ART BOOKS

Painting with Bob Ross With artwork created by Bob Ross himself using his specially formulated oil paints brushes basecoats and other tools—introduces artists and Bob Ross fans to the basics of painting landscapes. Everyone will enjoy Painting with Bob Ross as his “happy accidents” approach makes this challenging subject matter enjoyable for all ages regardless of skill level and materials used.

Craft your own Christmas in paper – 16 festive projects for the perfect homemade holiday!

Craft your own Christmas with 16 festive papercraft projects ranging from simple yet effective bunting to intricate snowflake tree decorations, bell jar Christmas trees, and an advent calendar village. Give your holiday season the homemade touch, from wrapping paper to tree decorations, using very few materials and innovative techniques, such as printing with shaving foam and creating stunning greeting cards using gold embossing ink.

Papercutting is a perfect craft for beginners, as you can achieve amazing results with the most basic of materials a pencil, eraser, craft knife or scalpel, a piece of paper and a cutting surface.

Tips and techniques for learning Acrylic.

Beginning Acrylic teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in acrylic. From showing how to choose the right paper brushes and paints to basic painting tips and techniques this beginner?s guide to acrylic painting is bursting with valuable exercises and advice to help artists master this colorful and approachable medium. This book guides beginners through an exploration of acrylic painting with easy-to-understand concepts and step-by-step methods including how to paint a variety of skies trees mountains roads clouds and waterscapes from start to finish.

By Susette Billedeaux

A multidimensional approach to learning the art of basic drawing

From the first brushstroke to the finishing touch let the Portfolio series guide you as you begin your artistic journey in watercolour painting. Beginning Watercolor teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in watercolour. This helpful resource begins with a basic introduction to the essential tools and materials artists need to get started including choosing the right paintbrushes watercolour paints sketchbooks and canvas. Additionally artists will learn the fundamentals of watercolour as well as a variety of painting techniques including creating washes mixing colours creating soft blends rendering realistic textures and working wet-into-wet.

Beginning Watercolor guides beginners through a series of easy-to-follow step-by-step projects covering a variety of watercolour methods and techniques including helpful tips and advice when painting landscapes still lifes portraits and more. With helpful tips and detailed beautiful artwork to guide and inspire Beginning Watercolor is the perfect resource for watercolour artists just getting started in this colourful medium.

Author: Maury Aaseng

Following the same clean contemporary easy-to-read and easy-to-follow layout and design of the other books in Walter Foster Publishing's popular Portfolio series Expressive Painting gives beginning and aspiring artists the information they need to paint colorful watercolors that convey mood and emotion on canvas. The book covers essential painting topics including color theory color mixing selecting color schemes and working with tools and materials as well as watercolor painting techniques such as painting wet-into-wet and wet-on-dry.

Pure Watercolour Painting A tour-de-force in the use of watercolour in its purest form. If you have ever wanted to produce watercolour paintings filled with light and radiance this inspirational and easy-to-follow guide will show you how. Learn how to use traditional watercolour techniques to produce beautiful contemporary paintings that are full of light colour and life. Packed with inspirational finished paintings and step-by-step projects this engaging book teaches you how to use watercolours in their purest form without the addition of any other media to create art that has a radiancy and luminosity that cannot be achieved in any other way. Author: Peter Cronin

Ready To Paint Watercolour Flowers Keen to paint. but your drawing skills let you down? This book provides pull-out tracings for five beautiful floral paintings, along with full step-by-step instructions for how to bring them to life with watercolour paint. Author: Wendy Tait

Ready To Paint Watercolour Landscapes People who want to learn to paint without relying on drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Terry's clear no-nonsense instructions show how to create beautiful watercolour landscapes using outlines provided as pull-out tracings. Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs. Five easy to follow projects. Six reusable tracings to pull out. Author: Terry Harrison

Sketch Your Best Self Book A fun how-to sketchbook for drawing portraits and selfies! Sketch Your Best Self is a quirky guide to drawing all kinds of faces starting with your own! The book is split into four sections covering the basics how to draw faces building bodies and selfie style. This comprises how to draw features how to create different expressions drawing bodies and limbs and lots of fun stuff including how to create a selfie in pop art style full colour monochrome and retro classics style. Edition: BC Paperback

Tangle Magic - Colouring Book by Jessica Palmer Discover 80 pages of spellbinding hand-drawn pictures with a magical theme for you to colour in. Each page includes a 'hidden charm' to be found within the design. Author: Jessica Palmer Format: Paperback Pages: 80 Size: 250 x 250 mm

If you love painting with watercolour and are ready to experiment with something different, then the versatile medium of gouache could be just the thing for you. This guide covers all the materials and tools required and has a comprehensive techniques section that includes overlaying colours, colour blending and troubleshooting.

The Art of Paint Pouring Tips techniques and step by step instructions for creating colourful poured art in acrylic. Author: Amanda Vanever

The Art of Soldering for Jewellery Makers: Techniques &Projects

In this book, Daniel reveals the surprisingly simple techniques used for creating incredible works of art on wood. There is advice on essential tools and materials, six stunning step-by-step projects and a gallery of basic patterns and borders. For those who want to take their skills further, there is guidance on working with spheres, gourds, antique wood and leather; and design ideas including birds, animals and fairies for decorating wooden items such as platters, stools and cutting boards.

The Big Book of Tiny Art A modern inspirational guide to the art of the miniature. Author: Karen Libecap

A complete step-by-step guide to key colouring techniques using coloured pencils, with an inspirational gallery?showing how artists use them. An indispensable guide for anyone keen to learn coloured pencil techniques, or for the experienced artist who would like to build on their existing skills. Filled with information on the basic characteristics and colour ranges of the main kinds of?coloured pencil, and step-by-step visual demonstrations of key techniques from blending, blocking in and burning to sgraffito, stippling and impressing. The reader will not only discover how professional artists use imaginative and dynamic styles to interpret a wide range of subjects, but they will also be inspired by the 150-plus full-colour illustrations to create brilliant artworks of their own.

A new, up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive encyclopedia?of?oil painting by professional and award-winning artist, Jeremy Galton. A new, up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive encyclopedia by professional and award-winning artist, Jeremy Galton. Ideal for artists of all skill levels, this A-Z reference covers a multitude of topics concerning oil painting. The book is divided into two sections: the first provides step-by-step demonstrations that guide artists through a variety of techniques, from basic colour mixing through to creating special effects such as peinture a lessence and sgraffito. The second part focuses on themes, illustrating how individual artists tackle a number of common subjects, including landscapes, buildings, portraits, still life, skies and water. This resource provides a wealth of stimulating ideas to help artists ??? both amateurs and veterans ??? develop their own oil-painting style.

Whether you are an experienced jewellery-maker looking to move up to the next level, or a complete beginner, The Encyclopedia of Wire Jewellery Making Techniques is an invaluable resource.

Using this book you can:

Learn how to manipulate wire to create elegant structural designs for earrings, rings, pendants, necklaces, tiaras and brooches with clear, illustrated instructions

Combine wire with beads and stones through threading and wrapping for an intricately embellished look

Have fun experimenting with different types of wire, from precious metal to electrical and recycled wires

Progress from basic wire-working skills to more advanced techniques, such as making linked jump-ring chains, simple soldering, and using chemicals to alter the wire finish.