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Donna's unique One-Stroke method - which lets you blend, shade and highlight all in one stroke - makes painting quick and easy. And there's just no better way to learn this technique than by Donna's example. In this book, Donna leads you through all the strokes you need - shell strokes, C-strokes...

Aboriginal Dot Painting has been rapidly growing in popularity for the last 20 years – Some paintings are increasing in value by up to two thousand per cent within just a few years! This simple guide reveals all you need to know to make a killing! Highly recommended for amateur and professional...

Dealing in Aboriginal Dot Painting- Find out why this form of indigenous art is taking the art world by storm and giving amazing financial rewards to those who are investing their money wisely – A step by step guide to the most collectable, most valuable Aboriginal artists – Highly recommended...

Acrylics are a versatile and exciting medium, but how can you get the most from these paints? This book shows you how. With step-by-step examples, it explains the core brush skills for a beginner. For those with more experience, it introduces a range of techniques so you can learn, for example, how...

Alexandre Cabanel (1823 – 1889) was a French painter who painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also famous as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's...

Have you ever found an incredibly good deal on a bike, or seen an old bicycle that you really wanted to have but didn't like the color or the paint was all chipped? Or if you just wanted to make your bike more original (by painting it neon colors). Don't lose hope. Here is how to paint an old bike...

Acrylics are an exciting medium for painting sunsets. They are also ideal for learning. In this book are three lessons beginning with the simplest sunset and moving to a more advanced sunset.You will learn from two different artists with two different styles.All three lessons have been...

Mexican painting did not come to be internationally recognised until the early 20th century. It was the muralist movement, starting in the 1920s and strongly connected to the Mexican Revolution of the previous decade, from which such great artists as José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), David Alfaro...

The Perfect Reference for Painters! Paint your favorite furry companions! Inside you'll find more than 40 step-by-step demonstrations that clearly show how to accurately capture a variety of popular pet breeds, including tabby cats, terriers, bulldogs and many more. This detailed guide contains...

This Book shows the steps needed to increase your chances in having your Art included in a Juried Art ShowAs an artist, do you find it difficult to get people to take you and your work seriously? No matter what you try, your work just isn't getting noticed like you would want it to. Well,...

This book will take you step by step through painting a masterwork by Claude Monet. Your painting won't look exactly like these. That doesn't matter! It will very likely look better. My method of teaching enables you to express your own taste and feelings about what is beautiful, within the context...

This practical and stimulating book introduces and showcases a wide range of motoring art styles. Recognising the importance of drawing and research, it explains the key components of a successful painting, looking particularly at light, perspective, drawing ellipses and the vehicle itself. Including...

As a self-taught visual artist Georgeta Blanaru loves to explore new mediums for painting. In her quest she found that natural coffee mixed with water is a great medium. Through this book she has chosen to share her experience related to coffee as medium, because she didn’t find a book to...

Capturing the landscape on paper requires the artist to look - to look deep into the distance and deep into the soul. This practical book celebrates the genre of landscape painting - the wonder of discovering the extraordinary in the everyday scene. Philip Tyler looks in detail at the materials, techniques...