Photos of flowers for artists

I am catholic and tomorrow is sister Vladislava`s birthday. So, I have decided to paint a birthday greeting card for her. First step: I have bought this product on northlightshop...

http://www.northlightshop.com/photo-reference-for-artist-flower-pictures-u3176

Here is about 550 photos of several kinds of flowers. I`d like to say, it is a hard work of photographer that was made for very lazy painters / artists. :) Because, after downloading the file you can add yours photos in this style and this is a way to expand your library of images of flowers. May be, not grandiouse file and super, but I found one rose that can be drawing on the birthday greeting card. Exactly, it is usefull file for downloading.
For example, the pictures looks so:

Magical Menagerie - book

Книга автора Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

Приобрела дней пять назад прекрасную книгу, которую можно использовать в качестве пособия по искусству рисования. В общем-то, именно так и сделала... Полистав в книжном магазине не смогла уйти без этой восхитительно волшебной книги. 

Решила попробовать тоже поучиться рисовать, ну хотя бы чуть-чуть похоже.
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Dreamscapes artist Stephanie Pui-Mun Law weaves her spell once again with step-by-step instruction on how to paint whimsical underwater, winged and four-legged creatures and their settings starting with basics and working through techniques that build confidence and expand skills. Readers will learn how to paint a glorious menagerie of magical watercolor creatures and animals in various settings. Guided through the author’s processes with more than 20 step-by-step demonstrations for creating fantasy and realistic animals, artists can begin with basics like brushes, paint and other essential materials and progress on to planning, sketching, specific creature characteristics, and developing backgrounds.
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Приобрести книгу можно по этой ссылке
You can buy the book here
http://www.northlightshop.com/dreamscapes-magical-menagerie