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Drawing For The Absolute Beginner |
"This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined! Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all—from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong compositions. (It's not as scary as it sounds…not with Mark and Mary as your guide!)At the heart of this book, a series of fun, hands-on exercises help you practice and perfect your strokes—24 mini-demos lead up to 9 full step-by-step demos. Each exercise builds on the previous one as you develop your skills, build your confidence, and enjoy yourself along the way. The lessons you learn by drawing simple subjects such as coffee mugs, clouds and trees will help you take on progressively more challenging matter like animals, still lifes, landscapes and portraits...the kinds of su"
Price: 19.99
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Mural Magic: Down The Bunny Trail Digital Download |
"Down The Bunny Trail: This charming scene features a wrap-around mural on a dresser that continues on to the wall. The mural includes bunnies, a bird, wildflowers and a curious field mouse."
Price: 5.99
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Mural Magic: Painting Scenes On Furniture And Walls Ebook |
"Transform an ordinary piece of furniture into a work of art by wrapping a fun mural scene around it. Then add an accent mural on the wall to tie the room together. Inside you'll get: 19 mini mural projects complete with acrylic color lists and photos showing every side of the completed furniture piece; step-by-step instructions for painting a variety of elements; fun ideas for using hardware, accent colors and custom lettering for truly personalized results."
Price: 24.99
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Professional Realism 2 Expanded Dvd |
"PROFESSIONAL REALISM 2 Learn to paint all kinds of water. Dozens of photos are analyzed to show you what pros must know to paint it realistically. Four kinds of water are demonstrated: a small mountain lake, an ocean bay, a normal river and one with crashing rapids. Demos in oil and watercolor. Expanded DVD also includes 100 Barns & Ranches to Paint (with painting demonstration). (approx. 90 minutes). Quinten Gregory"
Price: 29.95
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"Painting Flowers A To Z With Sherry Nelson, Mda" |
"Stop and paint the roses! (And the tulips, and the forget-me-nots, and the pansies, and...)When it comes to painting flowers, Sherry C. Nelson definitely has a green thumb. In this book, she shares her secrets to painting lovely, realistic looking flowers. Just follYou'll Love This Flower Painting Book If: You want to bring your green thumb to the canvas You're on the hunt for tips & tricks to painting realistic flowers You want to explore your painting skills by painting new types of flowers In Painting Flowers A to Z, Sherry Nelson covers how to paint the common shapes found in flowers, how to paint overlapping petals and how to capture shadows and highlights. Sherry covers the materials you'll need and basic techniques for creating floral art of your own. This flower painting book is the key to unlocking your very own painted secret garden. Starting with basic flower painting techniques such as creating textures and common leaf shapes Sherry then let's you loose painting a r"
Price: 24.99
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The Pastel Journal October 2006 Digital Download |
"Feature artists include: Roz Hollander, Robert Palevitz, Jane Lund and Andrew McDermott.Columns in the October issue include: Special Report: The Best Pastel Collections, Pt. 1; Pastel Pointers; Artist's Viewpoint; and Professional Practices.Plus you'll find The Pastel Journal regulars: Letters, Contributors, Products Page, Exhibitions, Workshops, Afterword."
Price: 6.99
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Artist's Journal Workshop |
"Discover the Joy of Art Journaling An artist's journal is a powerful creative tool, offering you a safe place to experiment, explore, consider and improve. Artist's Journal Workshop provides all the guidance, structure and inspiration you need to create a meaningful art-journaling practice. Starting with the question, What do you want from your journal? you'll build a sound journaling concept that will serve your unique creative needs and give you the freedom to practice, play and develop as an artist. Featuring rich visual examples on every page, you'll receive continual guidance and inspiration from: 27 international artists who share pages and advice from their own art journals More than 25 hands-on exercises to help you personalize your journal while developing new ideas and techniques Journal pages featuring travel sketching, nature studies and celebrations of daily life Prompts for visually commemorating life events and milestones Support for working through creative doubts and"
Price: 22.99
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Paint Landscapes In Acrylic With Lee Hammond |
"A summer sunset, a babbling brook, a sea of golden wildflowers… like nature itself, landscape painting doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. In this step-by-step guide, Lee shows you how to use a handful of colors and a simple three-step approach to create charming landscapes throughout the season. Lee gets you started with brushwork techniques, understanding and mixing color, and advice on how to compose your paintings. You'll then learn to paint a variety of landscape elements including skies, grass, trees, mountains, water and more. Put it all together to create 16 landscapes that can be completed quickly with beautiful results!"
