Enchanting Fairies: How to Paint Charming Fairies and Flowers

by Barbara Lanza

Book Overview

Follow Barbara Lanza down a magical path as she shows you how to capture the wonder and mischief of fairies. Then learn to add elements such as wings, nature-inspired clothing and romantic settings. With brilliant colors and some basic techniques, your fairies will take flight! Barbara illustrates the simple steps behind some of her favorite fairy friends: Baby, adolescent and adult fairies, The fairies of Earth, Wind, Water and Fire, A fairy for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581809220
• ISBN13: 9781581809220
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Impact
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent instruction

Enchanting Fairies: How To Paint Charming Fairies and Flowers A great book for those who want to learn to draw and paint fairies

Enchantingly beautiful

A beautiful book with clear, easy to follow instructions. A great addition to any collection for fairy lovers/artist. As a lover of fantasy and creator of fantasy art for many years I enjoyed this book very much. I especially love the fairy babies included in this book, since they often seem be left out.

Beautiful Book!

I bought Barbara Lanza's book and was thrilled. Great product for the price! Her beautiful, delicate illustrations and clear instructions were easy to understand. I also liked that her love of fairies came across and inspired me. The variety of fairies and flowers was also refreshing. I would recommend this book if you would like to learn fantasy art!

More than just Enchanting Fairies

I thought the step-by-step painting technique demonstrations were excellent. Aside from being a how-to on painting fairies, there is a lot in the book about rendering natural details like flower petals, bubbles, leaves, water, hair, flames and snowflakes. All of the techniques Barbara Lanza uses to create her enchanting worlds can be applied to landscape and still life painting, as well as portraiture. I've learned a lot from her book.

Enchanted Book

I bought this book for my daughter who loves to draw and loves fairies. She has read other fictional works by the author and enjoyed them. This drawing guide had the right mix of how to and fictional background to keep her interested and inspired to draw the various examples as well as take them a step further. It also has enough detail in the information and interesting presentation to keep the "child at heart". If you want to draw this particular fantasy subject or just people, it is an enjoyable read that contains many useful details.