Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards

I love this book, and can hardly wait to get started spinning off projects of my own based on some of the techniques Golden demonstrates. Some people here have complained about its lack of step-by-step book-binding or book-building instructions, but that's not what this book promises. If you can already do some basic bookbinding, but need help, suggestions, detailed technique instructions, or just plain inspiration about how to take your books a step (or several) further through the use of paint and paper, then this book should absolutely be on your shelf. The projects aren't limited to book art, either: she shows elegant, way-beyond-routine techniques that could easily be used to make wall art, mail art, and, yes, the cards promised in the title.This is not a book that will show you exactly how to make a project exactly like one of Golden's. It is a book that will fire up your own creativity.This is not a book full of detailed book-making tutorials. It is a book that recognizes that there are a score or more of book-making books already out there, and that offers you simple techniques to take your books to new levels of beauty and meaning.This is a wonderful book for walking you through the use of a wide variety of materials, surfaces, paints, inks, etc., and for getting you started using them to create what YOU want to create. This book should have a permanent place in every book or paper artist's home library.

This book is quite nice, instructive and useful to the budding artist, HOWEVER...if you already have the books "Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed Media Artists" and/or "Surface Treatment Workshop: Mixed-media Techniques" then this book will be redundant. There is no need to have 3 books that teach very similar painting techniques, as I discovered for myself! I wish I had known that this book was too similar to the others I had already purchased.

Having read through most of this book there is a lot of information. I am sure that there are techniques that I will try, and not only in books, but other types of artwork. Beautiful photos of the authors work, and lots of variety in color and style. Definitely worth a place on my bookshelf for reference.

As one who uses painted paper in collage / mixed-media art making, I am always looking to enlarge my vocabulary of possibilities. Golden's book is just such a resource.

Many creative ideas. However the products needed for some of the products are difficult to find. This is a book for serious crafters.

I've had this book for about two years. I loved it from the start and still love it today. I enjoy painting my own wrapping papers and papers for other projects and every time I get set up to paint, I flip through this book and immediately get energized, inspired, and excited to start playing with my paints.

Painted Paper is filled with excellent ideas for enhancing paper. I have used several ideas to add color and images to paste paper that I've had for a while and don't particularly like. This book is filled with excellent ideas.

Alisa is a master at what she does and this book is a must-have for mixed media artists.Full of tons of great ideas, inspiration and techniques. A fabulous book.

Lovely book with easy to follow instructions and inspirational photos. Also included were step-by-step guides to making several book structures using your 'painted papers' which was an added bonus.

I was very pleased with this book which my sister had recommended to me. It gives lots of ideas for preparing papers for use in calligraphy etc.

Alisa Golden ,BFA, est enseignante d'art en Californie.Ses livres m'ont été recommandés par l'enseignante de Handmade books de Universalclass,Sheryl Tilley.Ce livre applique toutes les connaissances de l'auteur sur la peinture, à la décoration de livres fait main.Riche de son expérience picturale, l'auteur nous entraîne vers l'application de techniques très diverses à une variété des livres pour les relier ou pour enrichir les décoration de ses pages.Il y a un équilibre entre la présentation de schémas et les photos,que tout au long de 170 pages, nous font découvrir une gamme impressionnante de possibilités d'ornements appliquées à des créations livresques.Au goût inné de l'auteur ,s'ajoute sa connaissance des couleurs,et l'élégance des ses propositions artistiques.Ses créations riches ou simples, sont impeccables, originales et plaisantes.Toutes les techniques de peinture présentées,avec exemples, appliquées sur le papier, avec une base de gesso.On y trouve de la peinture aux tampons, au pochoirs, au sgraffito, imitation marbre(eh, oui,et le résultat est magnifique sur le papier ou le carton),masquage, collage, application de pâte de papier, etc.Elle peint une grande surface de papier, dont elle a délimitée avec du ruban de masquage des rectangles. Une fois la peinture séchée, elle ôte les rubans, et on a un accordéon, qu'en le pliant devient livre. Très astucieux.Un ciel,avec un soleil,et un goéland appliqué avec du masquage liquide, et des phrases de Jonathan Livingston le goéland,ferait un livre accordéon magnifique.Un livre réussi qui donne envie de se mettre aux pinceaux, et de créer.

Very inspirational for creating artist papers or others. Use them to make backgrounds for illustrated journals. The author provides sufficient directions for beginning artists. Some techniques that are more difficult can be progressively tried out. Never stop. Just keep trying.

This book isn't quite what expected. It is nice to look at, but I'm not going to find it very useful.