Product Description

Donna Dewberry is known for her innovative and easy-to-use one-stroke technique. With Flowers A to Z with Donna Dewberry, devoted fans and beginning painters alike will learn to create gorgeous garden flowers and wildflowers using the method she teaches on her popular PBS show. Taking the reader through every stage, this book teaches:

* Dewberry's basic one-stroke technique, using materials available at any craft store

* Tips on painting flower petals and leaves, vines, foliage and filler flowers

* How to create beautiful floral compositions in a wide range of stunning colors

In addition, readers receive over 50 exquisite flower painting projects complete with step-by-step photos and simple directions that provide dazzling results every time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88463 in Books
• Brand: FW PUBLICATIONS
• Published on: 2004-07-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.97" h x 8.51" w x .42" l, 1.17 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781581804843
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Donna Dewberry is an extremely popular decorative painter. The author of five previous North Light books, including Decorative Murals with Donna Dewberry and Painting Garden D?cor with Donna Dewberry, she currently hosts a weekly national PBS program and is a top-selling presenter on QVC's craft shows and on Carol Duvall's cable show. She resides in Clermont, Florida.

Customer Reviews

My Favorite Donna Dewberrry book yet
I loved the layout of this book. The first 2 chapters explain the brushes and basic painting techniques with very clear pictures. The third chapter shows you color blocks of the paint used in the book. This is very helpful if you need to match a different brand of paint. The A to Z flower projects are shown close up so the detail really shows and each project has step by step photo's of Donna building the flowers. I loved the example pages of filler flowers and shadow leaves. But the last part of the book on Floral Design and Composition is especially helpful to any who struggle with placement and design.

A lot of information!
This is my favorite One Stroke book thus far. However, I had already purchased her video "flowers for all seasons" and the "one stroke painting course" and "easy murals" books, so I had a feel for the basics. Her books tend to have some of the same information in each (which I find annoying), but "flowers A to Z" has a lot of variety, so you can learn a lot of techniques just by going through and trying the different flowers. I disagree with the reviewer who claimed the pictures are of poor quality...they look fine to me. Overall, I think this book is a good value.

Excellent selection of various flowers and how to paint them
Dewberry offers a wide variety of one-stroke flowers to paint using clear instructions. The real beauty using her painting method is the lack of "must do" instructions. Instead, the author gives clear directions on how to make nifty decorative flowers that are easily painted without patterns. A good read for the novice decorative painter like me.