Words and images: Chinese poetry, calligraphy, and painting
In May of 1985, an international symposium was held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in honor of John M. Crawford, Jr., whose gifts of Chinese calligraphy and painting have constituted a significant addition to the Museum's holdings. Over a three-day period, senior scholars from China, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and the United States expressed a wide range of perspectives on an issue central to the history of Chinese visual aesthetics
Face Painting is a book for kids. And for parents who paint children's faces. And for kids who paint each other's faces. This book provides easy-to-follow face painting techniques as well as fabulous fun ideas to get you started. All you need to do is let your imagination and creativity run wild. Perfect for parties!
Dewberry (Donna Dewberry's Complete Book of One-Stroke Painting) shows numerous interior projects she has painted. For each one, she gives a description of the techniques, colors, and materials used, with step-by-step instructions included for a few. Though her well-illustrated book will give experienced decorative painters inspiring suggestions, amateurs will need a book such as Priscilla Hauser's Book of Decorative Painting (LJ 9/15/97) to get started. Recommended where there is an interest. asses, seminars, books, videos, and television appearances.
A very impressive book. Loved all the patterns and completed embroideries. I will be able to use this book but was disappointed to find it was a hand embroidery book and not a Free Motion Machine Thread Painting, which I had become to believe what Thread Painting was. I will still be able to use the patterns but they will be a lot flatter than the hand embroidered ones.
Six gorgeous step-by-step projects illustrate how to create vivid pictorial scenes and artistic renditions on fabric with dyes, paints, resists, leaves, salts, airbrushes, and stencils.