Price: 24.99
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Powerful Watercolor Landscapes |
"Banish boring watercolors forever! This guide gives you the power tools you need to transform dull, flat landscapes into robust, colorful expressions of your artistic vision. Each chapter focuses on a specific strategy for tackling tough challenges, complete with inspiring examples, hands-on demonstrations and instructional diagrams to make these strategies easy and fun to learn. Following this guide's masterful visual instruction, you'll learn how to: See beyond what you see to develop strong foundations in every composition Avoid repainting, overworking and frustration by focusing on a composition's unifying elements Become decisive with your values for heightened interest and impact Quickly and easily mix a huge range of clean, rich colors—including vibrant grays and greens—with no more mud! Put it all together following detailed step-by-step demonstrations of complete paintings from start to finish Whether you're new to watercolor painting or not, this g"
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Fairyart Demonstration: Autumn Scene Digital Download |
"Fairies love to use magic. They especially love using their wands. The three fairies on the right are illuminating the lichen on the rocks, preparing for the coronation of the new queen. Two onlookers (the child fairy in the tree and the fairy on the ground below her) watch their magic at work."
Price: 1.99
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"The Artist's Magazine, April 2010 Digital Download" |
"Highlights Guide to Surfaces: Paper, Canvas & Board Portraiture Today! 4 Bold Approaches Evocative Landscapes in Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil, Graphite and Pastel Photograph Your Art for Competitions & Galleries Features Practice Makes Perfect By working on a number of small studies, Casey Baugh perfects his concept. By Louise B. Hafesh Looking Inward, Facing Out Gaela Erwin extends the boundaries of self-portraiture. By Lisa Wurster Starstruck Steven Polson paints the foremost political figures of our time. By Louise B. Hafesh Places In Time Interiors empty of people are Matt Condron's evocative subject. By Rosemary Barrett Seidner Landscape Into Art Five artists paint what they see and what they imagine. Edited by Maureen Bloomfield On the Surface Paper, panel, canvas—substrates for painting are examined and explained. By Greg Albert Columns and Departments Letters Close-Up Applying mask and painting wet-into-wet create a sky. "
Price: 4.99
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Professional Realism 3 Expanded Dvd |
"PROFESSIONAL REALISM 3 Learn to paint sunsets and all kinds of weather conditions. Many photos are analyzed to explain what the pro must know to paint good skies. Seven demos in both oil and watercolor show how to paint clear skies, sunsets, clouds, sun rays and mountain fog. Expanded DVD also includes 100 Teton Scenes to Paint(with painting demonstration). (approx. 90 minutes) Quinten Gregory"
Price: 29.95
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Pen And Wash With Wendy Jelbert Video Download |
"Wendy shows you how to mix pen and watercolor together, balancing intricate details with soft washes to create beautiful paintings. Starting with the basics, you will soon be able to paint elegant flowers, capture bright highlights, stormy skies and impressive water reflections, as you experience an exciting adventure with every stroke of your brush."
Price: 19.99
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Fairyart Demonstration: Curious Fairy Digital Download |
"This little fairy loves the lusciousness of spring and summer. She wishes to reverse the change of season, so she merely touches a single leaf on a birch tree and transforms the entire forest back into the green she so adored."
Price: 0.99
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Wetcanvas Live! Paint Stunning Landscapes From Photos: Lesson 23 & 24 |
"For Lesson 23 during the first segment of the class, Johannes critiques the painting homework he had assigned. During the second segment he introduces his insight on plein air painting while he shares what he looks for and avoids during this process. Later he does a study on some paintings of renowned top artist, Jim Wilcox, and how his paintings compare to the reference photos. In Class number 24 he takes it to the field and plays a recording of a live plein air class he gave while painting a waterfall outdoors. He shows how he applies the finishing touches to that painting in his studio. You'll learn: do's & don'ts of plein air painting. how to paint a waterfall. a check list to ensure success in your paintings. how to apply the thumbnail sketch to a real scene. Approximately 4 hours."
Price: 9.99
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Stunning Crystal & Glass Ebook |
"In this inspiring book, Joyce Roletto Faulknor shares with you her proven secrets for sharpening your senses and transforming your observations into striking interpretations of light's interaction with glass. Through 11 short exercises, Faulknor shows you how to begin painting your subject's shapes and values, working dark to light. If you are used to working traditionally, this concept may seem counterintuitive—but just follow along. Building luminosity one layer at a time, you'll capture the textures of light and glass with new resonance and realism. Ten complete step-by-step demonstrations clearly illustrate how to capture the glossy texture of ice, the shining facets of cut crystal, the radiant hues of colored glass, and the flattened sheen of reflective surfaces. Try your had at these fresh techniques, and watch your work begin to glow with unprecedented richness."
Price: 19.99
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Fairyart Demonstration: Garden Scene Digital Download |
The contrast of textures in this wagon with potted plants is wonderful and eye-catching. The child fairy is a nice addition and completes the theme of this composition.
