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Kickstart your creativity and create a masterpiece with step-by-step workshops and advice from professional artists. Whether you want to try your hand at painting for the first time or brush up on your artistic skills, Artist's Painting Techniques is for you. Learn how to work with watercolours, oils, and acrylics and discover everything you need to know about tone, colour, pattern, brushwork, and composition with detailed advice for beginner, intermediate, and advanced painters. Fully illustrated, step-by-step workshops from professional artists guide you through more than 80 painting techniques including laying a flat wash, painting fur, and creating impasto sculptural effects. All techniques are accompanied by inspiring exercises and projects to try at home to help you develop your skills, discover your own style, and grow as an artist. Master every aspect of painting with this essential guide, from choosing a subject to mounting your first piece. Whatever your level of expertise, you can learn to paint with confidence - and perhaps create a masterpiece (or two) along the way.

Paint a year in the natural world in stunning, vibrant watercolor. Take a walk through each seasons with Waltraud Nawratil in this vibrant and inspiring guide to painting nature in watercolor. Discover new and traditional watercolor techniques: textural effects, backgrounds, exciting color combinations and much more to create 30 stunning watercolor paintings that bring the natural world to life. Paint your way through a landscape of flora and wildlife, from Spring flowers to poinsettias that mark the coming of Christmas and the closing of the year; each painting is worked in watercolor in the author's loose, delicate style. An ideal introduction to watercolor painting and an unmissable guide to developing technical skills - with plentiful inspiration for seeking out your own inspiration in the natural world.

From award-winning artist Aimee Erickson, Plein Air Techniques for Artistspresents the step-by-step process for plein air for landscape, still life, and the figure, along with exercises to strengthen skills.

Build your watercolor skills with confidence with these 25 beautiful and beginner-friendly new projects on premium watercolor paper! From artist Sarah Simon, author of 2021's bestselling Watercolor Workbook, comes 25 new projects that celebrate flowers, feathers, and animal friends.This easy-to-use watercolor workbook is filled with unique and beautiful botanical and animal sketches that are ready for you to watercolor—no drawing skills required! Each page is specially designed with simple step-by-step instructions so you can easily and confidently paint each project and create artwork that matches the quality of the author's example. Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers, and Animal Friends features:• An introduction to fundamental watercolor techniques• 25 beginner-friendly projects on thick, 200 gsm premium watercolor art paper—no color bleed-through!• Beautiful floral and plant artwork, including: wild roses, poppies, sunflowers, buttercups, dandelions, and more• Easy-to-follow instructions, including suggested paint and paintbrush materials, so you can start painting todayArtist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to paint with watercolor. Her first book, Modern Watercolor Botanicals, provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and, now in this second workbook in her Watercolor Workbook series, Simon offers 25 watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today!

With everything you need to start in the world of furries, The Art of Drawing Manga Furries is your ultimate guide to creating your own characters and developing your own original anthropomorphic animals.

In Kawaii Doggies, the follow-up and perfect companion to Kawaii Kitties, popular Instagram artist Olive Yong teaches you, step by step, how to draw all your favorite breeds doing all sorts of silly and endearing things.

New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting by Robert Zeller offers a sweeping exposition of both historical Surrealism and its legacy in the world of contemporary art. It demonstrates the many ways in which the most significant art movement of the last century continues to be relevant today, featuring an international selection of contemporary artists whose compositions and studio practice reveal its influence. There are many modalities of historical Surrealism that still maintain contemporary currency: presenting the familiar as unfamiliar and uncanny, the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated imagery, the use of absurdity to critique political or social issues, and the use of erotic imagery in an irrational, non-linear context. Not all the artists brought together in this book self-identify as Surrealist, per se, but each uses some variation of Surrealism in a personal manner. The book begins with a study of the origins, leadership, participating artists, and major milestones of historical Surrealism. Zeller chronicles the movement starting at the end of World War I and the birth of Dada. The most important players and events emerge throughout the timeline of events-including World War II, and such notable artists as Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Leonora Carrington, and many others-up until the death of its leader Andre Breton in 1966. Zeller then explores how elements of New Surrealism are being put into practice in the contemporary art world. Section Two offers a survey of 29 contemporary artists who engage in New Surrealism's seemingly unlimited variations of the movement's original themes, including Rosa Loy, Glenn Brown, and Arghavan Khosravi. Section Three features 14 artists, including important contemporary artists such as Inka Essenhigh, Ginny Casey and Anna Weyant, who speak to Surrealism's influence on their studio practice, detailing in their own words how they create a composition from start to finish.

