Watercolour Flowers (Ready to Paint) Paperback – Illustrated, 5 Feb. 2008

Easy to follow instructions. His techniques are particularly useful. If I don't have the named colours I can match up to the pictures by mixing my own water colours.

I decided to try this book to enable me to get out of my comfort zone (painting landscapes and buildings). I have always struggled with drawing flowers but this book has the tracings for the flowers and so you can concentrate on the actual painting. What impressed me the most was the fact that there were A3 and A4 size tracings all of which are re-usable. this means you can paint the picture of say roses and then paint it again using different colours. Excellent value for money.

Good book although I did find some of the tuition a little confusing and as I’m a beginner I do not have the colours of paint that were used so had to make my own interpretations. That being said I did enjoy painting the projects in this book, it’s an ongoing thing but am on my third attempt. The tracing were very helpful as having not done any drawing for over 40 years I had lost my confidence in my ability. Overall a good buy for me.

Very easy to follow.

Excellent book

I like these books as I like painting but am not so good at drawing. Already have Terry Harrisons Landscape one which I've done a couple of paintings. Done one of the flower paintings. Find the instructions easy, although had to experiment when mixing colous together to get the right shades, but I feel that's what these books are all about. Giving you the basic techniques and letting you experiment with your own style. Not really for someone who needs 'led by the hand' detailed instruction.

I'd like to say immediately that the completed floral panels in this book are beautiful - the book is a worthwhile "keeper" for that alone!The product description needs to be underlined though, especially for the absolute novice, for the "ready to paint" statement is misleading. Some work is required before the painting starts. A decent watercolour pad is an extra, for example, and the design is then traced onto the paper by the novice themselves. After that, it's up to the learner to copy the colours (with their own paints, of course) from the book, so the effect may be different in actual practise, for although the author states the colours she uses herself, she doesn't actually give the brand name she uses, and cheaper brands will produce a different shade.For myself, I find the constant referral needed from instructions to separate pad disconcerting - it breaks the concentration! Maybe a better idea for the "L" plate holder would be smaller finished illustrations provided with a pre-printed outline beside or below, on the same page? Once confidence is gained, a couple of tracing illustrations could be at the back of the book, with relevant guidance. - ?This is only my view of course, and we're all interesting people due to our differences!It's not quite as simple as a first quick scan of the description suggests - so be aware of that, fellow greenhorns!

I love this book, it has enabled me to produce several paintings I'm quite proud of. I'm not good at drawing so the tracings helped me get straight to the interesting bit! I found her step by step guides extremely helpful, and there are lots of photographs of the different stages which helps a lot. Even though I didn't have all the colours she used I could still follow her instructions and produce good paintings. She has given me a lot of confidence to continue painting flowers, which I had thought were too difficult for me to do until I used this book!