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 | 49 PAINTING | Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century. Anne Lee, E. Ashley Rooney, Foreword by Kim Bernar, Afterword by Ellen Koment. The North American artists included in this book represent some of the finest practitioners of contemporary encaustic. Its luscious visual and physical properties allow artists to blaze new trails as they incorporate it with other methods and processes. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •475color images•304pp. •978-0-7643-5023-8•HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / 85.00 CAD Fire and Light: A Method of Painting for Artists Who Love Color. Julie H. Hanson. This two-part book is a comprehensive and exciting color approach for beginning and advanced painters. Tools given in part one provide the necessary skills to explore the color-temperature painting method described in part two. It is easy to follow, step-by-step, and fully illustrated. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 206 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5217-1 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD How to Create Encaustic Art: A Guide to PaintingwithWax. Birgit Hüttemann-Holz. Begin or enhance your work in encaustic art with a professional introduction to the ancient art of wax painting. This guide explains the technique in an understandable way, covering the entire spectrum of encaustic art: smooth and textured surfaces, scraping and relief imprinting techniques, accretion, and special techniques • 8 1/2" x 9 7/8" (215 x 250 mm) • 177 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5416-8 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Impressions with Clay. Milt Liebson. This complete and easy-to-use book describes the basics and leads the reader step-by-step through the process of using tinted liquid clay (slip) and individually prepared pastels applied directly to a clay matrix with a brush, sieve, or various stencils. An impression is created by transferring the image from the clay matrix to canvas • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 203 images • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-2125-2 • PB • $20.00 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Painting the Elements: Air Water Earth Fire. How do you capture the essential elements of life: air, water, earth, and fire? Through more than 400 images, learn the tips and tricks shared by over 50 painters through pictorial techniques. See and try practical solutions to capture the essence of atmo- sphere and light, the sky, fog and mist, wind and snow, mountains, wildfire, fireworks, and more. Step-by-step exercises and tutorial video links ac- company each chapter. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •450 color images •240pp. •978-0-7643-5953-8•PB•$34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Pigments of Your Imagination: Creating with Alcohol Inks, 2nd edition, revised and expanded. Cathy Taylor. Mercurial, versatile, inexpensive, and wildly colorful, alcohol inks are one of the newest mediums to hit the art community. Pigments of Your Imagination is your essential guide for work- ing with alcohol inks, from choosing which inks to use for each project to learning how to maximize your artistic potential with a wide variety of fascinating techniques • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 500+ color images •200pp. •978-0-7643-5133-4•HC•$29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99CAD Water Based Texturing: Techniques & Inspi- rations for Artists, Teachers, and Craftsmen. Tucker Stouch. Explore the use of acrylic textural finishes for home decor projects and wall art. Over 290 color photos include crackle, polystyrene relief, thick impasto, scratching, combing, mixes, embedded elements, sponging, tissue and paper textures, me- tallic paints, sprays, splashes, drizzles, smearing, stamping, impressions, and stenciling • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 295 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0- 7643-4534-0 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Watercolor Pencil Guide and Workbook. Mad- ison R. Smolsky. A guide to watercolor pencils for beginners as well as experienced artists wanting to explore a new medium, this workbook includes 16 pages of instruction and 62 full-page outline draw- ings that allow learners to practice the techniques of their choice, including gradients, shading, color theory, salt technique, and more • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 77 • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-5736-7 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 24.99 CAD Wax on Crafts: 15 Decorative Techniques for Transforming Your Crafts. Miriam Joy. Create bright and cheerful designs for the holidays using a box of crayons and a few simple tools! With step- by-step instructions and over 400 images, you can turn inexpensive and everyday items into family treasures. Decorate tile magnets, ornaments, and other mediums. Use wax with paper, wood, glass, metals, boxes, eggs, and felt • 81/2"x11" (215x279 mm) • 490 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-5021-4 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD White! Light! Bright!: How to Make Your Back- grounds Support and Enhance Your Water- color Paintings. Bivenne Staiger. This richly il- lustrated and comprehensive resource helps water- colorists plan and create exceptional paintings by focusing on color, value, and other elements in both subjects and settings. A unique and effective meth- od for planning your subject in concert with its back- ground and then creating a powerful piece. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 125 color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-6266-8 • hardcover • $27.99 US / £25.99 / 38.99 CAD Dot Drawing: A Fusion of Stippling and Ornament. Spider.Money. Dot drawing is also known as “stippling” and is a similar stylistic technique to pointillism. With 250 photos, this guide covers the basics of this technique; over 40 projects range from let- tering to tattoo style. • 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" (215 x 215mm) •250+ images•128pp. •978-0-7643- 5853-1 • PB • $27.99 / £25.99 / 38.99 CAD Fabulous Flowers with Acrylics: Paint 22 Blooms from Delphiniums to Dandelions. Ruth Alice Kosnick. Learn to paint 22 different beautiful flowers in acrylics with specialized techniques for creating colorful realistic and abstract paintings. Perfect for beginning and experienced painters who want an easy-to-follow guide and plenty of flowers flowing from their brush. •9" x 101/2" (228 x 266mm) •160+ color images • 104 pp. • 978-0-7643-6607-9 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD OUR QUALITY DIFFERENCE All Schiffer Craft books are made to be beautiful. We choose the highest-quality materials and production methods for books that can be treasured and passed along to new generations of crafters. • High-end production values for beauty in look, feel, and experience • Responsibly chosen papers to preserve our environment • Unique designs with the reader in mind • Extra touches, from ribbon bookmarks to textured cloths, highlight craft’s importance. 978-0-7643-6457-0 978-0-7643-6039-8 978-0-7643-6691-8