"Paper Collage Workshop enables mixed media artists, DIYers, crafters, and aspiring artists to explore their artistic side without having to invest in a range of expensive art tools and supplies. The only things required to play are scissors, glue, and imagination! With Paper Collage Workshop, you can experience the joy of creativity as you use color swatches to transform photos into original, lifelike mixed-media collages. In addition to taking you...

"Creative Lettering Workshop will guide your through expressive mixed-media techniques for creating words and phrases that complement your art and also visually express what your favorite quotes mean to you. Using instruction and ideas for handwriting and hand lettering, Lesley Riley (author of Inspirational Quotes Illustrated) also encourages you to explore your visual vocabulary through stamping, image transfers, stenciling and more."--provided...

Find your artistic creativity with delicate doodles, big colors and lavish layers! CreativeGIRL features art projects that teach you how to draw and paint your story using pencils, watercolor paints and simple mixed-media supplies. Danielle Donaldson shows you how to draw the pretty pictures from your imagination, infuse your art with delightful color combinations and work through creative frustration with simple fixes. You'll learn how to paint with...

Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journey worthy of passing along to future generations. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: set the scene for making art, draw inspiration, shape your story and express yourself through mixed-media techniques. This book is all about digging deeper,...

"Discover and master the fun, creative, and colorful methods of fluid pouring and painting with 10 projects, customizable to your personal vision and open to endless variation. Fluid pouring and painting can result in beautiful, organic, and abstract designs that can be captured on special papers, canvas and board substrates, used to make gorgeous lampshades, poured into molds or dishes to create coasters, geodes, and agate slices, and can even be...

In Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media, popular watercolour artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon shares her simple step-by-step techniques for painting exciting and colourful motifs by combining watercolour with a variety of other user-friendly materials. Start with the essentials-paint, paper, and brushes-then learn about the featured mediums for mixing, including masking fluid, gold leaf, bleach, salt, and alcohol; take a step-by-step...

"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 smile...