Description:
Cats and kittens are an endlessly popular subject for animal lovers and artists alike, and this book provides the ideal starting point for anyone wishing to produce beautiful acrylic paintings of these exquisite creatures. Julie Nash's style brings the cats in this book to life, capturing their different personalities: playful black kittens, an elegant Siamese, a ginger tabby, and more. There are five beautiful projects, each accompanied by a full-size tracing of the initial drawing, so those with limited drawing skills or who simply wish to get straight to painting can easily transfer the drawing to watercolor paper. There are more than 200 step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow… instructions with a complete list of the brushes and paint colors used. In addition to the projects, there are four more finished paintings to inspire the reader, one of which also has a full-sized tracing. An ideal introduction to painting cats and kittens in acrylics, and there is plenty to appeal to the more experienced artist too.
Author bio:
J.L. Nash was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England in 1969. She had a transient childhood, moving between England and Africa and as an adult, spent time living on an island in the Pacific Ocean. She holds a B.Ed (Hons), M.Ed and after becoming tired of being a teacher, retrained to become a Master Hypnotist and a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Neuro Linguistic Programming.She writes short stories, flash fiction and poetry which often reflects this sense of travel, displacement and a lack of roots. Her work has been previously found in different magazines, a selection of Literary Journals and most recently was attached to the exhibition LINGERING WHISPERS in London (UK).Her poems are often… presented as art and past work has also been included in the exhibition and book PARANOIA. Her work can be found on the internet, usally in offbeat e-zines like Zygote in my Coffee. SHe occasionallly performs in public readings and at the time of this book going to print, was preparing work for more international exhibitions both collaboratively and as a solo creative.At the time of going to print she is one of the staff writer for the international ARTS magazine 'The Pandorian' for which she not only works as a sub-editor but has her own page called 'Moment'. She is now based in Australia and this is her first solo publication.