Washoe County Library System

"Whether you're trying your hand at painting for the first time or honing your artistic ability, Artist's Painting Techniques is the handiest guide to teach you how to paint. Starting with the basics such as observational skills and learning how to draw, Artist's Painting Techniques will guide you into working with watercolors, acrylics, and oil paints. Discover everything you need to know about tone, color, pattern, brushwork, and composition to...

"50 dazzling techniques...for work that shines above the rest! From the author of the best-selling books Acrylic Revolution and Acrylic Innovation, this book blazes new creative territory with 50 techniques that harness the artistic power of light. Ranging from subtle glazing on metal leaf, to pearly sheens, to boldly colored optical effects and glossy surfboard finishes, these approaches represent the most requested aspects of Nancy Reyner's popular...

"Sarah Style, the leading voice in metallic watercolor, brings you watercolor like you’ve never seen it before. Through 32 projects that are as gorgeous as they are accessible, you’ll explore the dazzling beauty of capturing vibrant hues with paint. With Sarah’s tips for preparing your metallic watercolor paints to get the best effects, plus tons of detailed step-by-step projects that span simple motifs and brush lettering, you’ll be amazed...

Master artist and bestselling author David Bellamy shares his ideas, approach, and techniques to painting the landscape all year round. A revised and expanded edition of David Bellamy's Winter Landscapes in Watercolour, this book moves the scope from a focus on winter exclusively to looking at each season in detail. Over 96 pages, bestselling author and artist David Bellamy covers the opportunities, challenges and surprises each season offers the...

"Create dynamic watercolor and mixed media abstract art works with bestselling artist Jane Betteridge. Expand your skill set and be inspired to explore with color! An outstanding instructional art book with pictures that illustrate each step. Creative readers of all skill levels will likely love this title. - Library Journal Whether you are starting your painting journey or wish to improve your skills, abstract painting is achievable and satisfying...

"Modern Watercolor Botanicals is a comprehensive guide for all skill levels-beginner to advanced-that teaches everything you need to know about watercolor using easy-to-follow diagrams, pictures, and instructions. Learn how to paint and advance your skills using pieces of beautiful, traceable artwork, including detailed wildflowers, shade tropical leaves, eucalyptus wreaths, and more"-- "Unwind and get creative as you learn all about watercolor painting—one...

"A playful, highly visual exploration of novelistic structure and how novels are created, How to Draw a Novel is a meditation on literary craft that muses on how and why novels communicate with readers. In this witty and finely wrought collection of essays, Martain Solares opens the hood of how fiction operates, exploring the conventions of form, the novel as a house that one must build brick by brick, and the objects and characters that build out...

"Enrich your home with stunning, homemade dyes and prints! Learn to Dye & Print Fabric Using Shibori, Tie-Dye, and Sun Printing, and more is the ultimate beginner-friendly guide that will show you everything you need to accomplish a variety of fabric manipulation techniques using natural and easy-to-find materials. With clear guidance on sun printing, veggie printing, shibori, woodblock printing, cyanotype, tie-dyeing, and flower pounding, each technique...

Presents more than thirty-five activities that teach and demonstrate science concepts through art, crafts, and other hands-on projects. ''In Science Art and Drawing Games for Kids, you'll find an amazing collection of more than 35 hands-on art activities that make learning about science fun. Often art and science are seen as opposites but, in fact, they are virtually inseparable! Written by Karyn Tripp—author of Math Art and Drawing Games for...

This fun, colorful, and inspiring guide for lettering enthusiasts at all levels of experience is written and illustrated by popular lettering artist and Domestika instructor Grace Frosen of @gracecallidesigns, who shares her secrets on how to create vibrant and unique designs.