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Crafts, Hobbies, & Collecting March / April 2020
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Beginner's Guide to Screen Printing : 12 Beautiful Printing Projects With Templates
by Erin Lacy
Learn to make beautiful, creative and practical prints at home with this gorgeous new guide for the absolute beginner. Erin Lacy leads you through every step of the screen printing process, from making a screen using an embroidery hoop, transferring a motif onto a screen and creating repeat patterns and borders. There are twelve projects to try, plus ideas for creating your own designs. Erin also demonstrates how to use coastal and botanical finds to make unique motifs.
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Kraft-tex creations : sew 18 projects with vegan leather - print, stitch, paint & design
by Lindsay Conner
Sewing with kraft-tex―the vegan leather everyone's talking about
Print, paint, stamp, and stitch… it's never been so fun to design as it is with kraft-tex! Discover the incredibly durable paper that looks, feels, and wears like leather, but sews just like fabric. Modern designers share twelve clever kraft-tex projects plus six bonus ideas, from bags and wallets to coasters and embroidered bracelets, proving there's something for everyone. Whether or not you've used kraft-tex before, mixed-media artists and craft sewists will love its creative versatility.
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Japanese wonder crochet : a creative approach to classic stitches
by Gayle Roehm
Introducing crafters outside Japan to the wonderful crotchet techniques and charts that are so popular within the country, a Japanese crotchet book that has been translated into English features 25 personal and home accessory projects. Illustrations.
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Plus size knits : 25 Knitting Patterns for Sweaters & Accessories
by Fox Chapel Publishing
A collection of 25 stylish patterns specifically designed for plus-sized women includes an array of pullovers, cardigans and accessories, in a photographed volume that is complemented by helpful size charts and customizable diagrams. Illustrations.
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The Forest Woodworker : A Step-by-step Guide to Working With Green Wood
by Sjors Van Der Meer
Expert authors Sjors van der Meer and Job Suijker introduce you to the traditional skills of green woodworking. Learn about the qualities of wood; how to cut and shape it; how to craft your own tools such as a shaving horse, wooden club, chopping block and saw horse, and then how to use them to make spoons, spatulas, stools and chairs. As well as teaching you new skills, this inspiring book will show you how working in natural surroundings, with natural materials, can create an overwhelming sense of well-being and enhance your awareness of the environment.
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Drawing Animals
by Lucy Swinburne
Brand-new, updated edition of the bestselling book by popular artist, Lucy Swinburne.
Whether you want to capture a beloved pet cat or a magnificent wolf on paper, this book provides a complete course in how to draw them. All the essential drawing techniques and materials you need are explained clearly and simply by Lucy, and two brand new sections show you how to sketch the key features of a wide variety of animals such as eyes, ears and fur, and how to capture movement. The book includes 8 exercises, so you can put you can put your new knowledge into practice, and then dives straight into 10 step-by-step projects that draw on a diverse range of subjects from various continents, including meerkats, lizards and horses.
This inspiring book is a must-have for any artist seeking to capture the spirit and character of animals in their drawings.
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Pastels for the absolute beginner
by Rebecca de Mendonca
Take your first steps with pastels and learn how to produce modern, lively and colorful artwork with this exciting art medium. This book is a complete course in using pastels. Step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you to build essential skills and allow you to produce a range of subjects, including landscapes, still life and animals. Vital drawing skills are explained and demonstrated, along with a section on color theory and a huge wealth of finished artwork to give you ideas and inspiration for your own future pastel work.
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Watercolour Painting Step-by-Step
by Jackie Barrass
A comprehensive resource for all watercolour enthusiasts, from beginners to experienced artists, this practical manual offers advice on material--from how to shop for them and what quality factors are important to technical issues such as colour and composition--before discussing watercolor techniques, such as composition, perspective, and tone. This collection includes some of the top professional voices in watercolor instruction and describes basic techniques along with advanced touches that add wonderful detailing effects. Each easy-to-follow lesson is accompanied by step-by-step demonstrations showing art students how to paint skies, trees, water, buildings, and flowers. For further study, each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the seven featured artists, each drawing on a rich variety of styles.
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Watercolour Lakes & Rivers : Start to Paint With 3 Colours, 3 Brushes and 9 Easy Projects
by Stephen Coates
With 3 colours, 3 brushes and this practical advice, you can start painting water scenes in watercolour with just 9 projects. Even if you have never picked up a paintbrush before, professional watercolour teacher and artist, Stephen Coates, shows you how to paint convincing water scenes in watercolour using just three brushes, three colours, a plastic palette and a watercolour pad. Only students' range watercolour paints are used, yet from these Stephen shows you how to paint nine realistic watercolour scenes. There is no off-putting color theory or long-winded mixing information, but a practical absolute beginner's course that shows the three colours in action. You need only three affordable brushes: a hake and a no. 8 and no. 2 rounds in a synthetic range, to achieve all of the paintings shown. Build your skills through nine easy exercises, starting from the simplest of scenes, resulting in paintings of rivers and lakes you'll be proud of. There are step-by-step photographs for each project, meaning clear instruction and advice throughout, and handy tips and jargon busters appear alongside the steps for short and simple answers to your watercolour woes. Each of Stephen's finished paintings are shown at full size for easy reference, which you can even use to trace from for a stress-free painting experience - a helpful how-to-trace section at the back of the book shows you how to do this too, with Stephen's friendly instruction.
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Painting Mood & Atmosphere in Watercolour
by Barry Herniman
Learn how to invest your watercolour landscapes with character and ambiance that will lift them out of the everyday into something extraordinary. Barry Herniman shows the reader how to capture the essence of a scene, and to inject that extra something: mood and atmosphere. This 'extra something' is what many watercolor artists seek, and it is clearly explained and beautifully demonstrated in this practical and enthralling guide to painting a variety of landscapes.
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Acrylic painting : step-by-step
by Wendy Jelbert
This is a practical and inspiring guide for all acrylics enthusiasts, from the beginner to the experienced artist. There is helpful general advice on which materials to choose, and then three high profile artists share their expertise, tips and techniques. Wendy Jelbert explains the basics of painting with acrylics and gives advice on useful techniques and the effects they can create. David Hyde writes on painting landscapes with acrylics, from composing landscapes and choosing colours to creating depth and painting different seasons. Carole Massey shares her flower painting expertise with advice on flower colours, drawing flowers, composing flower paintings and using tone. Finally Wendy Jelbert explores further creative techniques for painting with acrylics and shows how these can be applied in paintings. There are ten easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations with clear photographs and helpful instructions, and many inspirational paintings for readers to admire.
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Interior Decor & Organization
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Down to Earth : Laid-Back Interiors for Modern Living
by Lauren Liess
The founder of the popular design blog Pure Style Home presents this follow-up to Habitat in which readers are invited to incorporate the main components of her familiar design aesthetic—nature, easy living and approachability.
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Downsizing the blended home : when two household become one
by Marni Jameson
A home and lifestyle columnist guides couples through the pitfalls of merging two households through tips and tricks about negotiating what stays and what goes, compromising on furniture and paint colors and really understanding what matters to each person.
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