North Light Books imprint: 463 books
by Maureen Carlson
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2002
Create a world of fun and enchantment with polymer clay!
You can transform a batch of colorful polymer clay into a fantasy world right out of your imagination. You'll find basic techniques for sculpting 10 easy shapes that can be used to create dozens of different creatures, plus details for...
by Laurel Hart
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2007
Capture the essence of people in your paintings
Add a personal touch to you watercolors with 11 step-by-step demonstrations that cover people in a variety of scenes and situations. Award-winning artist, Laurel Hart, gives you the techniques you need to capture the living, breathing essence...
Watercolor in Bloom
Painting the Spring and Summer Garden
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
Painting pretty, prized flowers is easier than you think!
Using an uncomplicated palette and simple techniques, Mary Backer shares the secrets behind her prize-winning watercolor flowers. From first strokes to final touches, you'll learn everything you need to know to paint brilliant orange...
Splash 10
Passionate Brushstrokes
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Featured artist Jerry Stitt contemplates that ''A painting is good not because it looks like something, but because it feels like something.'' The difference is passion '' the kind of energy, excitement and pure joy that pulses through every page of this book.
A brilliant collection of the...
Painting Realistic Wildlife in Acrylic
30 Step-By-Step Demonstrations
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
A Master Artist Shares His Straightforward Approach for Capturing the Essence of Nature
One measure of a painting's success is the emotion it elicits from its viewer; William Silvers' wildlife scenes make your pulse quicken and your breath catch as you witness some of nature's most miraculous...
Lessons in Masterful Portrait Drawing
A Classical Approach to Drawing the Head
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Draw the best portraits with form and spirit.
Drawing techniques from a master!
Mau-Kun Yim learned to draw as the Old Masters did and believes that to render the essence of life in portrait drawing, one must continue to pursue the old ways. This philosophy and methodology relies on...
Strokes Of Genius 8
Expressive Texture
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Inspiration fresh from the studios of 131 master artists!
A celebration of creative drawing, the Strokes of Genius series showcases standout work from today's top artists. This 8th volume focuses on how artists use texture to bring life and depth to subjects ranging from soulful portraits and...
Pastel Pointers
Top 100 Secrets for Beautiful Paintings
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Top Secrets for Beautiful Pastel Paintings
Richard McKinley has been a professional artist for over 35 years. Factor in nearly as many years of teaching experience, and that adds up to a whole lot of know-how to share. In Pastel Pointers, he lays it all out: information on tools, materials, color,...
Art Journal Freedom
How to Journal Creatively With Color & Composition
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom!
Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal?
It's true, art journaling...
The Painterly Approach
An Artist's Guide To Seeing, Painting And Expressing
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
Create paintings with feeling
The Painterly Approach bridges the gap between what you see as an artist, and what you feel. More than painting an appealing landscape, it's about making your viewer feel the wind, experience the dance of shadows and sunlight, and admire the wondrous intermingling...
The Art of Portrait Drawing
Learn the Essential Techniques of the Masters
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2006
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."—Edgar Degas
Learn how to turn what you see into masterful, expressive art. With the practical instruction and advice in these pages, you can develop the skills necessary to draw fine portraits in the realist tradition.
In...
by Michael Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Dynamic new ideas for your handmade cards
Dazzle your friends and loved ones with the one-of-a-kind projects in Cards that Pop Up, Flip & Slide. A few simple cuts and folds are all it takes to create over twenty cards and envelopes with moveable parts. From pop-up trees to flipping leaves...
by Barbara Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry: Necklaces, Part 2 combines beading and wire-working techniques with the intense beauty of torch-fired enameled beads. Metal becomes your canvas as you learn the basics of enameling with a torch, then create five exquisite necklaces. Find out how easy it is to create unique...
by Gordon Mackenzie
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
Painting with watercolors gives you endless opportunities to create the world you want. You choose whether to let the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling golds and reds....