This book introduces you to a fresh approach to learn Hallingdal rosemaling perhaps alleviating your personal roadblocks and frustrations. This is a different resource where you can learn to start designing, drawing and painting your own artwork, heirloom or décor no matter what your stage of learning. Student rosemalers are excited and happier with their artwork because it reflects their feelings while holding true to what brought them to rosemaling classes which is the traditional heritage art.

Creating inspiration through images helps the artist design and paint quickly thus experiencing all the steps from design to end product.

There are four primary sections:

• "Inspire Me" showcases fine historic Hallingdal pieces from the collection of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa.

• "Sketch Me" has over150 illustrations of design templates and the design elements. small/medium/large flowers, flower centers, petal shapes, scrolls, leaves, vines, curtains, vases, pedestals, borders and line work.

• "Paint Me" shows a painting technique step by step of the elements.

• "Challenge Me" offers thought provoking activities to increase your skills!