Make your mark : explore your creativity and discover your inner artist

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Title:

Make your mark : explore your creativity and discover your inner artist

Author:

Peot, Margaret.

ISBN:

9780811838238

Personal Author:

Peot, Margaret.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

168 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Contents:

Getting started -- Stencils -- Prints -- Rubbings -- Gouache resist -- Acrylic gel medium resist -- Invisible ink -- Water printing -- Paste papers -- Pattern dyeing -- Collage -- Inkblots -- Making the second mark -- Images.

Abstract:

"Looking for ways to nurture your creativity? In Make Your Mark, author and artist Margaret Peot teaches wonderfully simple art techniques that yield beautiful and unusual results. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Subject Term:

Art -- Technique -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Artists' materials -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003012987.html
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2003012987-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2003012987-d.html

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Summary

So many people want to explore the artist within, but don't know where to start. Make Your Mark is the answer. Packed with exciting and accessible art projects, step-by-step instruction, beautiful illustrations, and helpful diagrams, Make Your Mark is a veritable at-home art instructor. Author, artist, and teacher Margaret Peot shares her encouragement and ideas in this fully illustrated guidebook, mapping out new pathways for the personal artistic journey. Eleven chapters focus on different art techniquesfrom stencils and prints to collage and rubbingssuggesting 55 easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects that offer sophisticated and satisfying results. Peot's warm and engaging voice, helpful tips, clear explanations, and simple instructions make it easy to get started, and the sheer range of projects will keep the creative fires burning. Decorated with more than 180 illustrations, every page is brimming with encouragement.