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Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Description
This new title in the Watercolor Basics series provides artists with all the step-by-step guidance they need to bring people and portraits to life through the beauty of watercolor. From achieving proper proportion to rendering skin tones, author Butch Krieger makes mastering the basics--value, shape, line and color--a snap. Seventeen complete demonstrations and thirteen mini demos take readers through every step, everything from selecting materials...
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
In the spirit of the best-selling Splash series, Splash 5 reproduces more than 120 of North America's finest watercolour paintings in one glorious volume. Works are organized into five themed chapters exploring ways to energize painting with contrasts and complements, use colour to express mood and communicate meaning with symbolism. Artists' comments accompany each painting, offering practical advice for watercolour enthusiasts.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the vicinity of New York's Hudson River Valley, the Adirondack Mountains, Catskill Mountains, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a group of American painters led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision of the American wilderness. This was the first American school of landscape painting.
87) Splash 1
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
152 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
Presents the work of over 90 contemporary American watercolorists, showcasing examples from all watercolor styles and schools.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
"Adopt a spontaneous, bold, and fearless approach to painting as a process of discovery--one that results in lush and colorful finished works that will beg to be displayed. This inspiring and encouraging book for both novice and experienced painters teaches how to create colorful, exciting, expressive paintings through a variety of techniques, combining basic, practical painting principles with innovative personal self-expression. Flora S. Bowley's...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"One Painting A Day offers you an inspiring six-week course exploring the timeless traditions of observational painting through daily experience and routine. This motivational guide is broken up into three parts to focus on the three major traditions of observational painting: still life, landscape, and portraiture. Each of the 42 daily exercises launches a small, immediate, and responsive painting based on a theme drawn from your daily experience....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The late-medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch caused uproar 500 years ago with his fantastical and unique paintings. In preparation for a contemporary exhibition of his work, a team of Dutch art historians crisscrosses the globe to unravel Bosch's secrets, and to borrow his works. As they shuttle between world-class museums, they encounter a seemingly impenetrable tangle of red tape, ego, and conflicting interests.
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