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There are 10,000 species of butterflies worldwide - this book is a microcosm of their beauty and diversity. Nelson pairs each butterfly with the flower or foliage of its actual food source. Step-by-step demos are painted vignette-style on white for a clean look. Each includes a reference photo of the butterfly and flower, a colour chart, a traceable line drawing and 4-8 steps. All skill levels will enjoy painting butterflies for their own sake or as part of larger paintings of the natural world.
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Sherry Nelson is a naturalist, author and teacher whose workshops are always sold out. Since 1973, she's been a member of the National Society of Decorative Painters and has self-published 23+ project books. She's a best-selling North Light author since 1998.
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This is a beautifully illustrated book with good instructions, even what ratio to use to enlarge drawings on photocopier, but I wish I had realised that it is for those who paint using oils not watercolours. Also, being an American author the butterflies are American species, not British. Should have checked it out more before I bought it.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A lovely step-by-step process packed with visual examples and basic directions
18 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
Painting Butterflies & Blooms offers a lovely step-by-step process packed with visual examples and basic directions for transferring designs and painting butterflies, flowers and moths of all colors and sizes. Each butterfly is painted showing foliage part of its native habitat and reference photos and design specs abound, making this a top presentation.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed in the layout of the book - not the content
24 Mar 2010
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I have purchased quite a few of Sherry Nelson's other books and found them excellent. This book I found disappointing. The diagrams of the intricate parts of the butterfly body and wing might have been fine for a butterfly anatomy class - but not an art painting book. But I could have ignored that if, on each instruction page, they had put a straight line from the part of the butterfly wing or butterfly body the author was referring to and the text describing how to paint that area.
Unfortunately, they did not do that! Instead, the reader was expected to thumb back to the labeled butterfly diagram in the front of the book, just so you could understand each painting instruction. That was a total turn off for me. I was also disappointed on the size of the butterfly images inside the book. Had they been larger it would have been a lot easier to follow the instructions on how to paint that area. I have enormous respect for Sherry Nelson as an artist and a teacher. I think it is a shame the book was laid out in a way that was not what I would call 'user-friendly'
Unfortunately, they did not do that! Instead, the reader was expected to thumb back to the labeled butterfly diagram in the front of the book, just so you could understand each painting instruction. That was a total turn off for me. I was also disappointed on the size of the butterfly images inside the book. Had they been larger it would have been a lot easier to follow the instructions on how to paint that area. I have enormous respect for Sherry Nelson as an artist and a teacher. I think it is a shame the book was laid out in a way that was not what I would call 'user-friendly'
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Butterflies & Blooms
12 July 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a very good and informative book for painting butterflies. The vendor shipped this book very fast. Would buy from them again.
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