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Watercolor Essentials |
"Watercolor moves like no other medium. Just add water, and the pigment takes on a life of its own. This book makes learning to paint equally dynamic, with page after page of step-by-step demonstrations, plus more than 40 lessons on the companion DVD. Get off to a happy start with basics such as laying a wash, applying a glaze and keeping whites white. Expand your skills and discover new ways to express yourself with advanced techniques, including special effects using salt, rubber cement and foil. From selecting and caring for your brushes to secrets for painting big, bold, beautiful shadows, Watercolor Essentials contains everything you need to paint with confidence."
Price: 29.99
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Calligraphy (First Steps) |
"You'll be delighted at how easy this guide makes it to address invitations with a touch of class, send unforgettable greeting cards, and craft unique and meaningful gifts.With Don Marsh's simple and straightforward instruction, you'll be creating graceful handwritten expressions in no time! By learning a few key strokes (most of them found in the letters a and n) you'll be able to form all the letters of the alphabet. Inside, you'll find everything you need to begin! More than a dozen projects complete with stroke-by-stroke instruction show you different ways to apply your new skills. You'll find practical and imaginative ideas for greeting cards, invitations, romantic verse and much more. And with Don's help, you can get started right away! About the Author. Don Marsh is a graphic designer and expert calligrapher. He has studied and taught calligraphy for over 10 years. His work has graced book covers, poster, advertisements and many other publications."
Price: 18.99
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The Artist's Magazine 2001-2005 Five Year Cd/Dvd |
"Enjoy 60 complete issues of The Artist's Magazine from 2001 to 2005 on one DVD! All 60 issues are in PDF format, so they'll work on almost any computer (PC or Macintosh) and can be viewed with Acrobat Reader 6.0 (a free downloadable program). Enjoy these features from the leading magazine for amateur and professional artists: • Inspiration from exquisite artwork in all media and styles • Instruction from the best artists working today • Advice to help you succeed in the business of art and the joy of creative endeavors This DVD is fully searchable by keyword, artist or medium. Go green! Recycle your print magazines and replace them with this compact DVD."
Price: 99
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Video Download: Secrets In Watercolor: The Unifying Wash With Laurie |
"Laurie uses exercises and finished painting examples to show you how to use small- and large-scale washes in your work—follow along as Laurie paints overlapping ribbons and a group of cherries to practice small scale washes, then background foliage in a garden setting to practice larger-scale washes that can be used to push back the picture plane. Laurie then paints a street scene to demonstrate how these washes work together to add a depth to your paintings that will immediately make them more realistic and lifelike."
Price: 19.99
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Acrylic Innovation |
"Acrylic is often used as a substitute for oil paint or watercolor, but the real gold mine is in allowing the medium freedom to do what it does best. This book shows how today's artists are doing exactly that. It's loaded with original artwork and valuable insight from 64 artists, incredibly diverse in styles and subjects, each using acrylic in unique ways to create expressive and personal art. 64 artists offer their individual ideas, approaches and inspirations for working with acrylic paints 29 styles, ranging from photorealism to minimal color field and everything in between, are explored through artist profiles, artwork and boundary-breaking challenges that provide dynamic starting points for your own art 29 step-by-step demonstrations illustrate acrylic-driven techniques you can take straight to your work, including collage and assemblage, reverse painting, printmaking, accidental stenciling, working with metallic mixtures and more A follow-up to the best-sel"
Price: 11
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Video Download: Capture The Values Of Sunlight & Shadow: Pastels With |
"In this video workshop, Maggie shows you how an underpainting road map of values and temperatures will lead you to a beautiful final painting, strong in value structure and flooded with sunlight. Follow along step by step as Maggie paints this warm, sunny landscape from initial photo reference and underpainting to layers of lush, rich color."
Price: 19.99
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Fairyart: Demonstration Warm Color Scheme Digital Download |
Warm color schemes convey a message of togetherness and strength. Red and orange are the most intense of all the colors on the color wheel. These two hues are the most often used colors when depicting sunsets.
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Jerry Yarnell's Landscape Painting Secrets |
"Follow along as popular PBS host, Jerry Yarnell, shares his favorite techniques for painting a variety of landscape elements. After instruction on materials, color mixing, values and other general painting techniques, you'll learn to paint water, land, trees, skies and more. Then, take your paintings to a whole new level as you put your newly-aquired skills to use to create lovely snowscenes, waterfalls and more. Acrylics."
