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Watercolor success in four steps / by Bakasova, Marina,author.;
Tools and materials -- Techniques -- Projects: Fruit ; Vegetables ; Food ; Drinks ; Flowers ; Plants ; Natural world ; Insects ; Animals ; Birds ; Sea life ; Objects ; Travel ; Celebrations.The perfect place to learn how to paint with watercolors, this book shows how to easily paint 150 animals and objects, from flamingos and penguins to cakes and donuts. Every four-step project offers a completed sketch and a selection of colors to get started, as well as step-by-step visual instructions with concise captions on how to paint each design.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Watercolor painting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Exploring printmaking : a practical guide to printmaking techniques / by Thompson, Gill(Artist),author.;
Featuring a variety of unique projects to inspire printmakers of all levels, this is a comprehensive introduction to printmaking. This practical guide offers a wide range of skills including monoprinting, block-printing, linoprinting, collagraph, drypoint etching and eco printing. Each printmaking method is explained with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations and is accompanied by simple projects that are a natural progression from the print techniques learned. These activities can be carried out at home without the need for costly or complicated tools and equipment, and include ways of using materials that are easily accessible. Using objects such as bottle tops and kitchen utensils, you'll learn how to create unique designs suitable for printing onto gift tags, fabric and more. The book is suitable for beginners and will also inspire and renew the interest of the more experienced printmaker in these versatile artforms and the multitude of applications that they can be used for.
Subjects: Prints;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Learn Spanish for kids 115 Captivating stories to get your children speaking Spanish effortlessly implementing vocabulary, and perfecting your pronunciation. / by Navarro, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)879086; Navarro, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)879086;
This book teaches children the same things as a grammar book, but through fun stories to listen to. This is because, for a child, there's no better way to learn a language than by listening to stories. Think about it: Stories are engaging, and compelling, keep the children's attention high, and are able to teach important things without the children even noticing it. Conversely, grammar books (those filled with infinite lists of words, verbs, idioms, and so on) tend to make children RUN AWAY. They're so bored... Imagine that stories are the pole of the magnet that attracts children, while grammar books are the opposite one that pushes them away. So, what will children learn by listening to these short, fun, and relaxing stories?Let me break this down for you: ◆Letters of the Alphabet ◆Numbers ◆The Days of the Week ◆Months of the Year ◆Objects in the House ◆Clothing ◆Food ◆Emotions ◆Animals Children won't even notice they're learning all of that! The little ones can listen to the stories during the day while playing, or before going to sleep as bedtime stories (we know that listening to something before falling asleep causes it to be imprinted in our memory). So, whenever children will listen to these stories... Let them become bilingual effortlessly - because once they grow up it becomes much more difficult.
Subjects: Spanish language; Spanish language materials;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The art of paint pouring : swipe, swirl & spin / by VanEver, Amanda,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)798160;
Introduction -- Tools & materials -- Color basics -- Preparing to paint -- Mixing paint -- Creating cells -- Finishing artwork -- Saving leftover paint -- Step-by-step projects -- Inspiration gallery."In The Art of Paint Pouring, you learned the basics of creating fluid art-from the essential tools and materials to the most popular techniques. Now with The Art of Paint Pouring: Swipe, Swirl & Spin, you can build on your existing knowledge of paintpouring by learning many new techniques and variations on your favorites to create your own art. Written and illustrated by Amanda VanEver, author of Walter Foster's much-anticipated The Art of Paint Pouring, The Art of Paint Pouring: Swipe, Swirl & Spin includes everything you need to take your skills to the next level, whether you are a beginning or an established paint pouring artist. From learning variations on several popular techniques-including flip cup, dip, swirling, spinning, and swiping-as well as more intermediate and advanced pouring techniques, you'll soon be creating colorful, textured fluid art on a variety of surfaces. Amanda VanEver's YouTube channel, Amanda's Designs, has a huge following of subscribers who watch her weekly videos featuring simple instructions for creating various types of fluid art, from pieces done on canvases and other traditional surfaces, like wood, to objects such as jewelry, bookmarks, coasters, clocks, and vases. With her expertise, you'll learn about the tools and materials needed for paint pouring, how to mix paint to the right consistency required for pouring, tips for creating complementary color palettes, how to finish a painting so that it lasts, and much more. The Art of Paint Pouring features beginning as well as advanced pouring techniques for a well-rounded, appealing approach to fluid art."--Baker & Taylor.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Painting;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Complete Spanish all-in-one / by Nissenberg, Gilda,editor.(CARDINAL)546700;
