Impressionist Palette - Print on Demand Edition [Paperback]

Gai Perry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2010

Impressionist Palette, the follow-up to Gai Perry's highly successful Impressionist Quilts, expands your horizons for interpreting nature's landscapes into pictoral quilts with an Impressionist flair. Gai's original technique, which plces squares on point, softens fabric edges and gently blends color - furthering the illusion of viewing a real painting. Learn how to select the right additions to your fabric palette and embellish your Impressionist Landscape quilt with patch applique and highlight painting. Find your personal palette using Gai's color enrichment concept. Instructions for six new projects are included, as well as beautiful photographs showcasing the work of Gai and some of her fellow "fabric gardeners." The versatile technique and design principles are simple enough for beginners to understand, while also presenting continuing challenges for experienced quiltmakers.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The follow-up to Perry's highly successful Impressionist Quilts, this volume takes the unique method a step further, offering expanded discussion of color imagery and venturing beyond strictly floral compositions into landscapes and seascapes as well. Additional techniques (patch appliqué and highlight painting), step-by-step instructions for six new projects, and extensive exploration of color, fabric, and design principles make this book an important complement to the first volume. --Amy Handy

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing, Inc. (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571200304
• ISBN-13: 978-1571200303
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #884,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressionist Palette is a superb manual for watercolour., April 5, 1998

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Brenda Walker ([e-mail]) (Calgary, Alberta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Impressionist Palette - Print on Demand Edition (Paperback)

Of the many books currently available on watercolour quilting, Impressionist Palette is, in my opinion, the best. The pictures are absolutely stunning; the quilts exquisite. Apart from being an art book, the instructions on the technique of watercolour quilting are extremely clear and well-written, making it possible for myself, a fearful watercolourist, to attempt and succeed in making a watercolour quilt.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imprssionist Palette: Ouiltcolor & design by Gai Perry, July 29, 2001

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Yoka N Bazilewich (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Impressionist Palette - Print on Demand Edition (Paperback)

This is the best. It takes your breath away how Gai can come up with all these gorgeous inspirational quilts. The book is very easy to understand and English is my second language. She explains it in very simple terms. Your hands will itch to get started. It is like painting with fabric. Start collecting lots of fabric and she teaches you what to look for. You will never look at fabric the same way again. I also like to recoment her 'Color from the Heart' book. You learn so much that you use these books over and over again. Her books are real treasures.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest book of all, June 11, 2000

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AH van Heiningen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Impressionist Palette - Print on Demand Edition (Paperback)

This is the most marvelous book I have ever seen about impressionist or watercolor quilts, Gai did realy a great job with this book. It gives you lots of ideas to go on and make some beautiful Impressionist quilts of your own. I love all her books, and hope she write lots of more in the future, certainly about this type of quilts.