Charming and cherished motifs as American as apple pie fill the pages of this wonderfully instructive reference guide to decorative folk-art painting. Beginners will be pleased to see how quickly they can create time-honored themes, thanks to this book's easy-to-follow instructions. Included are Pennsylvania Dutch, Berger style, hearts and flowers, and other familiar designs, Complete information is provided about brush techniques, materials, preparation of surfaces, and pattern transfers.
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The history of decorative painting spans several centuries. Instructional guides predominantly focus on contemporary interpretations of Victorian-looking florals, but in Painting American Folk Art, noted decorative artist Andy B. Jones reaches further into the past to present 11 delightful folk art projects with a loosely colonial feel. The remarkably thorough introductory section covers more ground than most decorative painting manuals, including not only supplies, preparation, and essential brushstrokes, but helpful advice on choosing colors and working with value. Each of the well-documented projects is rated one, two, or three brushes to indicate degree of difficulty; thus beginners can try such items as a putty-grained saltbox or a Fraktur painting encased in a faux-painted mahogany frame. Intermediates can tackle a country tin ware painting on a gooseneck coffeepot, reverse-glass tinsel painting, and theorem painting (multicolored stenciling on velvet), and advanced students can handle objects like the wooden bucket done in Peter Ompir style with borders and fruits. A source directory gives contact information to order all the paintables, and complete painting and stencil patterns are included. --Amy Handy
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Learn to paint a variety of folk art styles with ease,
By Angel Lee "Liocorno Amethyst Moonstone" (Cleveland, OH United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Painting American Folk Art (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book that teaches all the skills necessary for painting in a wide variety of folk art styles. Historical information, although brief, is pertinent and useful.The basics of brushstrokes, blending, preparing surfaces, antiquing, transferring images, stencil cutting, & varnishing are explained and illustrated so that even a novice painter can quickly achieve professional quality results. A materials list, pattern & complete step-by-step instructions accompanied by color photos are included for each of the basic techniques & 11 projects. Conveniently, the degree of difficulty is also listed. Some of my favorite projects are a country tin coffeepot, a putty-grained saltbox, a bronzed tray with fruit, tinsel painted flowers, a Fraktur painted house blessing in a faux mahogany fame & a Pennsylvania-Dutch bird with heart.
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Although the primary goal of this book is to recreate the decorative painting styles of American folk artists using today's art materials, modern decorative painters should also consider the work of their creative forebears within a historical context so that they can better understand and appreciate it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gel retarder, naphthol crimson, largest flat brush, basecoat paint, script liner, comma strokes, green umber, handle dots, opaque coverage, gold wax, ball flowers, project instructions, titanium white, transferring patterns, yellow ocher, sap green, painting project, alizarin crimson Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glazing Medium, Degree of Difficulty, Naval Jelly, Peter Hunt, Place Stencil, Project Fine-tip, Late Country Tin Painting New!
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Although the primary goal of this book is to recreate the decorative painting styles of American folk artists using today's art materials, modern decorative painters should also consider the work of their creative forebears within a historical context so that they can better understand and appreciate it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gel retarder, naphthol crimson, largest flat brush, basecoat paint, script liner, comma strokes, green umber, handle dots, opaque coverage, gold wax, ball flowers, project instructions, titanium white, transferring patterns, yellow ocher, sap green, painting project, alizarin crimson Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glazing Medium, Degree of Difficulty, Naval Jelly, Peter Hunt, Place Stencil, Project Fine-tip, Late Country Tin Painting New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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