Beautiful Brushstrokes Step by Step [Paperback]

Maureen McNaughton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2003

Learn the brushstrokes that will bring your paintings to life!

With Maureen McNaughton as your coach, you can learn how to paint an amazing array of fabulous flowers. She provides start-to-finish instructions and hundreds of step-by-step photos, plus all the information and advice you need to create gorgeous works of art. It's easier than you think!

You'll learn how to:

• Master dozens of beautiful brushstrokes
• Choose the right brushstroke for every stem, leaf and flower petal you paint
• Select materials for the best possible results
• Hold you hand and brush properly
• Create beautiful shading, highlighting and streaking effects with a uniquely simple brush-loading technique
• Correct less-than-perfect strokes without starting over

You'll also find detailed guidelines for 5 stunning projects, including a floral memory album and a corner shelf with a faux finish and gold leafing.

Beautiful Brushstrokes Step by Step shows you how to paint will skill and precision every time!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Internationally known instructor and decorative artist McNaughton assumes no prior knowledge of strokework--part of the basic vocabulary of painting--so she starts with the most basic elements of brush and media choice, through the more complicated techniques such as stippling. She includes full-color photos showing how to load the brush with pigment and the turning, pivoting, and lifting for all conventional brushstrokes, such as the pressure stroke, as well as some unusual ones like the teardrop. Her demos illustrate the combination of various brushstrokes to form florals and scrollwork via a series of projects with "beginner roses and tulips" on a heart basket progressing to a clock decorated with more difficult varicolored columbines. McNaughton's how-to is a good brushstrokes manual for crafters and artists, too. Whitney Scott
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About the Author

Maureen McNaughton is an internationally known decorative artist and teacher. She has been teaching in Canada since 1974 and internationally since 1980. She has designed and written several books and over 100 pattern packets, and made four instructional videos. In 1999, she was appointed to the Teacher Development Program task force for the Society of Decorative Painters. Maureen teaches seminars at her own studio in Belwood, Ontario.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (September 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581803818
• ISBN-13: 978-1581803815
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Brushstrokes Step by Step, May 22, 2004

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E. J. Barbee "EJ Barbee" (Red Oak, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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I found the book to be a wonderful asset. Maureen McNaughton is a wonderful artist and a good teacher. Her skills carry through this book in both areas. It is a totally different type of decorative painting.

5.0 out of 5 stars very good, September 9, 2009

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Linda Neal "Painter" (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Brushstrokes Step by Step (Paperback)

This book is very helpful to develope stroke flowers. Some of her flowers don't even look like stroke flowers they are so beautiful. Very clear and precise on how to develope the flower. Technique is great.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome purchase!, September 21, 2008

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I highly recommend this person. The shipping was fast and I was very pleased with the item I purchased. Thank You!