Painting American Folk Art

by Andy B. Jones

A guide to decorative folk-art painting. Information about brush techniques, materials, preparation of surfaces and pattern transfers is provided. Themes include Pennsylvania Dutch, Berger style,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823012786
• ISBN13: 9780823012787
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Learn to paint a variety of folk art styles with ease

This is a wonderful book that teaches all the skills necessary for painting in a wide variety of folk art styles. Historical information, although brief, is pertinent and useful.The basics of brushstrokes, blending, preparing surfaces, antiquing, transferring images, stencil cutting, & varnishing are explained and illustrated so that even a novice painter can quickly achieve professional quality results.A materials list, pattern & complete step-by-step instructions accompanied by color photos are included for each of the basic techniques & 11 projects. Conveniently, the degree of difficulty is also listed. Some of my favorite projects are a country tin coffeepot, a putty-grained saltbox, a bronzed tray with fruit, tinsel painted flowers, a Fraktur painted house blessing in a faux mahogany fame & a Pennsylvania-Dutch bird with heart.