Creativity

Title: Mindfulness Colouring Book, Author: Emma Farrarons, Publication Year: 2015-01-01, Publisher: Pan Macmillan, Language: eng

A gorgeous collection of inspirational home accessories including quilts, cushions and decorative items to make Christmas even more special.

Presents a thorough overview of 100 sheep breeds, including each breed's characteristics and history, a photo of the animal and its locks, the best methods for washing its fleece, and specific techniques for preparing, spinning, and finishing the fleece.

Features 12 whittling projects with over 100 colour photographs. Suitable for all levels, this title includes a 'Getting Started' chapter for beginners. Whether you're a beginner just learning to whittle, or an old hand, this book features more than 100 step by step colour photographs that guide you through whittling, painting, and staining.

This inspiring book contains 4 step-by-step projects, along with vibrant galleries of Moy's work. The focus of the book is flowers - in still life, in the landscape and as botanical portraits - and it includes an in-depth techniques section showing how to create a range of different flower and leaf shapes.

From hemming and seaming, to decorative stitching, get the best from your machine.

The A-Z of Embroidery stitches is designed to encourage you to try new techniques, explore new horizions, and above all, to experiment. Whatever your status as an embroiderer, we hope this book kindles your enthusiasm, and provides you with an enriched knowledge of this timeless art.

Shows you how to whittle 12 whimsical woodland creatures with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-use patterns. In this book, each project features full colour photos from 4 angles, in-progress shots, detailed patterns and paint colour recommendations. It also provides a complete overview of tools, as well as carving and painting tips.

A comprehensive step-by-step guide that will take your craft to a new level.

Confronted with the wide array of fleece and fibre available today, fibre artists want to understand how each type of fibre is used best, based on a sheep's breed characteristics. Presented in a compact, portable format, this book is suitable as a primer for those new to working with fleece and as a handy reference for the avid enthusiast.

With inspirational ideas for handmade gifts, cards and decorations we've got Christmas all sewn up. Includes a variety of crafts, with full instructions for knitting, crochet, sewing and papercraft projects, as well as ideas on how to turn your junk-shop finds into festive wonders.

Aimed at beginner artists interested in cartooning and at the countless fans of cartoons, animation and comics, this title shows readers basic tips for creating a cast of the characters inspired by cartoons.

All you need to get started are some simple supplies, basic techniques, and inspiration. From field to forest, beach or mountain, begin with a structural sketch, apply values and textures, and, before you know it, you'll be drawing everything you see. You'll even learn how to render favorite wildlife such as chipmunks, deer and eagles!

In the latest addition to the Color Mixing Recipes family of books, artist William F. Powell provides instruction on color mixing as it relates to landscape painting in oil and acrylic.

Weaving with high-twist yarns and contrasting materials can create fabrics with lively textures and elastic properties. This title shows how textiles can do precisely shape themselves.

A one-stop resource that is suitable for anyone looking to learn the fine art of furniture upholstery. It teaches all of the techniques through step-by-step illustrated instructions of five projects, including a Louis chair, a slipper chair, a wingback chair, a full-sized sofa, and an ottoman.

A beautiful collection of brand new Tilda projects, featuring seasonal designs. Each chapter is themed on a classic children's story, such as Pinocchio, Bambi, The Nutcracker and The Princess and the Pea. Projects include new doll designs (ballerinas, princesses, soldiers and animals), as well as gifts and decorations.

Credited with inspiring Walt Disney to pursue a career in animation, this book is a wonderful masterclass in drawing a delightful range of subjects. Pictures are broken down into simple shapes and lines, which are then built up, with the aid of clear step-by-step instructions, into beautiful drawings.

Never-before-shared improvisational techniques for creating unique, visually stunning, modern quilts

Complete with 18 genuine patterns from 1941, this book allows you to recreate the authentic homemade styles of the 'Golden Age' of knitting. It includes helpful conversions and advice.

