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Wendy Jelbert.
Flowers in Acrylics: Ready to Paint.
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.: Search Press, 2009.
paper, 48 pp., ISBN 978–1–84448–425–6, $17.95.

Artist Wendy Jelbert encourages novices to gain skills in acrylic painting in this introductory guide to art techniques. She provides tracings of five paintings with floral motif; a detailed listing of the materials needed; clear instructions on transferring the tracing images to paper; and, finally, lessons on how to develop each of the five artworks.

— Marilyn K. Alaimo, garden writer and volunteer, Chicago Botanic Garden.