Download or read book Decorative Tole Painting written by B. Kay Fraser and published by Crown. This book was released on 1988-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tole Painting written by Pat Oxenford and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tole 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.
Download or read book Tole Painted Outdoor Projects written by Areta Bingham and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A more than credible job of presenting both the basics as well as a 19-project gallery of outdoor items. Each project features directions as well as worksheets on various design parts. The projects include chairs, tables, fountains, stepping stones and rocks, candleholders, planter boxes, and a watering can. Paint conversion chart...metric conversion chart."--"Booklist." "A must-have for your book collections!"--"Tole World."
Download or read book Painting Heartwarming Holidays written by Jamie Mills-Price and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2006-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paint 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!
Download or read book Have a Very Merry Tole Painted Christmas written by Kristen Birkeland and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of Christmas ornaments and craft ideas with patterns and complete instructions for painting and decorating them.
Download or read book Drawing on America s Past written by and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.
Download or read book Teddy Treasures written by Cheryl Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the authors is known for her individual style of bears. They have combined their unique talents to create the ultimate bear book. Debbie Coles winter bear holding an igloo birdhouse is painted with soft pastel colors. Debbie Mitchells Cozy Cubbies are frolicking in the snow. Cheryl Bradshaw (Chezzas Bears) has painted a nautical bear that rotates on a music box. Youll also find three very special memory boxes. Three color worksheets Acrylics 80 pages / 11 color
Download or read book The Painted Garden written by Kate Coombe and published by Sally Milner Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing 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
Download or read book Folk Art Fusion written by Heather Galler and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk art still influences everyday art in some surprising ways. Folk Art Fusion shows you how to blend classic subjects with new techniques to create a lovely work of art that is completely unique. Folk Art Fusion explores the colorful combination of art styles and presents them in modern folk art paintings. This is your chance to learn how traditional folk art continues to influence today's painters, and to discover how to create contemporary folk-art paintings yourself! Even if you're new to creating art, Folk Art Fusion makes creating your own works approachable with step-by-step projects. The projects are as varied as they are colorful. You will enjoy painting classic subjects painted with creative techniques and in popular styles, including flower fields, Frida Kahlo, the Tree of Life, a cat, a quaint English cottage, and much more. Colorful, contemporary, and inspirational, Folk Art Fusion allows artists of all skill levels to quickly discover the joy of creating modern, global-inspiredart in this time-treasured genre.
Download or read book Indian Folk Art written by Heinz Adolf Mode and published by Bombay : Taraporevala. This book was released on 1985 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jo Sonja s Guide to Decorative Painting written by JoSonja Jansen and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to decorative painting with tips on choosing supplies, preparing paint surfaces, mastering brush strokes and control, and developing individual style.
Download or read book Folk Art Murals of the Rufus Porter School written by Linda Carter Lefko and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the long awaited update of research on the Rufus Porter Landscape Mural School, greatly expanding the knowledge and understanding of this uniquely American folk art field of the 1820s to 1840s. The text provides detailed documentation never seen before in print. The book takes the reader on a virtual tour of Porter School murals in the New England states, presenting and analyzing more than 400 colorful images, which will provide inspiration for historians, researchers, designers, and painters alike. It offers evidence regarding the attribution of these mostly unsigned works, and encourages readers to apply that evidence in reaching their own conclusions. In addition, there is a section concerning the preservation of historic murals and various challenges and threats to such preservation. Finally, the book offers a "how-to" section that interprets Porter's original published mural painting instructions in terms of modern equipment, materials, and supplies.
Download or read book Contemporary American Folk Art written by Chuck Rosenak and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the new or seasoned collector, this groundbreaking guide reveals how to evaluate contemporary American folk art as well as where to see it, buy it, and what to spend on it. The highly informative text is organized by region and features more than 181 biographies of both new and established artists. Color photos of more than 155 works as well as 44 black-and-white portraits of the artists are included.
Download or read book Painting Folk Art Flowers with Enid Hoessinger written by Enid Hoessinger and published by Northlight. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoessinger''s teaching has helped thousands of decorative painters around the world discover the joy of painting in the folk art style. In this book, she illustrates her techniques step-by-step, showing how to paint 20 flower variations.'
Download or read book Priscilla Hauser s Book of Decorative Painting written by Priscilla Hauser and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 1997-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for her graceful roses and loved by thousands of student painters for her clear and enthusiastic style of teaching, Priscilla Hauser has earned a reputation as "America's First Lady of Decorative Painting." &break;&break;In this complete guide, Priscilla shows you how to paint your own beautiful roses - along with daises, lilacs, violets, poppies, irises, tulips and other lovely flowers. &break;&break;You'll find everything you need to get started: &break;Supplies. A handy guide to all the supplies you'll need for a decorative painting in oils and acrylics, including which brushes to use and how to care for them. &break;Surface Preparations and Finishes. Learn how to properly prepare wood, metal, fabric and other surfaces for your decorative painting. Plus, you'll find easy techniques for creating fabulous finishes such as antiquing and crackling. &break;The Basics. Practice these fundamental skills - from basic brushstrokes to blending - and you'll be painting flowers in no time! &break;&break;Watch your brushstrokes bloom in 22 flower painting projects! Starting with simple patterns and techniques and progressing to more challenging ones, these projects will show you how to paint an assortment of leaves and flowers. Priscilla includes paint-along worksheets for practice; patterns for you to copy; step-by-step photos and instructions; photos of the finishes pieces' and lots of ideas for using your painted flowers to decorate an endless variety of surfaces. &break;&break;Whether you're a total beginner or an experienced painting, Priscilla's techniques and patters will help you fill your home (and friends' homes!) with the ever-fresh beauty of painted flowers.
Download or read book Nameless Cults written by Robert Ervin Howard and published by Chaosium Fiction Series. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert E. Howard is the world-renowned author of the Conan series and the stories that were the basis of the recent Kull movie. He also was one of H.P. Lovecraft's frequent correspondents, and an author of many pivotal Mythos tales. This book collects together all of Howard's Mythos tales, including the tales that originated Gol-Goroth, Unausspreclichen Kulten, and Friedrich Von Junzt. Included in this collections are several fragments left behind by Robert E. Howard which have been completed by a variety of authors. This book has been long anticipated by readers of H.P. Lovecraft and Call of Cthulhu players alike.
Download or read book New Tole Folk Art Designs written by Joyce Howard and published by Chilton Book Company. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to folk-art techniques that offers instructions for preparing, painting, antiquing, and varnishing decorative objects and furniture
