Jackie Shaw's Decorative Painting Books at Discount Prices!

All the tools and techniques you need to learn to paint and create dynamic original compositions. Following a thorough overview of all the basics: materials, brush-loading, color theory, and paint mixing, Jackie includes special chapters devoted to: understanding and developing color schemes; the importance of shadows, highlights, and reflected lights; creating your own compositions; and choosing backgrounds that work.

Key features of the book are over 50 individual lessons demonstrating the step-by-step process for painting a different fruit, vegetable, or flower design. Each lesson includes a full size pattern, color worksheet detailing progression through the steps, and two pages of color reference photos showing a variety of views, lighting effects, arrangements, and backgrounds.

Acrylics

 304 pages, 570 color illustrations

$35.00