This complete artist's guide to gourd painting provides authoritative advice on a wide range of colour media, from craft acrylics and artist's oils to dyes, pastels and marking pens. Ten step-by-step projects use a wide variety of gourd decoration techniques to create natural, seasonal decor like bird houses, centrepieces, containers and more. Featuring bright and clear project photography, Painting Gourds explores a wide variety of colouration options for each gourd decoration method. Ten step-by-step projects show how create natural, seasonal decor using painting, carving and pyrography techniques. Author and nationally recognized artist Lora S. Irish explains all the basics of gourd art including safety, cleaning, cutting, surface prep, transferring designs and finishing. Readers will learn to make delightful centrepieces, candle lights, jars, vases and decorative musical instruments, as well as birdhouses, feeders and fun little bee houses for the garden.

About the Author
Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author, whose acclaimed books include Great Book of Carving Patterns, Great Book of Celtic Patterns, Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Great Book of Tattoo Designs, The Official Vampire Artist's Handbook, Relief Carving Wood Spirits, World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw, and many more. Fox Chapel Publishing has sold more than 500,000 copies of Irish's books. Lora is also a frequent contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated and to Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts magazines.


Book Information
ISBN 9781565239609
Author Lora S. Irish
Format Paperback
Page Count 168
Imprint Fox Chapel Publishing
Publisher Fox Chapel Publishing