It's Bob Ross. The man with the gentle voice who can paint a landscape in thirty minutes right before your very eyes in your own living room.Reaching millions of homes every day, Bob Ross is unquestionably America's favorite art instructor. Now avaiable in paperback, The Best of the Joy of Painting -- Bob Ross's first book -- contains sixty of his favorite paintings, all of them originally created during the Joy of Painting show.Each painting comes complete with a full-color photo and a series of black-and-white instructional photos, accompanied by step-by-step instructions that guide you through the painting process. With this book in hand, you will be amazed at the ease and skill with which you can create your own Bob Ross original.

Akrylmaling er bogen til dig, der gerne vil lære at male med akrylmaling. Har du aldrig prøvet det før, eller vil du bare gerne vide og lære mere, er det en ny verden, der åbner sig.Med bogen her får du ikke bare øvelser og teknikker. Du lærer at se! Når du lærer at se på den rigtige måde, vil du kunne male alt.Birthe Kjærsgaard har levet af sin kunst i mere end 50 år og afholder hvert år kurser for malere på forskellige niveauer. I bogen her har hun samlet alt det, du skal vide for at komme i gang med akrylmaling og for at blive god – resten er øvelse.

Lær at skabe abstrakt kunst med enkle teknikker.I denne unikke bog får du trin for trin-vejledninger i akvarelteknikker samt tips og tricks til at skabe levende, abstrakt kunst med akvarelmaling. Desuden bliver du vejledt i redskaber og materialer, så du kan komme godt i gang. Igennem 16 forskellige projekter som enkle former, stiliserede planter og udtryksfulde landskaber vil du lære at kombinere akvarelfarver og udsmykning, der giver dit maleri et ekstra pift.Så slip kreativiteten løs, og begynd at lave kunst uden at gå op i detaljer og nøjagtigheder – men giv dig selv lov til at eksperimentere, have det sjovt og lege med farver, former og teksturer.Bogen henvender sig til både begyndere, såvel som de mere øvede malere, der søger ny kreativ inspiration.

Im Laufe ihrer fast 30-jährigen künstlerischen Tätigkeit hat Chitra Ganesh (geb. 1975 in Brooklyn, N.Y., USA, lebt und arbeitet ebenda) ein umfangreiches OEuvre entwickelt, das sich aus Zeichnung und Malerei heraus in abwechslungsreiche mediale Richtungen entfaltet, von Animationen, Wandzeichnungen, Collagen und Skulpturen bis hin zu computergenerierten Bildern und Videos. Mit großer Leidenschaft für das Detail kombiniert Ganesh eine vielschichtige Palette kultureller Einflüsse mit der Bildsprache von alten Comics, Bollywood-Plakaten und Videospielen. Mit diesem Ansatz untersucht sie Erzählungen und Bilder, die der Kulturgeschichte Südasiens entspringen, ohne jedoch in Nostalgie verhaftet zu sein. Vielmehr fordern ihre Arbeiten die Konventionen von Geschlecht, Sexualität und Macht heraus, indem sie komplexe mythologische Erzählungen um ikonische weibliche Protagonist*innen ins Zentrum rücken.  Die Monografie widmet sich in erster Linie Ganeshs OEuvre aus den Jahren 2013-2023, enthält aber auch Bilder und Hintergrundinformationen von 1996 bis heute. Mit Texten von Natasha Bissonauth, Gayatri Gopinath, Saisha Grayson, Tausif Noor, Svati Shah und Ksenia Soboleva.    Between South Asian Iconography, Science Fiction, and Queer Theory  In a creative career that now spans almost three decades, Chitra Ganesh (b. Brooklyn, New York, US, 1975; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, US) has built an extensive oeuvre that, anchored in drawing and painting, branches out in manifold ways into media ranging from animation, mural, collage, and sculpture to computer-generated imagery and video. With enormous passion for detail, Ganesh combines a multifaceted palette of cultural influences with the visual idiom of vintage comics, Bollywood posters, and videogames. Her practice lets her delve into narratives and images drawn from the cultural history of South Asia without veering into nostalgia. Her works instead challenge conventions of gender, sexuality, and power by putting complex mythological narratives around iconic female protagonists front and center.  The monograph is primarily dedicated to Ganesh's work 2013-2023, while including images and context from 1996 to the present. With essays by Natasha Bissonauth, Gayatri Gopinath, Saisha Grayson, Tausif Noor, Svati Shah, and Ksenia Soboleva.

