This relaxing colouring book will take you to a captivating world of blooming flowers and beautiful people, ready for easy or advanced colouring depending on your mood.Full-colour examples of finished pieces will get you inspired to pick up your colouring tools. Each design is printed on one side only of archival- grade, acid-free, 200-year paper.Perfect for colouring with markers, coloured pencils, felt tip pens, watercolours, or gel pens, each perforated page detaches easily for gifting or display.

Create your own beautiful floral jewellery with small beads, needle and thread. Each major project has fully illustrated step-by-step instructions with lots of diagrams to guide you through the making process, and is followed by further instructions to create even more pieces inspired by, and related to, the major project. There are beautiful projects for beginners like the Eloise necklace and bracelet, and the Carmen necklace and bracelet, through to more advanced projects like the cascading delight of the Sinensis necklace and the structured beauty of the Kyoto necklace and Akiko brooch. To complete the collection there is even a very cute Bee Hive beaded box with a hinged lid. 'The instructions are clear and comprehensive and are supported by excellent illustrations and lovely photographs.' Liz Thornton, Bead Society of Great Britain Journal, Autumn/Winter 2016 'Country charm: The artist presents a wealth of meadow and garden-inspired floral jewelry designs - flowers, leaves, butterflies, a honeycomb, a beehive...even beaded bees decorate some of her pieces. Perlen Poesie Magazine - The European Source for Bead Art and Jewelry Design

The ultimate guide to understanding and creating dry glazes. This book covers everything you need to know to understand and create dry glazes. Dry glazes are used by many potters - Lucie Rie and Hans Coper are well-known examples - and often by ceramicists creating sculpture, where a shiny glaze is not appropriate. Learn all about slips and engobes, oxides and stains, matt glazes and low alumina surfaces, textured and pitted glazes as well as what makes up dry glazes and how to create them. The book is beautifully illustrated with famous artists' work, as well as many test tiles of examples of dry glazes with their corresponding recipes, making it a valuable resource for ceramicists working in this area or anyone curious to explore the medium.

The tins, bottles, boxes, and cartons employed by the Jewel Tea Company in their door-to-door home delivery service are illustrated and discussed in this informative volume. Jewel advertising art, stock cards, and historical photographs round out the volume, providing a detailed picture of the many Jewel grocery products so much in the collectors' market today. Over 750 photographs (in both color and black and white) and illustrations accompany the text. Jewel grocery products examined in detail include coffee, tea, and cocoa lines, spices, breakfast items, home maintenance merchandise, snacks, candies, Victory stock, and Season's Greetings materials. The book finishes with a detailed look at how best to preserve your grocery packaging and the products that "live inside them."

A 'mathemagical' colouring book, with 60 patterns to colour and 10 more that YOU create! For those who ponder the most intriguing questions in maths, the realm of numbers is not only visual but also beautiful. What does a sphere look like in four dimensions? How can a knight on a chessboard visit every square? And can a five-sided tile cover an infinite floor? Visions of Numberland unlocks the world's greatest mathematical mysteries, with 60 patterns to colour in and 10 more that you can create from scratch. The friendly explanations next to each pattern unlock the secrets of an intellectual quest that has been underway for three thousand years - but no maths knowledge is required. Anyone can be an artist in Numberland!

Take a break from the daily grind, and get inspired while coloring these dynamic designs! Coloring is one of the simplest arts, but it's not just for children. Adults need to explore their imaginations, too! What better way is there to jump-start your creativity than with a quick coloring session? Part of the Peaceful Adult Coloring Book Series, the pages of this book are filled with vibrant patterns, enchanted creatures, and mystical mandalas to challenge your boredom and inspire your inner artist. The sweeping curves and intricate decorations of these bold designs will propel your imagination to new heights. Navigate the twists and turns of abstract arrangements; marvel at the intricacies of flowering vines and the animal kingdom. You'll explore wild color combinations and test the limits of your senses. Throw tradition out the window, and prepare to be innovative! The possibilities are endless as you apply your imagination to these brilliant pages. In this book, you'll find: An introduction on the cognitive benefits of coloring Thirty-seven black-and-white designs for you to color Palette grids to help you envision your color combinations Perforated pages so your finished artwork can be removed and displayed The designs of this coloring book have been specially selected for their compelling style and vivacious forms. Whether you're getting comfy at home or reinvigorating your lunch break, they are guaranteed to provide hours of artistic inspiration. Gather your colored pencils, or whatever medium you prefer, and set your mind free.

The lovely Florence figures, made in Pasadena, California, by Florence Ward and the Florence Ceramics Company from 1939 into the 1960s are featured in this first book on the subject. With over 400 color photographs, readers are introduced to the lovely ladies in elegant, lace-trimmed gowns, perfectly behaved children standing or sitting quietly as angels, and gentlemen dressed like dandies in their short pants and fancy coats. This history of the Florence collection includes complete details about the early factory and the step-by-step process used in the creation of figurines as related by Florence's son, Clifford Ward, Jr. Some of largest Florence collections in the country are represented along with a price guide of yesteryear, Florence artware, Florence pairs, and children figurines.

