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Chinese Watercolor Technique Painting Animals by Lian Quan Zhen
 With Eazy techniques and clear, step-by-step instructions, Lian Quan Zhen draws readers into the enchanting world of Chinese painting. This gorgeously illustrated book teaches artists how to recreate the power and simplicity of this popular artistic style with:
* Page after page of easy-to-follow demonstrations that can be completed with watercolors or traditional Chinese materials
* A wide variety of appealing animal subjects, including horses, cats, tigers, dogs and more
* Concise lessons and illustrations that show readers exactly how to use the Chinese watercolor brush—a technique that’s rarely covered in workshops or books. Chinese Watercolor Techniques: Painting Animals provides a wonderful look at the contrasts between painting philosophies in the stand West. It’s the perfect way to step into the international art world! Lian Quan Zhen is the best-selling author of Chinese Painting Techniques for Exquisite Watersolors. He’s a native of China who teaches workshops around the world, as well as sketching classes at U.C. Berkeley. 128 pages hardcover with 190 color illustrations. |
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Chinese Watercolor Techniques for Exquisite Flowers by Lian Quan Zhen
 Through a number of step-by-step demonstrations, you will learn how to paint flowers in a variety of techniques including Chinese Spontaneous style, Chinese Detail style and traditional Western watercolor style. In addition, Lian provides creative twists to each style including printing with glass, wrinkling rice paper, using a glue resist, blowing color and painting on primed canvas. The flowers portrayed in the book are favorites among watercolor painters and many are painted in two styles to provide a variety of options. 128 pages hardcover with 50 b&w and 250 color illustrations. |
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Chinese Brush Painting Bible By Jane Dwight
 With over 200 different motifs in an easy-to-use encased spiral format, this book makes the perfect resource for Chinese brush painting.
Each symbol is accompanied by an explanation of its meaning, a color palette and step-by-step instruction that includes the order, direction and type of brushstroke needed to complete the image. Clear graphic icons provide detailed brush instruction on how much pressure to apply and what part (tip, heel or whole) of the brush to use. The reader will find advice on composing and combining images to create perfectly balanced, harmonious paintings and ideas for using and displaying their finished art. 256 pages hardcover with concealed spiral and 500 color illustrations. |
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Chinese Brush Painting A Beginner's Art Guide by Pauline Cherrett
 With its flowing lines, graceful contours, and lovely colors, Chinese brush painting has a classical beauty very different from European art. It evocatively captures the fleeting moment, and rarely emphasizes perspective. Beginners can start their journey in this fascinating, precise, and ancient style with this dazzling introduction that presents the appealing tools and equipment, basic techniques (including brush loading and control), and a range of projects that cover time-honored subjects.
Take your first strokes, practicing for the correct pressure and speed, and then, in simple steps, recreate:
* a garden's worth of delicately shaded blossoms
* fruits. drawn, as is typical in Chinese style, either on the vine or in a carefully placed still life
* birds on a branch, painted in small groups
* animals, often quickly rendered in just a few brushstrokes
* people and landscapes of mountains and water.
Plus: advanced techniques to raise your art to new heights. 128 pages - all in color. |
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Silk Painting - The Artist's Guide to Gutta & Wax Resist Techniques by Susan L. Moyer
 Gutta resist allows artists to paint on silk without destroying its drape. This complete course reviews materials, suggests a palette of fabric dyes, and offers lessons on essential techniques. 200 color illustrations, paper back. |
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