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Packed with 52 fun and colorful exercises geared toward 3- to
6-year-olds, this book offers parents and teachers an outstanding
source of creative art activities to inspire and enrich this
wide-eyed and open-hearted age group. Activities are organized by
medium and designed to encourage self-expression. Each Lab also
features the work of a prominent artist for inspiration. Gorgeous
photography shows different results from different people using the
same lesson, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each
artist's personal style. Have fun: drawing with food
coloring-tinted ice cubes. painting using a sponge bottle washer
and tempera paints. printmaking using balloons, lace, and potatoes
to place ink. sculpting with tinfoil, paper mache, and paper tubes.
creating mixed media art with fabric, wallpaper samples, and items
from nature. Targeting one of the most critical developmental
periods for children, Art Lab for Little Kids is the perfect book
for both parents and teachers who are seeking enriching and unique
experiences to offer this age group. This inspirational book stands
out as a unique reference for creating fine art with children
through finding the student's own voice, marks, and style and with
playful lessons that result in significant skill building. The
popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that
share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics,
including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to
create your own circus-all authored by established experts in their
fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear
step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished
samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a
yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are
open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with
different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults,
they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain
firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.
Navigate your way through these satirical scenes of modern city
life-scope out the best route to the bathroom at a first date
restaurant, hunt for the rotten food your roommate left in the
fridge, or track down that cute guy at the farmers market-in this
humorous Where's Waldo-style grown-up seek and find activity book.
A charming mix of humor, creativity, and activity, this adult
seek-and-find book is a collection of playfully illustrated,
large-format scenes, from a weekend farmers market to the inside of
a commuter's bag, along with humorous lists like takeout orders by
Zodiac sign. Satirical, engaging, and lighthearted, Where Did My
Roommate Put My Charger? creatively skewers the less-than-glamorous
aspects of the life of an urban twenty- to thirty-something.
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Learn how to paint birds in watercolour without even trying! Using
a simple ten-step process, learn how to draw a basic outline
starting with simple shapes, then add washes of colour and fine
details to complete your work. Arranged in three chapters based on
skill level, this book features 25 lovely projects, each showing
you how to paint a bird in ten steps. There are paint swatches for
every bird, showing you the colours you need to mix for each step
and the finished painting serves as a reference to guide you. It
couldn't be easier! Also included is a useful techniques section at
the beginning, and clever painting tips from the author throughout
the book. With birds as diverse as an Atlantic puffin, a barn owl,
a hummingbird and a bald eagle, there is plenty to choose from and
practise with, to develop your skills.
*A National Bestseller* The astonishing second compilation of
striking images taken from the Morphia series, with colored-in
examples Kaleidomorphia is a stunning second compilation of Kerby
Rosanes's most remarkable artwork from his beloved mega-bestselling
Morphia series. This collection, just like the first, Colormorphia,
features a full-color sixteen-page section that showcases some of
the most accomplished completed artworks produced by Kerby's fans.
These pages demonstrate the range of approaches colorists can
experiment with when coloring. The artworks displayed in the color
section are included in the black-and-white section of the book,
too, giving the reader the opportunity to duplicate the approach
should they wish. In addition, there are a variety of images to
color featuring the very best from Kerby's Morphia portfolio.
The definitive, comprehensive guide to botanical painting, covering
basic botany, plant groups and a scientific approach to the
subject. Drawing on her experience as a botanical art teacher,
Christina Brodie takes you on a holistic approach to botanical art
and expertly covers botanical terminology, drawing and painting
techniques in a wide range of media, dissection and examination of
plants, fieldwork studies, microscope work and tips on
presentation. Through step-by-step projects and with clearly
explained techniques, learn to draw and paint flowers, fruit,
leaves, stems and roots, trees, fungi, ferns and horsetails,
seaweeds and other algae, mosses and lichens with remarkable
precision and stunning detail.
Wooden puzzles are great projects both for the woodworker who
builds them and for the end user who'll derive hours of pleasure
trying to solve them. They can be built from scraps of wood with
just a few tools that any hobbyist woodworker will have in his or
her shop. The key to successful puzzle-making is in maintaining a
high level of accuracy so that puzzles go together (and come apart)
smoothly and satisfyingly. Menold explains how to build a number of
jigs that will allow you to make wooden puzzles to the same
exacting tolerances that this master puzzle maker achieves with his
collection of classic puzzles.
