Eastman Publishing
May 1, 1990
84 pages
Paperback
Black and White
Some color photos
A newer design book by
Kay Bain Weiner is
Creative Designing
Innovative Glass Art
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A "HOW TO" DESIGN BOOK FOR GLASS ART
This valuable reference
guide will stimulate your creativity, teach how to draw patterns, use
color, and select glass for dynamic art. It contains good design tips
and exercises even if you've had no drawing experience.
This book focuses on the total designing process
from the imagination to the assembly stage. An informative design and
color guide, it is an invaluable aid for the novice as well as the instructor
or professional craftsperson.
• Find new design ideas
• Draw your own patterns
• Create an exciting and balanced composition
• Enlarge patterns with various tools and equipment
• Select glass colors and textures to enhance your design
Included are a series of techniques designed to
develop free-flowing ideas, creative intuition, self-confidence, and a
better understanding of the interplay of color and line dynamics.
Expand your knowledge about optical illusions,
light exposure, negative/positive space, rhythm, variety, mood, perspective,
depth, warm/cool colors, focal points, and the color wheel with fun experiments
you can try. Demonstrates simple methods of drawing and understanding
perspective.
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