Painting on the Wild Side!
Decorative artists will be interested in these two new volumes,  each of which takes a unique view. Active artists and teachers  in the folk arts, Diephouse and Deptula are primarily landscape  artists who concentrate on seasonal illustrations for boxes,  floor cloths, picnic baskets, and the like. Their highly usable  book comes with traceable patterns, detailed instructions, and  step-by-step photos. Stansifer, a decorative arts teacher and  writer, shows decorative painters how to depict baby bobcats,  Siberian tigers, cottontail rabbits, blue jays, and chipmunks.  She provides close-up photos, color swatch charts, fur and  feather growth diagrams, and a list of suppliers, with e-mail  addresses and web sites. Both books are recommended for public  libraries of any size.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.