Terry's clear, no-nonsense advice takes the mystery out of painting clouds, clear skies, sunsets, foam bursts, breaking waves, rippled water, reflections, boats, cliffs, rocks, beaches and much more.

Beanies are a must-have for any season. Whether sporty, glamorous, trendy or offbeat there's a style here to suit everyone.

Veteran spinner and spindle aficionado Abby Franquemont teaches spinners old and new how to to create incredible yarn with this amazing, yet simple tool.

Gelli Plate Printing is a captivating book by Joan Bess, published by F&W Publications Inc in 2014. This book belongs to a genre that is a treasure trove for art enthusiasts and hobbyists alike. Joan Bess, with her masterful writing, takes the readers on a journey of creativity and imagination. Gelli Plate Printing is not just a book; it's an experience that opens up a world of endless possibilities in the realm of art. Published by the renowned F&W Publications Inc, this book has been a must-have for many art lovers since 2014. Written in English, it caters to a wide range of readers across the globe. Don't miss out on this masterpiece by Joan Bess.

More than 100,000 weaver have used this unparalleled study guide to learn from scratch or hone their skills. All of the basics are covered: understanding the tools of weaving, making a good warp three ways, reading and designing drafts, and understanding weave structures. We don't know of a better weaving text.

Many artists are intimidated by perspective. However, creating an illusion of depth in your work is actually far easier than colour or design when explained correctly. This book helps readers learn how to create perspective on a flat surface using a variety of mediums. It covers the theory behind perspective and introduces various subjects.

Artists of all ages are invited to add their own hues to Grant Wood's "American Gothic, "Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party, " Winslow Homer's "Snap the Whip, "as well as works by Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh, and masterpieces by 51 other great artists.

The whys and hows of the various aspects of landscape painting: angles and consequent values, perspective, painting of trees, more. 34 black-and-white reproductions of paintings by Carlson. 58 explanatory diagrams.

"In any exhibition of amateur work . . . it is not at all unusual to find many charming water-colour drawings, but . . . it is very rarely that the work in the oil medium is anything but dull, dead, and lacking in all vitality and charm."--Harold SpeedSuch provocative assertions are characteristic of this stimulating and informative guide, written in a highly personal and unique style by a noted painter and teacher. Brimming with pertinent insights into the technical aspects and painting in oils, it is also designed to help students perfect powers of observation and expression.Harold Speed has distilled years of painting and pedagogical experience into an expert instructional program covering painting technique, painting from life, materials (paints, varnishes, oils and mediums, grounds, etc.), a painter's training, and more. Especially instructive is his extensive and perceptive discussion of form, tone, and color, and a fascinating series of detailed "Notes" analyzing the painting styles of Velasquez, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Franz Hals, and Rembrandt.Nearly 70 photographs and drawings illustrate the text, among them prehistoric cave paintings, diagrams of tonal values, stages of portrait painting, and reproductions of masterpieces by Giotto, Vermeer, Ingres, Rembrandt, Titian, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hals, Giorgione, Poussin, Corot, Veronese, and other luminaries. In addition to these pictorial pleasures, the author further leavens the lessons with thought-provoking opinion.Clear, cogent, and down-to-earth, this time-honored handbook will especially interest serious amateurs studying the technical aspects of oil painting, but its rich insight into the mind and methods of the artist will enlighten and intrigue any art lover.

Artistic Anatomy is widely acknowledged to be the greatest book of its kind since the Renaissance. The original French edition, now a rare collector''s item, was published in 1889 and was probably used as a resource by Renoir, Braque, Degas, Bazille, and many others. The English-language edition, first published 35 years ago, brings together the nineteenth century''s greatest teacher of artistic anatomy, Paul Richer, and the twentieth century''s most renowned teacher of anatomy and figure drawing, Robert Beverly Hale, who translated and edited the book for the modern reader. Now Watson-Guptill is proud to reissue this dynamic classic with an anniversary sticker, sure to inspire drawing students well into our century.