Perfect for children, parents or anyone else keen to try their hand
at face-painting anything from tigers, aliens and sharks to
unicorns, rainbows and superheroes.
Julia Kay's Portrait Party is an international collaborative
project in which artists all over the world make portraits of each
other and share them online. After years of exchanging portraits,
tips and techniques within the group, in Portrait Revolution these
artists are now sharing their art, their words, and their
inspiration with everyone who is interested in or would like to get
started with portraiture. Here you can find information on using
different media, how to handle difficult portrait issues, and more.
Portrait Revolution showcases 450 portraits by 200 artists, in a
wide variety of media from oil painting to iPad art, watercolour to
ballpoint, linocut to mosaic. There are a range of styles from
realistic to abstract and interpretations by multiple artists of
the same subject.
Following in the successful paw and hoof prints of "The Daily
Zoo: Volume One" comes another exotic menagerie of creative fauna
from Hollywood artist Chris Ayers. "The Daily Zoo Year 2 "offers
more furry and feathered friends along with continuing reflections
on his life as an artist and cancer survivor. And, as with Volume 1
and perhaps more so, regardless of your artistic experience, this
book will leave you inspired to grab the nearest pencil, pen, brush
or crayon and start drawing ... for fun and perhaps as a way to
bring healing!
Colouring books have become very popular over the last year and
this trend doesn't appear to be diminishing, with books still being
published to meet this demand.
It's time to go back to basics If you're interested in art, but
find that it's becoming an increasingly expensive hobby, "The
Organic Artist" is just the book for you It encourages us all to
return to those days when art was made with all-natural materials,
such as charcoal and birch bark. Immersing you in the natural
world, "The Organic Artist" seeks to inspire creativity by
connecting you to your organic roots. In addition to offering a
wide variety of suggestions for using nature as supplies for art,
this book also introduces the concepts of awareness and perception
that are foundational to the creative process. Readers will refine
drawing skills, as well as increase their appreciation for the
visual arts and the natural landscape. Some of the projects and
skills covered include the following: making paper and wild ink,
working with soapstone, clay, wood, and rawhide, printmaking and
stenciling, natural pigments and dyes, camouflage and body
painting, and nature journaling.
The Channel Islands have charmed visitors for centuries, and this
collection of intricate illustrations is a celebration of the
islands' unique appeal. Featuring a range of picturesque vistas
from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark, scenes include sandy
beaches, walking trails along cliffs and beautiful inland valleys,
to scenic towns and defensive castles that have remained relatively
unchanged for centuries. Each stunning scene is full of intriguing
detail sure to fi re the imagination and make you reach for your
colouring pencils. There are absolutely no rules - you can choose
any combination of colours you like to bring these wonderful images
to life. Suitable for children. If you love the Channel Islands,
then you will love colouring them in!
Calling all horror fans! Step into the beautiful, macabre world of
Francois Gautier. Colour your way through the grim and gruesome
world of Dark Art. Featuring elaborately detailed black line
artwork of undead clowns, haunted skulls, bleeding hearts and many
other spine-tingling creations, this sinister and beautiful book is
perfect for all horror fans with a taste for the macabre. Use
colour to bring life (or death) to the intricate and unique pieces
throughout. They'll leave you dying for more....
Colour your way through the year with this stunning, diary edition
of the bestselling The Moomin Colouring Book. Perfect for recording
your thoughts and activities, with inspiring quotes and moments of
Moomin wisdom to guide you through even the bleakest months. The
Moomin Colouring Diary is full of beautiful illustrations of Tove
Jansson's beloved characters to colour in. This is a stylish and
portable diary, featuring artwork from the coveted archive of
Moomin creator, Tove Jansson.
Choosing colours for your home can become an overwhelming and
confusing process-there is just so much on offer. Love Colour will
help you to bring your favourite colours to life by successfully
making all those challenging decisions. Renowned international
colour expert Anna Starmer takes you by the hand and guides you
through this lavishly illustrated rainbow world of colour
combinations, teaching you everything you need to know about hues,
tones, accents and foundation colours along the way. Start by
simply choosing a colour you love, then take your inspiration from
our accessible and practical palettes to create your own colour
combinations. This book also includes removable colour chart
booklet so you can note and match your perfect colours anytime you
are out and about.
