning but also just to read and look at all the beautiful art.

The artist, popular Instagram artist Kyehyun Park, provides excellent instructions, breaking things down in easy to follow steps. The techniques used are great for both beginners and those a little more advanced. Thanks to this book, I'm now able to create more realistic flowers and I can't wait to continue learning more.

I love this book and plan to purchase it along with others from the author. Definitely recommend this one for anyone wanting to learn or improve drawing flowers.

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Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers is a great collectors table top book with interesting and helpful information for the beginning artist as well as a veteran.

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I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I found this book to be informative and easy to use, and I even created a few flowers.

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Awesome book. Author introduces a new and simpler way to draw flowers. Helped me get over the fear of drawing flowers especially cluster. each step is demonstrated and well explained. As a beginner to drawing and watercolor it helped me get comfortable with both medium.

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This book gives in depth guides to drawing and painting flowers that would actually be beneficial as a class textbook. Although, the step-by-step instructions were thorough it would be helpful to have a coach or instructor available to assist and guide the learner to achieve the outcome that the author is trying to articulate.

As an amateur painter dabbling in watercolor and a variety of other medias, the reviewer tested out many of the strategies given in the book. Having an instructor available to walk through the steps would have been helpful. The sketches were much more pleasant than the painted pieces. Furthermore, these techniques were attempted on an electronic tablet using a drawing app and success was about the same.

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarry Books for this copy for my honest review.

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One thing that sets this book apart from so many others is that Kyehyun goes into drawing the flower itself. Many instruction books teach the trace method. I loved how she simplified the forms so that you can take her lessons and apply them to pretty much any flower.
Her painting methods are simplified too, but have stunning results.
Overall very enjoyable.

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Beautifully executed flower drawing and painting book
I think this is one of my favorite books I've seen on simple flower drawing and painting. It's good for both beginners and more advanced artists. I love the range of techniques. I would have liked to have seen a little more flowers but it gives a great concept of drawing and painting florals. Would recommend.

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This a beautifully illustrated book that is as fun to look at as it is to read. It gives you step by step instructions on how to draw flowers and then paint them. Great for any artist or just as a pretty coffee table book.

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This is a treasure. The techniques are all clearly illustrated, which makes it easy to follow along. And what is probably the best part, the author actively encourages and demonstrates flowers from multiple angles. So often you see things that only give you one set of possibilities, but this allows for you to stretch your own creativity and explore. The way she teaches you to draw and paint flowers is a massive help to beginning and intermediate artists.

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I love this. I love to draw and I love flowers. I found this book to be beautiful and helpful! I would highly recommend for anything learning to draw or paint flowers!

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This is a good book for learning to create flowers. I really enjoyed the detailed information about materials used, which in some cases included color photos. I would recommend this book to both beginners and experienced artists interested in creating flowers with paint or pencil. It will give the beginners step by step instruction and experienced artists some creative ideas and maybe even a few new techniques.

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This book is great, really helpful to me at the moment as I am experimenting with watercolour. There are loads of great tips in here, which have helped me develop.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

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Beautiful pictures and excellent, step by step instructions. Makes me want to pick up my watercolours again. This book would be a great primer for someone who has never painted before, but also for a novice painter eager to learn some new techniques. Would make a great gift for a budding artist.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this ARC with me

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I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers is a beautiful, step-by-step guide book showing you how to sketch and use watercolour to paint different types of flowers. The author uses a three step process to sketch flowers with which I found really useful and easy to use and follow. The watercolour flowers are absolutely stunning and I can't wait to give them a try!
I found this such a beautiful, refreshing book and I'm sure it would be beneficial to not only beginners but as a refresher for more advanced sketchers and painters too.

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This is a comprehensive introductory guide to drawing and painting flowers with clear instructions for buying materials, drawing flowers in simple steps, and lots of exercises. The images are gorgeous and should motivate anyone who loves dabbling in art! However, it is always a bit difficult to follow instructions from ebooks. I will probably buy the paperback.

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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This book is not only beautiful to flick through but gives such easy to follow instructions it made me want to pick up my watercolours and have a go.

I love the garden and the chance to sketch and paint flowers is something I will enjoy. The book will be informative for both the beginner and the more experienced painter.

The author does a first class job of explaining the process needed to master the skills needed to enjoy drawing and water colouring botanical painting.

I look forward to delving into this brilliant book and hopefully enjoying all the paintings I will try.

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It is so hard to write a book that describes difficult painting techniques in a relatable way. Additionally the book is beautiful to look at and peruse. I also enjoyed the tips for sketching

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