Learn how to create enchanting fairy illustrations with this inspiring and practical workbook, with full-color, step-by-step-projects and practice pages. Abound in story books and animation, these creature's delicate forms, fluttering wings and magical powers are a source of constant wonder. Artist Peter Gray takes readers through step-by-step drawing projects to create an array of enchanting fairies. Taking inspiration from flowers and the natural world, readers will learn how to create fairy and elf faces, beautiful clothing, and wings which sparkle and flutter. Chapters include: - Fairy faces: features, hair and headdresses- Fairy figures: proportions, poses and fairies in flight- Fairy fashions: styles, wings, color- Fairy folk: Elfin fairy, child fairy, dark fairy>Each project is accompanied by practice pages that allow readers to try out their skills. ABOUT THE SERIES: I Can Draw teaches a variety of specialist drawing styles, aimed at beginners or those wishing to hone their skills. With step-by-step instructions and practice grids to try out new techniques, these full-color drawing guides will help artists bring their ideas to life.

Master the art of figure drawing with this practical anatomy drawing book, written by bestselling practical art author, Barrington Barber. Understanding human anatomy is integral to figure drawing. This comprehensive drawing book includes all artists need to know, complete with draw-in pages to put what you've learnt into practice. Study the differences between male and female proportions, how the facial muscles produce expressions, the body in profile and more. Includes: . Draw-in practice pages . Skeleton, muscle and tendon diagrams. Breakdowns of each body part>An essential book for anyone interested in drawing figures.

Create adorable kawaii illustrations with this easy-to-follow, full-color drawing book, filled with step-by-step exercises and draw-in practice grids to develop your style. Originating in Japan, the kawaii art style literally translates as 'cute' and turns people, animals and even food into lovable characters. In this wonderfully illustrated full-color book, you can learn how to draw a sleepy koala, a cheeky doughnut, a shy puppy, a whole plate of giggling sushi and much more. The step-by-step instructions mean that any budding artist can create amazing characters and let their artistic confidence grow. Each of the projects have practice pages where readers can try out their versions of kawaii creations from a base silhouette. ABOUT THE SERIES: I Can Draw teaches a variety of specialist drawing styles, aimed at beginners or those wishing to hone their skills. With step-by-step instructions and practice grids to try out new techniques, these full-color drawing guides will help artists bring their ideas to life.

The ultimate guide to drawing detailed, lifelike images. Creating an image that looks exactly like a real person or photograph may seem intimidating, or only for very advanced artists, but in this book noted art instructor Matheus Macedo demystifies the process and shows step-by-step how to create realistic drawings using reference photos as guidance. Readers will learn all aspects of realistic drawing, including: -How to perceive the different values of light and shadow-How to render precise details using different textures-Choosing the right materials and how to use them-Observing subjects and how to capture all aspects of the face, body, and different hair typesFilled with beautiful and instructive drawings of every step of the drawing process, this book builds upon the author's popular drawing courses and will teach anyone how to amaze their friends and family with their lifelike drawings.

