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Recipe for Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Dough from the book Making Artisan Pasta

The weather is warmin' up here so I thought for this Tasty Friday I'd share this "hot recipe" for roasted red pepper pasta dough featured in the book Making Artisan Pasta: How to Make a World of Handmade Noodles, Stuffed Pasta, Dumplings, and More.

 

Click on these pages to read the whole recipe for roasted red pepper pasta dough from Making Artisan Pasta.

If you like making all sorts of pretty and tasty pasta then I bet you will love the Quarry book:

Making Artisan Pasta: How to Make a World of Handmade Noodles, Stuffed Pasta, Dumplings, and More

by

Aliza Green

Photographer:

Steve Legato

Foreword by:

Cesare Casella

Learn how to use the best ingredients and simple, classic techniques to make fresh, homemade pasta in your own kitchen with Making Artisan Pasta. Calling for just the simplest ingredients and a handful of unique kitchen tools, making pasta at home has never been easier, more fun, or more delicious.

Aliza Green is an award-winning Philadelphia-based author, journalist, and influential chef. Visit her online at http://www.alizagreen.com.

Steve Legato is a freelance photographer specializing in food, restaurant industry, cookbooks and advertising. Visit him at http://www.stevelegato.com.

 

 

Watercolor mixing tip from the kit and book Watercolor Painting: A complete painting kit for beginners

This great tip tells you if you're mixing your watercolors on the paper as you should to prevent muddiness from the book that comes in the kit Watercolor Painting: A complete painting kit for beginners.

Click on this page from Watercolor Painting: A complete painting kit for beginners to enlarge and read about properly mixing your watercolors for crisp colors.

More about the fun kit from Walter Foster Publishing:

 

Watercolor Painting: A complete painting kit for beginners

by

Joseph Stoddard

This complete kit makes it easy to start exploring the exciting art form of watercolor painting because it comes with everything a beginning artist needs—from a set of high-quality materials to comprehensive instructions. Inside the 32-page guide, artist Joseph Stoddard shares the secrets to his lively, energetic painting style and encourages readers to find their own artistic voice. And every lesson, from an Italian landscape to a colorful cityscape, can be accomplished with the array of painting materials provided.

The hardcover case includes a 40-page paperback book with corresponding Spanish instructions, a set of watercolor paints, paintbrushes, a mixing palette, and a sketching pencil.

 

Cloud drawing and painting tutorial from the book One Drawing A Day by Veronica Lawlor

Now that summer is in full swing, why not take a moment like when we were kids to lay in the grass and look up at the clouds floating by? Capture the moment with this cloud exercise from One Drawing A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity with Illustration and Mixed Media.

Click on these pages from One Drawing A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity with Illustration and Mixed Media to enlarge and read all about this cloud drawing and painting exercise.

More about the Quarry book:

One Drawing A Day:

A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity with Illustration and Mixed Media

by

Veronica Lawlor

Through 46 daily exercises which make up a complete 6-week course, you will keep your artistic skills sharp and your imaginations fertile by doing One Drawing A Day. Each spread in the book features a beautiful drawing by one of 8 professional illustrators, with a description and comments by the illustrator as well as a companion exercise. Each exercise includes suggestions for various mediums or mixed-media solutions, advice on how to approach and execute the drawing, and professional tips.

Veronica Lawlor is currently on the faculty of Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design. She teaches at Dalvero Academy and is president of Studio 1482, an illustration collective based in New York City. Lawlor has exhibited her work at the United Nations, the Puck Gallery, the Society of Illustrators, and the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration. Her illustration work has appeared in numerous publications including New York, Vanity Fair, Food & Wine, and the New York Times. Her work may be seen at www.studio1482.com/veronica. She blogs at www.veronicalawlor.com and contributes to www.onedrawingaday.com and www.urbansketchers.com.

 

How to use sewing hooks to hang elements in your mixed-media collages from the book The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage

Today's eye-candy comes from the sewing stash. Check out how hook and eyes traditionally used to keep the top of your skirt closed above the zipper have been used to hang a little quote in this wonderful assemblage piece featured in the book The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage: Techniques and Inspiration for Working with Antique Ephemera.

Click on these pages from The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage: Techniques and Inspiration for Working with Antique Ephemera to enlarge and see the details closer and read all about them.

More about the Quarry book:

The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage:
Techniques and Inspiration for Working with Antique Ephemera

by

Maryjo Koch

and

Sunny Koch

The Art of Vintage Journaling and Collage is a beautiful and distinctive guidebook that explores the art of collage and journaling using unique, collected ephemera from antique stores, flea markets, secondhand shops, and even your own home to unlock your creativity. Capture your thoughts in handmade, illustrated travel journals, recipe keepsake books, and nature and garden sketchbooks and create stunning collages to frame or use as note cards and gift tags to share with family and friends.

This collection presents Maryjo and Sunny Koch's gorgeous work from their books Vintage Collage-Works and Vintage Collage Journals, with more than 75 different collage project ideas and over 14 complete journal projects. Basic techniques and project details are illustrated through step-by-step photos, and a gallery is included at the back of the book containing ready-to-use vintage clip art. All artists will find this an inspirational and invaluable book.

Maryjo Koch (Santa Cruz, CA) is a popular and highly regarded naturalist painter and collage artist who has authored and illustrated over a dozen books. She began teaching nature painting at both the California Academy of Sciences and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and now conducts painting and collage workshops at her studio near Santa Cruz. Her work has been exhibited in natural history museums nationwide, and her paintings and prints are sold in galleries and specialty shops throughout the United States and Japan. Sunny Koch has shown her work in Santa Cruz Open Studio, offers collage classes a few times a year, and illustrates for magazine articles, annual reports, advertising, and event invitations. Sunny was awarded for an editorial illustration entitled Discovering My Roots, by both American Illustration 21 and Blue Cube Arts. Visit their website at www.kochstudios.com.

 

Interactive book covers and crafty links!

Happy Monday my fellow craftistas!

I know a lot of you are into making and altering books. Check out this video at RockPaperInk.com that features a bunch of cool interactive book covers.

And now for today's crafty links:

Mixed Media Artist
What does Hawai'ian lava have to do with making a quilt?

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Do you craft for profit? If yes, be sure you track your costs and your customers to assure profitability and good customer relations.

Crafty Princess Diaries
The Crafty Princess talks about some jewelry designing she has in the works.

Cherie Burbach
Cherie's art reflects her busy schedule this week.

Carmi's Art/Life World
Is it too early to say Christmas? Carmi has a huge Christmas-themed jewelry post!

Aileen's Musings
Aileen shows you yet another background technique from her Junque Journal. Learn how to create a far off textured galaxy background this week.