If you ever wanted to try palette knife painting Textured Treasures is a great place to start. Go to ebay and key in search words Textured Treasures. This book provides not only instructions, but full patterns also. There are patterns for 7 paintings. The instructional manual is by artist and teacher Bill Deloach. You could use any medium, but Bill uses Acrylic. The book is published by Sharon & Gayle Publications, INC.