Spelling, pronunciation, and punctuation -- Subject pronouns and present tense -- Present tense irregular verbs -- The near future, nouns, and articles -- Gustar, ser, and estar and expressing opinions -- Adjectives, adverbs, and comparisons -- The preterit tense -- The progressive tense -- Questions, answers, and exclamations -- The imperfect tense -- Reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns -- Direct and indirect object pronouns, commands, and double object pronouns -- Demonstrative and possessive adjectives and pronouns -- The future tense -- Prepositions, phrases, and conjunctions -- The conditional tense -- The present perfect and past perfect tenses -- The passive voice -- The present subjunctive -- Indefinite and negative words and expressions -- The imperfect subjunctive -- Relative pronouns -- Numbers -- More writing -- More conversations -- Problem solver."Drawn from five workbooks from the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series, this powerhouse volume features all the knowledge and practice you need to master Spanish. With Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish All-in-One, you will build your Spanish vocabulary, straighten out your sentences, overcome your fear of verb tenses, master the intricacies of grammar, and much more. This value-packed workbook covers all facets of Spanish and offers thorough explanations that are reinforced by hundred of hands-on practice exercises. You will, of course, get plenty of practice, practice, practice using all your new Spanish skills. Whether you are learning on your own of taking a beginning Spanish class, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish All-in-One will help you master Spanish in no time at all"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Programmed instructional materials.; Textbooks.; Spanish language; Spanish language; Spanish language;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The art of forgotten things : creating jewelry from objects with a past / by Doerman, Melanie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and index."Discover a masterpiece that gives new life to found objects in The Art of Forgotten Things. Imagine necklaces and bracelets using one-of-a-kind components that hint at fragments of stories that exist only in the mind, evoking a mysterious past. Author Melanie Doerman will teach you how to take esquisite momentoes from history and make them into meaningful works of wearable art. The Art of Forgotten Things offers a brilliant new take on expressing your story within a jewelry design. Melanie shows how to create delicate beaded frames, clasps, nets, and components with seed beads and combine them with mixed-media elements for jewelry with an evocative look and feel. You'll also find an extensive techniques section that includes instructions for flat and tubular peyote, right-angle weave, bead netting, bead embroidery, and picot edges and fringes; basic jewelry techniques such as wire wrapping; mixed-media techniques such as foiling; and additional embellishment. Detailed step-by-step instructions are provided for each project. You'll learn about various types of beads used in the book's projects, from tiny seed beads to crystals, pressed glass, pearls, and more, as well as other materials, tools, and "treasures" that make each creation unique. In addition, Melanie explores using readily available materials and items that you might already have in your collection, along with directions for locating more unusual or vintage items. The Art of Forgotten Things is truly a one-of-a-kind masterpiece for all imaginative jewelry artists. "--"Explore a treasure trove of vintage objects and learn to re-make them into beautiful, exquisitely detailed jewelry pieces that tell their own story"--
Subjects: Jewelry making.; Beadwork.; Salvage (Waste, etc.);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fairy houses : how to create whimsical homes for fairy folk / by Smith, Sally J.,1954-author.(CARDINAL)385831;
Inspirations : designing with nature -- Blueprint for a faerie house -- Itty bitty nitty gritty : creating magical faerie house components -- Adding twinkle and style : lighting & interiors -- Finishing touches : roofs, bases, and exterior details -- Building a faerie house from the ground, up.Create the ultimate fairy houses, made with natural materials - just the way real fairies build their homes! Have you ever seen a real fairy house? Not the ceramic ones you purchase, but a real fairy house made from natural elements? Well, now you can build your own miniature magical abode - the perfect addition to your garden. Revealed in Fairy Houses for the first time are the step-by-step instructions for constructing exquisite fairy houses, explained by master fairy house architect Sally Smith. From her home on the edge of the Adirondacks, Smith has been creating one-of-a-kind fairy residencies for years. She uses natural artifacts such as butterfly wings for stained-glass windows, twigs for window frames, and birch bark for walls. Smith reveals her building secrets in Fairy Houses. Readers begin their fairy house project by flipping through an inspiration gallery, deciding what kind of house they wish to create and considering where in nature they'll put it. From there, readers learn about building materials (found and natural), on-site fairy house construction, how to light a fairy house, and how to incorporate stonework into the design. All of Smith's secret tips and techniques are then showcased in a series of step-by-step photos, making fairy house creation easy. The ones featured in Fairy Houses were designed especially for this book and are meant for longer-lasting installations. With this book, fairy houses move beyond "cute" and into beautiful nature-woven works of art. When you're through, you'll find yourself in an enchanted land where a Lord of the Rings-esque mood is magically evoked.
