Using step-by-step demonstrations & his own evocative & inspirational pictures, Cheng Yan shows you how to capture the beauty & freshness of this exquisite style of painting. With enthusiasm & energy, he guides the artist though all the traditional techniques, illustrating how to create atmosphere & light in landscapes, focusing on trees, water, mountains, sky & clouds. He shows how to capture liveliness & movement in animals, birds, fish & insects, & he transforms flowers & plants into beautiful works of art skilfully showing how to master composition, inks, paints & traditional brushstrokes. Detail is as important as spontaneous style; leaves, stems, bamboo, feathers, scales & blossom are clearly depicted & Yan also explores texture, blending colours to define shapes & outlines. This invaluable guide captures the essense of Chinese painting, bringing together the fun of learning, the joy of creativity & the delight of discovery. - Easy learning with step-by-step photographs. -

Includes:: popular subjects: landscapes & flowers. - Traditional painting & calligraphy techniques. Book: Search Press. Paperback. 96 pages. Colour throughout Author: Cheng Yan ISBN: 1903975190

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Specifically designed for both left & right handed use, Longridge Mount Cutters are wonderful for cutting mounts to the exact size of your picture, rather than trying to fit your image into a pre-cut window & comes complete with everything needed to cut mountboard, both to size from a large sheet as well as bevel edge windows. Each system comes in different models in varying lengths, which means they are brilliant for creating unique mounts of all sort of shapes & sizes, right down to cutting headers in your mounts to choosing your own colour! This high quality product is very simple & easy to use, precise to an accuracy better than 0.1mm. Each model
Includes:: Mount stop Depth control Cutter stops 10 spare blades Instructional DVD Sprint Mat Retractable steel tape measure The Trio features a parallelogram for consistent accuracy & efficient production & an integral calibrated scale for precise border measuring
- this system is perfect for the professional or keen enthusiast. The Trio Maxi System accommodates A0 board long ways. The maximum external mount size is 1220mm (48") & maximum window size is 1120mm (44"). Also available: Trio Midi Trio Plus

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Specifically designed for both left & right handed use, Longridge Mount Cutters are wonderful for cutting mounts to the exact size of your picture, rather than trying to fit your image into a pre-cut window & comes complete with everything needed to cut mountboard, both to size from a large sheet as well as bevel edge windows. Each system comes in different models in varying lengths, which means they are brilliant for creating unique mounts of all sort of shapes & sizes, right down to cutting headers in your mounts to choosing your own colour! This high quality product is very simple & easy to use, precise to an accuracy better than 0.1mm. Each model
Includes:: Mount stop Depth control Cutter stops 10 spare blades Instructional DVD Sprint Mat Retractable steel tape measure The Trio features a parallelogram for consistent accuracy & efficient production & an integral calibrated scale for precise border measuring
- this system is perfect for the professional or keen enthusiast. The Trio Plus System accommodates A0 board short ways & A1 long ways. The maximum external mount size is 865mm (34") & maximum window size is 765mm (30"). Also available: Trio Midi Trio Maxi

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Specifically designed for both left & right handed use, Longridge Mount Cutters are wonderful for cutting mounts to the exact size of your picture, rather than trying to fit your image into a pre-cut window & comes complete with everything needed to cut mountboard, both to size from a large sheet as well as bevel edge windows. Each system comes in different models in varying lengths, which means they are brilliant for creating unique mounts of all sort of shapes & sizes, right down to cutting headers in your mounts to choosing your own colour! This high quality product is very simple & easy to use, precise to an accuracy better than 0.1mm. Each model
Includes:: Mount stop Depth control Cutter stops 10 spare blades Instructional DVD Sprint Mat Retractable steel tape measure The Trio features a parallelogram for consistent accuracy & efficient production & an integral calibrated scale for precise border measuring
- this system is perfect for the professional or keen enthusiast. The Trio Midi System accommodates A1 board short ways & A2 long ways. The maximum external mount size is 620mm (24") & maximum window size is 520mm (20.5"). Also available: Trio Plus Trio Maxi

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Paint detail & realistic pictures that you can feel you can touch. You will learn how to create textured shingle that contrasts with the smooth line of a boat. Joe has a natural ability to inspire & a teaching style that is relaxed & friendly. DVD: 120 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Subject: 2 Author: Joe Francis Dowden Medium: 1 Tape Length: 120 mins ...

Ideal for storing all your pastels & other similar sized media. This attractive & well finished versatile storage box is an excellent addition to your art studio. Choose from a two or four tray version. Each tray is 2cm deep. This is the two tray version. Size 360 x 264 x 85mm ...

In this DVD, John paints six stunning paintings using pure pastel, pastel with watercolour & even pastel with acrylic. ...

A practical, stimulating, & superbly illustrated book for the intermdiate watercolourist who is looking for greater challenges in their work. Shirley Trevena's watercolours are visually inspiring, vibrant with colour & strong in composition. This book shows what stunning results she achieves & how she does it by taking risks with watercolour. Taking you thorugh her paintings from the first concept to the finished watercolour. Shirley explains & illustrates her techniques for producing exciting, luminous & colourful watercolours. Although watercolour is a difficult medium to handle, Shi rley maintains that you get the best results if you have no sense of fear & just let yourself enjoy watercolour's fascinating versaltility. In Taking Risks with Watercolour Shirley teaches her own prize-winning techniques & encourages the reader to experiment with colour, composition & tone to produce exciting still life, landscape & flower paintings. Contents include: - What shall I paint? - Composing a pictre - Large scale & small scale - Getting started & marking marks - Developing the painting - Taking risks with colour - Experiments with tone - Bold textures & patterns - Getting it wrong - Moving on Book: Harper Collins. Hardbook. 128 pages. Colour throughout DVD: 60 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Medium: 1 Author: Shirley Trevena Tape Length: 60 mins Subject: 12 ...

A practical, stimulating, & superbly illustrated book for the intermediate watercolourist who is looking for greater challenges in their work. Shirley Trevena's watercolours are visually inspiring, vibrant with colour & strong in composition. This book shows what stunning results she achieves & how she does it by taking risks with watercolour. Taking you thorugh her paintings from the first concept to the finished watercolour. Shirley explains & illustrates her techniques for producing exciting, luminous & colourful watercolours. Although watercolour is a difficult medium to handle, Shirley maintains that you get the best results if you have no sense a fear & just let yourself enjoy watercolour's fascinating versaltility. In Taking Risks with Watercolour Shirley teaches her own prize-winning techniques & encourages the reader to experiment with colour, composition & tone to produce exciting still life, landscape & flower paintings. Contents include: - What shall I paint? - Composing a pictre - Large scale & small scale - Getting started & marking marks - Developing the painting - Taking risks with colour - Experiments with tone - Bold textures & patterns - Getting it wrong - Moving on Book: Harper Collins. Hardbook. 128 pages. Colour throughout Medium: 1 Subject: 12 Author: Shirley Trevena ISBN: 000713326X ...