painting

Motivated by a birthday gift, a seventy-two-year-old woman begins to paint and cures her loneliness.

Step-by-step instructions and illustrations demonstrate how to sketch more than 120 different types of fantasy vehicles, including futuristic dream cars, floating cities, and alien spacecraft, in both traditional and digital media.

A thorough guide for the beginning painter to materials, techniques, and presentation.

George loves to paint everything from the walls to his sister until his father thinks of a better "canvas" for his art work.

When Queenie McBear gets a crush on her new art teacher, her boyfriend gets jealous, and learns how to paint in the process.

Peggy Flores introduces artists to the element of color and explains how to create different types of color wheels that can help students improve their style and artistic skills.

Presents an analysis of Australian Aboriginal art, with examples of Dream pictures and X-ray art, and provides instructions for duplicating those styles using different media and simple supplies.

Provides historical context for approximately eighty paintings and other works of art spanning pre-fifteenth century through the mid-twentieth century; includes color reproductions of the works and analysis of several individual sections of each work.