Watercolour the Easy Way by Terry Harrison DVD, price 17.99 from www.teachingart.co.uk
For some reason I thought I would not like this DVD, but I found it rather good. I fancy having a go at painting the boats. Terry certainly does have an easy style and you get the feeling that he is at your side, [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Watercolour the Easy Way by Terry Harrison DVD
Hilary Bower DVD
Contemporary Fibre Artists Maker Profile Hilary Bower DVD by Graham Eccles and Val Burnett, price 20.00 from www.odysseyartvideos.com
Unfortunately this was the first of the videos I watched from Odyssey, and it left me rather cold, even though the production was professional. I was a big fan of Hilary Bower’s fabulous textile bags and although the [...]
Jan Beaney DVD
Contemporary Fibre Artists Maker Profile Jan Beaney DVD by Graham Eccles and Val Burnettt. Price 20.00 from www.odysseyartvideos.com
This is a good profile of this well-known embroiderer and fibre artist. Watch Jan at work, dip into her thought processes and techniques. Discover how to go from inspiration to finished piece and, more importantly how inspiration is [...]
Spirit of Color by Connie Smith Siegel
Spirit of Color by Connie Smith Siegel, softback published by Watson-Guptill Publications in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-0-8230-9911-5, price 16.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
Inspired by the painting of masters, this book aims to enable the reader to grasp the use of colour in art through the means of several creative processes. It is subtitled [...]
Smoke Firing by Jane Perrymen
Smoke Firing by Jane Perryman, hardback published by A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-7136-6985-5, price 30.00 from acblack.com
I find this the most fascinating of areas within ceramics. In this fabulous 176 page book, Jane Perryman explores this wondrous subject by highlighting contemporary artists and approaches to smoke firing. The book looks at all approaches and aspects including, [...]