How to Paint Fairies : Resources for Painting Fairies
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How to Draw and Paint Fairies
This lens puts together a wealth of resources that will help you learn how to draw fairies and how to paint fairies. I have used many of them myself when I self-taught myself to paint fairies using acrylics or watercolor pencils and inks.
Here you will find books on painting fairies, links to painting tips and advice, inspirational fairy art and artists to help you, and lots more besides! Learn how to capture human and inhuman forms, faerie worlds, the magnificent detail of nature and much more.
I will be adding to and updating this lens regularly so if you like it, bookmark and check back again soon!
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How to Draw and Paint Fairies
by Linda Ravenscroft
If you are familiar with Linda's art, you will know that her paintings are beautifully intricate and really capture the essence of nature. Her fairies have amazing ragged wings, gossamer outfits and are usually entangled in a wild plethora of leaves, woodland wonders and vibrant flora and fauna.
The book teaches you the basics, from different paints and painting styles to types of paper and tools, before taking you step by step through each element of a fairy drawing - features, faces, bodies, clothes, hands, wings and so on.
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Linda then teaches you how to paint these drawings, and provides various painting projects that teach you how to recreate the painting bit by bit.
Highly recommended!
How to Draw and Paint Fairies: From Finding Inspiration to Capturing Diaphanous Detail, a Step-By-Step Guide to Fairy Art
Amazon Price: $4.06 (as of 06/01/2012)
"How do you draw a fairy? It's not like you can convince one to do life modeling in your studio. How to Draw and Paint Fairies confronts the fairy labor shortage directly, explaining all the techniques needed to bring fairy art to life. For beginners, explanations of basic techniques and easy-to-follow constructional drawings, plus information on materials, sketching, forms, and color make starting out easy and pleasant. As artists progress, the book offers detailed descriptions and beautiful illustrations of little people-from flower, water, and moon fairies, to nymphs and sprites, to sirens. Basic to advanced techniques on watercolor and mixed media are covered step-by-step, and finished images from leading fairy artists provide inspiration. This beautiful book will make every artist believe in fairies."
How to Draw and Paint Fairyland
by Linda Ravenscroft
How to Draw and Paint Fairyland
This book once again introduces the basics of painting, before moving onto techniques such as perspective and foreshortening. Linda then demonstrates coloured illustrations of fun fairy homes and neighbourhoods, before talking about techniques and how to apply them. She takes you step by step through leaves and foliage, trees, fruits and nuts, flowers, and even the really difficult things like airy feathers and fluffy dandelion clocks!
You are then taken through settings, from rainforests to standing stone circles, and a complete Midsummer Night's Dream painting, before the book ends with a lovely gallery of fairy paintings with notes.
Once again an invaluable book from Linda!
How to Draw and Paint Fairyland: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the World of Fairies
Amazon Price: $12.48 (as of 06/01/2012)
"Art students aspiring to diverse careers that range from book illustration to creating animated films will value this book as a solid, practical tutorial. The author instructs in methods for creating imaginative and atmospheric fairy habitats in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and other media. She offers a wealth of creative ideas that include step-by-step instruction for transforming familiar objects into magical things. For instance, she demonstrates ways to change toadstools into homes, rocks into goblins, and leaves into carriages. She gives special attention to texture and detail in illustrations of tree bark, stones and rocks, water ripples and reflections, flowers and leaves, mushroom villages, fairy groves, and rainforest scenes. After giving detailed instruction in basic techniques, she guides students through an advanced project, A Midsummer Eve. This complex mixed-media scene depicts characters and animals in a fairyland setting. The book concludes with a gallery selection of fairyland images that include moonlight scenes, fairy celebrations, and seasonal landscape scenes. The instructive text is supplemented with more than 350 full-color illustrations."
Dreamscapes: Creating Magical Angel, Faery & Mermaid Worlds In Watercolor
by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
As well as fairies, the book looks at angels and mermaids, so if you want to create other magical scenes, or incorporate a mixture, then this is another great reason to get this book. There are twenty step-by-step projects to help you hone and improve your enchanted art technique!
Dreamscapes: Creating Magical Angel, Faery & Mermaid Worlds In Watercolor
Amazon Price: $5.01 (as of 06/01/2012)
Paint beautiful, inspirational watercolour angels, fairies and mermaids in ethereal settings. Author walks readers through her process, showing and describing her techniques for creating fantasy scenes full of wonder and mystery.
