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Most artists whose work features the human head and figure don't have the time or opportunity to draw directly from models, so it's essential that they acquire the skills and tools to draw them accurately without using direct reference. This follow-up to the bestselling Figure It Out! includes step-by-step demonstrations and lessons.

Arne & Carlos go out of their way to share their imagination and inspiration, once again providing unique and diverse ideas for handmade designs in their characteristic style that honours traditional Scandinavian knitwear.

Debbie Shore has created 31 beautiful home accessories that are easy to make using half a yard of fabric or less.

Over 100 letter and number charts, perfect for creating personalised gifts and pictures in cross stitch and needlepoint. Combine the letters to create your own unique words and names on aida or canvas. Includes full-colour charts and an ideas gallery offering inspiration for transforming the designs into cushions, gifts, cards and pictures.

Painting in mixed media combines all the excitement and potential of different materials and techniques. Whether you love the vibrancy of pastels, the versatility of acrylics or the dynamism of collage, this book shows you how to combine them to make a unique piece of art.

Plunge into a world of wonderful, intense, hyper colouring by numbers. Complete each image with the easy-to-use number system and reveal an astoundingly vibrant colour palette on every page.

Magic - an unanalyzable charm, a strong fascination so that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

This sketchbook gives you the opportunity to learn how Harper captured his subjects with the fewest possible visual elements. For each of the twenty-eight birds featured herein, weve included a four-page presentation. On the first page, you will find line drawings that show a three-stage process for recreating Harpers image. The line drawings build on each other the first one presents the most basic shapes, the second further develops the form of the bird, and the third com-pletes the image with all the details.

A `font' of information on lettering styles! Mixed-media artists and crafters learn to create their own signature art lettering style combining personal handwriting, drawing and doodling. Discover the joy of text!

A collection of knots for every occasion, from a master.

Helps a carver learn how to create an expressive wood spirit. This book clearly explains the relief carving process from start to finish: every cut, every tool change, and every depth check. It covers the entire craft from preparing the wood to roughing out and detailing the wood spirit to applying a long-lasting finish.

Helps you twist, bend and shape pipe cleaners into 23 different dog breeds. This book shows you how to craft a realistic pipe cleaner likeness of your favourite pooch, using only a few colourful chenille stems and some inexpensive craft supplies. Each project includes step-by-step instructions, bend-by-bend illustrations and stem measurements.

Imagine a Forest will pull you into a whimsical world where you learn to draw scenes of nature, fantasy, and human beings in a distinctive Eastern European folk art style.

Unlike many texts on the subject, this valuable, revised and expanded second edition of the popular instruction manual for novice rawhide workers assumes no prior knowledge or experience. In over 180 drawings and photographs, the reader is shown every step of the process, beginning with a fresh cowhide, continuing through cutting strings and braiding, and ending with finished reatas, bosals, hobbles, or reins. Along the way, the author discusses the readily available tools and implements needed, which the beginner can make by following the included directions. The chapters on braiding provide simple techniques for producing many basic patterns, which may then be modified or enlarged to yield endless variations. Users or collectors of braided rawhide will value the book for its system of specific things to look for when buying materials, how to care for them, and how each item was produced in the past.

Fold and fly realistic paper airplanes with this easy origami kit!Simple Origami Airplanes Mini Kit features model planes with sturdy wings and authentic fuselages. These designs are so perfectly balanced that a gentle throw results in amazing flights, time after time. All the origami projects are designed to be simple enough to be assembled by beginning origami folders. Paper airplanes are a great way for children to learn origami and gain interest and appreciation for this fascinating art form. The flashy folding papers already have plane images printed on them, along with folding guidelines, making the finished origami planes look impressive, too. As a bonus, the accompanying DVD shows precise instructions and tips from the designer. This paper airplane kit contains: Full-colored 32 page booklet Step-by-step instructions and diagrams 6 original paper airplane designs 24 origami folding papers in a variety of colors, with folding lines A DVD with easy-to-follow video tutorials All videos are also streamable or downloadable onlineFun and accessible for both the paper crafts novice and the more seasoned paper folder, this wonderfully giftable origami kit gets you started right away--no scissors or glue required!Origami airplane projects include: The Razor The Octopus The Starbird The Swordfish The FrankenplaneThe OrbitAll media content is alternatively accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.

Discover the esoteric power of the mandala with 30 relaxing and creative art activities, perfect for decorating with markers, gel pens, watercolors, or colored pencils.

These vibrantly detailed art activities feature ready-to-color line drawings of 30 far-flung travel destinations, printed on high quality extra-thick paper.

