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Author: Joyce Howard
Publisher: Chilton Book Company
Published: 1979-01-01
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780801968211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to folk-art techniques that offers instructions for preparing, painting, antiquing, and varnishing decorative objects and furniture
Author: Pat Oxenford
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2008-09-05
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0811740862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTole painting refers to decorative floral designs applied to tinware, traditionally on trays, coffeepots, teapots, cups, mugs, canisters, document boxes, and match safes. In this book, acclaimed painter Pat Oxenford provides guidance on the tools and materials needed to get started, tips on preparing tin for painting, and techniques for pulling the basic strokes that are the foundation for creating designs. Step-by-step photographs and detailed directions are included for using the strokes to create a variety of folk-art flowers and then several complete projects. A gallery of painted tinware offers inspiration.
Author: B. Kay Fraser
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1988-12
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780517501306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jamie Mills-Price
Publisher: North Light Books
Published: 2006-03-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781581807882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaint Your Way through the Year! Paint something happy and heartwarming for every holiday and season. Painting Heartwarming Holidays by Jamie Mills-Price gives you all the inspiration and guidance you need. From designs that celebrate every major holiday to lovely landscapes highlighting the beauty of each season, you'll delight in these 12 charming projects in acrylics. Whether you're a beginning painter or a more experienced artist looking for new challenges, you'll find this book has plenty to offer. Each design gives instruction that not only covers the simplest strokes in colorful detail, but also provides ideas and techniques for pushing your creative potential to new heights. You'll find: Whimsical designs for celebrating Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus all four seasons Traceable patterns, color mixing information and complete materials lists Instructions for preparing and painting on all kinds of surfaces, including wood, metal, ceramic bisque, glass and paper A special section on designing that shows you how to "build" your own unique compositions You can follow the step-by-step instructions to recreate Jamie's playful designs exactly as they're shown or change the colors and elements to match your own d?cor and creative spirit. Either way, you'll find Painting Heartwarming Holidays to be instantly gratifying. Why wait? Begin a yearlong celebration in painting today!
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Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780807827949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts in the Index of American Design, a visual archive of decorative, folk, and popular arts made in America from the colonial period to about 1900. Three essays explore the history, operation, and ambitions of the Index of American Design, examine folk art collecting in America during the early decades of the twentieth century, and consider the Index's role in the search for a national cultural identity in the early twentieth-century United States.
Author: Lis Bartholm
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 0486255786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith 155 traditional motifs to choose from — all adapted by noted Danish designer Lis Bartholm — today's artists and craftspeople can re-create many of the lovely patterns that ornamented domestic furnishings generations ago.
Author: Kate Coombe
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781863512367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNothing looks more beautiful in a flourishing garden than decorative items painted with traditional folk art designs--the combination of nature and old-fashioned, rustic imagery works perfectly. These patterns, along with instructions for basic brushstrokes and priming surfaces, make it simple to turn everything from ceramic pots to old wheelbarrows into unique pieces festooned with elaborate landscapes, floral scenes, wreaths, swags, posies, and arabesques. Adorn a watering can with a garden view that features flowers and a white lattice fence. An umbrella stand features a country village, complete with windmills, a charming house, rolling hills, and white puffy clouds floating in a blue sky. There are a birdhouse and feeder, gardening tools and gloves, apron, pots, chairs, windchimes, and more! A Selection of F&W's Book Clubs. 72 pages (12 in color), 22 b/w illus., 8 1/4 x 10 3/4. REISSUE
Author: Judy Diephouse
Publisher: Northlight
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781581801170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis beautiful book shows how easy it is to depict folk art's quaint, picturesque scenery on everything from boxes to picnic baskets.
Author: JoSonja Jansen
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780823025626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to decorative painting with tips on choosing supplies, preparing paint surfaces, mastering brush strokes and control, and developing individual style.
Author: Jane Greenwood
Publisher: Search Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844480166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a source of ideas for all craftspeople and artists. The designs are copyright-free and can be photocopied, traced, coloured, adapted or used as inspiration for creating one's own designs.
