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Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures
Katherine Dewey
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Beautiful book, wonderful approach!
Katherine Dewey has done a great job of breaking the process of creating lifelike figures into small, easily understood steps.
Bravo!
An excellent book for beginners and more advanced readers.
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How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques for Achieving Realistic Effects
Nita Engle
Watson-Guptill, 2007
must have
This is the best book on water color technique around. Nita Engle is way ahead of the pack in her endless creativity and ways of applying watercolor to paper or illustration board. The results are always water media, not mixed media. Her palette is dated, but ...
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Eye Candy: 55 Easy Makeup Looks for Glam Lids and Luscious Lashes
Linda Mason
Watson-Guptill, 2008
excellent for glam looks
excellent for glam looks. I would agree with other reviews in that the looks are not for everyday and geared more to the younger woman. It does however give a basic overview.
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Little Felted Animals: Create 16 Irresistible Creatures with Simple Needle-Felting Techniques
Marie-Noelle Horvath
Watson-Guptill, 2008
WONDERFUL!!
This is a great book for making little felted creatures, very easy yo read, good examples & the photos are great! I highly recomend it!!
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Collage Journeys: A Practical Guide to Creating Personal Artwork
Jane Davies
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Collage can be more, much more, than just cutting and pasting. It can be a wonderful art form and a means of self-expression. Collage Journeys presents a series of innovative workshop assignments, each designed to relate the technique and format of a collage to its subject. Gathering materials, generating ideas, painting with paper, working in ...
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The Teen Girl's Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: Getting Smart About Making It, Saving It, and Spending It! ...
Jessica Blatt
Watson-Guptill, 2007
Suze Orman advises women on how to handle their money--and now Jessica Blatt advises the women of tomorrow on how to handle theirs. The newest addition to the Teen Girl?s Gotta-Have-It series empowers girls by showing them why money matters. From making money, to saving money, to investing money, to spending money, The Teen Girl?s Gotta-Have-It ...
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Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists
Mark Simon
Watson-Guptill, 2005
the book
I purchased this book as a used book, when I got it I was amazed to see how well preserved was the book. The book is still like new, the only thing missing is the plastic cover it has when you buy a new one.
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The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques: Projects and Inspiration for Creative Canework
Donna Kato
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Takes the Complex and Makes It Simple
I am not a strong polymer clay artist, but I love Donna Kato books so I was excited to give this book a try. I cannot put it down and it is full of inspiration.
A previous review states the book does not have clear instructions and pictures and I wonder if they ...
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Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice
Juliette Aristides
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Classical Painting Atelier
This is the most inspiring art book I've purchased in a long time. Full of insights and observations and instruction, not to mention stunning high quality color images on every page. This book has introduced me to artists I hadn't heard of, namely Jacob Collins and ...
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How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)
Rudy De Reyna
Watson-Guptill, 1996
Learned to draw portraits
I have owned this book for 10 years. My children and I all learned the basics of drawing from this book. I was so excited when I followed the steps and was able to draw a realistic face! I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn drawing.
Cyndi Martinez
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Mat, Mount and Frame It Yourself (Crafts Highlights)
David Logan
Watson-Guptill, 2002
If your a beginner...
If your a beginner then I think you'll like this book. I was looking for a book that could explain color and give advice about what size a mat should be. I found it in this book. Written very clearly with many pictures or illustrations.
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Absolute Beginner's Origami
Nick Robinson
Watson-Guptill, 2006
Best Teaching Guide I have Seen
This book gives the best, eastiest to understand instructions as compared to any other origami book I have seen. Most books have only black and white diagrams with and hard to follow written instructions that include vocabulary many beginners are not yet familiar ...
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Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice
Juliette Aristides
Watson-Guptill, 2006
Beautiful Book
I had to buy this for my Life drawing class, but I'm not going to sell it back to my school. This book is great. Though it is a bit repetitive, it helps break down drawing skills. After reading this book, I drew a portrait that sold for over $100. It also has some ...
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Spy vs. Spy: The Complete Casebook
Antonio Prohias
Watson-Guptill, 2001
Awesome humorous book!!
"Spy vs. Spy: The Complete Casebook" collects the complete run of the late Antonio Prohias' comic strip from 1961-1987, published by MAD Magazine. The title characters are two equally sinister agents--one dressed in black, the other in white--who constantly war against ...
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Fashion Inside Out: Daniel V's Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond
Daniel Vosovic
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Talking about Fashion from Beginning to Final Product.
I hope people buy this book and not just people who know Daniel V from Project Runway because it is informative, fun and inspirational. What more do you want for a book. The book itself is gorgeous - the kind of book only a person who loves design could create. I ...
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