This practical and supremely useful manual is the first comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Japanese ceramics. The Japanese ceramics tradition is without compare in its technical and stylistic diversity, its expressive content, and the level of appreciation it enjoys, both in Japan and around the world. Inside Japanese Ceramics focuses on tools, materials, and procedures, and how all of these have influenced the way traditional Japanese ceramics look and feel. A true primer, it concentrates on the basics: setting up a workshop, pot-forming techniques, decoration, glazes, and kilns and firing. It introduces the major methods and styles that are taught in most Japanese workshops, including several representative and well-known wares: Bizen, Mino, Karatsu, Hagi, and Kyoto. While presenting the time-tested techniques of the tradition, author Richard L. Wilson also accommodates modern technologies and materials as appropriate. Wilson has gathered a wealth of information on two fronts-as a researcher of Japanese pottery and art history, and as a potter who has studied and worked for years with master Japanese potters. In his introduction, he provides a short history of Japanese ceramics, and in closing he looks beyond traditional methods toward ways in which Western potters can make Japanese methods their own. Richly illustrated with 24 color plates, over 100 black-and-white photographs, and over 70 instructive line-drawings, Inside Japanese Ceramics is indispensable for potters as well as connoisseurs and collectors of Japanese ceramics. Above all, it is an invitation to participate-to study, make, touch, and use the exquisite products of the Japanese ceramic tradition.

From the first to the last page, this book includes a treasure trove of spectacular afghans.

Art journaling is a safe place where free expression is nurtured, but knowing how to effectively use color and composition allows readers to put the "oomph" in their journals that they long for. This book presents these rules in a fun way. Each chapter teaches one basic principle with examples, tips, techniques and step-by-step demonstrations.

In this essential guide, accomplished artist Patti Mollica walks you through the most important aspects of color theory as they relate to oil and acrylic painting. Regardless of your medium, a solid understanding of color and its applications is essential. Petite in size but packed with information, this fresh, contemporary take on the subject of color features step-by-step projects and practical tips and techniques to put color knowledge to effective use. From pigment characteristics and color mixing to color psychology, you'll find all the insight you need to make dynamic, harmonious, and meaningful color choices in your own works of art. You'll find within: discussions and illustrations of the complexities of color and how to use it as a tool for communication; tips for creating vibrant mixes, lively blacks, realistic greens, and flesh tones; and an inspiring collection of fresh and contemporary artwork.Begin with an overview of color in the history of art and the science behind color.Then learn color basics: the color wheel; hue, saturation, and value; color and value; color temperature; color relativity; and color schemes.Everything you need to know about pigments and paints is detailed next.With these essentials covered, move on to integrate color with your compositions and painting style as a means of expression. Harness the power of color in your painting with Color Theory!

In clear and logical terms, Judith Blacklock has turned hands-on lessons into written word. Illustrated with hundreds of beautiful colour images and helpful line drawings, this book will enable you to create glorious floral designs with ease and enjoyment

Learn How to Make Soap at Home with Recipes, Techniques, and Step-by-Step Instructions - Purchase the right equipment and safety gear, Master recipes for bar, facial, and liquid soaps, and Package and sell your creations

"Potential for creating designs in textiles can be seen even in the physical properties of cloth. The simple fact that cloth tightly compressed into wrinkles or folds resists the penetration of dye is an opportunity--an opportunity to let the pliancy of textiles speak in making designs and patterns. People around the world have recognized this opportunity, producing resist designs in textiles by shaping and then securing cloth in various ways before dyeing. Yet in no other country has the creative potential of this basic principle been understood and applied as it has in Japan. Here, in fact, it has been expanded into a whole family of traditional resist techniques, involving first shaping the cloth by plucking, pinching, twisting, stitching, folding, pleating, and wrapping it, and then securing the shapes thus made by binding, looping, knotting, clamping, and the like. This entire family of techniques is called shibori. Designs created with shibori processes all share a softness of outline and spontaneity of effect. Spontaneity is shibori's special magic, made possible by exploiting the beauty of the fortuitous things that happen when dye enters shaped cloth. Usually it is in response to the fact that a craft is being lost that the need for preserving and documenting it arises. The motivation behind this book is no exception, but the authors have gone far beyond simple documentation. Extensive research and experimentation have led to the revival here of shibori techniques that were once well known but have now been largely forgotten in Japan. In addition to more conventional techniques, the work of contemporary fiber artists in Japan and abroad in shibori textile art and wearable art is presented, to suggest the extent of the creative innovation possible. The 104 color and 298 black-and-white plates include a photographic Gallery of Shibori Examples, based on Japan's largest collection of traditional shibori fabrics. Included also are a detailed guide to basic natural dyes used in Japan, the making and care of an indigo vat, and a list of suppliers in North America, as well as a glossary and bibliography. Now available in paperback, this full documentation of one of the world's most inventive and exciting dyeing techniques continues as a classic in the textile field."--Publisher's website.

Truly comprehensive in scope, this Encyclopedia begins with a history of knots and rope making, and proceeds into the how-to of tying and of making useful and decorative articles with rope. More than 3,600 knots are described and illustrated in 348 full-page plates.