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B3191. Painted Garden / Woodin
B3191. The Painted Garden: A Year in Words and Watercolors by Mary Woodin. 7" x 8". Hardcover $17.95. SALE - LIMITED SUPPLY
If you have enjoyed Sara Midda's In & Out of the Garden, you will like this book. It is full of watercolors of flowers, herbs and vegetables. It is a beautifully illustrated garden journal that follows the year from peonies and blooming bulbs in the spring to pears and planting bulbs in the fall. The text is hand written in a casual, mono-line, italic-based script. Her notes on the garden are coupled with quotes from famous gardeners.
This beautiful book is a natural as a gift book, but also a good resource for watercolor flowers. The copies at Odyssey last summer quickly sold out.
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B3334. 100 Flowers / Yang O-shi
100 Flowers: Chinese Techniques for Painting Flowers by Yang O-shi. 240pp. 8.25"x12". Paper
Victoria Pittman has taught a popular flower painting class for many years at the summer calligraphy conference. Her flowers are made with a few strokes - ideal for envelopes, cards and small calligraphic pieces. As a resource for that class, she highly recommends this book: "This is a particularly good book, with many great examples and great illustrations." It provides sequential steps for painting 100 different flowers, from simple to fairly complex, along with finished paintings. Does not cover the basics of watercolor, just painting these flowers.
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B3175. Rethinking Acrylics / Patti Brady
Rethinking Acrylics: Radical Solutions for Exploiting the World’s Most Versatile Medium by Patti Brady. 2008. 160pp. 11" x 9.25". Hardcover Hidden Spiral.
Acrylic can mimic oil paint, watercolor, gouache, and encaustic; it can be applied in subtle transparent washes or troweled as a heavy thick impasto; it can be as transparent as glass or as dense and black as tar. Covers the most popular techniques for acrylic, making them accessible through a variety of mini-demonstrations followed by full demonstrations that show how to transform those techniques into finished paintings.
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B3179. Painting Techniques by Eliz. Tate
The North Light Illustrated Book of Painting Techniques by Elizabeth Tate. 1986. 208pp. 9"x9". Hardcover $29.95. JNB Sale $19.95
Illustrations and clear instructions for 45 painting techniques as they apply to watercolor, pastel, tempera, gouache, acrylic and oil. The second half of the books shows you how to apply these techniques to specific subjects, such as animals, buildings, landscapes, skies & clouds, water, and weather effects,
Recommended by Sheila Waters for her Calligraphy Connection 2009 Class
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B3194. Sweet Life: Reflections on Home and Garden
The Sweet Life: Reflections on Home and Garden by Lauren Stoddard. 1999. 96pp. 5.75 in x 7.5 in. Hardcover
Laura Stoddard’s whimsical watercolors are a combination of Sara Midda and Edward Gorey. Small, engaging, and a little quirky. They are also witty quotation books. Stoddard’s droll sense of humor is delightful.
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B3195. All For Love / Stoddard
All For Love by Laura Stoddard. 2007. 96pp. 5.75" x 7.5". Hardcover.
Laura Stoddard’s whimsical watercolors are a combination of Sara Midda and Edward Gorey. Small, engaging, and a little quirky. They are also witty quotation books. Stoddard’s droll sense of humor is delightful.
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B3158. Image Transfer Workshop / McElroy & Wilson
Image Transfer Workshop: Mixed-Media Techniques for Successful Transfers by Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran Wilson. 2009. 128pp. 8-1/4x10-7/8". Paper $24.95.
Introduces you to as many as 35 transfer techniques, complete with finished art examples. Includes step-by-step instructions, ways to combine multiple transfer processes, tips for troubleshooting (and making the most of creative accidents!). Transfers can be used in calligraphy, fine art, mixed media/collage, and craft projects.
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B3166. Painted Paper (Paperback) / Golden
Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards by Alisa Golden. 2008. 176pp. 8.5" x 10". Paper $17.95.
Alisa Golden shows how to paint paper using water-based media--primarily acrylic inks, gesso and paste. She first provides advice on paper/ink/paint choices, and introduces the tools needed to complete the projects. Every following chapter showcases multiple methods of painting techniques: washes, stencils, masking, gesso resist, paste papers (an entire chapter!), layered inks, and more. After working your way through the techniques presented, you will have a wealth of beautiful papers -- and in the final chapter, Alisa shows exactly how to use these great papers. Color photos and diagrams illustrate book/paper projects designed specifically to transform your newly painted papers into: an origami envelope, an accordion-folded album, and a decorative box, and much more! Packed with painting techniques and book projects, this title will keep your creative fires ablaze.
Chapters: Papers, Colors, and Tools; Acrylic Inks; Gesso & Stencils; Masking; Paints & Paste; Books and Projects.
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B3044. Art Expose/Judy Melvin
Art Expose: A Collection of Techniques for Creative Expression by Judy Melvin. 2008. 20pp. 8.25"x8.25". Paper.
Judy has put her workshop notes into book form. It's a book of how to make beautiful artwork using the techniques for creative expression that she teaches. Full color. Includes:
Sumi Ink & Sink Art, Sumi Ink & TECH Ink, Gesso, Pastels & Stencils, Bleach & Pastels, and Walnut Ink.
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DVD37. Mixed Media/Collage/Acrylics-Jacqueline Sullivan. DVD.
Mixed Media - Collage - Acrylics: Textures, Layers, and Metallics by Jacqueline Sullivan. DVD. 2008. 115 min. $32.95
This instructional DVD for beginning and intermediate collage artist covers both techniques and composition. Jacqueline demonstrates her intricate, many layered painting and then gives you instruction on the proper way to layer tissue, cheesecloth, and aluminum and which acrylic medium to use for each texture. There are now a wide range of acrylic mediums and Jacqueline clearly explains the differences. (She uses Golden brand) .You are instructed on how to refine these techniques, document them, and utilize them within the context of sound composition. The challenge is always to create and refine. She explains why and how she makes adjustments for a superior composition.
With Jacqueline Sullivan's art instruction video you will learn to be artistically courageous - to find your own unique style and techniques. She opens up the unlimited possibilities of collage. The techniques presented can be used to create a painting based on the many materials - a collage - or use them to create a rich under-layment to pictorial elements.
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