Get nose to bloom with one of the most beloved subjects of painters for generations of artists with Expressive Flower Painting and master pedals, stems, colors, and more. It's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! Expressive Flower Painting's exercises have a loose, free, contemporary style the likes of which you'd see in galleries, in shops, and even on clothing and home design goods. It's not intimidating, and yet the paintings are colorful, immediate, and joyful and speak to the artist's desire to play, be loose, and to create freely. Lynn Whipple paints wildly and in small to large formats with a combination of acrylic paint, charcoal, and colorful soft pastel. Expressive Flower Painting presents a range of creative painting exercises that help readers develop vibrant nature paintings. This exciting book is an in-depth expansion of Lynn's class called Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting, with additional content. Expressive Flower Painting covers mark making, layering techniques, how to do "spin drawings," color methods, painted backgrounds, working from life, and how to successfully combine a wide variety of media for the maximum effect.

Known as pyrography, which literally means "writing with fire," woodburning is a rewarding art that is practically infinite in its applications. This book shows you everything you need to get started in this fun and expressive craft. Award-winning artist and pyrographer Simon Easton takes you from basic woodburning concepts to tips and techniques that encourage your creativity and help you develop your own individual style. His expert lessons teach you all of the essential techniques, from making simple marks to texturing, lettering, shading and finishing. Learn to Burn offers fifteen step-by-step projects for making decorative gifts - from spoons and spatulas to bangles, bowls and bookmarks - illustrated with clear how-to photographs. Fifty bonus patterns will allow you to unleash your creativity on hundreds of additional woodburning projects.

From the creator of the best-selling Tattoo Colouring Book, The Tarot Colouring Book features images from Oliver Munden's equally successful Tattoo Tarot specially re-designed for colouring. From the golden lion symbolising Strength to the fertile green of The World, tarot imagery is bursting with significance, and colouring fans will delight in the intricate details. Follow in the steps of the fool as he undertakes his tarot journey from innocence and ignorance to completion and perfection, as you colour your way through this personal growth journey in book form.

Ancient Worlds, Modern Beads brings the themes of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt completely up to date for the modern beadweaver, combining the styles of genuine artefacts and the essence of ancient art with tiny seed beads. Ten designs from each region showcase the colours, patterns, and styles easily recognised in the precious artefacts displayed in the world's museums. Each project is directly inspired by these classical cultures-from mythology and daily life, to the materials used by ancient artisans. As one of the most popular mediums of the arts and crafts movement, beadweaving has a broad appeal with crafters and designers. Mortira Natasha vanPelt provides both new and experienced beaders with a gorgeous palette of techniques for stunning jewellery. Each chapter includes: Introduction to the themes and styles of the region-along with examples of modern interpretations of the style Ten projects ranging in skill level from easy to advanced, with step-by-step instructions

Of dit ou, tweedehandse meubelstukke is wat vernuwe moet word, of 'n moderne stuk wat smag na 'n sagte, verouderde gevoel, hierdie boek wys jou hoe om 'n ou klavier, staalrakke, sementvloere, tafels en stoele, 'n vaal ingeboude kas, baksteenmuur, trappe en selfs 'n hele badkamer met 'n oorspronklike benadering tot verftegnieke in kunswerke te omskep. Die skrywer skop af met basiese inligting oor hoe om kleur en die effek daarvan op jou en die omge wing waarin jy leef te verstaan, gevolg deur 'n beskrywing van die gereedskap en produkte wat jy vir die verskillende tegnieke en projekte nodig het. Duidelike stap-vir-stap foto's en aanwysings toon hoe om die verskillende tegnieke soos kleurwas, laagwerk, verwering, ombre, vergulding, stensilwerk, sleeptegniek, houtgrein en nog vele meer op enige oppervlak in jou huis toe te pas. Meer as 40 inspirerende projekte gaan gepaard met pragtige foto's van die eindresultaat, maklike aanwysings en wenke om te verseker dat jy ook unieke en ongewone stukke kan skep. Hierdie boek bied die perfekte inspirasie om 'n verf kwas op te tel en nuwe lewe aan jou tuiste te gee. So waarvoor wag jy? Gaan verf!

Pocket Art features 100 artistic prompts to unleash your creativity. In Pocket Art, Lorna Scobie, the bestselling author and illustrator of the 365 Days series, encourages you to be confident with your art, embrace mistakes and to have fun along the way. It is full of activities to help kickstart your creativity, and the activities have been divided into three categories - art for relaxing, art for looking and art for inspiration - so you can feel inspired no matter what mood you're in. Full of tips to help spark creative ideas, as well as inspiration and support, Pocket Art is the perfect pocket-sized art book to take with you wherever you go.