Would you like to create beautiful flower decorations with metallic effect by using the half stroke nail art technique? Half stroke method comes from one stroke painting, but instead of using one stroke, we alter the method to use just half of what it is. Meaning, half stroke is just a simplification of one stroke without losing the overall effect. Half stroke is a nail art technique no one really knows. We are the first experimenting with it and trying it out. You'll see how it's applied in this nail art book tutorial. For best results, please follow the step by step pictures and instructions to make it all work. In fact, you'll learn exactly what it takes to create the flower decoration from beginning to end on the cover of this book. More importantly, you'll learn how to create such decorations and how they could last longer along with the metallic effect. You'll also learn a small secret of how to use metallic effect onto the nails without getting wrinkles and more. If you are fan of acrylic painting, nail art flowers and designs, or if you are looking for some fresh nail art ideas, this tutorial is for You. Grab your copy now! P.S. Tanya Angelova, the author of this nail art book, has been featured on NAILS Magazine in 2012 and 2016. She has been working in the nail art industry since 2007. Tanya is dedicated to help others succeed in the industry and why not this to be you.

Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Would you like to create acrylic poppy flower nail art decorations by using a very simple Chinese painting technique? If you wonder how to create beautiful acrylic flowers in nail art decorations, this nail art guide will show you how in a step by step process with colorful pictures. Acrylic paintings are quite effective, but if designed on nails, they are phenomenal. In this nail art tutorial, I am going to show you in detail how to apply the Chinese nail painting technique and how you can use it to create this type of poppy flowers. What you see in the cover of this book is what the end result would be. Tanya Angelova, the author of this short tutorial, has been featured on NAILS Magazine in both 2012 and 2016. She has been a bestselling author on Amazon in 2012, and in the nail art industry since 2007. If you think this decoration is beautiful and want to learn how to do it yourself, grab your copy now!

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Colour mixing is a key skill for the botanical artist. In this practical guide, Jackie Isard explains how to observe and use colour accurately. She shows artists how to make informed choices when selecting pigments, as well as how to learn about colour mixing and its application. Detailed instruction and advice are given on understanding colour and pigments. The author explains how to 'see' colour and tricky mixes, from greens and reds to the difficult botanical greys. Includes advanced colour application techniques - colour enhancement, shadow colours and colour temperature transition. Finally, step-by-step guides illustrate how to paint with layers, how to use underlaying colours to enhance, and colour and fine detailing.