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The author explains how tone, colour and composition work in a painting and shows how to use gouache to paint a landscape, wild flowers and a Mediterranean river scene. Experienced painters and beginners to the art will be inspired by his clear advice and beautiful paintings to try gouache for themselves.

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Using this versatile and easy-to-use medium, Michael Sanders shows you how to master water mixable oils - with hints, tips and guidelines on glazing, blending, scumbling, stippling, impasto and more. The paints work just like conventional oils and their consistency, lightfastness, transparency/opacity and performance allow artists to use them for all oil painting techniques.
In this book, Michael includes simple step-by-step demonstrations to build up confidence and to help improve skills. He offers expert guidance on the medium, showing how to create successful, vibrant paintings full of atmosphere and interest. Landscapes, flowers, buildings and more are included, providing an ideal guide and an inspirational introduction to these environmentally friendly paints.

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80% of people have experienced sleep problems. In ten easy to follow chapters this book helps you discover how to improve your sleep. It covers the importance of making sleep a priority, the role of diet, medication and alcohol, relaxation techniques and many other areas. So make your bedtime reading The Good Sleep Guide and begin to improve the quantity and quality of your sleep.

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Walter Sickert (1860-1942), a British painter, is famous for his depictions of the music hall, its artistes, audience and elaborate interiors and also for his views of Venice and Dieppe. Long regarded as simply a follower of the Impressionists, he has now come to be seen to have strong affinities with a wide range of artists from Hogarth to Keene, from 19th-century German illustrators to Rouault and Munch. He embraced formal portraiture and idyllic landscape, controversial domestic scenes (such as "Camden Town Murder"), and portrayals of public figures, the canals of Venice, the old streets of Dieppe and contemporary scenes of England in the 1930s. This publication is to coincide with, and serve as the catalogue of, a retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy from November 1992 to February 1993.

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Christmas toys that won't break on Boxing Day - attractive, durable and fun to use. Mike Smith is an established writer of do-it-yourself books and has appeared in four consecutive television series based on this theme. But his own favourite hobby has always been toy making, and he brings to this book both the enjoyment and experience of an expert. Many classic designs are featured in this book, as well as other more unusual and amusing variations. Readers will be delighted by toy puzzles, railway engines, a set of boules, sailing boats, a combine harvester, a parrot and other inventive toys. Above all, it must be stressed that these toys are not only themselves, sturdy and effective as all good toys should be, but also both exciting to make and to use. Each toy is quite simply and practically described with drawings and photographs alongside the… Read More

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With the scroll saw and a brand new technique it's easy to make decorative woodwork that looks artfully hand-carved! This ingenious piece of equipment has transformed woodworking by simplifying almost every task, and once again it eliminates the need for advanced skills. The new process is called "segmentation," and with an expert's help anyone can master these cutting techniques. When you see the color photographs of beautiful things even beginners can make, you'll want to get started right away. After some basic information on the scroll saw and wood materials, instructions lay out the segmentation process in detail. Try them out on a variety of beautiful projects: three different kinds of colorful fish; graceful birds, including a swan; holiday motifs like Halloween pumpkins and Christmas angels; fantasy creatures, and many more! The author lives in Fish Creek, WI. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.