Art & design styles: arts & crafts style

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Do you like to cut paper and fold along its edges; make paper boats, or origami and do you like to paint things with brushes and oil paints? Do you like to make things by hand, or to model with clay? All these things come under arts and crafts. If you are interest to learn arts and crafts style. We have some best arts and crafts books to read.

What is art and craft?

Art and craft are two forms of creativity that involve making things with hands. Art is a form of personal expression by which we express our thoughts such as sadness, happiness, or pride. Craft is the creation of tangible objects using hands for functional and decorative purposes. Arts and crafts have a variety of activities involving making things with hands and it is a hobby.

Design styles of Art

Art styles describe how an artwork would look like.  It is a window into the artistic process to help you understand the artist's vision and subject and feelings expressed on the canvas.

Abstract Art

Abstract art also known as concrete, or non- objective art is an art style that is taken from the real world and represented using shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks.

Figurative Art

It is a realistic representation and has been the goal of art making since ancient times.  Traditionally, figurative artists tried to create works derived from real object sources and often depicted human figures.

Styles of Craft

Crafting has been part of man’s life for millenia and continues to thrive with various types of crafts such as basket weaving, clay modelling and pottery.  It is a great way to relax and stimulate the imagination, if you like to shop; basket weaving would be an interesting hobby for you to try.

Arts and Crafts Style Books

Here are a few recommended books to brush up on art and craft designs.

1. Sumi-e: The mindful art of Japanese Ink Painting:  This is a Japanese art that uses brushes and ink washes to combine calligraphic lines and blank spaces in drawing and painting.  It focuses on flowers and plants; this is a mindful art form with roots in Zen Buddhism.  In this step guide, master calligraphic artist Akemi Lucas describes the equipment, brush positioning, ink techniques and mindset, you need to create strokes of the brush in black coloured ink techniques.
2. Dubai: A decorative book for coffee tables, bookshelves, bedrooms and interior design styling:  This is a decorative book which can be good for arts and crafts decor, for patterned pages, as part of a book stack for decorating a room, coffee table, end table, bookshelf, or any surface you wish to decorate. You can use your favourite cities, destinations, or phrases for a unique and personalised display.
3. Gelli Arts Printing Guide:   This is one of the books that can come under the category of arts and craft design books.  It will show you how to use gelatin printing to create 32 designs of layered prints, decorative pages for art journals, fabric for quilting, greeting cards and more.  This book will teach you the basic stuff on how to use art supplies. It is a great book for both beginners and experts.  These plates are easy to clean, so that you can change paint colours and move onto the next project.  This book also contains a gallery of art and simple variations can get quick results.
4. 4 Kew: The Watercolour Flower Painter’s A to Z: An Illustrated Directory of Techniques for painting 50 popular flowers:  This is a brand-new edition of the best-selling book endorsed by the royal garden of Kev.  It is by renowned watercolour artist Adelene Fletcher.  This unique watercolour artist guide is one of the best arts and design books and is easy to follow and has plant specific information on how to paint specific species of flowers in a realistic manner and the form of a flower that can be closely observed of the pattern and shade on foliage.
5. French Blooms:  Floral Arrangements Inspired by Paris and Beyond:  The French consider each floral arrangement a work of passion, movement, texture and surprise.  In this book, the author shares the distinct design principles she learned from her favourite florist and provides images and tutorials to create designs for creating French arrangements for your home. It has chapters to choose the right containers from vintage crockery, white ceramic footed vases, flower care and tools with lush photographs from Paris, Normandy and other areas.

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