Discover a bountiful garden of 28 whimsical flower designs in this extraordinary coloring activity book. Zenspirations artist Joanne Fink reveals her easy-learn techniques for combining simple strokes with playful patterns in gorgeous floral designs. So much more than mere outlines to color, exquisite Zenspirations patterns are launching pads of endless imagination and creativity. You don t need to have the skills of an artist to create your own masterpiece here. After your patterning is complete, go ahead and explore color Use Joanne s finished examples for guidance, or try your own interesting color combinations to create dazzling flower art. Printed on high quality extra-thick paper, this beautiful and inspirational book is perfect for decorating with your choice of colored pencils, markers, gel pens, or watercolors. Pages are printed on one side only, and are pre-perforated for easy removal and display."

Millions of paintings were produced in the Dutch Republic. The works that we know and see in museums today constitute only the tip of the iceberg - the top-quality part. But what else was painted? This book explores the low-quality end of the seventeenth-century art market and outlines the significance of that production in the genre of history paintings, which in traditional art historical studies, is usually linked to high prices, famous painters, and elite buyers. Angela Jager analyses the producers, suppliers, and consumers active in this segment to gain insight into this enormous market for cheap history paintings. What did the supply consist of in terms of quantity, quality, price, and subject? Who produced all these works and which production methods did these painters employ? Who distributed these paintings, to whom, and which strategies were used to market them? Who bought these paintings, and why?

Join top figure and landscape artist John K. Harrell in his Denver studio for an essential acrylic lesson. Follow along at your own pace as this expert shares his process from beginning to end. Take a personal lesson from a master: Discover John's go-to tactic for placing any figure in a painting-use the horizon line to get the perspective right every time. Give your painting the allure of atmosphere-excite the eye with Harrell's "painting magic" tricks. Make it impactful-enhance "dead spots" with pure accents of unexpected color.

Zentangle Basics introduces you to today's hottest trend in drawing meditation. Using only pencil, pen and paper, you'll learn how to draw 25 original tangles and discover inspiring ideas for incorporating these designs into your art. This expanded workbook edition includes a bonus section where you can get started with warm-up exercises, practice tangling, and experiment with strings and shading. With benefits including stress relief, inspiration and improved self-esteem, Zentangle can be done anywhere and no special 'artistic' talent is required. Tangles can be used to decorate wearables and home decor objects as well as cards, scrapbook pages and journals. Best of all, you can tangle even if you have never drawn anything before.

Arthur Wesley Dow taught at major American arts training institutions for 30 years including Teachers College, Columbia University; the Art Students League of New York; Pratt Institute; and his own Ipswich Summer School of Art. His ideas were quite revolutionary for the period, he taught that rather than copying nature, art should be created by elements of the composition, like line, mass and color. He taught many of America's leading artists and craftspeople, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles J. Martin, two of the Overbeck Sisters and the Byrdcliffe Colony.