Bargain Arts & Crafts

This collection of recipes will soothe aches and pains, reduce tiredness, relieve anxiety and more. Among the essences are jasmine, lavender, rose, cedarwood, lemongrass and rosemary.

ISBN: 9780855328887

Bird illustration has been of interest since the Egyptian tomb painters included wildfowl to sustain the dead on their journey into the world beyond. Commentary in this book takes the form of a leisurely stroll through sites along the Nile Valley, Pompeii, medieval Europe and Baroque aviaries, stopping along the way to admire the birds portrayed by the most accomplished artists and ornithologists of their time. Including over 175 representations, all the plates in this work are reproduced in their original colors, and many of them are from specialized galleries and libraries otherwise inaccessible to a wide public.

ISBN: 9781845730703

Published in association with The Artist magazine, this troubleshooting book for the practising artist features a series of projects showing how to rescue paintings that, for a variety of reasons, are not working satisfactorily. What do you do when a painting just isn't working? Rather than discard it, there are a number of ways in which it can be altered, corrected or improved, and this book aims to show you how. Full of practical hints, tips, studies and step-by-step demonstrations, it provides solutions to many of the most common painting problems that amateur artists encounter in their work. The book features the work of several well-known and popular artists who look at particular problems and provide practical guidance on how to rescue unsuccessful paintings, using watercolour, oils, pastels and acrylics. A wide range of subject matter is covered, including landscapes, seascapes, flowers, still life and people, and the different styles of the featured artists make for great variety and interest. The featured artists include: John Lidzey Gerald Green James Horton Ray Balkwill Olwen Tarrant David Curtis Darren Rees Jackie Simmonds Alastair Adams John Mitchell Peter Graham Hugo Grenville Barry Herniman Winston Oh Anuk Naumann

COVER PRICE £16.99

ISBN: 9780007184149

Basil Ede's thirty-six paintings, specially commissioned for this book, show us the birds in typical surroundings, making recognition easy. W.D Campbell's text amplifies the paintings by describing each bird for us, touching on its characteristics and peculiarities, its haunts, song, food and nesting habits. Hardback.154pp.Lovely colour plates.Forward by H.R.H Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

ISBN: 9780753709719

The Book of Touch and Aroma provides insights and step-by-step suggestions to help you reconnect your mind and body through the senses of touch and aroma. Beautifully illustrated and including simple techniques you can do at home, it is sure to inspire you to slow down and ‘stop to smell the roses’.

ISBN: 9780705430326

ISBN: 9781860194832

In a gallery of more than one hundred paintings this book offers some of the finest work of five of Britains foremost marine artists. In addition to their complete pictures, they offer insights into their work with sketches, drawings, caption notes and introductory essays. This exploration of the art of the tall ship is indispensable to those who love fine paintings, to the many followers of naval fiction and to anyone interested in Britains great maritime heritage.

COVER PRICE 20.00

ISBN: 9780753711408

ISBN 1856279197

The works in this volume have been selected and commentary provided by authorities in the world of turned and sculpted wood. Their insights into the vessels, boxes and sculpted forms showcased in this book illuminate the best work in the field.

ISBN: 9781861081865

A guide to designing and making wooden toys which includes 24 projects for woodworkers of all abilities. There are toys ranging from a rocking panda to a teapot house, and none of them will take longer to make than a weekend. The book contains photographs and line drawings as well as easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, to provide the reader with the clearest possible guide to building these toys. The toys featured include a kangaroo with her "Joey", an intricate foldaway clock, a miniature skittle alley, a ball-in-a-cube game and a lorry with a trailer. There are even a series of sand-operated toys including a windmill and a set of diving dolphins. As well as the projects themselves, there are chapters on tools and equipment, materials and safety.

ISBN: 9780946819430

A diverse range of dye methods, from tie-dyeing to spray-dyeing, are used in the 22 projects outlined in this book. Various handcrafted decorative objects are created, varying in complexity from dyed wrapping paper to an embroidered pelmet.

