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DecoArt Fabric Paint is the softest fabric acrylic on the market. It is permanent and does not require heat setting. It will not harden, crack, or peel off. SoSoft paint comes in many colors plus Fine Glitters. Made in America, it’s nontoxic and water based.
TURTLE HOLLOW INC.
405-203-0991, www.turtlehollowartists.com
Scottie’s Guide to Bauernmalerei Book 1 is an exciting and comprehensive reference book for brushstroke painting Bavarian style! Its 92 pages of projects, instruc- tions, and patterns are designed for
all levels of ability: teachers, students, beginning, intermediate, and advanced painters. More than 40 projects are shown on 12 full-color pages, including a two-page step-by-step flower chart.
Scottie’s Bavarian Folk Art
540-341-8884, www.bavarianfolkart.com
The magic is in the brush! With
La Corneille Specialty Shapes by Loew-Cornell
for acrylic, oil, and watercolor, you can easily create seamless circles, flourishes, foliage, clouds, fur, lettering, stippling, dry-brush- ing, basecoating, and more. Eight uniquely shaped Golden Taklon tips are designed for specialized strokes: Curved Flat, Double Filbert, Aura, Flora, Mesa, Loop, Long Filbert, and Flora Round. The Brush Guys
877-898-9046, www.thebrushguys.com
Heirlooms from the Heart is the home of quality wood products. Visit their web- site to choose from a wide vari- ety of larger wood pieces such as Bombay boxes, toy chests, and benches that truly become heirlooms. Wood pieces and pat- tern packets available online.
Heirlooms from the Heart
570-743-4141, www.heirloomsfromtheheartstudio.com
Nancy Baur’s easy-to-follow painting instruction packets begin with prepar- ing your decoy, including sanding and sketching the
patterns. Each packet is species specific and contains a color picture of the final product plus details of the bird’s coloration. Descriptions of the supplies, paints, and brushes needed, plus
directions for painting and feathering techniques are provided. The instructions are sold individually or with a wooden blank as a set. Bauer instruction packets are used by both beginners and advanced painters.
Dux’ Dekes Handcrafted Decoys
800-553-4725, www.duxdekes.com
Steph’s Folk Art Studio LLC
717-687-7520, www.stephsfolkart.com
Steph’s Folk Art Studio offers a wide variety of products, from qual- ity American-made buckets and baskets to custom-made wooden surfaces and the most popular brands of paints at discount pricing. Now offering many of Rosemary West’s wooden surfaces.
This five-disc set of Dorothy Dent’s bestselling technique DVDs
includes Skies; Trees, Bushes and Grass; Rocks and Water; Mountains and Snow; and Buildings. Paint along with one of the master landscape artists of our time, who shows you all the basic elements needed to create realistic landscapes of your own, in a step- by-step, easy-to-follow method. Available in oils or acrylics.
Dorothy Dent
417-732-2076, www.dorothydent.com
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