Crafts Hobbies category: 13248 books
Get Started Painting: Explore Acrylic, Oil, Pastel, and Watercolor
Explore Acrylic, Oil, Pastel, and Watercolor
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Learn how to paint in four different media! Taking the first steps to learn how to paint can be a challenge, especially when beginning artists are unsure which medium best suits them. With this book, aspiring artists will discover the qualities and benefits of four painting media-acrylic, oil, pastel,...
by Nick Morley
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Linocut is used to stunning effect by artists, illustrators and designers because of its strong graphic qualities, accessibility and versatility. Whether you are printing by hand on your kitchen table or on a press in a print studio, this book gets you started and goes on to explore the myriad creative...
Brush Lettering
a calligraphy workbook
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Learn brush lettering with this easy to use workbook. Stroke by stroke exemplars of each letter. Students are encouraged to letter over the gray brush lettering in the workbook. This workbook was created by Laura Di Piazza, a professional calligrapher since 1999 and a calligraphy teacher at Society of Scribes and Dartmouth College.
La elegancia masculina
Los secretos del guardarropa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Una guía de referencia sobre elegancia masculina
¿Qué diferencia hay entre un frac y un chaqué?
¿Cuándo y dónde se perdió el hábito de llevar sombrero a diario?
¿Cómo consiguieron las zapatillas saltar de las canchas deportivas a los despachos?
Para responder a estas y otras...
by Chanell J. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
"With this ebook, you will learn a skill that can become a great source of income. ""With time, determination and patience you will be braiding hair for yourself, your friends and new clients in no time.
by Stephanie A. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Create an entire earring wardrobe—no stylist required
Stephanie Wells’s unique, trendsetting Double Happiness earrings have been regularly spotted on Oprah, Alicia Keys, Rachael Ray, and Beyoncé. Here, the award-winning designer shows you how to make 40 of her signature earring styles—without...
Cartoon Cool
How to Draw the New Retro Characters of Today's Cartoons
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
Love that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling...
by Bunny Williams, Schafer Gil, Christian Brechneff
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Author and renowned designer Bunny Williams has been at the top of the interior design world for more than 40 years. Her new book invites readers to explore La Colina, Williams’s lovely Caribbean retreat tucked into lush, tropical gardens by the sea. The book explores every facet of the property—from...
by Hutton Wilkinson, Tim Street-Porter
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Designer Tony Duquette’s legendary Dawnridge, located in Beverly Hills, is one of the most creatively designed private homes in America. Built in 1949 by Duquette and his wife, Elizabeth, the original structure was a modest 30 x 30 foot box. Hutton Wilkinson purchased the home following Duquette’s...
Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands
Dreaming Patterns, Weaving Memories
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
A richly illustrated look at Andean weaving, which embodies the living history and culture of the Peruvian highlands, this guide extensively catalogs many of the intricate patterns found in traditional Peruvian textiles. Exploring the personal histories of the Quechua people who sustain this...
by Victor Perard
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, acclaimed artist and illustrator Victor Perard emigrated to the United States in the 1930s and taught at New York City's Cooper Union for twenty years. His popular series of art instructional books covers the essentials on drawing — and his illuminating...
The Complete Guide to Drawing & Illustration
A Practical and Inspirational Course for Artists of All Abilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
If you have always wanted to excel at drawing, then The Complete Guide to Drawing & Illustration is for you. All you need is a pencil, a bit of blank paper and the expert guidance you will find within these pages. This book is designed to systematically teach you the essentials of drawing and...
Colored Pencil Painting Portraits
Master a Revolutionary Method for Rendering Depth and Imitating Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Colored pencil painter Alyona Nickelsen reveals how to use the medium to push the limits of realistic portraiture.
Colored Pencil Painting Portraits provides straightforward solutions to the problems that artists face in creating lifelike images, and will prime readers on the intricacies of...
Murano
The history of Venetian glass-blowing
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
When you think of the Venetian Island of Murano, glass immediately springs to mind. The history of glass has been interwoven with this island since 1290, when the Most Serene Republic of Venice ordered the transfer of all glass production to Murano to ensure that the whole of Venice would not go up...