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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherF&W Media, Incorporated
ISBN-101581808801
ISBN-139781581808803
eBay Product ID (ePID)56972084
Product Key Features
Book TitlePainted Treasures : Projects and Inspiration from Today's Best Decorative Painters
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicTechniques / Painting, Painting, Decorative Arts
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Art, Crafts & Hobbies
AuthorDecorative Arts Collection Staff
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight30.8 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-030130
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal745.723
SynopsisAn Inspiring Celebration of Decorative Painting's Rich Heritage Painted Treasures offers you a wealth of guidance and inspiration. It celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Decorative Arts Collection, presenting 15 step-by-step painting demonstrations contributed by the world's most renowned decorative artists, along with a stunning photo gallery of the Collection's significant pieces. The artists featured here foster decorative painting's gracious traditions, passing down their own trademark techniques for you to borrow and build upon. Their projects span a range of styles and subjects, from folk-art flowers and succulent fruits to whimsical teddy bears, and all are filled with heart-felt encouragement and seasoned insights. Every demonstration is like sitting down with a master decorative painter for a one-on-one session. This special commemorative guide also showcases more than 90 pieces from the Decorative Arts Collection, the only museum of its kind devoted specifically to documenting and acquiring works of decorative painting. These pieces are truly the best of the best, highlighting the timeless artistry of this unique art form. Be a part of decorative painting's rich heritage. With Painted Treasures you can learn to paint like the masters of yesterday and today, and create your own legacy for tomorrow., 7The only book of its kind.7Features 15 step-by-step projects from the world's best-known decorative artists all in one place.7A gallery of selected pieces (90 in all) from the Decorative Arts Collection informs and inspires painters.Painted Treasures is a collection of the best that decorative painting has to offer, with step-by-step painting instruction from 15 of today's most brilliant decorative artists, plus a gallery of 90 pieces selected from the Decorative Arts Collection for their meaningful contribution to the history of art in America. Readers will find the work from all of their favorite decorative painters in one place and will learn how this art form developed and changed over the years to what it is today. This book is not only for the diehard decorative painter, but for all those who love the decorative arts.