Make professional-looking metal jewellery and accessories without
investing in silversmithing tools, equipment and training, with
this essential guide to working with precious metal clay. Metal
clay is a magical material: real metal in clay form that can be
modelled and then fired to turn it into pure metal. It has taken
the crafting world by storm in the past 20 years and its
versatility and accessibility means it is used by professional
jewellery makers and hobbyists alike. Metal clay is available in
many different types - silver, copper, bronze and even steel. It
can be sculpted, modelled, moulded, rolled into sheets, cut into
shapes, woven, braided and carved to produce an endless array of
forms and effects. Equipment needed is minimal and you will
probably have most of the simple tools in your home already. This
book concentrates on silver clay which is the easiest kind to use
because it can be fired without a kiln. After drying the clay, it
is fired using either a small blow torch, a gas hob, or camping gas
and in five minutes or less the clay becomes pure 999 silver that
can be hallmarked. This book will show you how to master all the
basic techniques of working with metal clay while later chapters
cover more advanced techniques. Twenty gorgeous projects are shown
in detail with clear step-by-step photographs. There are pendants,
necklaces, earrings, bracelets, charms, brooches, beads, cufflinks
and rings and many of the projects give alternative ideas for
developing your skills. Embellishment techniques are shown in
detail from setting stones and gilding to enamelling with resin,
adding inlay, engraving, and oxidising for luscious colours.
Whatever your skill level and whatever your craft style you will
find this a rich and inspiring guide with tried-and-tested
techniques explained in detail, as well as the cutting edge of
metal clay creativity and materials. A few projects that need kiln
firing are given at the end of the book to show what can be
achieved if you decide to go further with this fabulous material.
Author Sue Heaser is a prolific crafter who has written over 18
books on the subjects of jewellery making, polymer clay, metal clay
and miniatures. Her expert guidance will give even the beginner the
confidence and the inspiration to start a love affair with metal
clay and all its creative possibilities.
Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, A
Celebration of Dolly Parton: The Activity Book is 2021's follow-up
to A Celebration of David Attenborough: The Activity Book and The
Unofficial Michelle Obama Activity Book. Spanning Dolly's long and
illustrious career, The Activity Book includes: Illustrations and
graphics to colour-in dedicated to Dolly's Greatest Hits Anagrams
of our favourite Dolly songs A solution for when the daily 9 to 5
grind is transported to the working-from-home environment A tour of
Dollywood: try to spot Dolly among the throngs of visitors and maze
your way around to reunite her with her missing guitar
Inspirational word clouds, quizzes, puzzles, games, drawings,
facts, emotional rollercoaster graphs and much, much more Not just
a musician, Dolly has used her vast fame and fortune for good:
setting up The Dollywood Foundation, the My People Fund and,
perhaps most famously, The Imagination Library which provides free
books to children throughout their childhood. Dolly the
Philanthropist sections are interspersed throughout the activities
- providing information on her charitable endeavours, such as her
recent contribution to the funding for research into the Moderna
COVID-19 vaccine. But what do we really know about the woman behind
the chart-toppers, successful enterprises and charitable
foundations? Dolly's Wit & Wisdom punctuates the book, offering
an insight into 'the living legend' - what makes her so likeable,
why she is considered a queer icon, as well as valuable life advice
on love, fashion and femininity to ensure you're as successful as
'Saint Dolly' herself.
Decorating your home for each season doesn't have to be stressful,
overwhelming, or expensive--just ask The Nester! In Welcome Home,
New York Times bestselling author Myquillyn Smith guides you
through a minimalist process of creating and enjoying a seasonally
decorated home with more style and less stuff. No matter what the
world says, embracing the seasons doesn't require endless bins of
factory-made decor or loads of time. In fact, your home can be
festive, stylish, and cozy with minimal effort and a limited
budget. With engaging how-tos and inspiring photos, Welcome Home
will help you create a home that's fresh, meaningful, beautiful,
and (bonus!) always ready for guests. Myquillyn guides you step by
step through purposeful design decisions to cultivate a space where
loved ones gather, meaningful connections are celebrated, and
lasting memories are made. Myquillyn's realistic and down-to-earth
design tips will teach you how to: Seasonalize your living spaces
with simple, actionable steps Pay attention to the rhythm of your
life in order to cultivate spaces that work for you and your family
Incorporate the beauty of the natural world by paying attention to
the five senses Feel confident in volunteering your house for
gatherings, parties, and impromptu get-togethers Know what to focus
on and what not to worry about as a relaxed and confident hostess
Truly enjoy your home Welcome Home will help you rise above the
trends, discover your unique style, and usher in each season with
more style and even less stuff.
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