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Welcome to the evolution of adult coloring! New York Times
bestselling illustrator Marty Noble has added a new dimension to
the coloring craze: mazes! Cut out some of the stress from your
daily life in this fun and innovative new series as you color and
navigate your way through the hidden twists and turns of these
elaborate labyrinths. Created for the artist and inspired by art
nouveau, Marty Noble's Mindful Mazes: Art Nouveau Animals features
forty-four black-and-white illustrations of sinuous animal scenes
for you to decorate and immerse in color. However, the true fun
lies within: cleverly disguised in each of these beautiful outlines
is a complex, underlying maze for colorists to solve, if they so
choose. These intricate puzzles add another way to easily access
and practice mindfulness, and diminish some of the anxiety in your
life. This book includes an answer key for the mazes as well as
perforated pages printed on one side so colorists can easily remove
and display their masterpieces! So grab your colored pencils and a
copy of Marty Noble's Mindful Mazes: Art Nouveau Animals and find
the end of stress and the beginning of relaxation!
Color cats in scenes around the world!
Oklahoma native and proud member of the Muscogee-Creek Nation, Summer Lee shares her knitting secrets for creating all shapes and sizes of socks with dots, zigzags, stripes, and a near-neon palette of happy colors.
Sock projects are universally loved by knitters, but popular knitting creator Summer Lee has turned this favorite pastime topsy turvy with designs that feature the most electric colors and wow-patterns ever dreamt up. The Sock Project is a book for every crafter: beginners who want to learn, knitters who want to improve their sock skills, and anyone who wants to fill their knitting needles—and sock drawers—with jazzy colors and new designs.
Build your skills month-by-month with 12 levels of sock knitting. First, start with the humble-but-mighty Basic Sock, then try more complicated patterns for lace socks, cabled socks, socks with Estonian Inlay, and socks done in stranded knitting. You’ll be able to sample 18 fresh and zippy patterns, plus new variations on favorite designs! The Sock Project is a joyful Starburst-color explosion for adventurous knitters everywhere.
Wire wrapping is a quick and easy technique that will take your
jewelry making to the next level. A little wire, a few simple
tools, and some brightly colored beads are all you need to start
creating your own intriguing fashion statements. By adding new
wires to basic links, you can alter simple links into complex and
fascinating focal designs. Wire-Wrapped Jewelry for Beginners
teaches 30 expert wire wrapping methods, such as forming bent-wire
links, working a wrapping pattern, wrapping sequential layers,
embellishing decorative loops, adding coil elements, and much more.
This complete beginner's guide to wire wrapped jewelry includes 8
easy step-by-step projects for making stunning necklaces, pendants,
brooches, hair pins, and earrings.
Experience the soothing power of adult coloring with these
intricate animal tangles created by New York Times bestselling
illustrator and master of the abstract Zen style Angela Porter!
Zentangle is a fun and relaxing art form that has emerged in the
last decade. Its free-form style, abstract images, and repetitive
patterns all unite to create elaborate and soothing illustrations.
This method has been said to increase mindfulness and aid in
relaxation while simultaneously expressing creativity an ideal
remedy for stress. Animals and nature are believed to have similar
antistress properties. Combining this idea with the Zen style,
bestselling illustrator Angela Porter takes you on a relaxing
journey through the wilderness in this breathtaking collection that
will help you de-stress and decompress. Featured are forty-nine
beautiful designs for you to color and decorate each weaving
together intricate swirling patterns and other geometric shapes to
form some of your favorite members of the animal kingdom. As an
added bonus, the pages are perforated and printed on one side,
making it simple for you to remove and display your finished
masterpieces. Instead of wasting your time with generic designs,
color on the wild side with Angela Porter's Zen Doodle Animal
Tangles. Whether you love cats, dogs, fish, birds, or even bears,
this coloring book has them all. It's great for animal lovers and
colorists alike!
Contains more than 60 beautiful artworks to colour in.
Become a Pokemon drawing expert in this ultimate step-by-step
guide! Want to become a Pokemon drawing expert? Then look no
further! This ultimate How to Draw includes simple, step-by-step
instructions for creating masterpieces of classic characters from
every Pokemon region - from Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, and
of course, Pikachu! Also featuring new characters for the Galar
Region.
What do you get if you combine amigurumi-the Japanese art of crocheting
small stuffed toys-with Pokémon? Only a second volume of the best
crochet book ever!
Pokémon Crochet Vol 2 provides detailed step-by-step instructions so
you can create 20 different Pokémon. It's a varied selection, with
plenty of interesting colors and shapes to ensure hours of crocheting
fun. The Pokémon will be instantly recognizable to fans of the
phenomenally popular Japanese game and TV series. In all their colorful
and wonderful shapes, these amigurumi are as true to the craft of
crochet as they are to the Pokémon universe.
All Pokémon trainers need to train-themselves and their Pokémon. The
same is true with crochet. To help in your training, the book starts
with a how-to guide to understanding crochet patterns, then explains
and demonstrates the various stitches needed to make the Pokémon. Then
it addresses the special techniques you'll need to master, which tools
and materials you'll need, and then how to put everything together to
make a perfect Pokémon plushie.
The projects are split into three skill levels: Beginners, then Easy,
and finally Intermediate patterns that are a little trickier. But
whichever level you work on, the results are stunning. Pokémon included:
Snom - Munchlax - Clefairy - Chansey - Scorbunny - Glaceon - Growlithe
- Mew - Espeon - Umbreon - Mimikyu - Sylveon - Leafeon - Chimchar -
Turtwig - Piplup - Slowpoke - Mareep - Cubone - Riolu
Author Lee Sartori has been a Pokémon fan since she was a child, and a
crochet and amigurumi aficionado since she can remember. She combines
both passions to perfection in this book that combines instruction with
invention.
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