Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are small cards measuring 2.5 X 3.5in (6.5 X 9cm) which you can decorate in whatever style you choose using a wide range of materials & techniques. Once completed ATCs can be traded (never sold) giving everyone the opportunity to collect unique & original pieces of art! Inspiring & fun they allowing artists of all abilities to share their creativity with others both locally at craft fairs shows & classes & globally via the internet. This book provides numerous ideas for a wide range of ATCs based on many different methods & techniques. Experienced artists & craftworkers will love the challenge of creating smaller pieces of work & beginners will find the smaller scale of the pieces less daunting. Whatever your ability you are bound to find something that will inspire & excite you! ...

Create & swap mini works of art! The simple act of sharing 21/2 x 31/2 pieces of art known as Artist Trading Cards knows no boundaries & brings like-souls together like no other form of communication can. Unique statements passionate emotions & favorite interests can all be expressed in these miniature works of art that are always traded never sold. Artist Trading Cards Workshop will not only teach you how to create your own cards combining one or more of the 25+ techniques demonstrated in step-by-step photos it will also share the ins & outs of trading finding & organizing card swaps & how to trade with others across the miles or even the continents. Discover ways to create colorful collage backgrounds make cards from fabric incorporate painting stamping phone book pages tissue paper string stencils & much more-all is revealed in step-by-step photos but thats not all. Youll also: Learn the ins & outs of trading-where to look what to swap. Find creative ways to store the cards youll soon be collecting. Be inspired by the cards from 60 talented contributors & over 200 beautiful cards. Become a part of the world-wide phenomenon that starts with Artist Trading Cards Workshop & share a piece of yourself today! Create. Collect. Swap. ...

Artists will love this book the definitive guide to capturing facial expressions. In a carefully organised easy-to-use format author Gary Faigin shows readers the expressions created by individual facial muscles then draws them together in a section devoted to the six basic human emotions: sadness anger joy fear disgust & surprise. Each emotion is shown in steadily increasing intensity & Faigins detailed renderings are supplemented by clear explanatory text additional sketches & finished work. An appendix

Includes:: yawning wincing & other physical reactions. Want to create portraits that capture the real person? Want to draw convincing illustrations? Want to show the range of human emotion in your artwork? Get The Artists Complete Guide to Facial Expression"!"

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This comprehensive handbook is packed with practical & insightful solutions to common problems for both drawing & watercolour media. It features clearly explained techniques for a wide range of popular themes
- including landscapes buildings animals flowers still life & people. Its innovative spread design highlights common problems & provides simple & effective solutions. Its small format means the artist can take this indispensable guide wherever they go.
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This is a complete & innovative practical guide that offers artists simple solutions to common drawing & painting problems. Solutions presented through clearly annotated pictures & easy-to-follow technique demonstrations ensure that problems can be quickly corrected. Solutions provided for a wide range of the most popular subject areas: landscape flower & animal paintings. The techniques are shown throughout in all the key media: watercolour graphite & coloured pencil charcoal acrylic & gouache. ...

Author Michael Massen presents his thorough & novel approach to drapery by first describing clothing & drapery as basic shapes & then illustrating how the mechanics of physics cause these shapes to bend fold or wrinkle in predictable ways. Expanding upon these principles the book details how to use these concepts to render all types of clothing in any medium. Fully illustrated techniques & examples from old world & contemporary masters from Raphael to Walt Disney make this book the definitive text on the subject of rendered clothing & drapery & a comprehensive resource. ...

The Artist's Way provides a twelve-week course that guides you through the process of recovering your creative self. It aims to dispel the 'I'm not talented enough' conditioning that holds many people back & helps you to unleash your own inner artist. Its step-by-step approach enables you to transform your life overcome any artistic blocks you may suffer from including limiting beliefs fear sabotage jealousy & guilt & replace them with self confidence & productivity. It helps demystify the creative process by making it a part of your daily life. Whatever your artistic leanings this book will give you the tools you need to enable you to fulfil your dreams. ...

There's an art to choosing men.. .but Thea's just discovering it. Fed up with looking after a houseful of students Thea Orville throws caution to the winds & takes off to Ireland with Rory a charming but feckless artist. But Thea's old life isn't so easily cut off. The arrival of Molly her bossy friend demanding to see Rory's stunning paintings (and to find out what Thea is up to) is bad enough but why did she have to bring Petal Thea's most annoying lodger along for the ride? & worst of all Petal is accompanied by her uncle the enigmatic Ben a man Thea has sworn never to like. The timing is terrible
- Rory's dog is about to have puppies
- but even more alarming is that the more Rory pursues Thea the more maddeningly attractive she finds Ben...

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Newly available in paperback this comprehensive companion to the Arts & Crafts movement reviews its background history personalities & glorious products. The origins of the movement are identified & the inspiration of its founder William Morris craftsman poet & social reformer is celebrated. Such key exponents as Charles Rennie Mackintosh Frank Lloyd Wright & Gustav Stickley are considered in detail & information is provided on the distinguishing characteristics of each designers contribution. Illustrated with 300 meticulously researched images this is a rich & invaluable general survey & an important work of reference for the collector. ...

The Arts & Crafts Movement espoused values of simplicity craftsmanship & beauty quite counter to Victorian & Edwardian industrialism. Though most famous for its architecture furniture & ornamental work between the 1890s & the 1930s the movement also produced gardens all over Britain whose designs redolent of a lost golden era had worldwide influence. These designs by luminaries such as Gertrude Jekyll & Sir Edwin Lutyens were engaging & romantic combinations of manor-house garden formalism & the naive charms of the cottage garden
- but from formally clipped topiary to rugged wild borders nothing was left to chance. Sarah Rutherford here explores the winding paths & meticulously shaped hedges the gazebos & gateways the formal terraces & the billowing border plantings that characterised the Arts & Crafts garden & directs readers & gardeners to where they can visit & be inspired by these beautiful works of art.
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