Category: Arts & Crafts
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Still Life Drawing
Still Life Drawing is a creative drawing activity book filled with quick, achievable and fun exercises from graphic artist and designer Alice Oehr. It takes inspiration from the traditions of still life drawing, helping you to create artworks with what you have on hand and encouraging you to slow down and notice the world around…
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Worlds of Wonder
A brand new colouring book from international bestseller Johanna Basford, author of Secret Garden, Lost Ocean and How to Draw Inky Wonderlands. This book isn’t just a colouring book. It is also a magical portal to many wondrous worlds… From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers World of Flowers and Lost Ocean comes a beautiful…
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The Dressmaking Book
The new edition of DK’s dressmaking bible with more than 80 step-by-step techniques, a refreshed design, and updated patterns. Tailor-make your wardrobe with this essential dressmaking guide. Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, The Dressmaking Book…
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Master Watercolour
Taking inspiration from iconic paintings in the Tate collection, discover the techniques of the masters and improve your own painting skills with 30 guided projects. As you work through the exercises, you’ll learn how to work ‘wet into wet’ with Maggi Hambling, master colour temperature with John Singer Sargent and create rhythm and unity in…
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Woodwork Step by Step
Find out how to use more than 100 tools and techniques to create beautiful wooden furniture pieces. Master key carpentry skills, from simple joinery techniques to fine woodworking. Packed with clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs, this introduction for beginners starts with outlining safety and common equipment before leading on to basic woodworking techniques and more…
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Crochet Step by Step
A complete introduction to the art of crochet, providing an essential resource on the yarns and techniques needed to get started, as well as inspiring projects. Your essential crochet reference for stitches, techniques, and yarns.Follow clear step-by-step photographs and instructions for over 100 key techniques and stitches. Experiment with different yarns and colour combinations for…
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Mend it, Wear it, Love it
An accessible, fully illustrated handbook that explains how to mend, customize, and care for your clothes. Learn how to use simple sewing and mending techniques to extend the life of the clothes you love. Have you ever thrown good clothes away simply because you didn’t know how to mend them? Have you got clothes that…
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Drawing Expressive People
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People helps artists develop skills and confidence to overcome the challenges of drawing people on the go, introducing and applying useful tips and techniques. In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People, urban sketcher and workshop instructor Roisin Cure shows how to make your figures more than just anonymous…
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Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media
A follow-up to Ana Victoria Calderon’s Creative Watercolor, Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media combines watercolour with a whole new lineup of materials and depicts a variety of natural and mystical motifs. In Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media, popular watercolour artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon shares her simple step-by-step techniques for painting exciting and…
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Painting the Ancient Land of Australia
From Karinjini in the west to Fraser Island in the east, via the northern Kimberley and far southwest of Tasmania, Painting the Ancient Land of Australia follows painter Philip Hughes, palette in hand, across the length and breadth of the country. Hughes’s work is defined by his breathtaking portrayals of natural landscapes and human interventions,…
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