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The Organic Artist : Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments and Prints from Nature.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neddo, Nick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural products.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Laguna Hills : Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2014.
- Summary:
- "It's time to go back to basics! If you're interested in art, but find that it's becoming an increasingly expensive hobby, The Organic Artist is just the book for you! It encourages us all to return to those days when art was made with all-natural materials, such as charcoal and birch bark. Immersing you in the natural world, The Organic Artist seeks to inspire creativity by connecting you to your organic roots. In addition to offering a wide variety of suggestions for using nature as supplies for art, this book also introduces the concepts of awareness and perception that are foundational to the creative process. Readers will refine drawing skills, as well as increase their appreciation for the visual arts and the natural landscape. Some of the projects and skills covered include the following: making paper and wild ink, working with soapstone, clay, wood, and rawhide, printmaking and stenciling, natural pigments and dyes, camouflage and body painting, and nature journaling"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 CHARCOAL
- Simple Charcoal
- Charcoal Sticks
- Charcoal Holders
- Blending Stumps (Tortillon)
- 2 PENS
- Simple Pens
- Bamboo (Reed) Pens
- Quill Pens
- Felt-Tipped/Clamp-Tipped Pens
- 3 INKS
- Ink Basics
- Ink History
- Simple Inks
- Coffee Ink
- Beet Ink
- Berry Inks
- Less-Simple Inks
- Acorn Ink
- Black Walnut Ink
- Soot Ink
- 4 INKWELLS AND PAINT DISHES
- Clay Vessels
- Bone Inkwells
- 5 PAINTBRUSHES
- Gnawed Twig Brushes
- Tied Bundle Brushes
- Brushes with Ferrules
- 6 PIGMENTS AND PAINTS
- Paints and Binders
- Mineral Pigments and Paints
- 7 CRAYONS
- Crayon Molds
- Waxy Drawing Sticks
- 8 PAPER
- Make a Simple mold
- Make Pulp
- The Paper-Making Process
- Sizing Paper
- 9 PRINTMAKING
- Tools and Materials for the Old Woodblock Printing Process
- The Rustic Brayer
- Options for Printing
- 10 SKETCHBOOKS AND JOURNALS
- The Coptic Stitch
- Book Cover Options
- GALLERY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEXLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781627882255
- 1627882251
- OCLC:
- 1065415924
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