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Watercolor Basics: Learn To Solve The Most Common Painting Problems

Charles Reid - North Light Books
Format: Paperback

Witness paintings change from bad to good as well-loved master watercolorist and teacher Charles Reid shows you how to correct problems to create fresh, spontaneous works, while offering an intimate inside glimpse into his processes. With expert advice on everything from drawing and design...
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Barrons CDL Commercial Drivers Test: Truck Drivers Test

Mike Byrnes and Associates - Barrons Educational Series
Format: 3rd Edition

This updated manual prepares professional and prospective tractor-trailer drivers for the test that applicants must pass in order to receive a Commercial Drivers License. The test, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, is required in all 50 states. Comprehensive coverage...
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Draw People Every Day: Short Lessons in Portrait and Figure Drawing Using Ink and Color

Kagan McLeod - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback

A lively, colorful figure drawing instruction book that encourages aspiring illustrators to work in ink and watercolor to create quick, confident renderings of diverse, contemporary people.While today's illustrators work primarily in ink and watercolor, figure drawing instruction still...
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Sew Useful: Simple Storage Solutions to Sew for the Home

Debbie Shore - Search Press
Format: Print book

Sewing superstar, Debbie Shore has a real flair for designing simple projects that look amazing, and in this book she has created ingenious storage solutions to keep the home neat, tidy and beautifully styled. All the techniques and stitches needed are clearly explained, and the projects...
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How to Make Your Own Ugly Christmas Sweaters: 20 Fun & Easy Holiday Projects to Craft and Create

Nicolette Lafonseca - Racehorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Christmas just wouldn't be the same without a kitsch novelty knit -- and what bigger horror than showing up to a party only to realize that someone else is wearing the same festive ugly sweater? This book shows you how to take any plain sweater as your starting point and transform it into...
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Lovely Tatting: Exquisite Everyday Doilies

Hye-oon Lee - Independently published
Format: Paperback

Embark on a tatting journey with nine sets of doilies inspired by travel to distant lands. Written in easy-to-follow notation form, each pattern includes a photo of the finished doily. This book includes an illustrated guide of the basic techniques, as well as explanations of the abbreviations...
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Making Concrete Pots, Bowls, and Planters: 33 stylish and simple home and garden projects

Hester van Overbeek - ?CICO Books
Format: Paperback

Create 33 stunning projects for your garden, for entertaining, and for gifting - all using concrete.Follow Hester van Overbeek's simple tutorials to make a huge range of unique concrete projects. In Gardening & Outdoors you will find projects to add that extra spark to your garden,...
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2019 Official Red Book of United States Coins - Hardcover

RS Yeoman - Whitman Pub Llc
Format: Hardcover

The Official Red BookA Guide Book of United States Coins is 72 years young and going strong. Collectors around the country love the book's grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data....
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Antique trader antiques & collectibles price guide 2017

Eric Bradley - Krause Publications
Format: Print book

"A fun read and important handbook for all collectors or anyone who is thinking about collecting." --Anne Kugielsky, Antiques and the Arts Weekly Just about anything you can admire or desire fills the pages of Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide--the...
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Standard catalog of united states paper money.

Maggie Judkins - Krause Publications
Format: Paperback

Fully updated and vetted by industry leaders, the Standard Catalog of United States Paper Money, 35th Edition, is an indispensable reference to U.S. currency, offering complete coverage in an easy-to-use format. The new edition of this invaluable catalog features more than 1,000...
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