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Painting Dragons

5 fearsome step-by-step projects, plus outlines

Author Marc Potts
Paperback
$16.95 US
8.56"W x 11"H x 0.25"D   | 12 oz | 40 per carton
On sale Nov 14, 2023 | 64 Pages | 9781800921757

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5 magnificent dragons to paint in acrylics, with full-size outlines to trace

Painting and drawing dragons is a very popular subject area. This book gives you the outlines to get started with your own fantastic colors for your dragon.

The book features five step-by-step projects - including a storm-heralding monster, a fire-breathing salamander and an ancient ice dragon - all with full-size outlines, plus one bonus outline for you to experiment with. With a brief introduction to using acrylic paints and transferring the outlines, this book will quickly immerse you in this fearsome fantasy world.
The A3 (11.7 x 16.5in) outlines are provided on gatefold paper at the back of the book. This new edition of a popular title breathes new fire into the fantastical world of dragons. This book was originally published as Ready to Paint Dragons (9781844486328), 2011.
Marc Potts is a fantasy artist and folklorist, whose visionary art has received wide acclaim through the exposure of his work on book covers, both fiction and non-fiction, and in magazines. Intrigued by the outer world and propelled by the inner, his work is an attempt to merge the natural and the supernatural, often with a nod towards the macabre and the bizarre.

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5 magnificent dragons to paint in acrylics, with full-size outlines to trace

Painting and drawing dragons is a very popular subject area. This book gives you the outlines to get started with your own fantastic colors for your dragon.

The book features five step-by-step projects - including a storm-heralding monster, a fire-breathing salamander and an ancient ice dragon - all with full-size outlines, plus one bonus outline for you to experiment with. With a brief introduction to using acrylic paints and transferring the outlines, this book will quickly immerse you in this fearsome fantasy world.
The A3 (11.7 x 16.5in) outlines are provided on gatefold paper at the back of the book. This new edition of a popular title breathes new fire into the fantastical world of dragons. This book was originally published as Ready to Paint Dragons (9781844486328), 2011.

Author

Marc Potts is a fantasy artist and folklorist, whose visionary art has received wide acclaim through the exposure of his work on book covers, both fiction and non-fiction, and in magazines. Intrigued by the outer world and propelled by the inner, his work is an attempt to merge the natural and the supernatural, often with a nod towards the macabre and the bizarre.

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