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Splash 10 features nearly 140 paintings from over 100 artists Submissions by hundreds of watercolorist and water-media painters from around the world determine the content of each Splash title - every piece is selected from painters invited to submit their work for consideration. Each painting is accompanied by a caption highlighting a specific inspiration, passion, tip or technique that offers instructive information about how it influences the painting. The theme "Passionate Brushstrokes" is both technical (encompassing the application of paint) and emotional (corresponding to the dedication and love of watercolor maintained by the contributors of the title)..
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Forbidden. Hidden. Denied. Can art be powerful enough to endure?

Ragni Clauson’s work, relationships, and body all seem to be falling apart. And she isn’t convinced that spending her vacation fixing up her great-grandmother’s cabin and supervising her rebellious teenage niece, Erika, will offer any much-needed rejuvenation.

As Ragni and Erika clean, they begin to uncover the secret paintings and life of Nilda, Ragni’s ancestor who lived in the cabin in the early 1900s. Ragni doesn’t know how much she has in common with her great-grandmother, but it becomes clear Nilda faced her own struggles. Taking care of home and menfolk, fighting off locusts, raising her daughter, and finding time to paint in the midst of it all were not easy tasks. Will Nilda’s passion for enduring art re-ignite Ragni’s artistic soul a century later?

Weaving together the stories of three generations of women, The Brushstroke Legacy stirs us to believe that no matter the circumstances, we are called to use our gifts–never knowing when they might bring a stranger to a new place of hope..
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Despite its being the basic vocabulary of decorative painting, strokework is still one of the hardest skills to master. This book assumes no prior knowledge of strokework on the part of the reader in order to ensure they learn good painting habits right from the start.

Inside, readers will find complete instructions for executing a fantastic range of brushstrokes, from the most basic to the more challenging, plus guidelines for designing and painting gorgeous strokework compositions and projects.

Detailed photos clarify how to build each individual stroke, from the proper loading of the brush, to placing the bristles on the surface, pressing down, turning or pivoting the brush, lifting up, and finishing off. All the conventional brushstrokes are covered, plus many that are unique and innovative.

Step-by-step demos illustrate how to put individual strokes together to form many different kinds of leaves and flowers such as poppies, roses, thistles, violets, daylilies, bluebells, rhododendrons, hydrangeas and more. The book concludes with easy-to-follow demos of scrollwork trim, glazing, and finishing techniques..
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"Brushstrokes: A Work in Progress" is a memoir, a celebration of childhood gone right and the foundation it creates The first half of the book traces the author's family history from her parents' childhood years in Depression era Brooklyn, New York to her own childhood in the mid 1950s and 1960s. The book then returns to the 1990s where the middle-aged author finds positive solutions for dealing with life in present-day New York by drawing on her past experiences. She realizes that each person's life is "a work in progress" whose finished product is unknown even to the artist. This conclusion leads her to some unusual and even humorous solutions as she attempts to create her own reality and get the most from this lifetime..
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There's nothing like the joy of decorative painting--transforming an ordinary object into a one-of-a-kind work of art! It all starts with your first stroke. And there's no easier, more enjoyable way to learn that first stroke (and the second and the third ... ) than with this comprehensive visual guide.

Inside, you'll see every basic stroke--from the comma stroke to the S-stroke--broken down into several steps and illustrated in easy-to-follow worksheets. You'll learn proper brush techniques for single-loaded strokes , double-loaded strokes , tipped strokes, side-loaded strokes, and linework. Before you know it, you'll be using what you've learned to paint pretty flowers, beautiful borders, and even complete designs! These strokes are the "building blocks" of virtually every decorative painting style--so once you master them, there's no limit to the decorative magic you can create!.
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