Painting Heartwarming Holidays

Paint Your Way through the Year! Paint something happy and heartwarming for every holiday and season. Painting Heartwarming Holidays by Jamie Mills-Price gives you all the inspiration and guidance you need. From designs that celebrate every major holiday to lovely landscapes highlighting the beauty of each season, you'll delight in these 12 charming projects in acrylics. Whether you're a beginning painter or a more experienced artist looking for new challenges, you'll find this book has plenty to offer. Each design gives instruction that not only covers the simplest strokes in colorful detail, but also provides ideas and techniques for pushing your creative potential to new heights. You'll find: Whimsical designs for celebrating Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus all four seasons Traceable patterns, color mixing information and complete materials lists Instructions for preparing and painting on all kinds of surfaces, including wood, metal, ceramic bisque, glass and paper A special section on designing that shows you how to "build" your own unique compositions You can follow the step-by-step instructions to recreate Jamie's playful designs exactly as they're shown or change the colors and elements to match your own d?cor and creative spirit. Either way, you'll find Painting Heartwarming Holidays to be instantly gratifying. Why wait? Begin a yearlong celebration in painting today!

Presents a collection of Christmas ornaments and craft ideas with patterns and complete instructions for painting and decorating them.

Provides information on using and transferring patterns; choosing supplies; and mastering techniques such as shading and highlighting, blending, changing colours and finishing the piece. This book also covers preparing and painting on different surfaces, from glass and fabric to wood and metal.

Tole painting refers to decorative floral designs applied to tinware, traditionally on trays, coffeepots, teapots, cups, mugs, canisters, document boxes, and match safes. In this book, acclaimed painter Pat Oxenford provides guidance on the tools and materials needed to get started, tips on preparing tin for painting, and techniques for pulling the basic strokes that are the foundation for creating designs. Step-by-step photographs and detailed directions are included for using the strokes to create a variety of folk-art flowers and then several complete projects. A gallery of painted tinware offers inspiration.

Four sweet, Christian romances centered around your favorite holidays! Valentine's Day: Waiting on Love Will this Valentine's Day be a disappointment like all of the others? Valerie Thomas is a waitress at Bishop's Diner. Every Valentine's Day, she watches as couples come in to celebrate their love while she stands by with no one special in her life. As the holiday approaches, she begins to dread all things pink, red, and heart-shaped. Then one day, everything changes. Valerie discovers a box with her name on it, a gift from a secret admirer with a poem promising her Cupid will make sure this is the best Valentine's Day ever. As the presents continue to show up, Valerie tries to figure out who is sending them. Is it a patron? A friend from church? Or the handsome older brother of one of her friends? One thing is for certain: thanks to her secret Cupid, this Valentine's Day will be different than all the rest! Will she finally find her forever Valentine? St. Patrick's Day: Shamrock Hearts Will Erin be lucky in love? Erin O'Connell takes a trip to Ireland to visit her grandparents over the St. Patrick's Day holiday. When she runs into Luke Farrell at the airport--literally--their worlds collide as well. Even though she's upset about the spilled coffee she's forced to wear, once she gets to know him, Erin becomes enamored with Luke. There's just one problem: he's going home, which means he lives in Ireland, and Erin isn't looking for a long-distance romance. She decides to say goodbye and concentrate on spending time with her family, taking in the wondrous country that is Ireland. But as the days pass, she finds herself thinking of Luke often, wondering if she'd made the right decision. Should she have given Luke a chance? Will Erin and Luke be lucky in love, or will they both spend St. Patrick's Day alone? Easter: A Blossoming Spring Romance Love is in bloom in the small town of Charles Town, West Virginia. Sophie Chambers is happy for all of her friends who have recently found love, but she is too busy working as a dental hygienist for cranky old Dr. Mitchells, and helping with the children's Easter program at church, to go looking for the man of her dreams. When Dr. Mitchells announces his retirement, Sophie just prays that his replacement will be someone nice. She gets much more than she bargains for when handsome Dr. Zach Kemper takes over the practice. Will their relationship bloom into something more, or will Sophie have to settle for being the doctor's employee and friend? Dr. Zach Kemper relocates to Charles Town to escape the memories of his wife who lost her life in a tragic accident a few years ago. He's not looking for love, but Sophie certainly catches his eye. However, she works for him, and he isn't sure dating an employee is the best idea. Will the new doctor find a spring romance? Fourth of July: Firecracker! Will Macey's chance at summer romance go up in smoke? Small town florist Macey Edwards is focused on running her small business. Independence Day is an opportunity to take a day off and spend it with friends, but she's definitely not looking for love. When her next door neighbor opens a fireworks stand, Macey is annoyed and swears she'll get it closed down. But, there's something about Sam's crooked smile that lights her heart on fire. Sam comes to quaint Charles Town, West Virginia, to help his aunt and uncle after an injury leaves their new fireworks stand floundering. When he meets Macey Edwards, sparks fly. Will he win the little firecracker next door over, or will his attempts at finding love go up in flames?

Through her media appearances and seminars, Priscilla Hauser has become the ambassador of decorative painting and a much sought-after teacher. If you don’t have five days to attend her class, do the book version of her “quick-fix” program at your convenience. Try Hauser’s unique approach to brush strokes and proper preparation of surfaces, and learn her distinctive pen-and-ink and fabric painting techniques. Then you’re ready for 14 projects that take just a few hours to complete, including Fish on a Tin Tub, Sunflowers Coat Rack, and Ladybug Garden Set. A Main Selection of the Crafter’s Choice Book Club.

With these nine step-by-step projects from renowned decorative painter John Gutcher, readers will learn how to paint their favorite Christmas themes, including Santas, angels, elves and more, on everything from glittering ornaments to festive albums. Giving them the flexibility to paint in either acrylics or oils, John provides plenty of practical guidance for choosing supplies, mixing colors, creating values, and mastering the basics of portrait painting. He even makes learning those tricky details simple with special tips for painting fur, richly textured clothing and realistic flesh tones. * Holiday themes are extremely popular among decorative painters * Includes 9 fun, fabulous step-by-step projects * Perfect for holiday gifts! * Includes detailed instruction in the basics of portraiture John Gutcher is one of the most popular and beloved artists and teachers in the decorative painting field. He has appeared as a guest artist on the TV series Home Decorating Workshop and on the PBS series Perfect Palette. He was a featured artist in North Light's Best of Decorative Painting and he has been published in all the decorative painting magazines, including Decorative Artist's Workbook. He lives in Tampa, Florida.