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Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary
Guide to Traditional Studio Practice
by Juliette Aristides
Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier as a
dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the
nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master
artist over a period of years. The educational process begins as students
copy masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills
develop. Aristides, a leader in the atelier movement, takes students
step-by-step through the finest works of Old Masters and today�s most
respected realist artists to reveal the principles of creating full-color
realist still lifes, portraits, and figure paintings. Rich in tradition, yet
practical for today�s artists, Classical Painting Atelier is ideal for
serious art students seeking a timeless visual education.
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Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio
Practice
by Juliette Aristides
Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all
time--and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. This
return to classical art training, is based on the nineteenth-century model
of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of
years. Classical Drawing Atelier is an atelier in a book--and the master is
Juliette Aristides, a classically trained artist. On every page, Aristides
uses the works of works of Old Masters and today�s most respected realist
artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and
painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet
allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and inspiring, Classical
Drawing Atelier is a serious art course for serious art students.
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Expressive Portraits: Creative Methods for Painting People by Jean
Pederson
Paint beautiful and expressive portraits by combining
watercolour with other mediums!
What makes an eye-popping, eye-stopping portrait? It's all about contrast
and the play of opposites, round shape against square, light against dark,
transparent with opaque. Combining mediums allows you to push the inherent
properties of each for a lively play of opposites. You'll be able to paint
glorious lights, richer darks, intriguing texture and mysterious passages
that create mood and a strong sense of place, space and character. Jean
Pederson gives you all the advice and instruction you need to paint
beautiful, expressive portraits filled with life and spirit. Let your
portraits speak to the world!
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Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting by
Al Gury
This comprehensive guide explores one of the great
traditions of Western painting: alla prima, or direct, painting. Bold
brushwork and a painterly surface are the hallmarks of this renowned
technique. Author Al Gury reveals the step-by-step lessons he learned in his
years of study from start to finish, with clear explanations of color
mixing, palettes, drawing and layering, structure, brushwork, and more.
Portraiture, still life, figure, and landscapes are explored, all
illustrated with the work of the greats, from Rubens and Velazquez, through
Degas and Cezanne, to Sargent and Whistler. Alla prima is an ideal choice
for artists who want to return to skill-based training yet retain a
contemporary style.
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Watercolor The Spirit Of Spontaneity by Karlyn Holman
Artists will find deeper meaning to their artwork by
experimenting with watercolour and exploring different design techniques. In
Watercolor: The Spirit of Spontaneity, readers will celebrate the painting
process by examining the spontaneous spirit of watercolour. The author's
hands-on approach will give the reader the tools they need to open their
minds and then use those ideas as a catalyst to help them develop their own
authentic style. Novices and experienced artists will be inspired and
challenged to push the boundaries of their definition of watercolour.
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Exploring Watercolor: Creative Exercises and Techniques for Watercolor and
Mixed Media by Elizabeth Groves
A book full of fresh perspectives, open doors, and
creativity-expanding "what-ifs" to help take your work to the next level.
Discover new ways to get expressive with color, ideas for using nature's
patterns and motifs to inspire designs, how to expand your repertoire and
unleash your creativity using freeform collages, found imagery and other
innovative techniques.
Featuring 22 open-ended, step-by-step demonstrations
designed so you can do them over and over again for a different result every
time, and an inspiring sampler of texture-making techniques for paintings
that sing. This hands-on guide will help you master the watercolour medium,
develop your individual style, and move beyond a literal rendering of your
subject to a more meaningful and memorable interpretation that expresses
your unique vision.
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Spirit of Drawing: A Sensory Meditation Guide to Creative Expression
by Connie Smith Siegel
Featuring an intriguing series of illustrated visual
experiments that combine meditation, expressive therapy, and hands-on
exploration with drawing media. Connie Smith Siegel�s ideas, developed over
many years of research and learning, build on the meditation practice of
sensory awareness, a blending of Buddhist meditation and simple physical
activities. Applied to creative expression, sensory awareness distills
drawing and painting to their simplest components: touching, seeing, and
moving. In this unusual and freeing book, artists learn to use these
sensations to guide their hand toward the movements, shapes, and colors that
express what they are feeling. Not only do the artists produce a work of
art, they express their own emotions and inner wisdom. Techniques gradually
build to representational drawing, color theory, composition, and to the use
of art in healing. Part art instruction, part art therapy, The Spirit of
Drawing offers a rich spiritual pathway to self-expression.
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Spirit of Color: A Sensory Meditation Guide to Creative Expression
by Connie Smith Siegel
Spirit of Color brings exciting new ideas to the
creation of art and the use of color that combine meditation, art therapy,
and hands-on exploration. Sensory awareness, the technique used here and in
the companion volume, Spirit of Drawing, is similar to Buddhist meditation.
Connie Smith Siegel takes readers through a series of visual experiments
that teach the relationships between touching, seeing, and moving. Soon,
artists are able to find the movements, shapes, and colors that express what
they are experiencing in the moment. Exercises build to help artists create
more complex color visuals that express our lives through color; explore the
elements of air, earth, fire, and water; celebrate the expressive freedom of
collage; reveal the union of drawing and color; and use color as a healing
language. Part art instruction, part art therapy, Spirit of Color captures
the true spirit of artistic self-expression.
  
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