Readers learn to how to paint the most popular flowers (tulip, daisy, sunflower, poppy, iris, rose, peony, hibiscus, water lily, holly hock and more) through 12 full-length demonstrations - from original drawing to final painting. Techniques for capturing that perfect flower are explained using multiple mini-demonstrations. Readers will also ...
A collection of cross-stitch projects for every season of the year. There are more than 21 designs, with photographs and instructions, for hangings, samplers, pillows and more. The designs include: Spring -Noah's Ark, Pansy Patch Bunny, and Psalm 104:24; Summer - The Tea Party, Victorian Home; Autumn - Bear Tales, Home Sweet Home, and ...
All artists can capture the stunning beauty of the seasons with the author at their side. He teaches readers how to understand light and truly see their subjects in step-by-step lessons that include: Ideas and exercises for mastering the four keys to any successful painting - shape, value, colour and edges; Side-by-side comparisons of the same ...
A guide to painting still-life watercolours that capture the spirit and appearance of each season, using a wide selection of flowers, fruits and vegetables and other attractive items from the home and garden. The author includes seasonal notes on gardening and cooking.
A flower might bloom for only one season, but readers using the tips and techniques in Painting Four Seasons of Fabulous Flowers can enjoy some of their favourite flowers all year long. This book features: Three popular flowers for each season, including spring lilacs, summer roses, autumn asters and winter narcissus; 12 step-by-step projects for ...
A stunning seasonal celebration of soft pine woodcuts * Includes 50 full-colour reproductions of the artist's hand-coloured woodcuts and 50 more in black and white * 112 pages in beautiful oversize format with text describing Mary Azarian's life and work * Shows the full amplitude and genius of Mary Azarian's work Ever since (and well before) ...
In this manual pastelist Elizabeth Mowry demonstrates how to paint pastels that capture the mood, colour and majesty of the four seasons. Beginning with an overview of how to work in this medium, the volume is then arranged in four sections, each offering specific palettes, thoughts and ideas for capturing colour and tonal essences of the seasons ...
For best-selling quilting author and fabric designer, Lynette Jensen, all the comforts of home are found in this lovingly restored two-story Colonial she shares with her husband Neil and two grown children. Through a tour of her home and gardens in this lavishly-illustrated book Lynette shares her secrets for successful classic country decorating ...
The Watercolourist's Year, superbly illustrated with Richard Taylor's attractive paintings, is an inspirational guide to painting different watercolour subjects throughout the year, using appropriate seasonal colour palettes. The book is divided into four sections, each covering a season, and within each section there are several strands which ...
First published in 1997, the book features 50 realistic wildlife designs and a range of projects from simple gift ideas to magnificent large-scale pictures. Many designs combine silk ribbon embroidery and beadwork with cross stitch. Clear and comprehensive instructions on all techniques are accompanied by full-colour charts.
This text marries the work of landscape painter, Joellyn Duesberry, and poet, Pattiann Rogers. They both express their personal responses to nature as it passes through the metamorphoses of the four seasons, sharing a reliance on the evocative use of compression and distillation. Duesberry's monotypes are by turns poetic and edgy, scenic and ...
The lives of medieval people were closely bound with the rhythm of the seasons, for the weather had a direct effect on their labors and their leisure activities. This stunningly beautiful, full-color book emphasizes that dependence with richly illuminated drawings taken from the Book of Hours and other manuscripts. 109 color plates.
One of the country's finest watercolorists of the twentieth century, Charles Burchfield produced a variety of effects unprecedented in scale and technique for the medium. Adhering to the nineteenth-century Romantic tradition of revealing nature's primordial energy through the drama of human emotions, Burchfield made the commonplace extraordinary, ...
Hello, Crafternooners! Maura Madden invites you to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of crafting.... Named after a monthly event that comedian and crafting superstar Maura Madden began hosting in 2002 as a way to get her friends together, meet new people, and have a good time making some cool stuff, "Crafternoon" is both an entertaining how-to guide ...
Something Special contains many stimulating ideas for seasonal art and craft--including Halloween masks and animal masks; Christmas decorations and a Christmas calendar; creative gardening; Easter craft; paper flowers; ideas for the school fair; greeting cards for Valentine's Day, Christmas, and more.
Juxtaposing haiku and prints on the theme of flowers and trees through the four seasons, this book recreates a mediative walk through a garden over the course of a year. Over 120 haiku by poets such as Basho, Issa and Buson are included, as well as reproductions of prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, Ike no Taiga and Hanabusa Itcho. The introduction ...
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