" ... Your complete guide to everything watercolor-from basic art concepts and techniques to fun special effects and pointers for painting popular subjects."--Page 4 of cover.

The golden jubilee edition of a children’s classic first published in 1969. Join the farmer’s cat on his fascinating nighttime journey through fields, farms, forests, and even the city to see what only he can see after the sunsets. Legendary artist Dahlov Ipcar mesmerizingly alternates between dark night scenes and vivid color to deliver a beautifully illustrated children’s classic. Each scene is shown first as a human would see it at night in blacks and whites, and then as a cat sees it in with vivid color and fine detail. This commemorative edition features new back matter about Dahlov’s children’s books from her biographer, poet and art critic Carl Little.

Learn to draw incredibly photorealistic pets, exotic animals, horses, and more with Realistic Animals in Colored Pencil in this follow-up to Realistic Portraits in Colored Pencil and Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil.

Pastel Painting Techniques That Are Revolutionary, Fun and Easy! Designed for beginners considering using pastel for the first time, for experienced artists who may feel uninspired, and for anyone in between, the skills you will gain with Pastel Innovations, will help you build confidence and open your world so you can paint what CAN BE, not just what you THINK is. Explore the unique joys of pastel painting with: • An exploration of the basics: You'll expand your artist's vocabulary learning to use the elements and fundamentals of design to create beautiful, balanced paintings. • 20 simple exercises build off each other and help you grow as an artist, little by little, building confidence. • 40+ innovative pastel painting techniques: Feel inspired as you learn new approaches to using pastel to build up and reveal layers, incorporate monotypes as underpaintings, create texture that cannot be duplicated by drawing or painting, and more. • Thoughtful self critique: Questions, approaches and checklists that will result in better art, while at the same time making you a better artist. Leave your expectations behind and engage in the process of pastel painting with a newfound freedom to play and explore!

A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists who want to improve their watercolor skills, and visual creatives. From strokes to shapes, this book covers the basics and helps painters gain confidence in themselves along with inspiration to develop their own style over the course of 30 days. Featuring colorful contemporary art from Mon Voir design agency founder and Instagram trendsetter Jenna Rainey, this book's fresh perspective paints watercolor in a whole new light.

- 24 Grayscale images of PUPPIES, KITTENS, and BUNNIES by children's book artist Ruth Sanderson, x 2 copies of each picture, for a total of 48 pictures to color. - Get hooked on the latest trend in coloring books for adults-Grayscale Coloring! Simply use the gray tones in the pictures as your guide in choosing light, medium and dark tones of each color to create beautiful realistic pictures that look like paintings. - This coloring book for grown-ups includes some fairly simple designs, so it makes an excellent choice for folks just beginning to learn to color grayscale, as well as for more advanced colorists. If you are new to grayscale coloring, Ruth has many Youtube tutorials to get you started, including one on coloring fur. Find the links on ruthsanderson.com. - The coloring pages are printed single-sided on 55# pure white 8x10 inch paper that resembles the texture of artist sketch paper, and the images all have a white border. Colored pencils are suggested for best results on the grayscale images on this paper. - Coloring has become well known for its stress-relieving benefits in adults taking up the hobby. So relax, and have fun adding colors to these scenes of sweet puppies, kittens, and bunnies. Note: Most of these images appeared in a previous title, BABY ANIMALS, now out-of-print.