Learn about the essential materials, including brushes, paints, paper, then move on to important techniques such as planning and sketching; figure proportions; specific characteristics of angels, fairies and mermaids, including clothing; developing backgrounds; and, finishing techniques that add an air of magic.
Watercolor Fairies: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Fairy World
by David Riche and Anna Franklin
This is great if you want to explore different styles with your watercolour painting. There are countless illustrations of faerie art from all kinds of artists, as well as step-by-step projects from different artists, so you can have a go at creating paintings in a variety of styles, including fairies by Jessica Galbreth, Myrea Pettit, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law and Linda Ravenscroft.
A host of faerie artistic delights!
Watercolor Fairies: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating the Fairy World
Amazon Price: $9.90 (as of 06/01/2012)
How do you see a fairy, let alone draw one? This enchanting book shows how you can invoke the fairy spirit and bring to life the nymphs, sprites, and sylphs of this fabled realm. Turn your brush into a wand and create an entire fairy kingdom in watercolours, the dreamiest medium with which to convey the spirit and nature of these fairy folk.
Easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations and photographs enable you to recreate flower fairies, celestial spirits, and mischievous dark fairies. Learn how to capture exquisite detail such as delicate wings and diaphanous gowns. Whether you believe in fairies, or just need a helping hand in order to really see them, this wonderful book contains all the inspiration and advice you will need in order to bring the magic and wonder of fairies to your artwork.
More "How to Draw and Paint Fairies" Books
Useful Links on How to Paint Fairies
- How to Draw Fairy Wings
- Often one of the more difficult aspects of a fairy to master!
- How to Paint Fairy Portaits (Digital) with Corel Painter
- If you want to have a go at digital fairy portraits using photographs and digital paint software then this shows you how
- How to Paint a Fairy
- The artist Kylie InGold provides a step-by-step tutorial for painting one of her beautiful fairies in acrylics
- How to Paint a Fairy in Photoshop
- Another digital art demonstration. This is a video tutorial going through the basic steps of creating a painting using the brush tool and layers in Photoshop. The end result is quite stunning!
Painting Fairies: Learning from Other Artists
Inspiration, Advice and Faerie Treasures!
Carnivorous Bouquet Fairy Art Print gothic by strangeling
One artist whom I strongly recommend following, particularly if you want to paint in acrylics, is Jasmine Becket-Griffith (Strangeling). She paints daily and posts work-in-progress photos and posts about that progress live on her blog and Facebook fan page. She interacts with her fans and answers questions about her painting techniques. You can learn a lot from her, and if nothing else be completely inspired by her dedication and enthusiasm!
Below I have highlighted links to Jasmine's sites.
- Jasmine Becket-Griffith Live Journal
- Follow Jasmine's work as she paints
- Jasmine Becket-Griffith Facebook Page
- Interact with Jasmine and see her works in progress
- Jasmine Becket-Griffith Official Strangeling Site
- Jasmine's official website with gallery, store and merchandise
Painting Fairies: Fairy Art Books
Books on Drawing and Painting Nature
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Was this lens helpful? Please leave your comments and feedback on this lens here before you go. Thank you!
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LazyEasyFun
Mar 1, 2012 @ 7:48 am | delete
- I wish I could draw fairies ... and mermaids too. beautiful lens!
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JohanVanGeyt
May 26, 2011 @ 7:46 am | delete
- Great lens but : Don't forget the digital artists.
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wolfstorm14
Mar 17, 2011 @ 1:47 am | delete
- love your lens, fairies are one of my favorite subjects to draw! :)
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beerhead Feb 22, 2011 @ 5:31 am | delete
- I'm not much of an artist but I do love art and there is some great art on this page thanks.
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WhiteOak50
Feb 14, 2011 @ 6:31 am | delete
- I love these little magical creatures. What a fantastic page to put together ESPECIALLY when Fairies are concerned. Very good job!! Leaving you with a Blessing from a SquidAngel
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Pukeko
Jul 18, 2010 @ 6:43 am | delete
- So many faires, so little time. Nicely done.
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kohuether
Jul 16, 2010 @ 4:31 am | delete
- I love pics of fairies - so whimsical! Unfortunately, drawing makes me nervous so I'm just going to admire the pretty pics. :)
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rms Jul 13, 2010 @ 7:21 am | delete
- I'm not a painter but I do admire a great fairy painting!
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About the Author of How to Paint Fairies
by MissMerFaery
I learned how to paint fairies after being inspired by the incredible fairy art out there. Painting fairies is a wonderful experience and these resour... more »
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