Turn rocks and stones into tiny treasures--to display at home or to give to your friends! Using pens, markers, paints, brushes, and the simple lessons in this book, you'll be able to turn stones into gorgeous works of art that everyone will love. Design expert Christine Rechl provides all the information you'll need to get started, including a few simple tips and techniques and over 50 inspiring designs in 225 color photographs. For aspiring artists of all ages, the simple instructions and examples in this book show you how to create: A menagerie of cuddly cats, shaggy sheep and adorable dogs--even unicorns!Funny faces, cartoon characters and kooky caricaturesKaleidoscopic patterns made up of spirals, squiggles, dots and linesMeditative mandalas, runes, oracle stones, amulets and lucky charmsAnd many more creative designs! Create a colorful rock display in your home or send an inspiring message to a friend. Painted rocks make perfect gifts and keepsakes to treasure forever!

'Collage to Change the World' ist ein außergewöhnliches Collage-Aktivitätsbuch, das Sie einlädt, Ihr künstlerisches Potenzial zu entfalten und gleichzeitig drängende globale Probleme anzugehen.Dieses Buch ist für alle geeignet - von neugierigen Teens bis zu temperamentvollen Senior*innen. Es spricht die kreativen Seelen, die Kunstbegeisterten und die Changemaker*innen in jede*m von uns an. Mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Frauen befähigt dieses Buch jede*n, Teil dieser einzigartigen künstlerischen Bewegung zu werden.Erforschen Sie außerdem die Ursprünge und die Entwicklung der Collage:> Erhalten Sie wertvolle Tipps, Tricks und Einblicke in verschiedene Materialien.> Entdecken Sie einflussreiche Künstler*innen, die mit diversen Collage-Techniken arbeiten.> Erlernen Sie die Kunst der manuellen Collage mithilfe von Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen. Sie erhalten mit diesem Buch 29 wunderschöne Hintergründe als Grundlage für Ihre Arbeiten und 29 Seiten mit über 300 inspirierenden Bildausschnitten. Finden Sie Denkanstößen, die sich auf die wichtigen Themen der heutigen Zeit konzentrieren: Klimawandel, Gleichberechtigung, Rassismus und viele mehr.

Dieser Sammelband enthält 50 abwechslungsreiche Motive in unterschiedlichen Detailstufen zum Thema Liebe. Jedes Bild hat ein einzigartiges Muster im Mandala-Stil. Die einseitig bedruckten Seiten erleichtern das Ausmalen ohne Durchdruck.Das Ausmalen von Mandala-Motiven hat viele positive Wirkungen. Es entschleunigt und steigert die Gelassenheit, fördert die Konzentration und Kreativität. Außerdem beruhigt es den Gedankenfluss und es lässt sich dabei herrlich entspannen.

Skab forbindelse til naturen, og find ro gennem akvarelmalingI denne betagende og let tilgængelige bog vender den populære kunstner Inga Buividavice opmærksomheden imod botanisk kunst og kommer med inspiration, praktiske tips og trin for trin-projekter.Med fokus på skønheden i akvarelmaling og vores følelsesmæssige – og intuitive – forbindelse til naturen opfordrer Inga dig til at udforske, eksperimentere og male i din søgen efter ro. Bogen er fyldt med enkle maleprojekter, der inviterer til fordybelse. Her er fokus på mindfulness og skabe forbindelse med naturen, der omgiver os – hvad end det er en stor skov eller en lille park midt i byen. Øvelserne er lettilgængelige, så både begyndere og øvede kan være med.Her handler det ikke om at skabe naturtro malerier, men om at bruge akvarelmaling som medie til at finde indre ro og nyde de smukke øjeblikke, som naturen kan give os.

Brug naturen som den perfekte inspiration til kreative udfoldelserI 365 dage med kunst i naturen indbyder Lorna Scobie dig til at observere og opleve den naturlige verden og derigennem hver dag lade dig inspirere til at skabe kunst. Uanset om du er nybegynder eller erfaren kunstner, viser Lorna dig, hvordan du kan udforske og udvide dit kunstneriske potentiale gennem en række tankevækkende og engagerende naturbaserede kunstneriske aktiviteter. Opgaverne spænder over alle naturlige miljøer – lige fra at skitsere blomster i dit hjem til at studere landskaber, fugle og dyr, når du er på farten.I bogen er der gjort plads til, at du hver dag – eller hvornår du har lyst – kan tegne eller male på opfordring af bogens små opgaver. Med tiden vil du derfor have en skitsebog fuld af små kunstværker, som du kan nyde at bladre i hver dag.Med naturinspirerede citater og masser af støttende opfordringer og tips vil 365 dage med kunst i naturen sætte gang i din fantasi og hjælpe dig til at få øjnene op for naturens skønhed.

