Kew: The Watercolour Flower Painter's A to Z: An Illustrated Directory of Techniques for Painting 50 Popular Flowers

I love this artist and I looked up for this book as my first watercolor flower book! It's amazing and has so many examples, I'm looking forward to learn from it!But there was a huge problem, the printing was a complete mess. First the cover and the interior don't match the cover is "ok" but the interior is upside down. Second thing I noticed, with is what concerns me the most, is that the pages are out of center, this way titles are almost falling out of the pages and I can see the color guide that should have been removed when printing.I'm abroad, I live in Brazil, and I can't tell if it's a expensive book in the UK,Canada, USA, wich are the countries that the price is specified in the back cover, but here in Brazil it's an expensive book to buy, and I really thought and researched a lot to decide to buy that book. So even though happy to have a book from Adelene, and from Royal Kew Gardens, I feel a little upset that it has it's print messed up.

I love the layout in this book. She explains the steps to painting each flower without sounding patronizing and references techniques in the explanations that can be found in the beginning and end of the book. The step by step color pictures are very helpful so you can see how each step and technique should look. There is information on floral composition and basic color theory with photos in the back. There is a glossary and index as well.As always use the best supplies you can afford but don't stress over them. If you are just starting out use what you have! Get the best paper you can afford. Ideally 100% cotton paper. I still use cheap dollar store watercolor paper for warming up and just goofing around.Start with your paint primaries. Learn to mix your colors and most importantly have fun.You can paint these flowers with any supplies you have. Will they look the same? I hope not, it's art.For anyone getting started in Botanical art studies, I think this book is a great starting point. Im using it with "Botanical Art Techniques" (Woodin and Jess). Fletcher has done a wonderful job of breaking botanical watercolor down into easy to understand terms without overwhelming you. I highly recommend this book.

Loved this book…the author has described each and every flower in detail .. for me it is worth buying this book

Lovely book learnt a lot.

This book is fantastic. Showing several different flowers and step by step on how to paint each one. Also, shows all different techniques. The only thing missing is the background washes and negative space but you can learn this in several different watercolour books. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to paint beautiful flowers. Outstanding!