Rosemaling Strokes: Design Basics for Telemark Rosemaling, Volume 1 [Paperback]

Diane Edwards (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1573770248 | ISBN-13: 978-1573770248 | Publication Date: December 20, 1997 | Edition: Revised

Rosemaling is the Norwegian decorative art which began about 1700. This beautiful floral art form was developed by folk artists and has had a resurgence of interest in both America and Norway. This book discusses the Telemark style which is one of many styles developed in the different districts of Norway. The book has 12 color pages of painted designs and excellent color reference sheets with instructions on all aspects of the style. Instructions include oil and acrylic paints. Characteristics of the Telemark style are that it is painted freehand and asymmetrically with fresh transparent colors. Telemark can be used on any piece when the general rules of design and characteristics of of Telemark rosemaling are understood. This book can help you learn the basic skills and proper design forms to paint your own traditional creative designs. The book is set up in lesson format for teachers and easy to follow instructions.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Diane Edwards explains the roots and the beauty of the Telemark style, one of many different styles of rosemaling in the different districts of Norway. Along with basic instruction for executing the floral designs, she lists supplies and suggests objects that lend to the art of rosemaling. Very complete instructions. Designs are illustrated in color. -- Penfield Press

"If you are interested in Rosemaling, then this is the book for you. This is not just a pattern book, it is a beginning course in Telemark Rosemaling. The Telemark style of rosemaling is painted freehand and asymmetrically with fresh transparent colors. Telemark is just one of the many styles of rosemaling developed in the different districts in Norway. Diane gives you a brief history of rosemaling so that you will understand where this art form originated.

"Rosemaling has traditional colors and there are excellent color worksheets that show you exactly what each color looks like on traditional backgrounds. This will be extremely helpful when you are designing and changing colors to suit your specific needs. Diane has set the book up so that if you follow the chapters you will progress and build from one lesson to the next. Included are a number of patterns (16) that you can use as you progress. There are wonderful step-by-step color worksheets. There are very helpful photos of brush strokes and how to hold your brush for each stroke." -- The Artist's Club catalog

About the Author

Diane Edwards had been painting full time since 1966 and has a BS and MA in Art and Education. She is the Adjunct Professor of Art for Aims Community College in Loveland and teaches oil and watercolor painting in her shop, Nordic Arts in Loveland. She is the author of the following books: Rosemaling Strokes, a beginner book on Telemark Rosemaling. Telemark Rosemaling Volume II, a book on projects and how to paint on any surface; and Swedish Folk Art, a beginning book on Swedish Folk decoration. She is married to Dale and has two children, Liesl and Brion, a daughter-in-law Mihoko, and a granddaughter, Faith. Her most recent book is Aarseth's Rosemaling Design, about the renowned Norwegian Rosemaler, Sigmund Aarseth.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Eas'l Publications; Revised edition (December 20, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573770248
• ISBN-13: 978-1573770248
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,942,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of eight books on Swedish and Norwegian Folk Art...painting primarily on wood and traditional objects made from wood such as plates, bowls, trunks, boxes and other handmade wooden pieces.
My books are written for the beginner to intermediate painter who would like to learn how to do the traditional Swedish and Norwegian painting known as rosemaling or kurbits painting.

I spend lots of time doing research on the old painting from 1700 through the 1900's in Sweden and Norway. The type of paint and brushes they used, the various designs they created and all the history pertaining to that style and type of painting. I am very interested in the colors and types of background paint that was used in the early 19th and 20th centuries and how to emulate it with the paint that we have available today.

I have also written a book with Sigmund Aarseth, called "Aarseth's Rosemaling Design which was written in 2001 and have editted several of his books, namely "Painted Rooms", a book about the rosemaled and decoratively painted interiors that Sigmund has painted; and "Sigmund Aarseth: Norway Painted in Light and Color" which is a book about his landscape painting.