"Provides instructions for identifying floral shapes and colors, and centering your floral design; over 100 patterns that can be used on arts and crafts projects; and a gallery of the author's art using floral designs"--

A favorite of artists and crafters alike, this beautifully revised and expanded second edition of the ultimate sourcebook of floral design includes 16 new patterns and a floral shapes and color guide. Stunning patterns for many common flowers. Also includes information on identifying floral shapes, designing your own patterns and shading. More than 100 stunning floral patterns to adorn your next wood burning or other art project. By Lora S. Irish.

This unique collection of beautiful floral patterns and stencil designs showcases the rich, muted colors and distinctive, sinuous lines of the Art Nouveau style. Included are 159 floral and foliate motifs, created in the late 1890s by M. P. Verneuil, one of the Art Nouveau movement's finest artists. All the designs have been meticulously reproduced from original plates in two rare, turn-of-the-century portfolios: Étude de la Plante and L'ornementation par le Pochoir. Among the graceful images are 120 full-color illustrations of garden flowers — foxglove, hollyhock, columbine, lilies, wisteria, jasmine, and snowdrops, as well as 39 stencil designs (also in color) of blossoming trees, reeds, mushrooms, oak leaves and acorns, peacocks and flowers, wild roses, and more. Finely detailed and subtly shaded, these copyright-free designs are an invaluable resource perfect for adding a note of elegance to fabrics, stained glass, wallpaper, and a host of other art and craft projects. Browsers and devotees of the Art Nouveau style will also welcome this treasury of striking, full-color plates.

Practical archive of 45 royalty-free designs adapted from watercolors, screens, kimonos, Noh drama costumes, wall hangings, more. Wide variety of stripes, allover patterns, nature scenes, grand sprays of flowers and tree branches, other clearly detailed designs suggesting subtle elegance of Japanese art. Introduction. Captions.

William Kilburn (1745-1818) was one of the most eminent textile designers in late 18th-century Europe. His patterns for floral chintzes achieved a level of detail and richness of color unequaled among his competitors. Included here are 16 of his exquisite Rococo designs from an album of watercolors in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.