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9781844484973
Alpine Scene in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Arnold Lowrey
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title includes: one project; one tracing; and, step-by-step instructions. The project is taken from "Ready to Paint Watercolour Hills & Mountains", 9781844483334.
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9781869693213
A Well Written Body (poems and paintings)
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Poems by Karlo Mila (paintings by Delicia Sampero)
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A clever, modern and sensitive collection of poetry - a collaborative venture between artist (Delicia Sampero) and poet (Karlo Mila). After reading the first draft of the poems, Delicia envisaged a ten metre painting - a continuous allegory of hte black butterfly. As Delicia's paintings emerged, Karlo wrote new pieces inspired by the images. The book explores issues of desire and longing, identity and belonging, all with Karlo's refreshing honesty and wit.
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9781844484959
Bluebell Wood in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
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Author:
Geoff Kersey
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title features one project, one tracing, and step-by-step instructions. The project is taken from "Ready to Paint Watercolour Trees & Woodlands" (9781844483303).
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9781844484577
Celtic Alphabets
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author:
Judy Balchin
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This beautiful book contains eleven alphabets in Celtic styles. These marvellously versatile letters can be used to decorate your craft projects. In addition to the alphabets themselves, popular author Judy Balchin has included numerals, borders and motifs as well as modern and traditional Celtic styles. All of the alphabets are presented both in colour and black-and-white for ease of use. This title includes lots of examples of completed craft projects using the alphabets.
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9780713668162
Drawing Birds
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NZ$ 67.60 each
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Author:
John Busby
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This is a fully revised and updated new version of a popular RSPB handbook to the art and joy of drawing birds. John Busby beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of principles and techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics, including choice of media, sketching from life, composition and different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a beautiful and inspiring book which will appeal to aspiring artists and anyone who has ever been entranced by the beauty of birds.
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9781844485017
Foxgloves in Acrylics
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NZ$ 10.00 each
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Author:
Wendy Jelbert
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title features: one project; one tracing; step-by-step instructions; and, a project taken from "Ready to Paint: Flowers in Acrylics" (9781844484256).
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9781841933177
Fundamentals of Drawing
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author:
Barrington Barber
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9780143009931
Fun With Flax: 50 Projects for Beginners
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author:
Mick Prendergast
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These 50 interesting and entertaining projects are designed to teach beginners the basic skills of the Maori craft of plaiting. Fun with Flax shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish and even a caterpillar. Each project is described one step at a time with easy-to-follow line drawings and instructions. All are fun and will delight children and adults with their ingenuity, their beauty and the amusement they provide. This book is ideal for kohanga reo, playcentres, kindergartens, Maori crafts groups and New Zealand homes. It aims not only to teach the skills of plaiting to young New Zealanders but also to nurture a new generation of flaxworkers.
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9780143009450
How to Make a Piupiu
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author:
Leilani Rickard
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An illustrated book with step-by-step instructions on how to make your own piupiu, the traditional Maori flax skirt. Experienced Totorua weaver Leilani Rickard covers everything you need to know - from customary uses of harakeke or flax, to the simple tools you will need to finish the garment. The colour photographs record every phase of the craft process and include a gallery of finished garments in both traditional and contemporary styles.
First published June 2008.
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9780007248940
Light and Shade in Watercolour
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Hazel Soan
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This is a new title in Collins' best-selling Learn to Paint series, by popular artist Hazel Soan, focusing on one of the most important aspects of painting -- how to portray light, atmosphere and mood in watercolour paintings. All painters want to know how to portray light successfully to create atmospheric and dramatic effects, and this book will look at a number of ways in which this can be achieved -- using specific watercolour techniques, creating highlights, using colour to determine mood and atmosphere, exploring the relationship between light and tone. Hazel Soan is one of the most popular of all teachers and in this book she provides invaluable guidelines for beginners to enable them to paint watercolours that are vibrant and full of life and light. With clear instructions, plenty of helpful llustrations and several step-by-step demonstration paintings, the book covers everything the beginner needs to know to paint successful ...
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9780823029921
Making Color Sing
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NZ$ 48.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Jeanne Dobie
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Through clear, illuminating excercises, this best-selling book stimulates new ways to think about color, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allow artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readers are shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; how the push and pull of warm and cool colors can create a feeling of space; how to disguise one color in a scene to accent another; and many more tidbits of colorful advice.
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9781844778799
Mastering the Art of Drawing - OUT OF PRINT
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Author:
Ian Sidaway
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9781844481668
Painting Fairies in Watercolour
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Paul Bryn Davies
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In this book, Paul Bryn Davies shows how to use simple watercolour techniques to create wonderful fairy paintings. Beginning with basic watercolour techniques, he goes on to show how to draw the human form, and then how to distort it slightly to create a fantasy figure. Next, fantasy backgrounds are added to complete the picture. There are two stunning projects shown through step by step photographs and clear instructions. Lovers of fantasy art will be completely inspired by this beautiful and informative book.