"Write your self. Your body must be heard." - Hélène Cixous  Charlotte Rohde (geb. 1992 in Aachen, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin) ist eine der stilprägenden Gestalterinnen ihrer Generation. Als Künstlerin, Typografin und Autorin untersucht sie, wie Schrift als Schnittstelle zwischen image und language feministische Diskurse in unseren Gesellschaften formt. Überlegungen zu Popkultur, Macht und Hyperfeminität, die Überzeichnung von Weiblichkeit, verknüpfen ihre multidisziplinären, aber stets sprachbasierten Arbeiten. Derzeit ist sie als Vertretungsprofessorin für Typografie und Schriftgestaltung an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2022-2024) tätig. In ihrem Künstlerinnenbuch You Loved an Image , gestaltet und visuell interpretiert von Tatjana Stürmer, verbindet sie Texte zwischen Gedicht, Prosa, Essay und Tagebucheintrag, grafische und künstlerische Arbeit mit experimenteller Typografie und untersucht die Semiotik zeitgenössischer Weiblichkeit.   "Write your self. Your body must be heard."-Hélène Cixous  The designer Charlotte Rohde (b. Aachen, 1992; lives and works in Berlin) has helped define the style of her generation. A visual artist, typographer, and writer, she explores how typography as the interface between image and language informs feminist discourses in our societies. Reflections on pop culture, power, and hyperfemininity, the exaggeration of female features, tie her multidisciplinary yet always language-based works together. She is currently an associate professor at Bauhaus University, Weimar (2022-2024), where she teaches typography and type design. Her artists' book You Loved an Image , with designs and visual interpretations by Tatjana Stürmer, combines writings between poetry, prose, essay, and diary entry, graphic design and art, and experimental typography to examine the semiotics of contemporary femininity.

This is a fashion coloring book about Boho Hippie Girls. There are 45 original illustrations with beautiful models, clothing & accessories.

Insularität, Isolation und Distanz als Triebfedern künstlerischer Forschung  In seinen Arbeiten verwendet Alessandro Biggio (geb. 1974 in Cagliari, lebt und arbeitet in Cagliari und Calasetta, Italien) Materialien wie Asche und Ton, die er in ihrer Schichtung und Konzentration auf ihre Transformation zur Skulptur und Installation hin untersucht. Die Entfaltung des sich oft wiederholenden, bisweilen rituell anmutenden künstlerischen Prozesses wird zum Mittelpunkt der ästhetischen Reflexion in Biggios konzeptstarken Arbeiten. In kleinen Schritten aufgebaut, entstehen die Werke oft über lange Zeiträume hinweg. Die zeitliche Dimension erweist sich so als das eigentliche Material seiner Kunst, die mit Referenzen zur Arte Povera spielt.  Das Buch ergründet die für Biggio elementaren und philosophischen Fragen des Seins. Im kollaborativen Zusammenspiel zwischen seinen Arbeiten und den Fotografien von Michael Höpfner zeigt die Monografie das spannungsgeladene Werk des Künstlers und verortet dieses in seiner Heimat Sardinien - zwischen Calasetta und Cagliari verweist es auf die Bedeutung von Heimat. Mit Essays von Heike Eipeldauer, Lorenzo Giusti, David Komary, Marta Papini und Giacomo Spissu.    Insularity, Isolation, and Distance as Driving Forces of Artistic Research  In his works, Alessandro Biggio (b. Cagliari, 1974; lives and works in Cagliari and Calasetta, Italy) uses materials such as ash, clay, and canvas, which he transforms into explorations in the field of sculpture and installation. The unfolding of the often repetitive and at times seemingly ritualistic creative process becomes the central concern of aesthetic reflection in the artist's conceptually driven works. Constituted in minor steps, the work is often created over long periods of time. The temporal dimension thus proves to be the intrinsic material of his art, which has references to Arte Povera.  The book explores the philosophical questions of being, which are elementary for Biggio. In a collaborative interplay between his works and Michael Höpfner's photographs, the monograph shows the artist's vibrant oeuvre and locates it in his homeland Sardinia--between Calasetta and Cagliari, exploring the meaning of home. With essays by Heike Eipeldauer, Lorenzo Giusti, David Komary, Marta Papini, and Giacomo Spissu.

