painting

"During what seems like an ordinary museum visit, a tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway and they discover they've stepped into eighteenth-century London. When they realize their "tour guide" will do anything to get more information about what Sunni and Blaise know about magical paintings, they attempt to flee and encounter body snatchers, art thieves and forgers"--Provided by publisher.

Fifteen-year-old Giacomo, servant to Leonardo da Vinci, helps his procrastinating master finish painting, "The Last Supper," while also trying to find clues to his parentage and pursue his own career as an artist in late fifteenth-century Milan.

Discussions accompany an assortment of portraits from many periods and countries.

An illustrated account of the family, friends, and local characters who served as Rockwell's models, and an explanation of his working procedures. A directory leads readers to reproductions of the paintings in which each person appeared.

Fourteeen-year-old Sunni, her stepbrother Dean, and an art-student friend trace the footsteps of a labyrinth built in Blackhope Tower by a mysterious and brilliant sixteenth-century artist, and suddenly find themselves trapped inside his enchanted painting, trying desperately to get out.

Presents a practical guide to a wide range of oil painting techniques.