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The ultimate guide to one-stroke painting Become a one-stroke wonder with this all-in-one reference! Here, beloved decorative painter and PBS television instructor Donna Dewberry takes you step-by-step through more than 60 demonstrations using her popular One-Stroke techniques. From flowers, trees and berries to birds, fruit and more, the at-a-glance format makes it quick and easy to find the subject you want. Simply grab a brush and follow along as Donna guides you through mixing colors, loading brushes and making strokes. Each demonstration features big, beautiful color photos, color swatches, brush selection and complete instructions that will have you painting like a pro right away. Donna even helps you put it all together with 10 gorgeous designs that show you how to create great compositions every time. This really is the perfect reference for every decorative painter. Start at the beginning to learn the basics, or flip through to quickly find what you need. Either way, Donna Dewberry's Essential One-Stroke Painting Reference is the book you'll turn to again and again for inspiration, instruction and instant creative success!
The Ultimate Donna Dewberry guide to her popular one-stroke painting technique. This well known author and decorative painter also shares tips and ideas for creating beautifully painted items for the home A must-have guide for decorative painters.
Donna Dewberry is one of the world's best-known and most highly respected decorative painters, first brushing into readers' homes with the One-Stroke painting technique that made her an instant celebrity. Her beautiful painted designs and color selections have inspired a fabric line, and now she turns her attention to quilting for the home! Quilters will decorate their way through each room of the house with nearly 50 fabulous projects from home decor. This book features instructions on basic quilting techniques, and step-by-step instructions, photos and illustrations for quilts throws, pillows, shams, wall hangings, toaster covers, table runners, a shower curtain, tablecloths, potholders and valances. With the beautiful coordinated projects in this book, quilters will decorate bedrooms, porches, daybeds, nurseries, bathrooms, and kitchens.
50 of Donna's favorite projects in one gorgeous book! Donna Dewberry flowers are beautiful to behold, and they are beautifully simple to create. You can achieve the same loveliness using her easy-to-master One-Stroke painting techniques. Inside, you'll see how--step by simple step. Pages are abloom with Donna's favorite flowers (soon to be your favorites, too!), fabulous landscapes, and garden projects to make your outside space a happier place. An intro chapter covers all the basics, from selecting your tools and loading your brush, to fundamental brushstrokes, palette knife painting techniques, and instructions for painting a variety of beautiful backgrounds. Then follow along step by step to create: • 38 flowers--cottage garden blooms, spring bulb flowers, wildflowers, herbs, exotics, floral motifs and more. • 7 beautiful outdoor projects, including an address sign, a trio of butterfly houses, and a patio clock. • 5 fast and fabulous landscapes, from wildflower fields to a tropical paradise. Assembled from three of Donna's top-selling books, this collection has everything you need to fill your every day with painted sunshine!
With Donna Dewberry's help, even inexperienced do-it-yourself home decorators can turn any wall into a masterpiece! Donna has completed more than 1,200 custom decorative paint jobs for homes and businesses, perfecting a variety of surefire techniques along the way. In this book, she shares some of her favorite tricks and techniques for creating: &break;trompe l'oeil murals floral designs and leafy garlands faux wood, marble and other finishes popular theme designs, including gardens, animals and European scenes and other grand ideas for painting foyers, doors, windows, kitchens, dining rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms ... practically every room in your home! Just follow the illustrated, step-by-step directions for great, professional-looking results. The hardest part will be deciding which gorgeous effect you want to paint first. Donna helps there, too, offering expert advice on choosing the right effects and colors, along with answers to all your questions on surface preparation, tools, paints and more!
Paint lovely landscapes in an afternoon! Learn to paint gorgeous landscapes the one-stroke way! In this inspiring guide, beloved artist and PBS painting instructor Donna Dewberry shows you how easy and fun it is to paint a range of enchanting outdoor scenes, using her popular one-stroke painting techniques. Open this guide and explore the creative possibilities. From peaceful sunsets and breathtaking vistas to flowered fields and blooming gardens, Donna makes every painting achievable and satisfying. Just follow along, step by step. In addition to in-depth guidance on choosing materials and mastering basic strokes, you'll find: 15 complete start-to-finish landscape painting demonstrations 15 tear-out cards featuring Donna's easy color recipes 7 painting projects designed to function across two, three and four canvases for enhanced home-decorating potential 27 quick demos on those landscape details that make your paintings pop Best of all, most paintings can be completed in an afternoon or less, thanks to Donna's clever sponging and brush-loading techniques. What could be better? With Donna Dewberry and your own creativity, a world of lovely landscape painting awaits you.
15 projects for your home and garden.
Designer Donna Dewberry creates incredibly simple one-stroke, never-take-your-brush-off-the-paper designs for beautiful painted items that will make any house a showpiece. Get the basics in choosing supplies, using patterns, loading the brush, and decorating different materials. Worksheets and patterns guide you as you complete more than 30 projects.
An essential guide to the oil painting techniques that will allow artists to master a variety of subjects, including figures, portraits, still life, landscapes, and interiors. Many painters limit themselves to one type of subject matter, but in Oil Painting Essentials, artist and art instructor Gregg Kreutz shows how a multi-genre approach can dramatically improve your painting skills. Arranged by category, each chapter covers both the essentials specific to that subject matter and those that apply to all genres. Through step-by-step lessons and examples from his own oil paintings, Kreutz shows how you can strengthen your skillset for one genre by painting in another. This comprehensive exploration of the conceptual and practical issues behind oil painting provides all of the tools and encouragement you need to successfully take on any type of oil painting.
This guide to garden painting covers everything from tools and materials required for the various projects, to surface preparation and basic painting techniques.