Priscilla Hauser's Book of Decorative Painting

Priscilla Hauser's Book of Decorative Painting
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-09-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780891347224

Best known for her graceful roses and loved by thousands of student painters for her clear and enthusiastic style of teaching, Priscilla Hauser has earned a reputation as "America's First Lady of Decorative Painting." &break;&break;In this complete guide, Priscilla shows you how to paint your own beautiful roses - along with daises, lilacs, violets, poppies, irises, tulips and other lovely flowers. &break;&break;You'll find everything you need to get started: &break;Supplies. A handy guide to all the supplies you'll need for a decorative painting in oils and acrylics, including which brushes to use and how to care for them. &break;Surface Preparations and Finishes. Learn how to properly prepare wood, metal, fabric and other surfaces for your decorative painting. Plus, you'll find easy techniques for creating fabulous finishes such as antiquing and crackling. &break;The Basics. Practice these fundamental skills - from basic brushstrokes to blending - and you'll be painting flowers in no time! &break;&break;Watch your brushstrokes bloom in 22 flower painting projects! Starting with simple patterns and techniques and progressing to more challenging ones, these projects will show you how to paint an assortment of leaves and flowers. Priscilla includes paint-along worksheets for practice; patterns for you to copy; step-by-step photos and instructions; photos of the finishes pieces' and lots of ideas for using your painted flowers to decorate an endless variety of surfaces. &break;&break;Whether you're a total beginner or an experienced painting, Priscilla's techniques and patters will help you fill your home (and friends' homes!) with the ever-fresh beauty of painted flowers.

Priscilla Hauser's Book of Painting Patterns

Priscilla Hauser's Book of Painting Patterns
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Decoration and ornament
ISBN: 1402753861

Provides information on using and transferring patterns; choosing supplies; and mastering techniques such as shading and highlighting, blending, changing colours and finishing the piece. This book also covers preparing and painting on different surfaces, from glass and fabric to wood and metal.

Priscilla Hauser's Decorative Painting Workshop

Priscilla Hauser's Decorative Painting Workshop
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008-03
Genre: Acrylic painting
ISBN: 1402753896

Anyone who has ever fantasized about having the skills to paint beautiful decorative home projects, can now make those dreams come true. Priscilla Hauser has successfully developed a technique that allows novices to learn her charming style, effortlessly. Hauser begins by teaching the most basic brush strokes, and how to use them to build a basecoat to shade and highlight until a lusciously executed design emerges. Nothing could be simpler, or less intimidating. She discusses preparing the surface, brush loading and double-loading, undercoating, stripping, washes, and other effects, and provides plenty of helpful worksheets plus quick tricks for creating intriguing background finishes. Beginners will quickly and confidently master such projects as bright sunflowers and daisies on a watering can, lemons on tableware, a bird-embellished frame, and a butterfly-covered candle lantern.

Little Landscapes

Little Landscapes
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008
Genre: Landscape painting
ISBN: 1402752695

Learn how to make a big impact on a small canvas using the proper techniques for brushstrokes and easy-to-follow instructions for capturing grass, land, water, and trees.

Priscilla Hauser's Flower Portraits

Priscilla Hauser's Flower Portraits
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781402734649

Priscilla Hauser, the First Lady of Decorative Painting, offers a bouquet of flower designs sure to please anyone who enjoys putting brush to paper. Daffodils, poppies, cabbage roses, and wisteria all bloom beautifully on canvas, with the help of worksheets that show each portion of the flower as it's painted. Instructions cover using a round or liner brush; making every single brush stroke, from commas to curlicues; choosing a palette; floating (flowing color on a surface); and easy blending. Pick one of the 12 flower projects, including tulips, lilies, geraniums, daisies, and sunflowers. Attractive mottled backgrounds enhance the focus on each flower portrait, and look wonderful on the finished and framed picture.

Tole-Painted Outdoor Projects

Tole-Painted Outdoor Projects
Author: Areta Bingham
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Garden ornaments and furniture
ISBN: 9780806947358

"A more than credible job of presenting both the basics as well as a 19-project gallery of outdoor items. Each project features directions as well as worksheets on various design parts. The projects include chairs, tables, fountains, stepping stones and rocks, candleholders, planter boxes, and a watering can. Paint conversion chart...metric conversion chart."--"Booklist." "A must-have for your book collections!"--"Tole World."

Have a Very Merry Tole-Painted Christmas

Have a Very Merry Tole-Painted Christmas
Author: Kristen Birkeland
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780806976518

Presents a collection of Christmas ornaments and craft ideas with patterns and complete instructions for painting and decorating them.

Russian Decorative Painting

Russian Decorative Painting
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781402714740

Priscilla Hauser, the queen of decorative painting, and Boris Grafov, a Russian-born painter whose native village is world-renowned for its art, have produced a luminous follow-up to their Russian Folk Art Painting. This radiant new volume features bright arrangements of flowers, fruits, and leaves, bordered in gold or silver filigree, and set off by a black lacquered surface. It’s a style with a timeless appeal, and Hauser and Grafov provide comprehensive instructions for creating ten beautiful patterns on furniture and other objects. All the necessary skills are explained, with plenty of advice on preparing the surface, wielding the brush, and mixing colors. Start by painting the intricate borders of wreath and linked motifs, then, make the designs more luscious with every colorful layer.

Painting Heartwarming Holidays

Painting Heartwarming Holidays
Author: Jamie Mills-Price
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-03-27
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781581807882

Paint Your Way through the Year! Paint something happy and heartwarming for every holiday and season. Painting Heartwarming Holidays by Jamie Mills-Price gives you all the inspiration and guidance you need. From designs that celebrate every major holiday to lovely landscapes highlighting the beauty of each season, you'll delight in these 12 charming projects in acrylics. Whether you're a beginning painter or a more experienced artist looking for new challenges, you'll find this book has plenty to offer. Each design gives instruction that not only covers the simplest strokes in colorful detail, but also provides ideas and techniques for pushing your creative potential to new heights. You'll find: Whimsical designs for celebrating Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus all four seasons Traceable patterns, color mixing information and complete materials lists Instructions for preparing and painting on all kinds of surfaces, including wood, metal, ceramic bisque, glass and paper A special section on designing that shows you how to "build" your own unique compositions You can follow the step-by-step instructions to recreate Jamie's playful designs exactly as they're shown or change the colors and elements to match your own d?cor and creative spirit. Either way, you'll find Painting Heartwarming Holidays to be instantly gratifying. Why wait? Begin a yearlong celebration in painting today!

Painting Americana

Painting Americana
Author: Judy Morgan
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Folk art
ISBN: 9781581805093

Decorative painters love the charming country landscapes found in the art of American masters Grant Wood, Rufus Porter and Charles Wysocki. Their simplified styles celebrate rural America through paintings of rolling hills and farmlands dotted with sheep or old-fashioned farm houses.Now, anyone can paint these nostalgic scenes with the easy instructions found in Painting Americana. In this book, readers learn:* Simple techniques for painting hills, farm animals, trees, barns and more that even beginners can master* How to achieve rustic effects on wood and metal surfaces* 10 unique step-by-step projects, including a Pennsylvania Dutch design on a door crown and French country chickens on a bentwood boxStunning finished pieces make perfect gifts and family keepsakes.