COVER PRICE £7.95

ISBN: 9781842152751

This work combines the popular areas of flower and landscape painting. Flowers can be the focus of a painting or merely one of the elements. Either way, they add drama and colour and can lift an ordinary landscape to a higher level. The book covers all the basic techniques an artist needs to learn, together with how to paint the colour of flowers accurately. It encourages artists to develop their ability to compose a picure successfully, and offers suggestions for expanding personal creativity. Season, climate and mood are all discussed, and their is a section on personal organization - which materials to choose and how to prepare for an outdoor trip.

ISBN: 9780715302675

A visual feast of stunning illustrations and authoritative text. Fruit appears in art, mythology, and nearly every religious belief. The uses of fruit are varied: for food, drink, paint pigment, decoration, and medicine. The cultivation of fruit encouraged the development of plant propagation methods, grafting, hybridization, and selective breeding to produce ever improved varieties. In this book Blackburne-Maze challenges myths such as the story of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was John Chapman.


ISBN: 9781552977804

ISBN 1860199305

This introduction to the woodworking techniques needed in both carpentry and cabinet making includes information on: how to use and maintain tools for cutting, planing, shaping and veneering; wood turning and using machinery; and drawing and wood finishing.

ISBN: 9781861263216

This best-selling title will be relaunched in June 05 with a fresh new cover design. Alwyn Crawshaw has a very loyal following among amateur painters, and this book provides an essential introduction to this exciting subject. Landscapes are a very popular and rewarding subject for painters of all abilities. Here well-known and respected TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw demonstrates all the basic techniques of painting landscapes in watercolour and oils. The book includes many practical exercises and step-by-step demonstration paintings of a variety of different landscapes, featuring mountains, snow, meadows and water. There are also useful sections on sketching, painting skies and trees, and how to add buildings, people and animals to your landscape paintings. Part of the essential Learn to Paint series, this book provides the best introduction to this fascinating subject.

COVER PRICE £9.99

ISBN: 9780007193981

Popular author and artist Richard Taylor provides practical and inspiring advice on painting the great outdoors in watercolour. Superb step-by-step demonstrations and evocative artwork make this a definitive instructional guide to painting a variety of locations and the wildlife to be found in them. The great outdoors is a subject that appeals to a vast number of watercolour painters. In this superbly illustrated book Richard Taylor takes the reader on a journey through some of the less inhabited (although accessible) parts of the world, starting at sea level and working through to higher mountainous regions. He provides aspiring painters with all the techniques needed to get started and his expert tips will help readers to move on confidently from simple scenes to more complicated vistas. Contents include:Seashores Rivers and lakes Forests Above the timberline (snow and ice) MountainsWith sketches, step-by-step sequences, staged demonstrations and Richard's beautiful watercolours to inspire and encourage, this book provides an ideal introduction to this popular subject.

ISBN: 9780007146291

Practical advice on techniques, materials and equipment to help you pick up the basic skills.

COVER PRICE £7.99

ISBN: 9781842150535

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Classic table designs from top craftsmen that will help you furnish every room in your home with elegance and style: from a Shaker sewing table to a display table for objects d'art, this book offers ten excellent reasons to spend quality time at the workbench. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced woodworker, the projects will provide plenty of challenges to increase your skills: a candlestand table; an end table; two coffee tables; a display table; a half-round console table; a hall table; a cherry kitchen table; a trestle table; Ten outstanding furniture projects accessible to woodworkers of any skill level, from a leading international craftsman and award-winning woodworking author. Taunton's new step-by-step Furniture Series is devoted to creating fine furniture for every room in the house - tasteful and refined designs, clear step-by-step instructions, detailed drawings and cut lists plus vivid colour photos.

ISBN: 9781561583423

This guide aims to show complete beginners how to paint a watercolour landscape in just one weekend, allowing them to build skills gradually and produce an attractive, frameable painting in a limited amount of time. The author starts by introducing the materials required for painting watercolour landscapes, then leads readers through a series of initial techniques designed to provide a basic grounding in the skills required for this subject area. This instruction is followed by eight short courses for painting a range of popular landscape subjects. Each course starts with practice exercises to be completed on the saturday; readers are then ready to complete the full watercolour painting on the sunday. Clear instructions accompany step-by-step photographs throughout, and technical information is given in special feature boxes.

ISBN: 9780715314739