Overview

For anyone who's ever wished they could paint but doesn't know where to begin, Start Here: Paint offers 50 progressive, themed art activities that develop skills and confidence. Start Here: Paint gives you exciting prompts for kick-starting an artistic practice centered on drawing. By exploring how simple brushstrokes and splashes can be repeated to create more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Paint builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without intimidating jargon or theory. Start Here. Daily mark-making ideas using a variety of mediums, from painting the simplest line to using splots and splashes creatively, all designed to be completed in an hour or less. Paint Play. Understand, master, and enjoy various painting techniques in a range of mediums, including watercolor, gouache, and acrylic. Color Full. Have fun getting to know the basics of color with prompts that explore depth, variety, and value. Take It from Here. From painting patterns featured stylized motifs to more realistic paintings, develop your unique creative approach by interpreting the prompts in your own way or by copying them using a different medium. Stuff. Starts with essential supplies (or what you could add to your kit), then presents plenty of ideas of what to do with your finished work, from making T-shirts and mugs to curating your own ""pin it"" library of pieces you're proud of. With Start Here: Paint as your fresh, fun creative companion, you'll learn how to paint and never want to stop. Start Here: Paint is a companion title to Start Here: Draw, which guides you through the basics of drawing and sketching through 50 fun and inspiring exercises.

Full Product Details

Author:   Moira Clinch
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint:   Quarry Books
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780760390436

ISBN 10:   0760390436
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   24 October 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1. START HERE Take a few straight lines Just add some more lines Paint fun Brushstroke creatures Splash Dots, spots, or scribbles Take a few curved lines Curvy flowers Takeaway: Mug Feathery curves Wavy lines, spirals & loops Takeaway: Mouse mat   One simple continuous line Flying fish Paisley pattern shapes  2. PAINT PLAY Brushstrokes Washes Painted butterfly Spots & splashes Painting shapes Create your own tartan Takeaway: Tartan gift tags Washy watercolour Soft blurry flowers   3. COLOR FULL Your paint colors More than one red Sunny yellow emoji Takeaway: Paint your own emoji Get the blues Takeaway: Ceramic wall art Great greens Neutral colours Boring brown? Whiteout Perfect snowflake 4. TAKE IT FROM HERE Start a sketchbook Sketch, paint, then eat Recipe cards Takeaway: Best chocolate cake Perfect pasta Pixel pets Decorative birds Takeaway: Bird mobile Play with pattern Border patterns Woof woof Takeaway: Dog portrait Drawing nothing Flower painting Flower motifs Day of the Dead mask Takeaway: Make it 3D Pattern workshop Try some triangles Geometric pattern collage Wish you were here Takeaway: Post card People watching and sketching Celebrate your friends and  family  5. STUFF  Scan it Repeat it/different formats, cards tags, concertina/calendar Get it printed Your “pin it” library The picture gallery Put it on social media

Reviews

""Excellent for readers who have no experience with painting. This highly recommended book includes specific details, common painting techniques, and lists of tools and resources that are clear and easy to follow."" * Library Journal STARRED Review *

Author Information

Moira Clinch is a watercolor artist and urban sketcher. The author of the companion art titles Start Here: Draw and Start Here: Paint, she is also the author of two books on watercolor painting, including The Watercolor Painter's Pocket Palette, which sold more than half a million copies. She has worked as a creative director in the publishing industry for more than 25 years, and her own artwork has been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and featured in several books. She lives in London.

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