Batsford - Painting on location: techniques for painting outside with watercolours and oils

Splash 16: Exploring Texture

100 top artists share the tricks behind their textures! Have you ever stood fascinated before a painting, wondering, "How did they do that?

Fearless Watercolor for Beginners: Adventurous Painting Techniques to Get You Started

Finally! Artful watercolor painting for beginners!

Learn Watercolour Quickly: Techniques and painting secrets for the absolute beginner

Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan has distilled her art teaching into the things that matter most and can be digested in a short period of time - in just one afternoon you can start painting.

Splash 15: Creative Solutions

In this 15th volume of the highly celebrated Splash series, 100+ of today's most accomplished watercolor artists share some of their favorite paintings and the "a-ha!" moments behind them.

Winged Fantasy: Draw and Paint Magical and Mythical Creatures

Create fantasy creatures in watercolor! Mythology, folklore and fantasy fiction are full of fantastical winged creatures like the fiery phoenix, a roaring dragon protecting his hoard, a fierce gryphon warrior and more.

Painting Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes: Transform Ordinary Places into Extraordinary Scenes

Learn the Art of Seeing and tap into the beauty of the everyday! The scenes around you don't have to be perfect to inspire beautiful watercolor paintings.

Painting Nature in Watercolor with Cathy Johnson: 37 Step-by-Step Demonstrations Using Watercolor Pencil and Paint

Breathe fresh air into your watercolors! Capture the wonders of nature!

Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour

Artist Ann Blockley is renowned for her innovative approach to traditionalsubjects. Following the huge success of her previous book, ExperimentalFlowers in Watercolour, she now explores ways to interpret landscape.

Painting Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor: Revised & Expanded

Paint flowers with feeling! You can paint watercolors that capture the beauty and personality of roses, peonies, zinnias and many more brilliant blooms-and achieve color more vivid than you ever dreamed possible with watercolor.

Splash Retrospective: 20 Years of Contemporary Watercolor Excellence

The best of the best-20 years of watercolor brilliance! Over the past 20+ years, Splash has built a reputation as the premier showcase of contemporary watercolor.

Fantasy Fashion Art Studio: Creating Romantic Characters, Clothing and Costumes

Live out all your fashion fantasies! Flower fairies, water spirits, enchanted forests, Victorian ladies and more!

Splash 14: Light & Color

""Sometimes the beauty of light can last only an instant. be ready.

Expressive Portraits: Watercolor and Mixed Media Techniques

Paint beautiful and expressive portraits by combining watercolor with other mediums! What makes an eye-popping, eye-stopping portrait?

Watercolor Unleashed: New Directions for Traditional Painting Techniques

Discover fresh, forgiving techniques that promise less frustration and juicier results! Julie Gilbert Pollard subscribes to the "whatever works" school of painting.

Splash 13: Alternative Approaches

A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but the less expected routes are what more often lead artists from inspiration to great paintings. Splash 13 explores the paths less traveled.

Creating Textured Landscapes with Pen, Ink and Watercolor

Capture the Rich Textures of Nature, Step by StepCapture nature's beauty as you never have before. Beloved artist and teacher Claudia Nice leads you on an inspired journey through the great outdoors.

Basic Techniques and Special Effects for Watercolor

Take your watercolor paintings to the next level with these great techniques.

Chinese Painting Techniques for Exquisite Watercolors

Capture the beauty and vitality of Chinese painting in your watercolors! Using a few brushes, some rice paper and a small number of inks and paints, you can explore new realms of artistic expression in your watercolors.

Splash 11: New Directions

When life, or the spirit of experimentation, or the whim of watercolor itself leads artists outside their comfort zone, conditions are favorable for something new and wonderful to happen.

Splash 10: Passionate Brushstrokes

Featured artist Jerry Stitt contemplates that "A painting is good not because it looks like something, but because it feels like something.

Watercolor in Bloom: Painting the Spring and Summer Garden

Painting pretty, prized flowers is easier than you think! Using an uncomplicated palette and simple techniques, Mary Backer shares the secrets behind her prize-winning watercolor flowers.

Capturing the Magic of Light in Watercolor

Transform your paintings from ordinary to extraordinary - with light! Want to paint light-filled watercolors that reach out and draw viewers in?

Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor

Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things.

Watercolor Simplified

Discover how fresh and spontaneous watercolor can be!

Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner

Start painting today - it's easier than you think! If you've ever dreamed of painting in watercolor, this is the book for you.

The Painter's Workshop - Creative Composition & Design

Start every painting the right way - with a composition and design that works! Good composition and design is the underlying foundation of any successful painting.

Watercolor Made Simple with Claudia Nice

Expand your artistic horizons with watercolor! Watercolor is a fun, challenging medium that captures the magic of light and color.

Watercolor Wisdom

Discover all the lessons and insights that a lifetime of painting provides! The best way to learn something is with a great teacher.

Creating Textures in Watercolor: A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur

Silken strands of hair. Water tumbling over rocks.

Watercoloring For Beginners: Develop Your Concentration and Self-Esteem With Watercolor Painting. Learn in an Easy Way The Best Techniques and Which Materials You Can Use To Express Your Creativity

Are You a beginner in watercoloring?Do You want to express your soul and feelings but You think You ain't got the right means to do that?

Botanical Watercolor Painting for Beginners: The Step-by-Step Way to Create Beautiful Floral Artwork

You don't need to be an expert to start this peaceful, creative hobby. Experienced watercolor instructor Cara Olsen is here to show you that anyone can create detailed watercolor masterpieces that showcase flowers of all kinds.

The Complete Book of Basketry

Basketry is among the most widespread and ancient crafts - one that is highly satisfying to both craftspeople and collectors and appealing in utilitarian as well as esthetic terms.

Gift Basket Ideas: Everything You Need To Know To Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets With This Guide To The Best Gift Baskets, Gift Basket Ideas, Gift Basket For All Seasons, Gift Basket Home Business and More With This Gift Basket D

With this easy to use manual discover gift basket, the best gift baskets, gift basket ideas, gift basket for all seasons, gift basket home business, gift basket design book.

Basket Specialties" Gifts Of Distinction For That Special Someone Themes And Products For The Perfect Basket

This book is an introduction into spectacular themed gift baskets for your family and friends. Learn the techniques and materials required to create your masterpiece.

A Beginners Guide to Basket Making

Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions

When she published her first book about starting a home-based gift basket business, Shirley George Frazier blazed the trail for other home-based business owners coast to coast.

The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore

A fascinating introduction to a variety of Native American projects and history! Learn everything there is to know about Indian crafts and lore.

PRACTICAL BASKETRY

Basketry is one of the oldest and most valuable of the crafts. As far back as the time of the Israelites we read of its usefulness in offering sacrifices.

An Introduction to the Art of Basket-Making

This vintage book contains an elementary guide to the art of basket-making, being a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the practice.

A Beginners Guide to Basket Weaving Techniques