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9781844480401
Painting landscapes in oils
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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9781844485024
Rustic Bridge in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Terry Harrison
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. It includes: :one project; one tracing; step-by-step instructions; and, project taken from "Ready to Paint Watercolour Landscapes" 9781844482658.
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9781844484980
St Ives, Cornwall in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Charles Evans
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title features: one project; one tracing; step-by-step instructions; and, a project taken from "Ready to Paint: Watercolour Boats & Harbours" (9781844483327).
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9783836514194
Surrealism (Big Art Genre)
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Catherin Klingsohr-Leroy
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This title features dreamlike, fantastic imagery. With Salvador Dali as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the wild and turbulent sea of the Roaring Twenties, its sails full of winds blown by Sigmund Freud and Andre Breton. With their mysterious, dreamlike, fantastic imagery, the Surrealists made sensational waves in the art world. The influence of artists such as Dali, Bunuel, Ernst, and Magritte on 20th century film, theatre, literature, art theory - even advertising - is inestimable.
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9780143011033
Te Mahi Kete : Maori flaxwork for beginners
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Mick Pendergrast
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Anyone can learn to make a plaited kete, one of the oldest and most popular of Maori art forms, from the leaves of New Zealand flax (phormium tenax). Te Mahi Kete gives detailed, step-by-step instructions, illustrated with numerous line drawings and black-and-white photographs, for preparing the flax and plaiting two simple types of kete. It also shows variations in technique for starting and finishing, making the handles and incorporating a decorative pattern.
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9781905158829
The Art Doodle Book: Create Your Own Masterpieces in the Style of the Great Artists
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NZ$ 23.00 each
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Author:
Anon
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This book will spark your artistic imagination! It contains inspirational starting points from thirty of the world's most famous artists. Complete each art doodle, adding your own twist. Discover world artists - compare and mimic their styles. No drawing skills are required. It is suitable for all ages. Create your own masterpieces in the styles of the great artists. Each doodle is accompanied by a mini-biography of the artist. Artists featured include: Toulouse-Lautrec; Kandinsky; Klimt; Klee; Van Gogh; Miro; Schiele; Modigliani; Leger; Hokusai; Haring; Marc; Degas; Caulfield; Bosch; Chagall; Morris; Hiroshige; Gris; and, Da Vinci.
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9781848375369
The Complete Book of Drawing : Essential Skill for every Artist
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author:
Barrington Barber
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From object drawing and still-life composition, the natural worls and portraiture, to looking at form and shape and assessing styles and techniques, this book is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop.
As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of both teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you as an individual to find your own style and way of doing things. Uniquely among practical art books, this is what this book provides, by revealing new possibilities and enabling you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.
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9780572028657
The Fundamentals of Portraits
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Barrington Barber
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9781844485000
The Grand Canal in Acrylics
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NZ$ 10.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Wendy Jelbert
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title features: one project; one tracing; step-by-step instructions; and, a project taken from "Ready to Paint: Venice in Acrylics" (9781844484133).
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9781844485031
The London Eye in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
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Author:
Geoff Kersey
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title includes: one project; one tracing; and, step-by-step instructions. The project is taken from "Ready to Paint London in Watercolour", 9781844484195.
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9781844762781
The Practical Picture-framing Handbook
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author:
Rian Kanduth
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This is the essential practical guide to making and decorating over 100 frames, shown in over 600 colour photographs. It is bursting with ideas for beginners, as well as challenging techniques for those with some frame-making experience. It contains projects of every style and type, from classic wooden frames made with traditional joinery techniques, to fun and colourful customized contemporary ideas made in all kinds of media, with no craft skills required. Learn how to make a tenon and mortise joint, a hexagonal frame, or a box frame for a collection of objects. This beautiful, practical book is for everyone interested in learning about picture framing and acquiring the skills necessary to make their own frames. Beginning with the materials and equipment required for frame-making, the introductory chapter shows you how a frame is assembled, and guides you through the process. Once you have mastered the basic wood frame, there are ...
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9781844484997
Wisteria Doorway in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
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Author:
Wendy Jelbert
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title features: one project; one tracing; step-by-step instructions; and, a project taken from "Ready to Paint: Watercolour Doors & Windows" (9781844483341).
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9781844484942
Yellow Rose in Watercolour
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NZ$ 10.00 each
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Author:
Wendy Tait
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Can't paint? Don't know what to paint? "The Paint It" series is the answer. Leading artists present a range of popular subjects and each "Paint It" contains one step-by-step demonstration, the full-sized finished picture, plus an A3 tracing of the picture outline - so you don't need any drawing skills at all. Just transfer the subject image on to the painting surface, then follow the stage photographs, which clearly illustrate what you should do next. All the authors use some interesting techniques to create their pictures, with many tips and ideas for using colour, creating distance, mixing greens and more, so even more experienced artists will find something new here. This title features one project, one tracing and step-by-step instructions. The project is taken from "Ready to Paint Watercolour Flowers" by Wendy Tait (9781844482849).
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