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Basic Drawing Techniques by Richard Box
10.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Art Handbooks
Richard Box explores drawing line, tone and colour with numerous step-by-step illustrations and finished drawings. He covers drawing media such as graphite, Pierre Noire, carbon, white, sanguine, sepia and coloured pencils, pastels, conte crayons and charcoal. There is plenty of information on making ma ...Show more
Body Talk: The Body Language Handbook by Anita Naik
18.00 NZD
Category: Self Help/Psychology | Series: Really Useful Handbooks
From body language to flirting, the art of communication, overcoming shyness, bullying, arguments, handling interviews and more, this handbook is full of really useful advice on how to cope in social situations.
Color First, Ink Later (Urban Sketching Handbook) - A Dynamic Approach to Drawing and Painting on Location by Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara
33.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Urban Sketching Handbooks Ser.
Color First, Ink Later (Urban Sketching Handbook) presents a unique method for working with watercolor on the go-painting first, then adding sketch lines in ink-by Mike Daikubara, the author of The Urban Sketching Handbook: Sketch Now, Think Later.
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life by DK
24.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: DK Handbooks Ser.
A comprehensive pocket guide to dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago. Packed with more than 700 full-colour illustrations, this definitive pocket guide paints a vivid portrait of extraordinary dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, and the ecosystems they live ...Show more
Drawing Landscapes by Ronald Swanwick
10.00 NZD
Category: Crafts & Hobbies | Series: Art Handbooks
Ronald Swanwick's aim is to inspire the artist to go out and use a pencil at least as often as a brush. He shares his approach to drawing landscapes - teaching how to observe and soak up the atmosphere of a landscape, and opens the book with sections on composition, perspective and making marks and tone ...Show more
Irises (Wisley Handbooks) by Sidney Linnegar
20.00 NZD
Category: Gardening | Series: Wisley Handbooks
Irises are among the most beautiful flowering plants that can be grown in temperate climates. These stunning plants have a range that encompasses all colours of the rainbow and can provide spectacular focal plants for a mixed border, by water, among shrubs, in a rock garden, or in beds by themselves. Th ...Show more
Painting with Oils by Noel Gregory
10.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Art Handbooks
Over 80 step-by-step photographs take you through all the basics with helpful demonstrations which clearly illustrate how to paint skies, landscapes, flowers and animals. You will learn about the materials you need, how to start, using a limited palette, using photographs as inspiration, and creating p ...Show more
Painting with Watercolours by William Newton
10.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Art Handbooks
William Newton provides an inspirational and practical guide to painting beautiful watercolours and shows how to capture the exciting qualities of this wonderful medium. Using over 60 step-by-step photographs he illustrates all the basic techniques, explaining how to create transparent washes, luminous ...Show more
Rag Rug Creations: An Exploration of Colour and Surface by Lynne Stein
40.00 NZD
Category: Crafts & Hobbies | Series: Textiles Handbooks
Rag rugs have been around for centuries, but never has there been such a wealth of creative possibilities available using traditional rug techniques. Rugs are only the beginning! In Rag Rug Creations, you will discover a huge range of applications for this basic technique, such as wall hangings, bags, c ...Show more
Rocks & Minerals: The Definitive Visual Guide
24.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: DK Handbooks Ser.
A comprehensive, up-to-date field guide to the world's rocks and minerals This detailed and easy-to-use guide contains striking photography of rocks and minerals from around the globe, and is designed to help readers and collectors identify specimens of these compounds, which are formed by geological pr ...Show more
Sea & Sky in Watercolour by Arnold Lowrey
10.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Art Handbooks
The Art Handbooks provide the best in art tuition in a small, handy format, covering all the major aspects of painting and drawing in various media. There is excellent advice on what materials are needed and on basic techniques, followed by step-by-step demonstrations with clear photographs of each stag ...Show more
Sketch Now, Think Later: Jump Right into Sketching with Limited Time, Tools, and Techniques by Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara
25.00 NZD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Urban Sketching Handbooks Ser.
Sketching is more popular than ever, but busy lives leave almost no room for sitting down with a pad and pen, and practising. Many people give up on their potential hobby (and artistic outlet) because they feel they just don't have the time to lay the groundwork. Here's a secret though: you do have time ...Show more