Explore the enchanting realm of faerie with this visual guide to drawing and paint-ing fantastical worlds, featuring step-by-step instructions. The realm of faerie is ancient and infinite, limited only by imagination and peoples by beings as mysterious and beautiful as the mind can conjure. Here, renowned artist Ed Org envelops you into the supernatural world with a wealth of magical imagery, displaying intricately detailed line and colour work and subtle shading techniques that are made accessible and achievable for artists of all ages and abilities. Celebrating the limitless nature of legend and folklore, fairytale and myth, Ed’s stunning portfo-lio will inspire you to embrace the farthest reaches of your imagination to create your own faerie artwork.

Helps aspiring young artists to draw fairy and mermaid characters in a range of different styles. This title shows how to create simple scenes, including flower-fairy garden collages and mermaid tea-parties. It is colourfully illustrated and easy to follow.

"How to bring your fairy realm art to life."--Cover.

Let your imagination take flight! David Adams's paintings guide you into a realm of wonder and delight. In this book, you'll discover techniques for using acrylic paints to create realistic interpretations of fairies and their romantic worlds. From the basics of color and composition to ideas for using nature as a starting point, you'll find everything you need to paint your own enchanting fairy dreamscapes. Instruction on how to paint a variety of fairies, including facial features, delicate wings, poses, flowing hair, clothing and more Lessons on painting natural settings and elements to enhance your fairy scenes, such as butterflies, birds, trees, bumblebees, water reflections, flowers, mushrooms, waterfalls, clouds and rainbows Secrets to achieving otherworldly lighting effects such as magical sparkles, moody fogs and luminous glows 20+ step-by-step painting demonstrations show you how to portray beautiful fairies in various settings

The most complete book on these powerful magical beings. Elves and fairies provide a magical mirror into the human psyche and can help people better understand themselves. In The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Elves and Fairies, readers encounter and learn from an array of magical creatures, and discover how they can positively influence their lives. Key topics include fairy magic in the 21st century, how to recognize an elf and what to do when you meet one, how to attract good elves and fairies, and how to protect yourself from bad ones. • The Lord of the Rings trilogy, on film and DVD, have increased people’s interest in elves and their ways. • Brian Froud’s bestselling titles, including The Faeries' Oracle, Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, and Lady Cottington’s Fairy Album, have kept fairy lore and fairy images in the public eye for more than 25 years. • This book explores fairy tales, folklore, and mythology, including modern fairy tales like the Harry Potter series.

Forests, lakes, mountains, caves-even your garden-are alive with nature''s spirits. "Enchantment of the Faerie Realm" can help you commune with elves, devas, nymphs, gnomes, and other faerie folk. With just a little patience and persistence you can learn to recognize the presence of these mysterious, magical creatures. New interior design

A valuable resource of tried and tested rules for beginners and intermediate painters, ready to take their fairy art more seriously: working on drawing skills, character design, and most important of all, watercolour painting techniques.