Keep and craft memories made by nature, whether it's a four-leaf clover, a bird's feather, beautiful blooms from a wedding bouquet, or something your child found for you! This complete guide includes 18 fun and beginner-friendly projects that are perfect for anyone who is looking to make gorgeous resin jewelry, crafts, and keepsakes from memorable moments, places, events, walks, and hikes. From a photo frame and a ring dish to wood coasters, jewelry,...

Learn how to make the most out of your Sharpie Markers! Do you have a drawer or bin full of Sharpies that are going to waste? Or do you always want to buy new markers, but never have an excuse to use them? Now you do! How to Draw Sharpie Art has tutorials on all the quick and simple things you can use your Sharpie Marker on. Learn how to style up items such as: **Napkins **Flower pots **Light switch plates **Lamp shades **Glassware **Dinnerware **Masks **Christmas...

This book features 88-pages of instruction and inspiration for drawing, painting, and collaging mixed media fashion-style portraits over an encaustic effect ephemera background created in acrylic medium. Learn how to paint your own collage paper, simplify shapes, tear with and without white edges, glue down flat without wrinkling, apply gold leaf, sketch in pastel, apply collage, use mixed media mark making tools, seal and varnish your work, and more!...

Learn how to create adorable mixed-media art to send to loved ones, friends, and even strangers via snail mail-then share in the happiness it brings. Author Sarah J. Gardner has made it her mission to help others find their creativity and inspiration through mixed-media art. In “Share Your Joy”, she offers her idea for how to share joy via handmade postcards, note cards, and other items that can be mailed to anyone around the world and put a...

"Award-winning encaustic artist Daniella Woolf shares her groundbreaking techniques and ideas in working with encaustic, a highly-versatile and popular mixed-media technique that unifies and brings all elements together. Inside this essential resource on encaustic art, you'll discover a thorough introduction to materials and methods, pigment exploration, sculptural techniques, and incorporating found objects. Daniella also teaches you how to compose...

An instructional book for intermediate and advanced students, this volume is also a valuable tool for teachers looking to master the principles of light and shade. One of the most in-depth treatments available, it offers a wealth of details on mediums and techniques, including natural and artificial light, gradations, and more. Author Anson K. Cross begins with studies of chiaro-oscura, or light and shade, and examples of values and their tests. He...

Collage has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the twenty-first century, resulting in an explosion of creativity. This showcase of cutting-edge contemporary art from across the globe features galleries of collage by 30 practitioners, from the surreal landscapes of Beth Hoeckel to Fabien Souche's humorous appropriations of pop culture. Each artist has also created a new piece especially for this book-all using the same original image, but with...