The Ultimate Guide To Transfer Artist Paper

Get inspired with the ultimate guide to Lesley Riley’s best-selling TAP Transfer Artist Paper! Create innovative projects by transferring photos and art onto your surface of choice. Learn the artful process of transferring onto fabric, paper, canvas, wood, metal, mica, glass, Lutradur, kraft•tex, cork, leather, encaustic, and polymer clay—as well as how to paint, draw, color, and layer on TAP. There’s no end to the mixed-media crafts you can create! TAP is a premium-quality paper that makes for excellent gifts, mementos, decoration, and more. Don’t miss out on all the fun: start TAP’ing into the endless craft possibilities!

Lesley Riley is one of the inventors of the award-winning TAP (Transfer Artist PaperTM) and is an unparalleled expert on how to use it for maximum creative effect. In this fantastic new book, she teaches you how to use TAP for maximum creative effect. You'll learn how to create unique fabric images from photographs that stay vibrant and colourfast, even after washing. You can use her photo transfer methods to quickly create your own masterpieces on virtually anything - including fabric, paper, wood, glass, metal, clay, and more - using just your inkjet printer and basic art shop supplies.

Transfer your images with a hot iron to virtually any surface-fabric, paper, wood, glass, canvas, metal & more

In The Wood Burn Book, Instagram star Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master your favorite new hobby: pyrography, or writing with fire. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns and frames, techniques for lettering and adding color, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewelry. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you'll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn.

A best-seller! Renowned pyrographer Sue Walters teaches you everything you need to know to create stunning pyrography artwork with three step-by-step projects, original patterns, and an inspiring gallery of work. Includes information on equipment, safety, materials, pattern preparation, techniques and 3 projects; a beginner, an intermediate, and an advanced.

Experienced artists looking to master a new medium will relish this comprehensive guide to using colored pencils by the author of How to Color Like an Artist. Step-by-step demonstrations with photos and directions explain shading, blending, color theory, more.

No Fear Transfers If you have never tried image transfers or have experienced image transfer mishaps, then Image Transfer Workshop is for you. This book presents step-by-step techniques for 35 image transfer processes, extensive tips for fixing mishaps and examples of how to combine transfers in finished pieces of mixed-media art. This comprehensive guide features: 35 Techniques: This book focuses exclusively on making transfers—from simple tape and gel medium transfers to more complex and out of the box techniques, like solar silk screens and plastic wrap transfers. Troubleshooting: Image Transfer Workshop includes extensive answers to help fix problems in transfers gone wrong. You'll learn what to watch for, what to do to get great transfers every time. Dual Styles, Dual Approaches: The authors' different styles illustrate how transfer techniques can take on completely different looks. Finished pieces of art for each technique and a section of completely stepped-out projects are sure to inspire you! Let Image Transfer Workshop help build your image transfer confidence.