Cows, pigs, bunnies, frogs, cats, dogs, elephants, horses, chickens, fish, and more romp, fly, and swim through this extensive teaching guide to animal motifs found in traditional and contemporary designs. This lucid instructional book begins with the basics of brush techniques, materials, surface preparation, and pattern transfers, the offers step-by-step demonstrations that even novices can follow with ease.
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Ever since the days of cave paintings, humans have been fascinated with depicting animals. Decorative painting master Andy Jones--author of the excellent Decorative Paint Finishes for the Home--now turns his skilled hand to portraying all sorts of creatures from realms domestic (cats, dogs, bunnies), barnyard (hen, rooster, pigs, horse, cow), and wild (panda, giraffe). Extremely thorough directions, crisp color photos, and complete patterns demonstrate how to depict the animals on various wooden and occasionally metal items, including boxes, trays, cutting boards, and plates. Every project is keyed by skill level so even novices can handle a few of these. Plus, comprehensive coverage of general decorative painting supplies, techniques, surface preparation, and special finishes (antiquing, flyspecking, crackling, varnishing) ensures that readers are well equipped to achieve not just accomplished animal representations but complete, useful projects. --Amy Handy
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Painting Animals,
By Hope Malott (Elizabeth City, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting Animals (Decorative Painters Library) (Paperback)
Painting Animals is a fantastic book for all decorative painters! The contents cover everything from supplies needed and care of brushes, painting techniques with detailed brushstrokes, preparing surfaces, specialty finishes, and projects from easy to challenging levels. Each project contains a supply list, full page photo of project, detailed instruction, pattern and step by step photographs to help guide you through the lesson. If you love to paint or want to learn decorative painting, this book can get you started and help you grow as an artist.
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Humans have drawn, painted, and sculpted animals for centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gel retarder, use the script liner, largest flat brush, gray transfer paper, naphthol crimson, white transfer paper, antiquing glaze, green umber, craft acrylics, mystic green, poetry green, use burnt sienna, use burnt umber, titanium white, saddle feathers, little burnt umber, comma stroke, ruling pen, crow quill, paper palette, wash brush, acrylic mediums, red acrylic, yellow ocher, loaded side Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glazing Medium, Mod Podge, Pattern Page, Project Fine-tip, Project Wooden New!
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Humans have drawn, painted, and sculpted animals for centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gel retarder, use the script liner, largest flat brush, gray transfer paper, naphthol crimson, white transfer paper, antiquing glaze, green umber, craft acrylics, mystic green, poetry green, use burnt sienna, use burnt umber, titanium white, saddle feathers, little burnt umber, comma stroke, ruling pen, crow quill, paper palette, wash brush, acrylic mediums, red acrylic, yellow ocher, loaded side Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glazing Medium, Mod Podge, Pattern Page, Project Fine-tip, Project Wooden New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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