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There is no other book on the market completely dedicated to mastering individual brushstrokes - the essential building blocks of any successful decorative painting project. It is a must have reference for painters at every level. "The Brushstroke Book": builds confidence by teaching one stroke at a time through close-up action photos; and shows readers how to combine strokes to paint flowers, ribbons, lace, leaves, and more. Without any pressure to complete projects, this book gives painters a rare chance to build skills at their own level and pace!.
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Splash 10 features nearly 140 paintings from over 100 artists Submissions by hundreds of watercolourists and water-media painters from around the world determine the content of each Splash title.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 of "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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This title contains complete instructions for executing a range of brushtrokes from the most basic to the more challening, plus five strokework projects. Detailed photographs clarify how to build each individual stroke, from the proper loading of the brush, to placing 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 unqiue and innovative. Within the projects are easy-to-follow demonstrations of scrollwork, a strokework border, lettering, leafing and faux finishing..
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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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For anyone who has ever been tempted to add the fun of tole painting to their basic painting skills, this is the perfect guidebook. Thorough instructions, brushstroke practice sheets, full-size patterns, and excellent photos make the learning experience truly rewarding. Judy Diephouse and Lynne Deptula tell you everything you need to know--choosing and maintaining your tools and brushes, preparing the surface to paint, how to perform the basic techniques--even how to finish your project!
6 designs on 7 projects: Rosemaling Box, Strokework Brush Box, Strokework Clock, Strokework Basket, Fall Strokework Plate, and two Early American Strokework Trays.
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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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Whiz! Bang! Pop! Blam! Roy Lichtenstein has rendered everything from a comic-book cell and a warplane to a country landscape and a turkey in his trademark style drawn from printed advertisements and cartoons. A master mixer of popular culture and high art, Lichtenstein's painterly use of Benday dots and heavy outlines turned oil paintings into something they had never before come close to. This catalogue chronicles the evolution of his brushstroke and painterly style from the late 50s through the 90s, complete with photographs of the artist at work, and reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Critic and scholar Dave Hickey's highly original and compelling personal essay challenges the way we traditionally think about Lichtenstein's art..
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Joan Brady has made a name for herself with her exquisite watercolour paintings. In her work, masterful craftsmanship and boldness are combined with a subtle, feminine attention to beauty - the beauty of everyday life. With exactitude and tenderness she captures this quality of timelessness and depth in the spur of the moment that is matched by her poems and prose pieces that follow the artist's seasons of life and work in four chapters: Home, Studio, Garden, Voyaging Out. In this autobiographical book of paintings and writings, Joan Brady's second 'artobiography,' takes the reader through intimate celebrations and reflections of daily life. With 99 colour plates, this lush monograph captures the struggles and challenges of an artist's vocation, moments of humour and illumination, to sensuous dreams and visions of spiritual fulfillment..
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