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B3044. Art Expose/Judy Melvin
Art Expose: A Collection of Techniques for Creative Expression by Judy Melvin. 2008. 20pp. 8.25"x8.25". Paper.
Judy has put her workshop notes into book form. It's a book of how to make beautiful artwork using the techniques for creative expression that she teaches. Full color. Includes:
Sumi Ink & Sink Art, Sumi Ink & TECH Ink, Gesso, Pastels & Stencils, Bleach & Pastels and Walnut Ink.
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B3045. Acrylic Revolution/Reyner
Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks & Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium by Nancy Reyner. 2007. 128pp. 9.25"x11.25". Hardcover hidden spiral.
Acrylic Revolution shows you everything you need to know to be successful in your acrylic painting projects. Includes over 101 of the most popular, interesting, and indispensable tricks for working with acrylic - each with its own step-by-step demonstration. Provides page after page of acrylic instruction and inspiration for artists and crafters of all levels. A gallery of finished art shows you how to combine different tricks and real-life applications for acrylic techniques.
Ten complete sections detail a range of artistic applications, including how to:
- Prepare and paint on virtually any surface
- Create textures of all kinds
- Work with transfers, collage, resists and mixed media
- Achieve innovative stenciling and line work
- Customize your paint to adjust thickness, transparency and drying time
- Simulate other mediums, such as oil, tempera or watercolor
- Create faux finishes, magical effects, sheens and more
Recommended by Jacqueline Sullivan for her Letter to the Metal class at Letter Mingle Souls, Summer 2009.
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B3031. Keys to Drawing with Imagination / Dodson
Keys to Drawing with Imagination: Strategies and Exercises for Gaining Confidence and Enhancing Creativity. By Bert Dotson. 2007. 192pp. 9.5"x11.25". Hardcover hidden spiral.
This book uses fun techniques and mind-stretching strategies to get you drawing better and more imaginatively. It gives you basic guidelines that help you channel your creative energies. You'll lose yourself in the process, enjoying the experience as you create something gratifying and worthwhile.
Through 58 strategies, 36 exercises and 13 step-by-step demonstrations, you'll explore how to:
- Take your doodling from mindless to masterful
- Create your own reality by crumbling, melting or breaking objects
- Flip the familiar on its ear to create something utterly original
- Experiment with visual paradox and metaphor
- Tell vivid stories through the details in your drawings
- Play with patterns to create captivating compositions
- Build your drawings by borrowing ideas from different cultures
- Develop a theme in your work
Dodson, author of Keys to Drawing, offers priceless advice on the creative process culled from his 60 years of drawing and teaching.
Recommended by Kristen Dody for her Drawing for Calligraphers class at Letters Mingle Souls, Summer 2008.
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B2855. Creating Texture in Watercolor / Johnson
Creating Textures in Watercolor: How to paint 83 textures from glass to fur. By Cathy Johnson. 1992. 136pp. 11"x 8.5" . Paper.
Johnson shows you how to create realistic watercolor textures through practical, easy-to-follow guidelines. Textures covered include paper surfaces, water textures, foliage, tree bark, earth, rocks, grasses, flowers, fruits & vegetables, fur, hair, skin, glass, metal, rust, fabrics and more.
Recommended by Judy Melvin for her Art & Techniques Improv Studio Class at Letters Mingle Souls, 2008.
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B3030. Drawing Book: Materials & Techniques / McDaniel
The Drawing Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist. By Richard McDaniel. 1995. 175pp. 8.5"x10.5". Paper. Copies have some shelf wear.
A comprehensive instructional book for drawing. Chapters include Materials and Tools including pencils, graphite, pens, inks and papers; Drawing with Line and Tone, Drawing with Color and From Drawing to Painting.
Recommended by Kristen Doty for her Drawing for Calligraphers cass at Letters Mingle Souls, 2008.
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B3061. Pastel Book / Greevy
The Pastel Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist. By Bill Creevy. 1991. 175pp. 8.5"x10.5". Paper.
This book is for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists looking to develop more professional skills. Defining the pastel medium broadly-color in stick form to be used for drawing and painting simultaneously-the author creates works of sensuous textures and colors, ranging from subtle to intense. He uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are sophisticated ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels, and oil paint for stunning mixed-media results. Chapters include information on materials and tools, techniques, pastel colors, and pastel textures.
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B3060. Simple Art of Chinese Brush Painting / Qu Lei Lei
Simple Art of Chinese Brush Painting. By Qu Lei Lei. 2004. 128pp. 8"x11". Paper.
Paint beautiful works of art using the special brush-and-ink techniques cultivated for centuries by Chinese artists-techniques that allowed them to represent the structure and spirit of any subject. The images provide inspiration, background information informs you on how the style developed, and practical guidance helps beginners select brushes, paper, ink, and other supplies. Master the skills of both the Literati (freehand) and Meticulous (more formal) styles, and see how to create each of the classic and meaningful Four Gentlemen -the blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum-as well as a range of elegant birds. More than 15 projects that include a flower-and-bird parchment fan, bamboo greeting cards, lantern with a nightingale in peach blossom, and decorative kite with gold-fish design. The lush paintings and the delicate yet instructional art techniques will soon have you creating stunning Chinese brush paintings of your own.
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B2987. Flower Painter's Essential Handbook / Bays
The Flower Painters Essential Handbook: How to paint 50 beautiful flowers in watercolour..By Jill Bays. 2006.
121pp. 8.5"x8.5". Paper.
From Agapanthus to Water lily, this unique artist's reference offers easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint 50 of today's most popular flowers. Each flower is explored within a spread, showing through clear illustrations how to draw the basic flower shape and how to paint a detailed flower bloom; further suggestions for designing and enhancing compositions are also provided. There is full practical instruction for painting each flower through a series of annotated illustrations, step-by-step instructions, as well as the essential color palette. To ensure this is a great reference for all artists, there is also a full introductory section covering basic materials, techniques and color.
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B2860. How to Draw What you See / De Reyna
How to Draw What You See. By Rudy De Reyna. 1970. 175pp. 7"x10" Paper.
This instructional book shows artists how to recognize the basic shape of an object-cube, cylinder, cone, or sphere-and use that shape to draw the object, no matter how much detail it contains. Part One discusses the fundamentals of drawing with the pencil and includes a series of projects that start at the basic and become more complex as you learn. In Part Two, the author explains how to use wash, opaque, watercolor, and acrylic while providing exercises for you to become proficient in their use. For 35 years artists have learned to draw what they see, to capture the world around them, using de Reyna's methods.
Recommended by Kristen Doty for her Drawing for Calligraphers class at Letters Mingles Souls.
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B3046. Tao of Watercolor/Carbonett
The Tao of Watercolor: A Revolutionary Approach to the Practice of Painting (Zen of Creativity). By Jeanne Carbonetti. 1998. 112pp. 9.5"x9.5". Paper
Combining the best of Eastern philosophy with the best of Western technique, this book is offers inspiring and empowering advice for artists and creators of all levels. Chapters include Centering, Balance, Deliberateness, Playfulness, Flow, Tao of Tools, Effortless Effort and the Conclusion: The Practice of Painting. 100 color illustrations.
Recommended by Jacqueline Sullivan for her WATER MEDIA COLLAGE class at Letters Mingle Souls, Summer 2008. Also recommended by Barbara Close.
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