Learn how to express your emotions and warmth on the page with paints, collages, stencils, and other supplies. Step by step projects and ideas for customizing your own "play" with text and photos.
Have fun! while you learn the basics or step to the next level.
Remember the time you tried to sketch a scene and cluttered it up with lines and colors that made no sense?
Remember how you tried to capture a vista and the perspective was so off that you threw it out?
Ah, whether you're starting on urban sketching or beginning to master the basics and intermediate stages, this book will provide clear direction for the next level. Recommended to those who want to see and record - and to those who wonder what makes one sketch come alive and the other fall flat.
If you're a working professional who is mystified by terms you'll learn a lot.
If you're an entrepreneur who needs to get in touch with the financial side of running your business, this is for you.
Get it if any of these categories apply to you! It's not exciting. In fact, for me it's a s boring as its cover. So it's not going to keep you awake at night with delight and color.
But it will explain what is involved in accounting - the basics and nuances of managing money. If you need that help, here you go!
Yikes. Shades of my teen years when the whole world went crazy on drugs, "free love," and other shedding of morality.
"Oh. I hope you find what you want."
"I hope so too."
Those two phrases describe a woman's quest for purpose and meaning after her divorce in the 1970s. In the process of undoing her expectations, she falls into the trap of quick fixes, transitioning through multiple partnerships, and drug experimentation. Working through her emotions, Wendy depends on her nursery business, her relationships, and her friend Cindy.
It's a book that reminds me of the search for self and the desire to make a difference outside of the world of faith. When you have only yourself to depend on, it's a hard path.
Recommended for writers, readers, designers, landscapers, the creators, and the curious. You'll find something new in the explantations and well as the photos.
If you've followed the war in Ukraine and the nation's challenges to sovereignty, this will provide a fascinating backdrop to today's news.
How do world powers play out their aggressions and develop strategies when they are threatened? They manipulate the governments of those less powerful but yet vital on the world stage.
This look behind the scenes of Ukrainian politics will have you shaking your head, sucking in a deep breath, and considering what it means to be caught between the ambitions of powerful men.
Quentin explores what it means to live within the limits and wonderful creativity of nature. She gardens - from seed to harvest - with open curiosity. The process refuels and refills her.
If you're worn out and considering how to recover from burnout or too many decisions, get this book. Enjoy the stories. Feel the joy of being in a garden - whether from your sofa or balcony, or from a new little pot or plot of your own.
All these are more are explored in this book. I recommend it for those trying to "go it alone" - it will pull you into the ramifications and joys of overcoming past and present challenges ... as you live in the social, communal, and extended human family.
Recommended for therapists, those in therapy, and the curious who want to find ways to make the world a better place by how they live in the world.
