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Discover a fresh, new take on the traditional craft of macrame, a craft that was incredibly popular in the seventies, is currently enjoying a renaissance. Macrame projects are the best way to bring the current trend for hippy luxe, boho interiors into your home.

This captivating colouring book will take you on a journey through the fascinating natural world, celebrating the rhythms of our wild planet with stunning circular artworks.

A colouring book with a unique - and highly popular - theme

Pop Manga Cute and Creepy Coloring Book gives readers a chance to collaborate with a notable artist and create unique collectible pieces they'll want to share with friends.

From fish and flowers to butterflies and birds, this all-in-one origami book features 20 step-by-step projects with clear illustrations to show you how to make stunning paper creations.

Stylish Scandinavian dressmaking projects for contemporary makers

A practical guide to learn painting individual people and crowds, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations.

Explore Amigurumi with 30 unique and darling patterns. Whether a novice or an experienced crocheter, anyone can pick up a hook and complete these yummy creations.

Draw 28 amazingly cute kawaii-style characters in just 8 easy stages.

Colouring queen Millie Marotta presents her Curious Creatures. Now in a handy pocket size, this book is perfect for anyone looking for a creative outlet or a mindful and relaxing activity on the go.

Make decorative papercraft models with this beautiful origami paper pack!

A one-of-a-kind journey into the mind of beloved floral designer Amy Merrick, celebrating the beauty and possibilities of nature and how to use it to create elegant, ephemeral arrangements.

Impressive Sashiko stitching (meaning 'little stabs') is put at a crafter's disposal after these demonstrative projects from silk artist Jill Clay.

Learn to paint beautiful watercolor flowers in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolor painting for beginners. Marie Boudon's beautifully presented creative course will give you a good grounding in this new-to-you medium and teach you all you need to know to get started with painting flowers in watercolor.

Drawing the Head for Artists is the definitive modern guide to drawing the human head and portrait, featuring the classic mediums and methods of the Old Masters. Written by celebrated portrait artist and veteran studio instructor Oliver Sin, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads readers step-by-step through his method, from establishing a point of view to applying the timeless principles for creating an accurate and expressive likeness. Among the topics covered: Essential Materials & Techniques:Learn about necessary supplies and basic drawing techniques, including hatching, various stroke styles, and blending.Applying the Essentials:Explore how the concepts of sight-sizing, value, negative space/shapes, and plane changes factor into a portrait's underlying structure.Techniques for Creating Depth & Dimension:Investigate how contrasting shapes, overlapping forms, and linear and atmospheric perspective are used to enhance depth.Creating the Illusion of Three Dimensions:Examine how edgescontours as well as changes in valueare used to convey three-dimensional form. Brimming with striking images that document all the phases and details of the author's process, Drawing the Head for Artistsinspires and informs all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, on how to successfully portray the physical subtleties and emotional eloquence of the human face. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.

Bring History to LifeWhether you wish you could time travel to the court of Versailles or the Highlands of Scotland, this comprehensive guide will walk you through how to make and wear your 18th century dream gown. Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox of American Duchess have endeavored to make the impossible possible by bringing historically accurate dressmaking techniques into your sewing room. Learn how to make four of the most iconic 18th century silhouettes-the English Gown, Sacque Gown, Italian Gown and Round Gown-using the same hand sewing techniques done by historic dressmakers. From large hoops to full bums, wool petticoats to grand silk gowns, ruffled aprons to big feathered hats, this manual has project patterns and instructions for every level of 18th century sewing enthusiast. With Lauren and Abby's guidance, you'll feel as if you just stepped out of an 18th century portrait. The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking demystifies 18th century fashion and sewing techniques so that you can wear these beautiful gowns with confidence and style.

A practical guidebook for beginner potters, teaching all the skills you need to start creating beautiful ceramics.

Millie's new book whisks you away to the swaying grasslands of the savannahs, not only in Africa, but also Asia and Australia. A feast of beautiful illustration, invitingly laid out for the reader to colour in or add their own drawing.

'Exquisitely presented and beautifully painted, if you ever wanted something to encourage you to start botanical painting, this would be it.' Artbookreview.netIn this beautiful book, Billy Showell provides a fascinating and invaluable insight into the materials, methods and techniques she uses to produce stunning botanical paintings in watercolour.

This book packs in the combined wisdom of two writer-educators who are consummate problem solvers when it comes to jewellery making.

Adopt a spontaneous, bold, and fearless approach to painting as a process of discovery-one that results in lush and colorful finished works that will beg to be displayed.

The expert in knitting design and instruction presents her original motifs as well as traditional patterns from around the world, plus practical instructions on incorporating them into original designs. Suitable for beginning and advanced knitters. 160 pp.

Twenty-three models offer a menagerie of easy-to-fold animals. Figures range from birds to fish to mammals. Diagrams illustrate every step of the folding process, and full-color pictures depict completed models.

J.M.W. Turner is one of the most influential and important British artists of all time. His watercolours, with their extraordinary effects of shifting light and dramatic cloudscapes, are especially highly regarded. This book reveals the secrets of his technique for the first time, allowing watercolourists to try them out for themselves.

Demonstrates in detail how to build low-cost, low-tech, yet high-quality kilns and varied firing techniques. This work includes plans ranging from an easy, affordable and versatile Raku Kiln to a unique wood-fuelled Downdraft Stovepipe Barrel kiln.

Jane Rainbow shows how to create a selection of beautiful designs, using ten basic stitches. Clear step-by-step photographs illustrate how to develop embroidery skills, and how to create wonderful floral pictures which are worked in wool and soft colours.

Welcome to the new era of crochet. Making garments from the top down is a favourite knitting technique that allows knitters to test and adjust the fit as they go. Now, thanks to designer Dora Ohrenstein, crocheters will benefit for the first time from a pattern book featuring the same beloved approach.