Subjects: Nature craft.; Fairies; Miniature objects.; Dollhouses.; Fairies in art.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Keeping a watercolor sketchbook / by Swenson, Brenda.(CARDINAL)480144;
Subjects: Notebooks.; Watercolor painting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A history of religion in 5 1/2 objects : bringing the spiritual to its senses / by Plate, S. Brent,1966-(CARDINAL)660706;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-237) and index.1/2 -- Stones -- Incense -- Drums -- Crosses-- Bread -- Soul."A leading scholar brings religion to its senses by exploring the importance of physical objects and sensory experience in the practice of religion Humans are needy. We need things: objects, keepsakes, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk and treasure. As Brent Plate argues in A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects, exploring the stuff of everyday existence is a fresh window into the way humans have formed religious communities, performed rituals, and connected with the realm of the sacred. Beginning with the human desire to connect (evoked by "1/2"), Plate tells the stories of five types of ordinary objects that people have engaged with in sensory, symbolic, and sacred ways: stones, crosses, incense, drums, and bread. These material objects, each of which strongly engages one of our five senses, have been used in religious ceremonies throughout human history and across the world. A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects shows us that basic, material connections stand at the heart of religious traditions, as humans quest for meaningful, fulfilling lives. As Plate looks at each of these objects, he traces the history of the world's religions and finds remarkable similarities and recurring themes throughout the millenia. We learn why incense is used by Hindus at a celebration of the goddess Durga in Banaras, by Muslims at a wedding ceremony in West Africa, and by Roman Catholics at a mass in upstate New York. And why stones, in the form of cairns, grave markers, and monuments, became connected with places of memory across the world. A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects moves our understanding of religion away from the current obsessions with God, fundamentalism, and science. Religion, Plate shows, has more to do with our bodies than with our beliefs"--
Subjects: Religion and culture.; Senses and sensation; Religion;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Bojagi : the art of Korean textiles / by Lee, Youngmin,(Textile artist)Author(DLC)no2025024132;
Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and index.A creative guide to a unique and beautiful form of Korean art, steeped in ancient tradition. Bojagi are textiles that wrap, cover, carry, or store objects. Some are made from whole pieces of fabric and some are patched together from small scraps of cloth - they are a unique form of Korean textile art. The careful arrangement of shapes and colors shows an abstract composition which has made bojagi popular with textile artists and quilters today. In this book, experienced artist and educator Youngmin Lee gives you comprehensive step-by-step instructions on traditional bojagi techniques and materials, and provides a history of the art form in Korean culture - which dates back to the Joseon dynasty - where it continues to occupy a prominent place in the daily lives of Koreans. Learn hand stitch techniques, seam finishes and decorative motifs on a range of materials from ramie, hemp and cotton to silk and naturally dyed, eco-printed materials. Youngmin introduces a variety of beautifully illustrated projects, with a modern twist - from gift wrap to wall hangings to cushions and clothing - whilst always being true to ancient Korean textile traditions.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals; Pattern books; Patterns (Instructional works); Wrapping cloths; Sewing; Patchwork; Textile crafts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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