Price: 24.99
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Painting Skies: Pastel Tips From 3 Artists Digital Download |
"Capture the color of light and air in enchanting skyscapes with expert advice from pastelists Paul Murray, Stan Sperlak and Donna Levinstone."
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The Artist's Magazine October 2009 Digital Download |
Highlights Land a Gallery Secrets to Sensuous Skin Tones Maira Kalman Savvy Artist--Naive Style Paint Bright Light Brilliantly Take a Stab at Pastel Features Brush With Tradition Classicist Robert Armetta shows how to mix convincing skin tones in oil. By Louise B. Hafesh Guileless and Gutsy Renowned illustrator Maira Kalman paints witty flights of fancy in gouache. By Holly Davis Dip Your Brush in Digital Art Learn about programs that can enhance what you're already doing in traditional media. By Ursula Roma The Inside Story Four top gallery directors tell you how to approach any gallery or dealer. By Betsy Dillard Stroud Studio Tour John Salminen enlarged his basement studio in his Minnesota home. Edited by Christine McHugh Feathers & Finesse Andrew Denman paints portraits of birds in acrylic. By Deborah Secor Mediapedia What's timeless and new: pastel. By Greg Albert Columns and Departments October 2
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Watercolor Artist April 2009 Digital Download |
"Approach natural subjects from an oblique angle with watercolorists Scott Zupanc and Erin Farnsworth, learn how to transition to acrylics with Mark Mehaffey, and go behind the portraits of the beloved Chinese artist, Guan Weixing. Plus, ponder the beauty of the everyday with Stan Goudey's cityscapes."
Price: 5.99
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Mediapedia: Watercolor Digital Download |
"Looking to get started in watercolor? Mediapedia is your go-to resource for learning the ins and outs of using the medium. In this downloadable article from The Artist's Magazine you'll find: tips and techniques for using watercolors answers to frequently asked questions information about safety and cleanup and lists of must-have tools and suggested surfaces This enhanced PDF format lets you view the article on your computer, instantly search text and print out pages for reference."
Price: 1.99
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"Supports, Grounds & Underpaintings Digital Download" |
"Get it right from the ground up with McKinley's expert advice on choosing the right pastel supports, mixing a good handmade ground and brushing on an effective underpainting."
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The Artist's Magazine September 2009 Digital Download |
"Highlights Find a Workshop (300+ Listings) & an Online Gallery Figure/Ground Now You See It, Now You Don't Explore Markers The New Pen & Ink PLUS: How to Create Classic Botanicals in Colored Pencil Features Beautiful Ambiguity Igor & Marina's ornate panels demonstrate tension between figure and ground. By Ruth K. Meyer Funny Pages Anti-heroes in dismal digs: Graphic novels delight a new generation. By Grace Dobush Everytown, USA Constance LaPalombara plays up the light in moody city scenes in oil. By Tamera Lenz Muente Studio Tour Anne Bagby organized her art materials at last. Edited by Christine McHugh Kids Get Smart With Art Improve literacy and math skills by teaching kids to draw, paint and dance. By Tucker J. Coombe City in Bloom Wendy Hollender revives the tradition of botanical illustration. By Meredith E. Lewis Mediapedia Markers are the new pen and ink. By Greg Albert Columns and Departments "
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The Artist's Magazine November 2009 Digital Download |
"Highlights Plein Air With a Purpose: 3 Goals For Maximum Results Realism & Impressionism How Jeffrey T. Larson Excels in Both Gleam, Sheen & Sparkle How to Paint Reflective Surfaces You're Not Alone Agencies for Artists Can Help You Find Money Features In a Good Light Master of three genres, Jeffrey T. Larson follows the sun. By Louise B. Hafesh Two Roads Converge Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov collaborate on egg tempera panels. By Ruth K. Meyer Wise Guy Renowned caricaturist David Levine describes his working methods.By Larry Humber Studio Tour A spacious entertainment addition doubles as Wende Caporale's studio. Edited by Christine McHugh Staying Alive Diversify: the secret to making a living as an artist.By Ursula Roma and Daniel Brown Plein Air With a Purpose To improve your skills, paint on site while following a definite plan. By Michael Chesley Johnson Mediapedia If you think you know everything about oil paints, think again. "
Price: 4.99
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Your Artist's Brain |
"- Compilation of 2 books gives lots of info on techniques, allowing the reader to see how it works, not just read it - Step-by-step demos, examples and exercises teach how to see and design great compositions; Points to Remember sidebars allow readers to"
