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America's Test Kitchen
Language
English
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Description
Go to cooking school in your own kitchen with the staff of American's Test Kitchen. They share themed courses that will help you learn skills and recipes, while explaining the fundamental principles involved. As the recipes shift from basic to more involved, you'll gain experience and confidence as you progress. Great cooks never stop learning-- and even if you've never picked up a chef's knife you can learn to create delicious food. -- adapted from...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Language
English
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Description
A workshop-style book, oriented to the wide community of crafters and artists including those interested in paint, surface design, mixed media, and collage, which explores a wide variety of innovative and experimental paint techniques. Chapters cover composition, abstraction, texture, layering, using found objects, encaustic, integrating text, and adding digital imagery
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
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Description
Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw.
In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing systemfifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner.
These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time.
You'll learn how to:
• Restore, focus, map, and intensify
• Free...
In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing systemfifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner.
These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time.
You'll learn how to:
• Restore, focus, map, and intensify
• Free...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Packed with the signature can-do attitude that makes beloved artist Danny Gregory a creativity guru to thousands across the globe, this unique guide serves up a hearty helping of inspiration. For aspiring artists who want to draw and paint but just can't seem to find time in the day, Gregory offers 5- to 10-minute exercises for every skill level that fit into any schedule--whether on a plane, in a meeting, or at the breakfast table--along with practical...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is not only for "painters" but for all types of creative individuals who want to experience and play with watercolor, whether their background is mixed-media, textile art, journaling, or paper craft. Unlike the typical watercolor text books, this unique, beautiful volume is a field book of inspiration, creative ideas, how to's, and projects, all from an artist's perspective. Each creative exercise features a technique, shows step-by-step...
Author
Language
English
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Description
In the tradition of the eminently practical, top-selling guides such as How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself, The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted, and Problem Solving for Oil Painters, this straightforward handbook offers a fresh approach to watercolor mastery that bridges the gap between theory and practice. Through thoughtful discussion, expert instruction, and in-depth step-by-step demonstrations, Leslie Frontz shows readers how to eliminate...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2010
Edition
5th ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The best-selling guide ... now completely updated to include online tutorials! Basic Perspective Drawing introduces students, both those in formal design courses and self-learners, to the basic principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Clear and accessible illustrations show how to construct perspective views one step at a time. The new, streamlined Sixth Edition contains must-have content for students and instructors in art and design, architecture,...
Author
Publisher
Walter Foster
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Share Your Joy embraces shareable and mixed-media art through projects, prompts, and stories that invite you to explore your creativity and have fun with art supplies.
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations (colour)
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the authors' popular online course, Fresh Paint is a collection of lessons, prompts, and exercises that offer a deep dive into the practice of "finding your style" in the process of making 100 small mixed-media paintings"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Structured like a traditional drawing class, this volume covers the concepts all serious beginners need to master basic skills, including form, space, depth, proportion, composition, perspective, and more. California State University art professor Jim Dowdalls demonstrates how to use the different types of drawing tools, including how to hold a pencil, how to use supports, and how to make a variety of marks and strokes. Artists will discover helpful...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Hone your drawing skills and you eye for design by learning to draw in black and white. Working with only positive and negative lines and shapes keeps the focus on the basics: composition, balance, and harmony. And using white and black gel, ink, and paint pens on black, tan, and gray papers allows you to experience drawing in a whole new way! Drawing in Black & White is a clever drawing and design book that contains 36 inspiring exercises, a gallery...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baz breaks down the essentials of cooking through clear and uncomplicated recipes that deliver big flavor with little effort-- and a generous side of education. She encourages improvisation, while giving you all the tools necessary to make food that tastes great every single time. -- adapted from inside front cover
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Go beyond the horizon with 'Perspective Sketching'. This book offers a command of the basic principals of perspective that is essential to creating dynamic, plausible compositions. With a user-friendly approach, this step-by-step guide will help you master the basics like scale drawing, contour line drawing, linear perspective, tone and texture, and more. Freehand skills like intuitive perspective and concept sketching help you to deepen your technique....
Author
Publisher
Rocky Nook
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
An essential guide for all artists with more than 600 images to show readers how to draw realistic characters with examples of movement, faces, and hands. Anatomy charts and rules of proportion will also allow users to accurately represent any human subject. Including instructions for a variety of drawing techniques (graphite pencils, colored pencils, felt tip pens, etc.) and a diverse array of models, this is the ultimate guide to mastering drawing...
19) How to draw, 1
Author
Series
How to draw and paint volume HT01
Publisher
Walter Foster Pub
Pub. Date
Ã2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Walter Foster Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Easy Drawing offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put graphite pencil or colored pencil to paper!
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