MAKE YOUR MARK

by Peot, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780811838238
• ISBN10: 0811838234
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc

Summary

So many people want to explore the artist within, but don't know where to start.Make Your Markis the answer. Packed with exciting and accessible art projects, step-by-step instruction, beautiful illustrations, and helpful diagrams,Make Your Markis 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 techniques from stencils and prints to collage and rubbings suggesting 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.

Author Biography

Margaret Peot paints costumes for Broadway, dance, and film, and teaches costume painting at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Getting Started	5	(126)
1 Stencils	13	(22)
2 Prints	35	(24)
3 Rubbings	59	(6)
4 Gouache Resist	65	(12)
5 Acrylic Gel Medium Resist	77	(12)
6 Invisible Ink	89	(12)
7 Water Printing	101	(6)
8 Paste Papers	107	(8)
9 Pattern Dyeing	115	(16)
10 Collage	131	(10)
11 Inkblots	141	(10)
12 Making Your Next Mark	151	(8)
Afterword	159	(1)
Stencil Patterns	160	(2)
Suppliers	162	(2)
Glossary	164	(3)
Index	167