Price: 1.99
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Professional Realism 1 Expanded Dvd |
"PROFESSIONAL REALISM 1 Learn how pros use the value scale (included) to get realistic light in their paintings. Learn the two basics a pro must know and how to break five amateurish habits. See demonstrations in oil, watercolor and drawing. You should watch this DVD first to get full benefit from the rest of the Professional Realism series. Expanded DVD also includes Artist in the Tetons and Quinten Gregory biography. (approx. 100 minutes)"
Price: 29.95
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The Artist's Magazine March 2010 Digital Download |
"Highlights Exclusive: How to Break Into the Workshop Biz 350+ Workshop Listings! Stellar at 60+ 10 Artists prove age is just a number Luscious Landscapes Trowel on the oil How to Compose With Photoshop Features Simply the Best The 10 winners of our Over 60 contest prove it's never too late to start a career in art—no matter what the medium. Edited by Grace Dobush So You'd Like to Teach a Workshop Break into the business with practical advice and a helpful guide.By Koo Schadler Serving the Paint Wielding a trowel as well as a brush, Louisa McElwain paints the Southwestern landscape. By Ruth K. Meyer A Garden of Droll Delights Pop art icon Peter Blake celebrates life's excesses and absurdities in painting and collage. By Larry Humber Café Views In depicting relationships between men and women, Pam Powell plays with light and reflections.By Lisa Wurster Columns and Departments Letters Close-Up To convey a mood as well as a l"
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Fairyart Demonstration: Baby Fairy Digital Download |
The baby fairy in this painting is using her wand to levitate a quartz crystal. The positioning of the arms conveys the message that she is performing fairy magic.
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Power To Paint Volume 8: Dynamic Photography |
"This volume will instruct you on how to operate your camera on manual mode and balance your exposure through shutter speeds and aperture settings. Then learn the tricks and techniques to composing dynamic photographs that will leave your viewers breathless. Suitable for painting in acrylic, oil, gouache, decorative and watercolor paints. 51 Minutes."
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Fairyart Demonstration: Rainbow Scene Digital Download |
The fairy in this painting is embracing her staff. A fairy staff is not an ordinary walking stick! It's a magical tool of light that amplifies the power of the fairy. Not just any fairy can own such a staff. They are presented to the most honorable fairies whose intentions are to shower nature with love and light.
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Doodles Unleashed |
"Doodle, draw, paint and play! With Doodles Unleashed, you'll discover wildly new ways to bring doodling center-stage! Traci Bautista teaches you how to use doodling as a meditative exercise, a raw form of expression and a vehicle for telling your personal story. Work with an arsenal of creative tools, from markers, pencils and pens to stamps, stencils, inks and paints, to find unique, intuitive ways to make your mark. Inside Doodles Unleashed, you'll learn how to: Doodle spontaneous marks, repetitive patterns, stylistic scrawls and more Create textured and doodled backgrounds for your mixed-media art Use photographs, vintage fabric and typography as inspirations for doodling Work with unusual tools—skewers, toothpicks, sequin waste and more—to create surprising and unique marks Develop a doodling style that's all your own And if that isn't enough, you'll find links for additional downloads and video tutorials sprinkled throughout the pages, for even more doodle insigh"
Price: 24.99
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Draw And Paint Realistic Horses |
"Saddle up for some creative fun! The pure beauty and spirit of horses makes them a favorite subject for artists. With the friendly instruction in this book, rendering these magnificent animals is both achievable and fun, even for beginners. Step by step, Jeanne Filler Scott shows you how to draw and paint the elegant lines, graceful movements and unique personalities that capture your heart. 12 start-to-finish projects cover a variety of poses and subjects, from stately portraits of race horses to cute foals at play Step-by-step demonstrations show how to depict accurate anatomy, powerful legs, flowing manes, expressive eyes, authentic coat colors and other key elements of realistic likenesses Profiles outline the distinguishing characteristics and proportions of popular breeds and various stages of maturity Rundowns on basic tools and techniques help you get started in pencil, acrylics and oils From taking reference photos to painting backgrounds, from formal portra"
Price: 24.99
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Surfwatching For Seascapes Painting |
"The essential video for all Seascape Artists, whether you live by the sea or inland. Stand on the shore with E. John as he explains how ocean waves are formed. Then using slow motion and stop-action video, observe while E. John narrates and describes in detail, how waves and foam break and spill upon the shore and rocks. Beginners or Advanced. All mediums. 45 minutes."
Price: 39.95
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The Artist's Magazine One Year Digital Subscription |
"The Artist's Magazine celebrates the creative life and the creative act, the artist as well as the art, by showcasing the best work—in all media and in all styles—of the best artists working today.Subscribe today to get 1 year (10 downloadable issues) of inspirational DIGITAL issues packed with tips and techniques from the world's best artistsEach issue will be delivered via email to your inbox throughout the year. Please watch your email for delivery notification.Our Pledge to You100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!You can cancel anytime, for any reason, no questions asked, and receive a prompt refund for any unserved issues."
Price: 17.99
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Dreamscapes Myth & Magic Demonstration: Painting Leaves Digital |
"Create distant treres, foliage, feathery leaves and combinations of all these with some quick tips."
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