The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity (Dover Crafts: Painting)

Arts & Photography

Bac, F. Sehnaz

Painting

Dover Publications

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Thirty fantastic designs transform ordinary stones into colorful works of art with this easy-to-follow guide. · Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs will inspire your creativity · Includes tips for choosing stones and the best craft supplies to spark your designs · Themes include trees, flowers, animals, mandalas, geometric patterns, holiday motifs, and more · Brighten your community with a "Kindness Rock" — check it out on Facebook It's fun for the whole family! "The instructions are clear and engaging, while the photos are lovely and inspiring. Rock painting has become a really fun family activity for us all." — Sharing Craft Ideas "This is brilliant, fun, and truly inspirational! Highly recommend it." — splashesintobooks "A helpful guide for creating mini masterpieces." — Looking for a Good Book "A fantastic book!" — The Classy Chics "This is a gorgeous book and I found so much inspiration reading through it." — The Gingerbread House

Winner of a Bronze 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Award! This follow-up to the bestselling The Art of Stone Painting offers a kid-friendly version of an engaging activity that helps promote creativity. Popular stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac, a seasoned archaeologist who markets her painted Sassi dell’Adriatico (Stones of the Adriatic) on Etsy, presents step-by-step instructions for simple projects, accompanied by full-color photographs. Her introduction explains how to find and choose stones, which kinds of materials and tools are safe for kids to use, how to set up a workspace, simple techniques, and other helpful tips. A splendid variety of patterns begins with illustrations of basic shapes and designs for human figures and faces, animals, numbers and letters, and natural motifs — flowers, trees, and stars. Other activities include painting stones for games such as tic-tac-toe, chess, and dominoes. Kids will learn lettering techniques for writing names and words on pebbles and how to design holiday-themed decorations. They'll also discover how to assemble multiple stones for picture-making and story-telling. "This is a nice over-sized book. The pictures are beautiful, simple, and large so you can easily see the art work to copy it. Great book, great ideas, tons of great fun!" —Wall-to-Wall Books

Stone Painting for Kids: Designs to Spark Your Creativity

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

You can craft a new mandala every week for one year with this full-color guide by the author of the bestselling The Art of Stone Painting. F. Sehnaz Bac, an artist and seasoned archaeologist, presents step-by-step instructions for fifty-two projects. Her easy-to-follow guide will show you how to transform ordinary stones into inspirational works of art. The mandala — derived from the Sanskrit word for "circle" — represents the universe, and the symbol has long been instrumental to sacred rituals and meditative practices. This treasury of radiant designs presents patterns for stone paintings, each of which is accompanied by a one-word mantra — relax, tranquil, spirit, dream, believe, and other uplifting terms. A few projects are meant to be painted on sea glass, leaves, or shells, but most are based on Bac's popular interpretations of classic stone-based styles. Colorful photographs accompany simple instructions for a year of crafting inspiration.

A Year of Stone Painting: 52 Mandala Designs to Inspire Your Spirit (Dover Crafts: Painting)

Color original artwork of nature in flight, numbered for color to provide the ultimate in creative relaxation and stress relief. No stressful choices are required with this new color-by-number collection adapted from the Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number series by artist F. Senhaz Bac. Color-By-Number Beautiful Birds presents 30 pieces of original artwork pre-numbered with corresponding perfect palettes selected for each piece of art. The stunning artwork includes songbirds, owls, and other winged things like butterflies, moths, and dragonflies. Predetermined palettes take the stressful process of choosing your colors out of the equation and you can just relax and dive into coloring joy. Take your mind out of the process and find yourself transported to serenity as you color in Bac's beautiful birds and butterflies in the perfect color range. Use markers,&nbsp;colored&nbsp;pencils,&nbsp;crayons, or gel pens to color in each numbered space with the corresponding color in the color key. Start to repair your nervous system through the simple activity and also end up with a piece of art you will be proud to display. Hang your art when complete and be taken back to your serene state every time you walk by it hanging on your wall--or share it with someone you love.

Color Beautiful Birds and Butterflies: A Colorful Relaxation Activity Book (New Shoe Press)

Humor & Entertainment

New Shoe Press

The beautiful, whimsical imagery of painted stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac is a daily inspiration to the more than half a million followers on her social media pages. Search I Sassi Dell'Adriatico on Facebook and Instagram for more information. This brilliantly vivid coloring book offers coloring enthusiasts an easy, relaxing way to enjoy Sehnaz's stunning designs and their own colorful creations. &nbsp; Color Beautiful Flowers includes thirty coloring pages of Sehnaz's imaginative and joyous designs. &nbsp; Simply color in each space with whatever color palette you desire and explore your creativity. Whether you use colored pencils, markers, crayons, or paints, relax and enjoy the time for yourself. &nbsp; Relax and lose yourself in color and creativity with Color Beautiful&nbsp;Flowers.

