Fabric Painting Books

Sky Dyes

Skydyes: A Visual Guide to Fabric Painting
by Mickey Lawler
An excellent guide to easy freeform fabric painting using Setacolor Transparent fabric paints. A paint colour and mixing chart simplifies the process of combining paint colours. Well illustrates many special effect techniques and instruction for painting skies, earth, sea, sun prints, gardens and landscapes. 112 pages, colour, paperback, 8½ X 11
".

$42.95

Off-The-Shelf Fabric Painting

Off-The-Shelf Fabric Painting
by Sue Beevers
30 simple recipes for gourmet results. Create unique painted fabrics right in your kitchen. Techniques use water-based paints and convenient tools for sponging, stenciling and brush wiping. The book covers 15 painting techniques including salting, sun printing and resist. It also covers practical colour theory, troubleshooting and brands of paint. All techniques are clearly demonstrated in full colour. 96 pages, colour, paperback, 8½ X 11".

$33.95

Color Changing Hue


Color Changing Hue

by Yvonne Porcella
Learn simple fabric paintings methods  using Setacolor Paints on silk or cotton. These techniques will allow you to create stunning appliqués, quilts, wearable art, dolls and even gift wrapping.  96 pgs, colour, pb, 8½ x 11".

$31.95

Big Book of Decorative Painting


The Big Book of Decorative Painting: How to Paint if You Don't Know How and How to Improve if You Do
by Jackie Shaw
After introducing the paints, brushes, and supplies unique to decorative painting, Shaw provides a charming and informative primer on colour mixing and colour theory. She shows how to master brushwork, and demonstrates the strokes required to create scrolls, borders, leaves, ribbons, flowers, fruits, vegetables and other motifs. She has provided step-by-step sequences for three levels of ability, all are illustrated side by side with a colour palette. 336 pgs, 400 colour, 75 b/w, pb, 8¼ X 11".

$57.00

Paint Your Own T-Shirts


Paint Your Own T-shirts: including 20 iron-on-transfers
by Fesser & Köhnen
Turn plain T-shirts into amazing designer wear — all you need are some fabric paints, a little time and the transfers, which are all ready for you to iron on to your shirts. Designs are given for flowers, birds, animals, a car and a motorcycle plus original ideas for his-and-her T-shirts. Learn tips for using fabric paints, glitter paints and puff paints—and ideas for painting on white, black and coloured T-shirts. 96 pgs, colour, pb, 8 X 10¼".

$25.95

Painting Animals


Painting Animals
by Andy Jones
Decorative painting techniques easily adapted to fabric. Brushstrokes, blending techniques and subjects: including hens, bunnies, dogs, cats, pigs, horses, fish, roosters, giraffes, and more. 112 pgs, colour, pb, 8½ X 11".

$25.95

Creating with Paint


Creating with Paint: New Ways, New Materials
by Sherrill Kahn
Achieve sophisticated art on paper and fabric with sponges, rubber stamps, credit cards, and other unusual tools. 112 pgs, colour, pb, 8 X 11".

 

$39.95
 

Fabric Painting: A Simple Approach

Fabric Painting: A Simple Approach
by Ginny Eckley
Create vivid pictorial scenes on fabric with dyes, paints, leaves, salts, and stencils. Six projects. 96 pgs, colour, pb, 8 X 11".

 

$37.95
 

Jo Sonjas Guide to Decorative Painting


Jo Sonja's Guide to Decorative Painting: Traditional Inspirations, Contemporary Expressions
by Jo Sonja Jansen
An excellent book - all 287 pages of instruction of brushstrokes that are easily adapted to fabric painting. Many subjects and explicit instruction. Colour, pb, 8 X 11".

 

$57.99

 

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