Art Fun Cheap

Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself.This friendly, [...]

[Read more →]

How to paint your world in watercolor ? and have fun doing it! The day Sterling Edwards watched an artist paint an entire sky with three deft brushstrokes was the day he committed to trading his tiny oil brushes and photorealistic style in favor of big, bold strokes of watercolor. In the years since, he’s [...]

[Read more →]

There are hundreds of watercolor paints on the market, with widely varying characteristics, appearances, and names. This easy-to-use book cuts through the confusion. In this informative, 128-page book, author Jan Hart covers pigment properties while providing helpful information on combining colors on the palette for optimal effect. The full-color book features an array of step-by-step [...]

[Read more →]

Harness the power of negative space!Breathe new life into your art through negative painting. Linda Kemp shares her techniques for using the strength of negative space – the areas not occupied by subject matter – to create alluring works of art.Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines is a comprehensive guide to evoking more passion in your [...]

[Read more →]

Add life, color, texture and individuality to your work! If you’re ready to go beyond the basics, and see what watercolor can really do, this is the book for you! Inside, a wealth of “creative departures” will take you out of your comfort zone, making the difference between pigment on paper and original, expressive works [...]

[Read more →]

Award-winning artist Nita Engle’s breakthrough approach to watercolor shows readers how to combine spontaneity and control to produce glowing, realistic paintings. Her method begins with action-filled exercises that demonstrate how to play with paint, following no rules. Subsequent step-by-step projects add planning to the mix, demonstrating how to turn loose washes into light-filled watercolors with [...]

[Read more →]

“After 25 years of teaching thousands of novice watercolorists the simple methods contained in this book, I firmly believe that anyone willing to follow the directions and do the world cannot fail to achieve a successful picture. If I can do it, so can you.” – Jack ReidIn this beginner-friendly guide, Jack Reid will show [...]

[Read more →]

Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself.This friendly, [...]

[Read more →]

‘This special 10th-anniversary collection combines two of the best-loved North Light watercolor guides available—The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook and The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook: Landscapes. Clarifying and simplifying the various aspects of painting with watercolor, Gordon MacKenzie’s The Complete Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook will encourage and challenge you with new possibilities. Rather than a list of rules, this [...]

[Read more →]

Learning to select art supplies can save you money. The key thing is knowing what to buy. For example, cheap water colors can be discouraging and a waste of time and money. Quality art supplies are sometimes well worth the money. But how can you know till you try some out? That gives you a [...]

[Read more →]