Color Beautiful Flowers: A Colorful Relaxation Activity Book (New Shoe Press)

Transform ordinary stones into works of art with easy and inspirational step-by-step instructions.\nFilled with creative exercises, art prompts, templates, and step-by-step projects, Rock Art for Beginners—adapted from the best-selling The Little Book of Rock Painting—encourages interactivity for immediate results, while teaching you the fundamentals in an engaging and fun way.\nThis beginner’s guide shows you how to gather and prepare your rocks to create masterpieces that are truly one with nature. Written and illustrated by three talented rock-painting artists, the book features a range of contemporary designs to experiment with, from patterns and animals to mandalas and dots. The instructions are easy to follow and invite creativity and originality.\nGrab your colors, head outside, and start painting beautiful works of art on stones!

Rock Art for Beginners: Simple Techniques and Easy Projects for Transforming Stones into Art (New Shoe Press)

Wonders of nature: Original artwork numbered for coloring provides creative relaxation. Each book in the Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number series presents 30 pieces of numbered original artwork by Italian artist F. Sehnaz Bac, renowned for the stunning palettes of her whimsical painted rock designs. Animal Friends includes beloved pets, forest friends, and exotic creatures, all numbered for vibrant coloring in markers,colored pencils, crayons, or paints, along with coloring instruction (with a color key) and four bonus full-color prints.Simply color in each numbered space with the corresponding color in the color key, or explore your unique creative path and fill the spaces with your own palette. Relax, unwind, and be creative as you color in these lovely pieces of art.Once you've enjoyed these designs, you'll want to try Sehnaz's two other Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number books: Birds and Butterflies, which features her popular and iconic songbirds and owls, delicate butterflies and dragonflies, and other beautiful motifs; and Flowers and Mandalas, which includes her dazzling mandalas and fun and fanciful blooms.

Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number: Animal Friends: Guided coloring for creative relaxation--30 original designs + 4 full-color bonus prints--Easy tear-out pages for framing

Graphic Design

Quarry Books

Beauty in flight: Original artwork numbered for coloring provides creative relaxation.
Each book in the Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number series presents 30 pieces of numbered original artwork by Italian artist F. Sehnaz Bac, renowned for the stunning palettes of her whimsical painted rock designs. Birds and Butterflies includes songbirds, owls, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and other winged marvels , all numbered for vibrant coloring in markers, colored pencils, crayons, or paints, along with coloring instruction (with a color key) and four bonus full-color prints. Simply color in each numbered space with the corresponding color in the color key, or explore your unique creative path and fill the spaces with your own palette. Relax, unwind, and be creative as you color in these lovely pieces of art. Once you've enjoyed these designs, you'll want to try Sehnaz's two other Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number books: Animal Friends, which feature her endearing cats, bunnies, and elephants, along with many other marvelous creatures frolicking on land and under the sea; and Flowers and Mandalas, which include her dazzling mandalas and fun and fanciful blooms.

Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number: Birds and Butterflies: Guided coloring for creative relaxation--30 original designs + 4 full-color bonus prints--Easy tear-out pages for framing

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Books by Bac, F. Sehnaz

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The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity (Dover Crafts: Painting)

The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity (Dover Crafts: Painting)

The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity (Dover Crafts: Painting)

Stone Painting for Kids: Designs to Spark Your Creativity

A Year of Stone Painting: 52 Mandala Designs to Inspire Your Spirit (Dover Crafts: Painting)

Color Beautiful Birds and Butterflies: A Colorful Relaxation Activity Book (New Shoe Press)

Color Beautiful Flowers: A Colorful Relaxation Activity Book (New Shoe Press)

Rock Art for Beginners: Simple Techniques and Easy Projects for Transforming Stones into Art (New Shoe Press)

Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number: Animal Friends: Guided coloring for creative relaxation--30 original designs + 4 full-color bonus prints--Easy tear-out pages for framing

Brilliantly Vivid Color-by-Number: Birds and Butterflies: Guided coloring for creative relaxation--30 original designs + 4 full-color bonus prints--Easy tear-out pages for framing