books about: assemblages     books:       Collage Techniques: A Guide for Artists and Illustrators16 reviews Gerald Brommer Watson-Guptill, 1994 A good resourse for the beginning collage artist Brommer approaches collage from an fine art point of view. Most other books I have looked at tend more toward the scrapbook and/or kitchy altered art genre. He has an excellent section on art paper preparations and basic design.             Quilted Memories: Journaling, Scrapbooking & Creating Keepsakes with Fabric21 reviews Lesley Riley Sterling/Chapelle, 2005 Fabric collage, and yet something more Traditionally, quilt making truly IS a form of fabric collage. How cool, to see the directions in which narrative quilting is moving! It's expertly shown to those of us lucky enough to run across this swell volume by Ms. Riley. And we realize from the eye candy, ideas, inspiration & techniques illustrated in this charming (& nicely made!) book, that it's not the size of a project that ...             Semiprecious Salvage: Creating Found Art Jewelry9 reviews Stephanie Lee North Light Books, 2008 A Fabulous Journey! Anyone who loves mixed media art jewelry will thoroughly enjoy this book. Foremost, the projects are spectacular. The instructions are clear and concise with excellent photographs. The inspiration alone, is well worth the cost of the book itself! That's because Ms. Lee takes you on a virtual "expedition" with her as she moves from one project to the next. The overall experience of this book ...             Creative Collage Techniques12 reviews Nita Leland, Virginia Lee Williams North Light Books, 2000 Collage "Bible" ***** I have been reading collage books in order to get ready for a collage class I'm taking next month; while all the ones I've read have their strong points, this book is truly the "Bible" of collage---it contains the widest and most in-depth information of all of the books I've read. It covers so many topics, and for a beginner, enables me to see just what can be done with collage. As I ...             1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations (1000 Series)17 reviews Dawn DeVries Sokol Quarry Books, 2008 Art journaling teacher's dream!!!! I teach art journaling to middle school children of many abilities. I cannot tell you how wonderful this book is, so delicious with the variety of entries. They were so excited to see it.... I found each group gathered around me to get a better look. I know the artwork, writings, styles of presentation, colors, and excitement from this book have influenced the young writers/artists I ...             Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies9 reviews Lauren Redniss Collins Design, 2006 A loving tribute to an extrordinary woman. Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies is a new order of biography. Lauren Redniss uses hand-written text as an artistic element to guide the eye through the evocative images she has created using photo-collage and line drawings. The result is a visually stunning tour of the extraordinary life of Doris Eaton Travis The book ...             Art Cars: The Cars, the Artists, the Obsession, the Craft9 reviews Harrod Blank Blank Books, 2007 This is such a fun book. This book is just a blast -- it is so fun and inspirational. It made me happy that I own a crappy old car, because now I can run out and paint it without worrying about the resale value.             Collage Discovery Workshop55 reviews Claudine Hellmuth North Light Books, 2003 Lots of ideas in this one Without a question Claudine gives great advice and instruction in this book. Lots of ideas for scrapbooking, collage and just crafty folks. I would definitely recommend her other book "Beyond the Unexpected" as well. She also has DVDs that are awesome for those of us who learn by watching. She's a hoot!             Mixed-Media Mosaics: Techniques and Projects Using Polymer Clay Tiles, Beads & Other Embellishments33 reviews Laurie Mika North Light Books, 2007 No cheese! No kitsch! Just good factual help. I was very pleased with this book and so was my husband. Very interesting to read, lots of helpful information, and not cutesy girly stuff either. My husband took up mosaics and was really disgusted with the painfully cheap designs and projects in most of the mosaic books, much less the obscure directions. You could put this book in the category of home remodeling or fine arts, and it would ...             Going for the Bronze: Still Bitter, More Baggage16 reviews Sloane Tanen Bloomsbury USA, 2005 This series is hilarious! I first fell in love with Sloane Tanen's work when I read the caption above the photo: "Samantha looked around the playground in amazement. Her mother had been right. She really WAS the smartest and the prettiest." If you thought you had to give up picture books when you graduated from second grade, have I got a treat for you! Writer Sloane Tanen and photographer Stefan Hagen take those tiny ...             Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink5 reviews Claudia Nice North Light Books, 2002 The most recent in my collection! I admit it: I am hooked on books by Claudia Nice. Pen & ink can be quite an intense media. Claudia Nice simplifies the techniques and conveys the instruction as only as master can, and does it in her trademark informal, friendly manner. Another aspect I love is her use of watercolor to bring her works to life. The reader gets the treat of two complimentary media in one book: pen & ink and ...             