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Pumpkins and Party Themes

by Roxanne Rhoads – Skyhorse (August 25, 2020)

Bring your Halloween party theme to life with these quick tips and tricks!

Pumpkins and Party Themes features ten unique party themes with five do-it-yourself pumpkin designs for each theme. The pumpkin projects...

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Watercolor Botanicals

by Nikki Strange – Abrams Noterie (February 04, 2019)

Make your own collection of botanical watercolor paintings with this instruction book. Once upon a time, a vase of beautifully arranged flowers was the perfect subject for a watercolor still life. Today, indoor...

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The Exquisite Book of Paper Flower Transformations

by Livia Cetti – Abrams (April 03, 2017)

In The Exquisite Book of Paper Flower Transformations, artist Livia Cetti ups the ante with a host of grander and more intricate flowers and projects—more blooms, more petals, stronger stems, and bigger, bolder...

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Living Color

by Natalie Goldberg – Stc Craft/A Melanie Falick Book (March 10, 2014)

From fill-in art journals to self-help books on creativity, more than ever the public is striving to bring artistic enlightenment into their everyday lives. In Living Color, one of the country’s most celebrated...

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Drawing and Sketching (Collins Need to Know?)

by Collins – Collins (April 26, 2019)

This practical one-stop guide will show you all the techniques and inspiration you need to start drawing. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy ebook format with colour illustrations and expert advice...

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Fabric Surface Design

by Cheryl Rezendes – Storey Publishing, LLC (June 28, 2013)

Sensational sewing projects demand fabulous fabrics! Fiber artist Cheryl Rezendes shows you how to create an astonishing array of surface designs, simply and safely, using textile paints and printing ink. She...

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Watercolour Workshop

by Ann Blockley – Batsford (July 03, 2018)

An inspirational and practical art manual, packed with step-by-step projects.

Artist Ann Blockley is renowned for her innovative approach to watercolour painting. Her highly anticipated new book provides a series...

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The Essence of Watercolour

by Hazel Soan – Batsford (February 15, 2018)

A paperback reissue Hazel Soan's classic practical art book.

Hazel Soan is a well-known and popular artist and an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher. In The Essence of Watercolour Hazel shows how wonderfully...

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Painting Flowers

by Sian Dudley – Crowood (February 02, 2018)

Painting flowers is a joyful experience - to capture and celebrate the colour, form and beauty of flowers in watercolour is an endlessly exciting pursuit. This book encourages you to experiment and play when...

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Painting Landscapes

by Kevin Scully – Crowood (March 16, 2018)

The landscape is probably the most popular theme for artists, and this book takes you through the fundamental concepts and techniques necessary for painting the natural world. It presents a vast range of practical...

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Painting Clouds and Skies in Oils

by Mo Teeuw – Crowood (December 01, 2017)

Learn to capture the beauty and drama of the sky. A good sky is the essence of successful landscape and seascape paintings, and this practical book covers everything you will need to know to paint a sky that...

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Drawing and Painting the Landscape

by Philip Tyler – Crowood (October 27, 2017)

Capturing the landscape on paper requires the artist to look - to look deep into the distance and deep into the soul. This practical book celebrates the genre of landscape painting - the wonder of discovering...

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Contemporary Landscapes in Mixed Media

by Soraya French – Batsford (June 12, 2017)

A great guide for painters who want to experiment with mixed media and make their landscape paintings more adventurous. Popular artist and teacher, Soraya French, encourages readers to experiment with mixing...

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Learn to Paint People Quickly

by Haze Soan – Batsford (March 16, 2017)

A practical guide to learn painting individual people and crowds, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations. Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan has distilled her art teaching into the things...

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Recreating an Age of Reptiles

by Mark P Witton – Crowood (June 30, 2017)

Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have always fascinated people but they pose vast problems for the artist. How do you go about recreating the anatomy and behaviour of a creature we've never seen? How...

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Painting Portraits of Children

by Simon Davis – Crowood (April 03, 2017)

Painting a portrait of a child is one of the most complex challenges an artist will face. In this detailed and practical book, Simon Davis opens up his studio and explains his approach. As one of the country's...

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Drawing and Painting Cars

by Keith Woodcock – Crowood (April 03, 2017)

This practical and stimulating book introduces and showcases a wide range of motoring art styles. Recognising the importance of drawing and research, it explains the key components of a successful painting,...

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The French Impressionists

by Camille Mauclair – SC Active Business Development SRL (April 15, 2017)

Illustrated with images of 60 Impressionist paintings

This book presents excellent background information and paintings by the most renowned Impressionist painters: Monet, Manet, Morisot, Renoir, Cassatt, Degas,...

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