Price: 26.99
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The Artist's Magazine December 2009 Digital Download |
Highlights Workshops Here & Abroad: Choose From 300+ The Year's Best Art 26th Annual Competition Winners Secrets to Painting Metallic Surfaces Is Royalty-Free Free? Features The Year's Best Art 26th Annual Competition winners tell the stories behind their paintings. Animal/Wildlife By Koo Schadler Abstract/Experimental By Lisa Wurster Still Life/Floral By Meredith E. Lewis Portrait/Figure By Tamera Lenz Muente Landscape/Interior By Michael Chesley Johnson Aesthetics of Taste Jurors reveal the reasons for their decisions. By Maureen Bloomfield Columns and Departments December 2009 Online Don't miss our Web extras! Letters Close-Up Our cover image magnified and explained. By George Thompson The Artist's Life A tour of the Andy Warhol Museum. Edited by Grace Dobush 2010 Art Competition All about next year's contest! Exhibitions Winter shows. Edited by Holly Davis Brushing Up Learn the right techniques for depicting d
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Painting Vibrant Watercolors: Yellow Dog Demonstration Digital |
Learn to create texture with gradating values as you paint a yellow dog step by step. Each step is fully explained and illustrated with a color photograph. Materials list included.
Price: 1.99
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Costa Vavagiakis Paints The Figure From Life Digital Download |
"Always painting only from life, Costa Vavagiakis overturns the conventional portrait tradition by placing his nude subjects against stark white backgrounds and recording exactly what he sees in order to simulate the breath of life. 1 artist, Costa Vavagiakis 8 pages By Maureen Bloomfield"
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Dreamscapes Myth & Magic Demonstration: Sun Worship Digital Download |
Follow Stephanie Pui-Mun Law in this step-by-step demo on how to paint Sun Worship.
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Fairyart Demonstration: Wildflowers Digital Download |
"The wildflowers in this painting are called foxglove or Digitalis purpurea. Foxglove is also known as fairy fingers, fairy bells, fairy thimbles and fairy cap. These beautiful flowers can be challenging to paint and time consuming to delineate, so be patient."
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The Creative Edge: Chapter 2: The Tactile Edge Digital Download |
"Explains different tactics of bringing texure into the acrylic medium, and why texture is important to a piece."
Price: 3.99
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The Painterly Approach: Pastel Demonstration: Reflections In Water |
"This demo explains how to combine media. Create a water landscape using a watercolor underpainting, and expand on the color values by blending layers of pastel color for double the impact, fun and artistic depth."
Price: 2.99
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Watercolorist's Answer Book |
"425 popular tips, techniques and solutions selected from North Light's industry-leading library of watercolor instruction books. 20 step-by-step demos."
Price: 24.99
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The Artist's Magazine May 2011 Digital Download |
"Highlights Today's HOT Medium: Get Started in Encaustic Classic Botanicals Still Life: Dramatic Color in Watercolor, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil Light and Bright in Acrylic Features Riddled with Magic Conjuring the present from the past and casting real people in mythic roles, Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso casts a spell. By BJ Foreman Full-Spectrum Color How artists working in four media—Chris Beck in watercolor, Erin Gergen Halls in colored pencil, Ted Polomis in oil and Nancy Stanchfield in acrylic—achieve dramatic color. Edited by Christine McHugh Painterly Economy Positioning figures in suburban landscapes and working spontaneously, David Shevlino handles oil with painterly bravado. By Meredith E. Lewis Cooking Up the Blues Layering collage elements and encaustic, Kim Flora heats up the surface to create abstract compositions saturated with blue. By Ruth K. Meyer Beauty in a Weary World With a restricted palette that includes graphi"
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The Creative Edge: Chapter 1: Claiming Your Creative Edge Digital |
"Learn how to develop a creative attitude, develop an artist's eye and transfer your creative energy into a painting."
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Make The Most Of Mistakes Digital Download |
"Don't let mistakes bring a painting to a standstill. Rescue seemingly dommed pastel paintings by learning to understand--and repair--your mistakes. In this article, McKinley offers solutions for paintings that are too dark, too light, or that suffer from muddy color, hard egdes or too much pastel."
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