North Light Books imprint: 463 books
Taking Flight
Inspiration And Techniques To Give Your Creative Spirit Wings
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Stretch Your Wings, Learn to Soar, Take Flight
In Taking Flight, you'll find overflowing inspirationcomplete with a kindred spirit in author and mixed-media artist Kelly Rae Roberts. Join her on a fearless journey into the heart of creativity as you test your wings and learn to find the sacred in...
Art Journal Kickstarter
Pages and Prompts to Energize Your Art Journals
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Kickstart your art journaling journey today!
With back-to-back journal pages from more than 100 art journaling enthusiasts, you'll embark on an exploration filled with top-notch techniques and the kind of journal fodder that your artistic soul has been craving! So soak it up and discover the...
Mural Painting Secrets For Success
Expert Advice For Hobbyists And Pros
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2008
Mural Painting Secrets for Success will give you the tools you need to paint fantastic murals following the latest trends, including holographic metallics, 3-D effect paints and stained concrete. In addition to the 23 step-by-step demonstrations, a gallery of more than 20 inspirational photos will...
Intuitive Painting Workshop
Techniques, Prompts and Inspiration for a Year of Painting
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
A Year of Painting Intuitively!
Stay inspired to create art throughout every season! In Intuitive Painting Workshop, you'll find a timely expressive exercise for each month, along with seasonal check-ins. In discovering how to paint intuitively, you will learn to surrender to your true visual...
Watercolor 365
Daily Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
A year's worth of tips, techniques, advice and more!
Make watercolor a part of your daily life, turning every day into inspiration for your art. Designed to fit your life, Watercolor 365--the first watercolor book of its kind--provides a complete education in the medium, one bite-sized bit...
The Mixed-Media Artist
Art Tips, Tricks, Secrets and Dreams from Over 40 Amazing Artists
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Mixed media or mystery?
There's a secret to understanding the mystery behind the hidden message in a work of mixed-media art. As Seth Apter knows, if you can get to know the artist, you will get to know the art. The Mixed Media Artist unlocks this mystery and provides an intimate look into the hearts,...
by Claudia Nice
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Draw & Paint Realistic Trees in All Four Seaons
Bestselling author and naturalist Claudia Nice is back with another studio essential for every landscape artist. Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape features Claudia's best tips and techniques for painting trees of all kinds in their natural...
Inside The Art Studio
A Guided Tour of 37 Artists' Creative Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Take a tour of artists' studios!
Whether you're looking to upgrade your own studio or just love peeking into the workplaces of successful artists, you'll find ideas and inspiration Inside the Art Studio.
Culled from American Artist's popular Studios series, Inside the Art Studio takes...
by Lee Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Lee Hammond helps you get your acrylic paintings past that initial “awkward stage” with great tips and tricks for achieving realistic results.
by Joe Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Learn great lessons about how you can incorporate great design elements into your composition, including five easy formulas that will ensure a strong image every single time. But don't let your great design be ruined by muddy colors! These lessons go beyond color wheel instruction to teach how to...
Start Sketching & Drawing Now
Simple techniques for drawing landscapes, people and objects
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
A complete course for the can't-wait-to-get-started beginner!
Got the urge to draw? What are you waiting for?! Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 with Grant Fuller's Start Sketching & Drawing Now! Packed full of easy and fun techniques, readers will learn to create accurate and expressive likenesses...
by Joe Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Take your watercolor paintings to the next level with these great techniques. Build a foundation with basic techniues like using wet-into-wet washes and glazing and layering before moving right along to using blooms, backruns, salt and wax to create great effects. Not only will you create gorgeous paintings, but you'll have fun doing them.
Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil
64 step-by-step demos / 54 kinds of flowers
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Master the Secret of Creating Spectacular Flowers in Colored Pencil
When it comes to choosing a subject, flowers are a perennial favorite for artists because of their exciting variety and complexity of color, texture and details. It's amazing, then, that their vibrant natures can be captured so realistically...
by Bernard Poulin
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Embark on an Adventure with Colored Pencils! A versatile and vibrant medium, colored pencils are capable of producing art of a serious, and seriously exciting nature. The Complete Colored Pencil Book will guide you through your first strokes and beyond. • Basic and advanced techniques for creating...