This book gives step by step instruction for looking, seeing, and making marks. You'll be amazed at what you create - with this DIY handbook.
Takes drawing to the next level for beginner and intermediate artists.
I wish I'd had this book instead. What if I could draft and customize clothing to my mood and figure without patterns?
Well I can - and so can you with the help of this book. Have fun with it. Buy wild fabrics, leave your sewing machine out, and open to the one of sixteen projects that gets your mind buzzing.
Recommended for beginner and advancing creators.
It's a feast of background that makes reading more enjoyable. It offers a book group discussion points and suggests how to contribute to causes championed by the author/s.
Worth picking up if you're starting a book club, if your group is stumped or deteriorating into gossip, or if you just want more information about a great book you're reading.
The description of this book begins with: "This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria." Sounds like it's worth your time, doesn't it?
★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review
From ordinary to extraordinary creations, you'll find ideas and directions for selecting, preparing, and arranging flowers and natural materials. This how-to manual shows in clear photos and text the tools and containers you need and how to go about creating bouquets, displays, and compositions.
I highly recommend it whether you're a beginner or have some experience and are running out of ideas. It contains specific instructions and processes that will boost your skills and creativity to the next level.
Mayfield comes to the rescue, demonstrating how to organize and use those offcuts. There are block patterns, quilt layouts, measurements, and more. You even get templates to label your scrap drawers or boxes.
It's short. It's concise and practical. I liked it. And I'll use it. I'm looking forward to making some exciting quilts with my memory fabrics.
Whether you're thinking about gardening, starting out, or dealing with a problem as an experienced gardener, you'll want this to-the-point guide. Bugs, compost, sunshine and water, soil ... plush pictures of lush plants that incite envy. Don't let the understated cover fool you.
What's not to love? For basic and skilled gardeners, here is your short answer manual for all your questions.
Well, you can't know until you spend years perfecting your creativity.
Some ongoing questions that pop up in blogs and discussions are: "Is this a craft project or an art project?" and "How do you know the difference between something made a hobby and something made as a job?" (Usually the latter is identified by remuneration.) "When do I know/do enough to qualify as a 'real' artist?"
Mancoff spotlights various arts by how they're made. If you like art history, this is for you. Same if you're a student of art who wonders how that masterpiece "happened" with basic materials. And ... you'll learn a lot whether you identify as an artist or crafter, especially if you want to broaden your repertoire of techniques and skills.
if you've wanted to dip your pen into new ideas,
if you want to shake up your boring text in journal or artwork ...
c'mon, you'll want a copy of this. So much fun, cool methods, and good illustrations in one volume.
Was this a pandemic casualty? I haven't gotten around to reviewing through I liked this book. I learned some things about how pattern shows up and shows off.
Abrahams has the expertise to explain and explore pattern and its effect on a space and on people. You'll enjoy the illustrations, photos, and text. Get a copy if you're ready for more adventure but hesitant about taking the plunge into color and pattern for your house or office.
★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review.
If you're willing to put in the time, you'll have drawing basics at the end of five weeks! (Check the date is 5 weeks from today?)
Pixel starts with materials and how an artist thinks - "How do you draw a line? swiftly and deliberately. Move you arm from ...." She moves the reader to more and move complex shapes through warmups and assignments and practice sheets. She guides the reader through the foundations of drawing what you see and imagine.
Recommended for the next 5 weeks.
Wow - creative indeed. I enjoyed it. Santos covers the basics if you need help in selecting watercolor supplies, identifying face shapes, and outlining your portrait. However, the color combinations, choosing identifying features, and making a portrait your own are unique and helpful.
The illustrations are clear, the text interesting, and the process is informative. One to add to your library as a beginner or more advanced watercolorist.
When you need an expert, you need look no further than Kew's gardens and greenhouses. Part of a series published by master gardeners directing the flourishing of the Kew Eden, this book will give you confidence to choose, buy, and plant trees in your own spaces.
What I enjoyed was the step-by-step assumption that everyone can learn and appreciate gardens and their components. Kirkham explores the lovely giants that give our yards and businesses structure and backdrops for other plantings. Dive in as deep as you want, or just flip through the pages to the section that applies to you.
Whether you have good intentions for green spaces as an experienced or beginner gardener, (or if you just want a yard to relax in), whether you have a green, brown, or killer "thumb" when it comes to plants, you'll want this book on your shelf. Kirkham starts with shapes or growth and leaves, types of trees and habitats, and moves through the process of nurturing beauty overhead. Recommended.
I learned to sew by watching my mother. Then I learned how to use patterns and fancy stitches in junior high. (The alternative class was woodworking, which didn't appeal to me.)
But I learned some tricks and tips from Benson on what kind of clothing to keep and discard. I skimmed through information on where and how fabric and clothing is made before plunging into ideas for reworking and updating my closet with simple DIYs. From sorting and repairing, from acquiring to maintaining, there's a lesson here for everyone.
You'll find out how to replace a button. How to tackle holes and tears. And you'll be surprised at how easy it is because of the many clear photos. Recommended for the beginning and intermediate sewer - or those teaching classes on sustainable fashion and sewing.
This short DIY art manual gives you clear instructions on using lines to sketch, suggest, and express your intentions. The book ranges from setting up your workshop and supplies to step-by-step photos that are easy to follow.
A practical course in a book - and an easy, doable one at that. Pick it up, whether you're improving your drawing or teaching others the basics. Recommended.
I'm not sure there's a lot of new information here, but for creatives, the photos and clear summary of the trends in art and junk journaling are valuable. For newbies, it's a treasure trove.
The layout is easy to read, the photos are excellent (lots to copy and learn), and the page spreads make it simple to follow along. The tips are excellent and will save you lots of fussing around.
This would be great for a crafters or art-supply shop class text in art journaling. Junk journals would have a blast, too.
I'm thinking of buying it for an artsy book group. It would suit as a manual for a weekly/monthly "friends-night-out-with-art-supplies". We'd each get a copy and finish a chapter at a time, working on the assignments between.
Get your own copy if you like to record senses, feelings, or observations around you by interpreting the world in new ways.
Many of us have begun to learn a language or at least thought, "I should try." Maybe it's because you want to travel. Maybe your nana or your neighbor speaks another language. Maybe you just want to touch the heart of someone from another culture.
Lupis encourages us to start! Then have fun and persist. Don't give up too soon. These practical tips, realistic roadblocks, and anecdotes of language learning and the rewards of knowing other languages besides our mother tongue/s will cheer you on.
★★★ ☐☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review.Included are ways to save or frame your work, trendy projects, and just plain fun on a page or canvas. Here you go - put this one within easy reach of your sketchbook.
