North Books imprint: 926 books
by Claudia Nice
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1997
Got a yearning to pick up a pen and see what you can do? Go for it! But don't sketch alone-let popular artist and teacher Claudia Nice be your guide. She'll make your first steps fun and successful!
In her trademark style-friendly and encouraging-Claudia will show you how to do a sketch of...
by Mark Willenbrink
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Sharpen your skills with these lessons designed to help you recapture the delight you took in drawing as a child. The Willenbrinks take you through several different approaches to the same subject matter designed to help you discover the best approach—or combination of approaches—for you.
Journeys To Abstraction
100 Paintings and Their Secrets Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
We don't have to know what a painting is if we know how it makes us feel. A fun, fascinating survey of abstract art, Journeys to Abstraction offers a behind-the-scenes look at how contemporary artists break free from literal depiction to rejoice in the pure expressive power of color, line and texture.
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Mixed Media Revolution
Creative Ideas for Reusing Your Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Recycle, Reuse, Reinvent!
With Mixed Media Revolution, you'll learn how to leverage your art and take your paintings and transfers to the next level!
Leftovers, little bits and scraps, pieces of art that didn't turn out quite right...we all have them. And it hurts to have to throw them away....
Creative Tangle
Creating Your Own Patterns for Zen-Inspired Art
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Create your own original Zentangle patterns!
Many an artistic soul has fallen in love with the beautiful, meditative art of Zentangle, an easy-to-learn way of creating pleasing images using repeating patterns. For enthusiasts ready to take it to the next level, Creative Tangle is the first...
by Kristen Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Tales of Adornment will guide you through incorporating resin into your jewelry designs with stunning results. Kristen Robinson shows you, step-by-step, how to use resin in jewelry construction, providing a wide range of options and applications: from floating words to encapsulating objects, and from...
Creating Textures in Watercolor
A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1992
Silken strands of hair. Water tumbling over rocks. Blinding reflections in glass or metal.
Cathy Johnson shows you how to create realistic textures like these and make your watercolor paintings come alive.
You'll find practical, easy-to-follow guidelines inside for creating 83 wonderful textures...
by Lian Quan Zhen
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Capture the beauty and vitality of Chinese painting in your watercolors!
Using a few brushes, some rice paper and a small number of inks and paints, you can explore new realms of artistic expression in your watercolors. Author and artist Lian Quan Zhen shows you how, providing you with the...
Color Harmonies
Paint Watercolors Filled with Light
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Simple secrets for colors that sing
Don't settle for colors that just sit there. Inspired by the work of the great Impressionists, Color Harmonies shows you how to use analogous colors (colors next to each other on the color wheel) and their complements to achieve lively, glowing effects. By keeping...
by Claudia Nice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color-a mixture of mediums and...
Painting Vibrant Watercolors
Discover the Magic of Light, Color and Contrast
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009
Paint Watercolors that Shine!
Make the most of watercolor's fresh, vibrant nature through light, color and contrast. In the first few chapters, artist Soon Y. Warren helps you lay the groundwork - everything from choosing and lighting subjects to color theory and perspective. Then, follow along...
by Susan Bourdet
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2005
Transform your paintings from ordinary to extraordinary - with light!
Want to paint light-filled watercolors that reach out and draw viewers in? In this book, award-winning watercolorist and teacher Susan Bourdet shows you how. Through simple concepts and detailed step-by-step demonstrations,...
by Linda Kemp
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Harness the power of negative space!
Breathe new life into your art through negative painting. Linda Kemp shares her techniques for using the strength of negative space - the areas not occupied by subject matter - to create alluring works of art.
Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines...
Your Artist's Brain
Use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see - not what you think you see
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Overcome the obstacles to your artistic expression
Improving your artwork can be as simple as learning how to trust your eyes. Your Artist's Brain shows you how to portray even the most complex subjects by focusing on what you really see - not what you think you see.
Expert art instructor Carl...