Fiona Peart's innovative use of vibrant color washes makes Ready to Paint: Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor

a different type of flower-painting book. The five projects employ a variety of techniques, and Peart suggests ways of mixing and matching so the tracings can be reused to create different paintings.

The instruction in this book makes it fun and easy to create beautiful watercolor daisies, hydrangeas, roses, lilies, and poppies, all of your favorite blooms!

Everything needed to start painting right away is included — from basic exercises in color choice and composition to techniques for painting leaves, backgrounds, arrangements, and outdoor scenes. It's all explained in simple language with hands-on exercises, easy-to-follow demonstrations, and step-by-step projects.

Fiona Peart is a professional artist and fully qualified art tutor, specializing in watercolor and drawing techniques. She runs popular workshops, gives talks and presentations to various art groups, and also demonstrates at art shows and exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom.

Peart writes regularly for The Artist, Leisure Painter, and StartArt magazines, as well as contributing articles and features to national magazines. She has also produced several DVDs on watercolor and colored pencils.

Author — Fiona Peart.

Paperback. 48 pages. 8½" × 11" (22 cm × 28 cm).