Evidence: The Art of Candy Jernigan5 reviews Chronicle Books, 1999 How well do you remember your last vacation? How well do you remember your last vacation? Or a great meal? What do you do to record the beauty around you? Do you notice the horrors of everyday life to which so many people are oblivious? Ms. Jernigan was a consumate story teller. Her stories are not of the obvious, but of the things most of us overlook, ignore and wish we could remember. Absorb this book and you'll never take a trip ...             The Crafter's Complete Guide to Collage5 reviews Amanda Pearce Watson-Guptill, 1997 A delight - I'm so glad I bought this book! I wanted to explore collage as an aspect of other paper crafts I'm trying to learn. I picked this one first and I really like it. Many other collage books are meant for people narrowly focused on collage who see beauty in their collages ..... that is truly not obvious to other people - so esoteric it appeals to a very narrow audience. The Crafter's Complete Guide to Collage is different. ...             Master Class in Watermedia: Techniques in Traditional and Experimental Painting7 reviews Edward Betts Watson-Guptill, 2000 A must have.... What a wonderful book. Better than a class. Not a step by step kind of book, but one to give you good solid art methods so you can explore in your own style. It opened my mind. I haven't been this excited about my work in ages. Thank you Edward Betts for sharing your wisdom.             Sandi Genovese's Three-Dimensional Scrapbooks: Techniques for Building Texture and Style into Your Pages6 reviews Sandi Genovese Quarry Books, 2004 Thumbs up!!!! I am starting a scrapbook for my first child and came across this book. I am so glad I bought it. I've gotten alot of scrapbooking ideas for my little girl's upcoming holidays and special events. The various layouts are just beautiful and elegant. Even the simplest layout was well done. I've looked at plenty of how-to books but nothing came close to this one. Most of the layouts in ...             A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel, Fourth Edition8 reviews Tom Phillips Thames & Hudson, 2005 This Book Stands Alone I own multiple copies and give them away to worthy friends. Visually, artistically, and intellectually stunning, this masterpiece is unique in the world of art/literature. The author/artist Tom Phillips began this work in the 1960s, and first published it in book form in the 1980s. He called the result of his decades of effort The Humument and it is a completely illustrated version of W. H. ...             Zak Smith: Pictures Of Girls7 reviews Zak Smith D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2005 Gorgeous complexity The first thing that I notice about this artwork is its stunning complexity - papers and animals and characters repeating in almost fractal-like patterns. This may sound odd since they are all 'Pictures of Girls" - and the girls are also gorgeous, with bedroom eyes and clothing of varying scantiness. Nevertheless, it's the colors and lines and shading that capture my imagination. Sometimes I ...             Painting the Faces of Wildlife: Step by Step6 reviews Kalon Baughan, Brook Baughan North Light Books, 2000 Simply the best How to review this book is a problem. It is simply the best book on the subject that I have ever seen. It goes through the usual informative sections on animal anatomy and several step-by-step demonstrations and details. It is here where this book stands out, in the detail of the demonstrations. From detail information on the underpainting technique to detailing, drybrushing and using washes ...             The Quiet Eye: A Way of Looking At Pictures5 reviews Sylvia Shaw Judson Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1988 The most beautiful book This small book is so beautiful that it passes into the word "sacred." It doesn't do it justice to describe it briefly as a small book with photos of works of art (painting, sculpture, etc) on one side of the page, and a small quote from scripture or poetry, etc on the facing page. Each pair of art/quote is placed before us so that it may be a portal to meditation and conversation with God. In ...             Creative Discoveries in Watermedia6 reviews Pat Dews North Light Books, 1998 This book breaks through creative blocks! I ordered this book without seeing it. The customer reviews that summarize Dews' freedom and enjoyment of painting are true. She writes wonderfully and explains perfectly. When I received the book, I read all of it. She has more fun and coaxes her readers to jump up and run to the paint and, on the way, grab anything that doesn't move to add to the experience. A real fresh look at enjoying ...              search for books building, complete, dimensional, discoveries, discovery, embellishments, evidence, experimental, genovese, humument, illustrators, inspirations, jernigan, journaling, keepsakes, mixed-media, obsession, painting, projects, scrapbooking, scrapbooks, semiprecious, techniques, three-dimensional, traditional, victorian, watercolor, watermedia, workshop, ziegfeld books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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