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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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The quick-start guide to great results!
Oil painting doesn't have to be rocket science, although some books on the subject make it seem that way. Filled with encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction, Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner is a no-fear, no-experience-required guide to enjoyable painting and happy results. Focusing on the needs of the first-time painter, this book covers everything from selecting brushes and setting...
Oil painting doesn't have to be rocket science, although some books on the subject make it seem that way. Filled with encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction, Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner is a no-fear, no-experience-required guide to enjoyable painting and happy results. Focusing on the needs of the first-time painter, this book covers everything from selecting brushes and setting...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Learn how to make beautiful quilts with this comprehensive guide to patchwork and quilting for beginners.
- Covers all aspects of quilting from piecing and patchwork to quilting and binding.
- Includes quick and clever techniques with step-by-step illustrated instructions.
- Choose from 16 small and large projects including bed quilts, bags and wall hangings.
- Features a quilting glossary explaining common quilting and sewing terms.
Author
Publisher
Heyday
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves.
Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing. As Laws writes, "To draw feathers, you must understand how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create the body, you
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Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author of the Bad Kitty series presents a humorous guide to drawing and writing comics, with tips on composition, sound effects, word balloons, writing funny dialogue, and drawing faces, with practice exercises for each step.
12) Keys to drawing
Author
Publisher
North Light
Pub. Date
1990, c1985
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw. In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system -- fifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner. These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time. You'll learn how to: restate, focus, map, and intensify; free your hand action, then learn to control it; convey the illusions of light, depth,...
Author
Publisher
Lark Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Presents techniques, ideas, and exercises for original doodles made with materials such as paint, markers, and gel pens. Seventeen contributors share inventive prompts to jumpstart and expand your inspiration for drawing abstract designs and doodles.
Author
Publisher
Search Press Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"At last, a book that tells you everything you need to know about needle felting! This is the book authors Roz Dace and Judy Balchin wish they had been given when they started out on their felting journey. A complete course for the absolute beginner, it is packed full of useful tips and techniques to help you on your own felting adventures. Learn how to sculpt miniature teacup worlds, animals and birds, and even your friends and family. There are...
19) Calligraphy
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Description
Describes different lettering techniques and styles and includes instructions for creating double letters, embossed letters, pop-up letters, rubbings, and more.
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