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The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals

Tim Pond · Search Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Artist Tim Pond's lively and engaging book fuses science with art, providing the reader with the skills, techniques and knowledge they need to create sketches of animals filled with life and movement.There are some very good books written on life drawing, yet when it comes to drawing...
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Pocket Pompoms: 35 little woolly creatures to make

Sachiyo Ishii · Search Press
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

35 cute pompom animals, birds, sea creatures and insects to make from the creative design of Sachiyo Ishii.

Pompoms are totally on trend and, coupled with Sachiyo Ishii's ridiculously cute creatures, you have all the ingredients of a fabulous, fun book! There are 35 imaginative designs...
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Uncommon Paper Flowers: Extraordinary Botanicals and How to Craft Them

Kate Alarcón · Chronicle Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

This visually magnificent book unveils the alluring world of uncommon botanicals, including a prickly cactus that played a storied role in the founding of an ancient city, a tiny pink mushroom that glows green in the dark, and a magnificent blue cactus with rows of golden spines. Celebrated...
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Stitched Textiles: Seascapes

Amanda Hislop · Search Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Aimed at textile artists and intermediate to experienced embroiderers and quilters this amazing work explores in both technique and design, Amanda Hislop's incredible textile seascapes.New from the Stitched Textiles series, Amanda Hislop reveals the skills and processes she uses to make...
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Modern Embroidery: 35 stylish and contemporary hand-sewn designs

Laura Strutt · CICO Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Colorful and contemporary embroidery for the modern stitcher.

There's something magical about embroidery-some floss, some stitches, some time, and suddenly a plain piece of material is transformed into a picture, a pattern, or a piece of geometric art. Embroidery today is moving...
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David Bellamy's Seas & Shorelines in Watercolour

David Bellamy · Search Press
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Learn to paint the varied and dramatic coastlines of the world, with expert author David Bellamy.Renowned watercolourist David Bellamy shares his passion for painting seas and shorelines in this inspiring and practical book. There is advice on finding subjects and painting the different...
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The Art of Gouache: An Inspiring and Practical Guide to Painting with This Exciting Medium

Jeremy Ford · Search Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

This book is a highly practical step-by-step guide to working with gouache, not only to teach and inspire novice painters but also to introduce more experienced artists to the advantages of using this much overlooked, but wonderful, medium.If you love painting with watercolour and are ready...
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Paint Yourself Positive SPECIAL HB ED

Jean Haines · Search Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover


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The Art of Rock Painting: Techniques, Projects, and Ideas for Everyone

LIN WELLFORD · Racehorse Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

New painters wanted! No experience is necessary with Lin Wellford's instruction. Thousands have already discovered the thrill of turning rocks into works of art through Wellford's easy-to-follow tips. Her bestselling books have helped to awaken interest in modern rock painting....
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Still Life Photography

LI JUAN · Artpower International
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

* Demonstrates how independent thinking can be combined with aesthetics* An excellent visual resource for photography enthusiastsStill Life Photography reveals the aesthetic characteristics of what everyday people see, use and eat. It is a stark and relentless display of normality, embracing...
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The Wild Dyer: A Maker's Guide to Natural Dyes with Projects to Create and Stitch

Abigail Booth · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Fabrics colored with natural dyes have a beauty and subtlety all of their own. Onion and avocado skins, chamomile and birch bark, and nettles and acorns can produce lovely, ethereal colors and effects. The Wild Dyer demystifies this eco-conscious art, focusing on foraging and growing dying...
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Painting on Pottery: 22 Modern Colourful Designs

Tania Zaoui · Search Press
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Take plain pottery and make it your own with inspiration from these beautiful modern designs - using a home oven!Transform plain white pottery into exciting, colorful and contemporary pieces for the home - at home! You don't need pottery classes, or even a kiln to glaze your creations...
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