Martin, Judy

Provides step-by-step instructions on developing the basic artistic skills for producing quality sketches, with forty projects that offer detailed advice on various techniques, and information on tools, materials, and keeping a workbook.

Gives simple, step-by-step directions for creating original quilt designs and for making the patterns.

Offers step-by-step, visual demonstrations of each technique from blending, blocking, and burnishing to sgraifito, stippling, and impressing with 150 illustrations. Includes finished examples.

An introduction to painting and drawing, including materials, techniques, fundamentals of art, and examples of works by famous artists.

Explores the people, the concepts, and the paintings of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods.