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Secrets to Drawing Heads
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Secrets to Drawing Heads Author: Allan Kraayvanger
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5-7-2007
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Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys: Art, History and Business of The American Sock Monkey
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys: Art, History and Business of The American Sock Monkey Author: Bonnie Kraus ConnellyISBN: 978-0-9790323-01: 0-9790323-0-X160 pages of “cool” illustrations are the focus of Bonnie Kraus Connelly’s coffee-table book Everything’s Coming Up Sock Monkeys: Art, History and Business of The American Sock Monkey. Without doubt these images convey why this truly American folk art toy with its never-ending smile is, as the front...
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3-28-2007
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The Drawing Breakthrough Book: A Shortcut to Artistic Excellence
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Drawing Breakthrough Book: A Shortcut to Artistic Excellence Author: John HastingsISBN: 9780974941820Publisher: Draw 3 Lines PublishingI have always been envious of people who are able to draw and paint, particularly that some members of my own family are prolific artists.Unfortunately, none of their creativity has rubbed off on me. No matter how many times I have attempted to draw, my artwork ends up as a disaster! Probably I should be classified as...
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7-31-2007
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100 HATS to Knit and Crochet
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Jean Leinhauser & Rita WeisPublisher: Sterling Publishing Co. IncISBN-10: 140272313X ISBN-13: 978-1402723131
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8-4-2007
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A Glass Act
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Glass Act Authors: Ron Morgan with photography by Keith LewisISBN: 0-9719552-5-5A Glass Act is, as Ron Morgan puts it, “an attempt to make the joy of flower arranging accessible to everyone.” To me, the arrangements shown in this book more than achieves this goal. Thought has gone into every aspect of this book and shows from the compositing of the cover, to the color coded chapters to the lusciously vibrant colors of the photos themselves. Each chapter...
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3-16-2007
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Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & AlbumsAuthor: Shereen LaPlantz ISBN: 0-937274-87-9 There are a couple of things which set "Cover to Cover" apart from other bookmaking titles. One is that the finished products in "Cover to Cover" are intrinsically works of art as opposed to books created for secondary purposes, such as the majority of those found in books like Marie Browning’s...
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12-17-2007
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Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists Author: Kay GreenleesSterling Publishing Co.ISBN:0-7134-8957-xFor the most of us, when you think “sketchbook” one of those bohemian artist types with their hands stained from paint and charcoal, with a matching set somewhere on their clothes, scribbling fiercely in a book, pouring their soul into each line as they record glimmers of ideas for incubation and further use somewhere down the line....
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3-17-2007
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Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture, & Stitch
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture, & Stitch Author: Sandra MeechPublisher: Batsford, an imprint of Anova Books Co. Ltd.; distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling PublishingISBN: 978-0-7134-9006-0 Knowing where you want to go but not having a map to get there is a frustrating predicament. Fortunately, Sandra Meech has provided a detailed map for the new quilt artist stri
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3-15-2007
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Creative Recycling in Embroidery
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Creative Recycling in EmbroideryAuthor: Val HomesPublisher: Sterling Publishing Co.ISBN: 0-7134-8986-3 When I saw the title to this book I found myself intrigued by it and I have to say I was not disappointed when I got it in hand and finally got to look through it. Val Homes’ book is a great how-to/jumping off point for creating your own textile fine art piece. This is another example of the “green” art books that I have found in the recent months. Holmes...
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2-22-2008
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Designing Design
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Designing DesignAuthor: Kenya HaraISBN: 978-3-03778-105 Looking at this book, one would never guess the marvels inside its cover. The jacket is a stark white (which intrigued me), arial black lettering and a whisper that calls for me to open the book up.While I am not an expert in design or merchandising campaigns, I found the concepts easy to digest and the illustrations and photographs exciting. The phrase about a picture worth a thousand words never made...
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10-19-2007
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Los Angeles Graffiti
Authors: Roger Gastman and Sonja Teri Publisher: Mark Batty PublisherISBN: 978-0-9790486-1-6Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon When Roger Gastman was fifteen years old he was first introduced to the Los Angeles graffiti while living in Bethesda, Maryland and often away touring with a band. From that age Roger began to be very interested in this illegal cult. Very soon he was trading pictures and stories with writers who were involved i
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7-31-2007
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Quilt National 2007
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Quilt National 2007
Author: Co-produced by Lark Books & The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts CenterPublisher: Lark Books, a division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., C 2007ISBN-13: 978-1-57990-944-4ISBN-10: 1-57990-944-2Even after 14 other exhibits of “the best of contemporary quilts,” the quilts gathered for Quilt National 2007 and showcased in the print version of the entries, also entitled Quilt National 2007, still represent innovative ideas and...
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6-20-2007
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Quirky Quilting
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Quirky Quilting Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Quirky Quilting Author: Tomme J. FentPublisher: Harper Collins
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3-15-2007
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Step-By-Step Art School: Acrylics
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Step-By-Step Art School: Acrylics Author: Wendy ClousePublished by Hamyln, a division of Octopus Publishing GroupISBN: 0 600 61407 7 “Step-By-Step Art School: Acrylics” is a solid introduction to acrylic painting for the serious – or seriously aspiring – artist. As a beginning collage artist interested in the possibilities of mixed media work, I found the well-illustrate
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4-15-2007
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The Beginner’s Guide Pastels: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Beginner’s Guide Pastels: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials Author: Angela GairISBN: 1 85368 604 2Publishers: New Holland Publishers and distributed by Sterling PublishingThe subtitle to “Beginner’s Guide Pastels” isn’t exaggerating when it utilizes the phrase “complete step-by-step guide.” Angela Gair’s elegant but straightforward prose gives as many details as a beginning pastel artist could wish for, making the beautiful...
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3-24-2007
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The Beginner’s Guide to Acrylics: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Beginner’s Guide to Acrylics: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials Author: Angela GairPublishers: New Holland Publishers and distributed by Sterling PublishingISBN: 1 85368 3191Although painting with quick-drying acrylic paints may at first seem to be a relatively simple process, one glance through Angela Gair’s “Beginner’s Guide to Acrylics” makes the reader realize the myriad of unique possibilities found within this versatile...
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4-18-2007
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The Decorated Journal: Creating Beautifully Expressive Journal Pages
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Gwen DiehnISBN: 1-57990-651-6On the surface, The Decorated Journal appears to be a beautifully photographed how-to book for making creatively expressive personal journals with a wide variety of materials and methods, possibly a companion book to Gwen Dien’s previous work, The Decorated Page.Not only does The Decorated Journal stand on its own – quite independent of its predecessor – but upon closer inspection one can discover much more than...
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8-10-2007
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THE POCKET PAPER ENGINEER, Volume 2
Click Here To Purchase The Pocket Paper Engineer Author: Carol BartonISBN: 978-0-9627752-2-2 The Pocket Paper Engineer is a step-by-step instruction book for building pop-ups comprising 72 pages, hardcover with wire-O binding.
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8-23-2008
Views: 2421
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