Machtvolle Topografien Geschichte und Ortsbezug, Sprache und Raum sind die Parameter von Renate Herters Raum bezogenen Installationen und Interventionen, Klanginstallationen und textuellen Arbeiten. Die fotografische Arbeit mit dem eigenen Körper rückt in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Mittelpunkt ihres Schaffens. Sie zeigt den weiblichen Körper. Einen Körper, der altert, der alt ist. Fotografiert jenseits aller Romantik, zerlegt in Fragmente, zusammengefügt zu Montagen, die sich dem oberflächlichen Blick verweigern. Die Bearbeitung ihrer Ursprungsmotive schafft trotz der kompositorischen Strenge neue skulptural-poetische Bilder, welche die vertrauten Formen klassischer Aktfotografie sprengen, auf ironische Weise Körpergrenzen außer Kraft setzen und so eigengesetzliche Wirklichkeiten entwerfen. Ausgehend von der jüngsten Werkserie Eigensinnige Körper - Heimliche Territorien bietet Renate Herters neue, reich bebilderte Monografie KörperKlangRaum mit Texten von Kat Lawinia Gorska, Karin Scheel, Julia Wallner sowie einem Gespräch zwischen Ingrid Wagner und der Künstlerin eine Erkundung ihres Schaffens seit den 1980er-Jahren. Powerful Topographies History and places, language and spaces form the parameters of Renate Herter's installations, interventions, sound pieces, and textual works. In recent years, photographs of her own body have increasingly moved to the forefront of her work. She presents the female body as a body that is ageing, that has aged. Eschewing any kind of romanticism, she dissects it into fragments and reassembles it into montages that refuse a superficial view. Despite their compositional rigor, her reworkings of the original motifs create new, poetically sculptural images that go beyond the familiar forms of classical nude photography, ironically suspending bodily boundaries and thus creating realities of their own. Based on the most recent series of works Eigensinnige Körper - Heimliche Territorien, Renate Herter's new, richly illustrated monograph KörperKlangRaum offers an exploration of her work since the eighties with texts by Kat Lawinia Gorska, Karin Scheel, Julia Wallner, and a conversation between Ingrid Wagner and the artist.

"Crafters will learn how to apply a special light-sensitive solution to various surfaces and witness the transformative effect of sunlight or UV light, as their creations magically turn into vibrant blue works of art. What makes cyanotype particularly appealing is its versatility, as it provides a fun, accessible, and affordable means to transform ordinary objects into extraordinary blue-hued keepsakes. Whether you are a budding artist in search of a new creative outlet or an individual seeking to infuse your gifts with a mesmerizing blue hue, 'A Beginner's Guide to Cyanotype' will serve as your ultimate beginner-friendly guide. You are guided on how to use cyanotype printing on a variety of surfaces and unlock the potential of this enchanting artistic process. With Kim Tillyer's expert instruction and inspiration, you will embark on a journey of artistic exploration, creating unique and captivating cyanotype masterpieces that reflect your individual style and vision."--

This joyful approach to painting flowers and floral compositions removes intimidation by featuring visual tutorials with simple steps. Readers will paint roses, dahlias, hydrangeas, peonies, and many more flowers with confidence.

Finally, a user-friendly guide to sublimation crafting that makes the tools, technology, and techniques easy for any crafter to understand. 18 projects with downloadable patterns are included.