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Watson Guptill Publ
Acrylic Painting Techniques Description: This all-in-one sourcebook demonstrates how every artist can create expert images with acrylic paints. Step-by-step lessons detail how to paint with gels, gouaches, metallics, gessos; combine acrylics with charcoal, Conte crayon, and casein; and more.... Read More about the "Acrylic Painting Techniques" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Stackpole Books
Carving And Painting The American Kestrel With Floyd Schulz Description: In this sixth book of the Carving and Painting series, carvers are led through all the phases of carving an American Kestrel-from roughing out the major feather groups to carving the head and adding individual feathers. The finishing touches-burning, texturing, and painting-are fully described, enabling the carver to create a stunningly lifelike kestrel.... Read More about the "Carving And Painting The American Kestrel With Floyd Schulz" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Ashmolean Museum
French Drawings And Watercolours Description: This history of French drawing is not the same thing as a history of French painting, although they often overlap and merge. Drawing is the foundation where creativity first finds its expression.... Read More about the "French Drawings And Watercolours" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Ashmolean Museum
JMW. Turner Description: This collection of Turner`s art is one of the most representative of his watercolors and drawings and shows why he was considered the greatest artist of his time.... Read More about the "JMW. Turner" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Watson Guptill Publ
Oil Pastel For The Serious Beginner Description: Oil pastels offer artists a virtually unlimited treasury of creative potential. They`re also considered a safe alternative to soft pastels. Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner shows both new and veteran artists how to make the most of this fabulous medium. Lessons progress simply and clearly from easy subjects and techniques to the more difficult and complex. First, artists learn how to use oil pastels to create traditional paintings in still life, landscape, and portraiture. Then, they`ll discover 12 experimental techniques that push the medium of oil pastel to its limits including impasto, etching, washes, and monoprint; stencil and screen techniques; and even methods for combining oil pastel with soft pastel and mixed media. Whether one is an an amateur artist or experienced veteran, Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner is the ideal one-stop source for mastering this popular medium.... Read More about the "Oil Pastel For The Serious Beginner" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Kodansha International
Sumi-e, Just For You Description: A beginner`s guide to sumi-eJapanese ink paintings of landscapes and portraits. Line drawings, how-to photographs and step-by-step instructions for 20 traditional motifs.... Read More about the "Sumi-e, Just For You" on the The Nile Book Store Website

I.B. TAURIS&CO LTD
Unframed Description: Women`s painting is undergoing a vibrant revival, yet has been little explored in writing on modern visual culture. Unframed is a welcome and fresh examination of women`s contemporary painting. The book uniquely presents new writing by practitioners who engage with theory and critical theorists who deal directly with contemporary practice. All contributors reflect on their own practice and that of other women painters and theorists; throughout their common aim is to develop innovative ways of thinking about and through painting by women. The book focuses on current debates on gender, subjectivity, spectatorship and painting and successfully moves them forward in the new millennium. It will appeal to a range of readers, including scholars, students, artists and gallery goers.... Read More about the "Unframed" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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