Color and Light

Color and Light
Title Color and Light PDF eBook
Author James Gurney
Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages 226
Release 2010-11-30
Genre Art
ISBN 0740797719

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Unlike many other art books only give recipes for mixing colors or describe step-by-step painting techniques, *Color and Light* answers the questions that realist painters continually ask, such as: "What happens with sky colors at sunset?", "How do colors change with distance?", and "What makes a form look three-dimensional?" Author James Gurney draws on his experience as a plain-air painter and science illustrator to share a wealth of information about the realist painter's most fundamental tools: color and light. He bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge for traditional and digital artists of all levels of experience.

Sketching Stuff

Sketching Stuff
Title Sketching Stuff PDF eBook
Author Charlie O'Shields
Publisher Doodlewash Books
Pages 280
Release 2018-11-22
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0960021922

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Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash®, founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that day and posted it on his blog. These are some of the collected favorites along with some brand new musings. With over 180 illustrations, this book is part personal memoir and sometimes just a randomly fun romp through the sillier bits of this crazy world we all inhabit. Written to take on the impossible task of inspiring creativity, unleashing your inner child, and instilling hope, it will, at the very least, make you smile and touch your heart.

Painting Miniatures

Painting Miniatures
Title Painting Miniatures PDF eBook
Author Pauline Denyer-Baker
Publisher Crowood
Pages 477
Release 2014-11-30
Genre Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN 184797841X

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Miniatures are not simply small paintings: special techniques are used to achieve their unique glow and luminosity. This book explains how to paint in detail in a small format with colour and precision. It gives an introduction to the history and traditions of miniatures set by Holbein, Hilliard and Oliver. Advice is given on materials, paints, bases and framing and there are step-by-step demonstrations of stippling and hatching, watercolour and oil painting, and colour mixing. There is a focus also on portraits, still life and silhouettes. Drawing on her extensive experience, Pauline Denyer-Baker shares her passion for painting miniatures, and inspires both beginners and more experienced artists to master and enjoy this historic art form. With further advice on the importance of drawing and sketchbooks, and featuring work from leading artists with a range of styles and subjects, this is an inspirational guide aimed at all artists, particularly those interested in miniatures and portraits.Fully illustrated with 254 colour images.

Monet's Garden

Monet's Garden
Title Monet's Garden PDF eBook
Author Claude Monet
Publisher Hatje Cantz Verlag
Pages 0
Release 2004
Genre Gardens
ISBN 9783775714396

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the first artists to move his studio out into the open air, creating works which continue to fascinate and inspire us today as much as they did his contemporaries. One of the founding fathers of Impressionist art, Monet's works consistently reflect the artist's profound love of nature. Many of his paintings were directly inspired by the gardens that played such an important role in his life--the garden at his house in S¿vres in the 1860s, those at his two homes in Argenteuil in the 1870s, followed by a garden at his estate in Vatheuil. Yet the most famous of Monet's gardens was the expansive park in Giverny, which inspired his masterful handling of light and color for more than thirty years and provided motifs for hundreds of individual paintings and series that remain immensely popular today--among them the masterpieces of his Water-Lilies series. This magnificent volume of full-page color plates is devoted to this central theme in the work of the French artist. It presents landscapes, still lifes, and portraits of people in natural settings from nearly all of Monet's creative periods--from his early Impressionist paintings of the 1870s to the Grandes Dacorations of the early 1900s. Also included are photographs of Monet's gardens, diagrammatic recreations of these spaces (based on the artist's paintings), several bills of delivery and planting instructions from horticulturalists.

365 Postcards for Ants

365 Postcards for Ants
Title 365 Postcards for Ants PDF eBook
Author Lorraine Loots
Publisher Jacana Media
Pages 400
Release 2017-05-01
Genre Art
ISBN 9781928230274

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Postcards For Ants is an exquisite retrospective collection from miniaturist artist and global Instagram phenomenon Lorraine Loots. It includes high-quality reproductions of her entire 2014 collection: 365 miniature watercolours inspired by Cape Town in its role as World Design Capital 2014. Part art book, part Cape Town tourist guide, Postcards For Ants puts a microscope onto one of the world s most beautiful cities, and is an instant collector s must-have."

Russian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture (1750-1910)

Russian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture (1750-1910)
Title Russian Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture (1750-1910) PDF eBook
Author Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co
Publisher
Pages 106
Release 1980
Genre Art, Modern
ISBN

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How to Paint Miniatures

How to Paint Miniatures
Title How to Paint Miniatures PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Johnson
Publisher
Pages 79
Release 1994
Genre Miniature painting
ISBN 9781850765189

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