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Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium
Liberate Your Creativity With Acrylic Paints! Acrylic Revolution is your essential, all-in-one guide for acrylic painting techniques and more. It features over 101 ways to break through the boundaries of conventional painting and re-define the creative potential of this all-purpose medium. Every page provides insight on how to use acrylic paint in ways you never thought possible to create stunning visual effects and textures. Ten complete sections detail a range of empowering applications, including how to: - Prepare and paint on virtually any surface
- Create textures of all kinds
- Work with transfers, collage, resists and mixed media
- Achieve innovative stenciling and line work
- Customize your paint to adjust thickness, transparency and drying time
- Simulate other mediums, such as oil, tempera or watercolor
- Create faux finishes, magical effects, sheens and more
To give you additional insight and inspiration, this book features a gallery of finished works by fellow painting revolutionaries that blend various acrylic techniques to create amazing effects. You'll also find practical advice that covers the basics and beyond--from selecting materials and cleaning your brushes to finishing and preserving your artwork. There's even a complete glossary of terms for fast and easy referencing. Pick up a brush and start your own acrylic revolution today! Use the techniques in this book to free your creative spirit and create the paintings you've always dreamed of..
Price: $16.89
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Painting Abstracts: Ideas, Projects and Techniques
Full instructions for 65 abstract paintings are provided in this guide that urges beginners to plunge right in, learning about composition, theme, and design while they paint. The history of abstract painting and its importance as a means of self-expression are covered in the guide's beginning pages, and each of the paintings that follow conventional step-by-step instruction is replaced with information on composition, imagery, method, materials, and technique, allowing the painter to copy straight from the book—or make changes according to the flow of creativity. .
Price: $17.13
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Creative License, The: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
When Danny Gregory's life was turned upside down by tragedy, he learned to cope by teaching himself to draw. The result was a complete transformation of his life, his priorities, his career, and the way he saw the world. In handwritten chapters full of his lush watercolor illustrations, Danny now offers readers a program for reconnecting to their own creative energies, using drawing as an example. He gently instructs us in the art of allowing ourselves to fail, giving up the expectation of perfection and opening our eyes to the beauty around us. The result is the permission to express ourselves fully and take part in the creative process without fear. Artist or not, readers of all stripes will find inspiration in this unique and beautiful book..
Price: $8.83
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How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques for Achieving Realistic Effects
Award-winning artist Nita Engle’s breakthrough approach to watercolor shows readers how to combine spontaneity and control to produce glowing, realistic paintings. Her method begins with action-filled exercises that demonstrate how to play with paint, following no rules. Subsequent step-by-step projects add planning to the mix, demonstrating how to turn loose washes into light-filled watercolors with textural effects achieved by spraying, sprinkling, pouring, squirting, or stamping paint. Engle’s approach, and her results, are dramatic and dynamic; now watercolor artists can create their own exciting paintings with help from How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself..
Price: $11.96
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Watercolor in Motion: How to Create Powerful Paintings, Step by Step (Book & DVD)
Painting wet-into-wet is one of the most popular yet challenging ways to paint with watercolor There is no other book that contains this type and quality of instruction in print and DVD/video. Features a 50-minute DVD that allows readers to actually see how to manipulate paint and water. Watercolor in Motion not only provides dynamic step-by-step photos of watercolor painting, it also points readers to specific tracks on the accompanying 50-minute DVD that will show them the techniques they need to successfully paint wet-into-wet. The book covers color and design, value, shapes and shadows. Readers will find step-by-step demonstrations of many different flowers and still life subjects as well as 18 mini-demos teaching the techniques needed to be a successful painter. Throughout the mini-demos readers will find cross-references to the DVD showing how to correctly hold the brush and apply paint using the popular wet-into-wet technique..
Price: $17.48
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The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook
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Becky Kelly's Enchanted Little Moments: 2009 Mini Day-to-Day Calendar
In addition to calendars, Andrews McMeel produces gift books, kits, journals, notecards, and teacups, along with her line of stunning baby products With beautiful, watercolor art joined with inspirational quotes, Becky Kelly's Enchanted Little Moments 2009 Calendar is guaranteed to provide warmth and pleasure throughout the year. With an easel and a magnetic backer, this delightful calendar is perfect for any room or office..
Price: $7.98
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Charles Reid's Watercolor Solutions: Learn To Solve The Most Common Painting Problems
As one of the most sought after workshop instructors, Charles Reid possesses certain skills that set him apart from his students In Charles Reid's Watercolor Solutions, he shares that knowledge with readers, teaching them how to become better watercolorists. Through before and after photos of various paintings, the author clearly identifies the existing problems in the painting and provides a detailed action plan with solutions to rectify the issue. A variety of topics are covered such as still life, figures, landscapes and more. Readers will appreciate the clear step-by-step format, which makes the solutions easy to understand and implement..
Price: $17.64
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Moleskine Watercolor Notebook Large
Flip-top watercolor stock steno-style digest-size notebook. 72 perforated heavyweight pages, 200 GSM - 25% cotton fiber, cold-pressed. Imported from Italy. 5" x 8". Moleskine Reporter notebooks borrow a page from the front page and the gear of the men and women who bring you the news. The time-tested flip-top design has been adopted for decades.. Each Moleskine has a rigid, oilcloth bound 'moleskine' cover, and the acid free paper pages are thread bound. Purchase in quantity today to best build your Moleskine bookshelf. The future is unwritten. Take up your pen and shape it.. They also have an elastic closure and an expandable inner note holder made of cardboard and oilcloth and a removable card with the moleskine history.. A great way to get things done! Pocket-sized - junk your PDA!.
Price: $10.31
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