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Cutting Edge Fashion Illustration
Step-by-step Contemporary Fashion Illustration - Traditional, Digital and Mixed Media
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Cutting-Edge Fashion Illustration is the go-to resource and inspiration if you're a budding fashion designer, fashion illustrator or just simply want to learn more illustration techniques.
Covers all key areas of illustration using traditional, digital and mixed media methods, offering clear...
by Gordon Mackenzie
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
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....
Creating Art at the Speed of Life
30 Days of Mixed-Media Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
In this inspirational volume, artist and author Pam Carriker offers uninhibited mixed-media play while encouraging you to look at your work with a newly evaluative eye and determine what works for you. Create your own art journal while using a variety of mixed-media techniques and explore seven important...
by Gary Greene
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2004
There's no better way to add interest to any piece of artwork than with reflections, textures and backgrounds. This unique photo reference helps both fine and decorative artists tackle these subjects with ease. Readers will find stunning photos of a wide variety of scenes and objects, including: the...
Writing & Selling Short Stories & Personal Essays
The Essential Guide to Getting Your Work Published
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Write It Short, Sell It Now
Short stories and personal essays have never been hotter--or more crucial for a successful writing career. Earning bylines in magazines and literary journals is a terrific way to get noticed and earn future opportunities in both short- and long-form writing.
Writing...
by Jo Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2003
Watercolor Wisdom is an essential reference for every watercolor artist. It shares the knowledge, insights, tips and tricks that author Jo Taylor has accumulated over 30 years of painting and teaching, delivering a complete watercolor course that provides all the answers any painter will ever need...
Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light
Oil, Pastel and Watercolor
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2001
You can paint realistic skin tones that glow with life!
Learning how to capture such quality has never been easier. Inside you'll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media, including watercolor, oil and pastel.
You'll begin with a review of the five essential...
by Dory Kanter
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2003
Inspire your creative spirit - everyday!
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, Art Escapes provides the ideas and encouragement you need to discover greater creativity and artistic confidence, even when you're short on time. Professional artist and instructor Dory Kanter shows...
Art Revolution
Alternative Approaches for Fine Artists and Illustrators
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
With an unprecedented array of media and digital tools at their disposal, today's artists are faced with unlimited possibilities for creative experimentation. Never before has there been such innovation in the way art can be conceptualized, produced and presented.
Art Revolution is on the cutting-edge,...
by June Roman
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Create beautifully textured jewelry that reflects your true self!
The self-expressive elements we put into the works of art we make can be transferred to the jewelry we create. Colors, textures, symbolism and more make up the works created in our art journals. Author June Roman shares how she draws...
The Little Book of Drawing
A Friendly Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2007
The drawing book for everyone.
What happened? As kids, we were all artists. After all, it doesn't take much: a pencil, some paper, a few minutes at a time and the basic concepts illustrated in The Little Book of Drawing. This book is the friendly little reminder that anyone can draw and draw well....
Painting Classic Portraits
Great Faces Step by Step
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Easy techniques for true-to-life portraits!
If you think all portrait-painting books are the same, think again. This book will inspire you to approach your canvas with renewed (or newly discovered) enthusiasm and confidence. Using modern-day techniques, Luana Luconi Winner shows you how to capture...
Watercolor Unleashed
New Directions for Traditional Painting Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Discover fresh, forgiving techniques that promise less frustration and juicier results!
Julie Gilbert Pollard subscribes to the "whatever works" school of painting. Not bound by tradition, she shows you how to unleash your watercolors for exciting and expressive results...and have lots of...
Abstract Art Painting
Expressions in Mixed Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Would you love to take your art in a new direction?
In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting...