A workshop-style book, oriented to the wide community of crafters and artists including those interested in paint, surface design, mixed media, and collage, which explores a wide variety of innovative and experimental paint techniques. Chapters cover composition, abstraction, texture, layering, using found objects, encaustic, integrating text, and adding digital imagery.

Step-by-step instructions show you how to use different kinds of paint, pastels, inks and crayons to create stunning paintings and drawings.

An introduction to artistic techniques and materials. Packed with exciting projects and step-by-step instructions. Make a folded paper tiger, a collage hippo, and a mosaic snake!--

An introduction to artistic techniques and materials. Packed with exciting projects and step-by-step instructions. Make a tissue paper princess, a chalk ballerina, and a handprint unicorn!

An introduction to artistic techniques and materials. Packed with exciting projects and step-by-step instructions. Make a handprint monkey, a paper cup pirate, and a tissue paper parrot!

Malcolm Morley is one of the most significant and influential painters working today. Born in England but active in the United States since the late 1950s, Morley has developed an intensely individual vision embracing, but never determined by, autobiography, politics, psychoanalysis, myth, the visual culture of his time and the limitless potential of paint. Filmed as Morley works in his distinctive manner on a spectacular new canvas, this documentary...

"A unique behind-the-scenes guide to the painting process of one of the most popular artists working in the growing, underground art scene of Pop Surrealism. Painting superstar Camilla d'Errico opens up her studio and offers readers an insider scoop on the tools, techniques, and inspirations she draws from to create stunningly beautiful, otherworldly works of art. Pop Surrealism, with its unique blend of high art and popular culture, has been a growing...