Outstanding refresher course in creative thinking presents more than 300 methods and techniques for helping artists find a new angle for an existing style or get past a creative block.

Winner: Best Art Book, Non-Fiction, Global eBook Awards, August 2011 Winner: Best Book Cover, Non-Fiction, Global eBook Awards, August 2011 As artists we each discover and employ ways of working that become part of our personal expression and our signature style. In her own artistic journey, author and artist Marjorie Sarnat has discovered, improvised, learned and gathered a wide array of hands-on tips, techniques, and inspirations for making art. Now she has collected them in this book and offers them for serious artists of any level. There are over 60 ideas for doing artwork with creative kids, as well. This body of knowledge is presented as quick and simple passages organized into 12 sections. You will learn: Intriguing Visual Illusions - Keep your audience wondering how they were done The New Mixed Media - Unusual ways to work with acrylics, metallics, egg tempera, and even kitchen ingredients Art Materials Redefined - New ideas for incorporating never-before-tried natural and man-made materials in your artwork Penny Pinching Productivity - Cost-saving ways to obtain and manage your art tools and materials Compelling Color and Composition - Understand their power and how to make deliberate choices to harness their emotional appeal Every "secret" in this book is offered in practical terms with an eye toward boosting your creative output as an artist. This collection will help you create better artwork, apply new and unusual methods and materials, and will ignite your artistic expression.

Improve Your Art with Basics and Beyond As an artist, you encounter a steady stream of tips, truths, and techniques about making art. In this book, award-winning painter Marjorie Sarnat provides a user-friendly collection of her own artistic gems to explore and adapt for yourself. Every secret in this book is offered in easy-to-grasp text passages with an eye towards enhancing your artistic abilities. In this all new book in the Art Studio Secrets series, you'll learn ways to: Develop a signature style Use color that delights Create compositions that work Sharpen your drawing skills Apply materials in unique ways Keep the creative spark burning These tips, techniques, and ideas are presented practical terms and organized into 12 chapters, including 35 ideas for doing artwork with kids. All are provided to help you get the results you want in your art. Among this entire collection, even one or two simple ideas can ignite your artistic expression.

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Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Hidden hotels, gourmet restaurants, trendy nightspots, exotic excursions, and little-known legends are featured in this travel guide to off-the-beaten-path Vancouver sites. Covered are places and activities that will appeal to all types of travelers, from outdoor adventurers in search of kayaking, cycling, and birdwatching to culture devotees who will relish the Museum of Anthropology and aboriginal art. Local customs of blackberry picking and raccoon watching complement travel listings about the ultra-chic Yaletown restaurants, the Punjabi market, the vintage clothiers on Main Street, and the feeryboat to Granville Island.

There are dozens of published guides to New York City, nearly all of them covering the same well-trodden territory of pricey restaurants, major hotels, and shopping. Here, New York insider and "Village Voice" columnist Robert Sietsema has assembled a topic-focused book to get the most bang for your buck, from cheap eats or hidden sites to Metrocards.

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