Painting on Porcelain: Traditional and Contemporary Designs
Search Press | 1994 | ISBN: 0855327669 | 96 pages | PDF | 50 MB
Every stage of the process of painting on porcelain is described - from using and combining colours, applying the design, sketching and shading, through to firing and finishing the final piece of porcelain. There are over 70 contemporary and traditional designs illustrated, with flowers, insects, birds and abstract designs being just some of the subjects used to decorate plates, teapots and eggs. The china painter should find practical instructions on several painting techniques; the hobby painter should discover how to combine and apply colour; and the miniaturist, illuminator, calligrapher and fabric painter should be interested by the designs.

Paint Along with Jerry Yarnell, Volume Three: Painting Magic
North Light Books | 2001 | ISBN: 1581801807 | 128 pages | jpg | 60 MB
This is the third volume in Jerry Yarnell%27s exciting new series, with ten beautiful painting projects to enjoy. Jerry Yarnell thrills beginning and intermediate artists with the tricks and techniques they need to perform "magic" on the canvas. He encourages readers to master the basic technical aspects of painting, such as composition, design, perspective, negative space, color mixing, values and color coordination. Each step-by-step project is designed to provide a unique set of new artistic challenges to overcome. With insightful advice and practical instruction, Jerry makes it easy for every artist to improve and expand their repertoire of skills and build true artistic confidence.

The Gn0m0n Workshop - Photorealistic Texture Painting
English | AVC1 1152x720 | MP3 128 Kbps | 3.39 GB
Genre: eLearning
In this introduction to photorealistic texture painting, Justin Holt discusses how a trained eye for detail and keen sense of observation are essential attributes to being a successful texture painter in the the feature film industry. Using BodyPaint and Photoshop, Justin will demonstrate some of his easy to follow techniques and tricks of the trade in order to paint proper color, bump, displacement, specular and opacity maps. But more importantly, Justin will go through essential principles to maintaining a non-destructive workflow while painting textures to ensure a maximum amount of control and flexibility for any revisions and changes that may be requested after the maps are completed in a production environment. Additionally, Justin will complete the lecture with a quick run through in Modo to show how to quickly and easily generate polished renders that showcase all of the finely tuned texture work.