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Creative Colored Pencil: Easy and Innovative Techniques for Beautiful Painting

Gary Greene · North Light
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

New, easy & fun colored pencil techniques! In Creative Colored Pencil, you will find secrets for amazing new and never-before-seen techniques that will turn your everyday colored pencils (both traditional wax-based and water-soluble into liquid pencils! Whether you want to learn how to color...
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Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture

Donna Gustafson · Prestel
Format: Hardcover

This survey of historical and modern portraiture presents a fundamentally new and exciting exploration of how people view themselves, their personal relationships, and their tribes. Portraits--single, double, and group--are the focus of this fascinating volume. Encompassing work from the 18th...
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Different Strokes: Watercolor

Naomi Tydeman · Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Book

By examining the way that two different artists interpret the same subject, aspiring watercolor artists can learn how different approaches affect the final outcome of a painting and how to identify the methods that will enable them to realize their own vision! Double demonstrations of 12 popular...
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Victoria and Albert: A Royal Love Affair

DAISY GOODWIN · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

More than 16 million viewers watched the first season of the Masterpiece presentation of Victoria, created and written by Daisy Goodwin -- the highest-rated PBS drama in twenty years, second only to Downton Abbey. But what happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live...
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Happy Hand Lettering: Simple Calligraphy Techniques to Bring Your Words to Life

Jen Wagner · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Create a More Beautiful World with a Little Hand-Lettered Love! Messages from your own hand are an intimate and powerful means of expression and communication. Happy Hand Lettering offers you instruction and encouragement to begin creating beautifully written words right away. From selecting...
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Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.

BEVERLY BOND · Atria / 37 INK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the founder of the mentoring organization and awards show Black Girls Rock! comes an inspiring and beautifully-designed tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world, featuring moving entries from icons like Kerry Washington, Angela Davis, Misty Copeland,...
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Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-fi: 50 Movies That Are Out of This World

Sloan De Forest · Running Press Adult
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

Spanning nine decades and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind-bending movies ever made.From A Trip to the Moon (1902) to Arrival (2016) , science fiction cinema has produced...
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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School: Classic Techniques and Expert Tips from the Golden Age of Illustration - Featuring the work and words ... illustrators

Stephanie Plunkett · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Learn to draw from the work of amazing artists such as Albert Dorne and Norman Rockwell, the founding artists of the Famous Artists School.The artwork presented in Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School is gleaned from the amazing collection of more than 5,000 artworks and hundreds...
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross · Picador; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for CriticismA New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the YearTime magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex...
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50 Impressionist Paintings You Should Know

INES JANET ENGELMANN · Prestel
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Now available in a new edition, this array of masterpieces by the luminaries of the Impressionist movement is the next best thing to viewing them in person.No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of Impressionism. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth...
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Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction

Jon Chappell · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Make your music come alive with this indispensable guitar guide There's no denying that guitar players have cachet. The guitar is an ever-present part of our collective musical heritage, and the sound can be sensual, aggressive, or a million things in between. Whether you're hoping...
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Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up and Transform

Danielle Krysa · Chronicle Books
Format: Book

Collage has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the twenty-first century, resulting in an explosion of creativity. This showcase of cutting-edge contemporary art from across the globe features galleries of collage by 30 practitioners, from the surreal landscapes of Beth Hoeckel to Fabien...
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