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Tustin: Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: Introduction; Color, what is it?; Light, reflected, refracted, transmitted, and absorbed; Light and Pigment; ORGANIZATION OF COLOR Hue (Warm and Cool); Value (High Key, Middle Key, Low Key; Light and Dark Create Form; Mixing Exercise); Mixing Blacks; Intensity; Complementary Colors; Mixing Greys; Analogous Colors; Monochromatic Color; Colors Affect One Another; The Illusion of Depth; Light Alters Color; Color Creates Moods; Color Harmony; Using Color to Create a Focal Point; Pointalism; Selecting the Proper Color; PAINTING DIRECTLY FROM NATURE Landscape; Seascape; Still Life; Painting People; Glazing, transparent use of color; The Birth of a Painting; LET'S START PAINTING Demonstration 1, "High Sierra Afternoon"; Demonstration 2, "Autumn Campfire"; Demonstration 3, "Four Pole Creek"; Demonstration 4, "Quiet… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked. SYNOPSIS: Fast becoming one of the most popular creative hobbies in America, tole painting is the perfect way to turn out stunningly beautiful objects with a minimum of expense - even if you have never been artistic before. With only one basic brush stroke to master, the beginning tole painter can go on to decorate tin, wood, and other materials with magnificent designs - multihued flowers, striking fruit arrangements, emblems, scrolls and lifelike birds, animals, and children. Decorative Tole Painting is a practical, definitive guide to this fascinating craft which dates back to the time of the early American settlers. The book clearly describes and illustrates everything the novice or expert tole painter needs to know: how to use the single basic brush stroke, how to mix the paints, how to prepare an object for tole painting, and how to… Read More

Tunbridge Wells Kent: Search Press Ltd., 1989. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. ALSO KNOWN AS: The material in this book has previously been published in Painting the Secret World of Nature by Sylvia Frattini, James Lester, Benjamin Perkins and Rosanne Sanders published by Search Press Limited in Great Britain and by Watson-Guptill Publications in the USA. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Benjamin Perkins, born in 1932, was educated at Sherborne, Trinity College, Oxford, and studied rural estate management at the Royal Agriculture College, Cirencester. He now lives in Suffolk, where he works as a painter and writer. He has had two books published: Trees (1984), for which his paintings and drawings won a Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medal, and A Secret Landscape (1986). EXCERPT: Introduction - Painting is a very individual matter. By describing the way I set about painting wild flowers and similar subjects, as well as some of the techniques that I have developed and find… Read More

Tunbridge Wells Kent: Search Press Limited, 1989. Lightly Creased on Front, Rear Covers. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Norman Battershill lives in the Sussex countryside where he paints full time. He is a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Pastel Society and president of the Society of Sussex Painters and the Arun Art Society. He regularly contributes articles to The Artist and is author of a number of books on painting and drawing. He is also tutor for the Pitman Correspondence Course in Pastel. EXCERPT: Introduction - The aim of this book is to demonstrate some of the basic principles of oil painting and show you how to develop a picture stage by stage. I have chosen popular subjects: a landscape, a seascape, flowers, a still life and an interior. In these demonstrations you will find advice on using colour, handling paint, composition and how to cope with some painting problems . . .. First Edition 6th Printing. Paperback. As New. Illus. by Norman… Read More

Tunbridge Wells Kent: Search Press Ltd, 1991. Light Creasing on Front Cover. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Leslie Worth lives on the edge of the North Downs in Surrey where he has a studio and paints full-time. He studied at the Royal College of Art, taught for many years and was until recently Head of the Fine Art Department at Epsom School of Art and Design, Surrey. He is a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists. EXCERPT: Introduction - . . . Once you have learned to use it, you will discover that watercolour has a beauty and inner poetry unrivalled by other forms of graphic expression. It is perfectly conceived for conveying the moods and vagaries of light and colour in the landscape, and its immediacy and delicate sensibilities make it ideal for capturing those fleeting moments of experience denied to the more ponderous and premeditated media . . .. First Edition 9th Printing. Paperback. As New. Illus. by Leslie Worth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tunbridge Wells Kent: Search Press Limited ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sarah Jane Coleridge taught herself to paint flowers and developed her own distinctive style from hours of study and a desire to capture fresh, bright colours. She lived in Hertfordshire and painted whenever time and twin children permitted. Her work has been exhibited widely. EXCERPT: Introduction - . . . I am often disappointed with the result of some paintings, as so many things can go wrong; bad composition, wrong colour or tone balance, or lack of clarity. In this book, I have outlined the most important points to remember when painting flowers: obtaining an effect of light, arranging flowers, positioning flowers, drawing, colour, working in detail and creating an overall balance . . .. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Drake Publishers Inc., 1973. BOOK: Upper Edges Red Spot Stained; Lower Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: Here is a handy book that will show the reader how to simulate "enamel" work on a variety of bottles, pots and other such objects, making them look exactly like rare ceramic items. Thanks to the many wondrous new paints and varnishes on the market today, the amateur craftsman with imagination and flair can beautify a wide variety of readily available objects, including food jars and bottles, light bulbs, drinking mugs and glasses, and much more, making them as handsome and fine looking as authentic objets d'art. This book is filled with money saving ideas that will satisfy anyone's creative instincts. Full and easy to follow instructions are offered, as well as advice on tools and materials, all of which are within everyone's ability to obtain. Many line drawings… Read More