- A guide to tools and materials - Step-by-step instructions to get started - Projects to develop skills - Advice on more advanced techniques - Ideas for developing your own style
Step by step guides to screenprinting, block printing and eco printing. Design advice for creating shapes, repeat patterns and colour choices. Instruction on obtaining the best colours from plants and turning them into printing pastes. Fabulous work and tips from leading designers and makers
This book explains the technique which is now acclaimed and practiced widely in the West. Its popular success is partly because the process is entirely non-toxic and environmentally friendly, but also because it allies the certainties of woodcut with the nuance of watercolor. In so doing, it has opened up a whole new landscape for contemporary printmakers.
Design - key decisions on the type of tutu plate (pancake vs drop), fabric and decoration Patterns - basque, knicker, bodice and tutu plate recipes in three different sizes Instructions - detailed step-by-step sequences explain the process from making the calico toile through to the final decoration and fitting Practical advice - from pleating the nets to assembling the base, essential tricks of the trade are shared and troubleshooting tips given
This book: Advises on safe handling procedures for dogs of all ages, Gives an understanding of the health and welfare of your dog, Discusses how important the grooming process is in bonding with your dog, Explains the correct choice of tools required and their maintenance, Provides guided instruction on a range of common breeds and a few rarer ones as well as demonstrating basic grooming methods such as clipping, scissoring and hand stripping.
Discover new levels of enquiry, curiosity, discovery and creativity whilst learning and practising new artistic skills Master a range of techniques for handling pencil, ink and watercolour, and learn how to choose the right sketchbook for the job Learn how to set up plant specimens for drawing both in the studio and the field Study step-by-step guides to create sketchbook pages which serve both art and science Enjoy fun, loose pen work and app...
The Triumph Spitfire Restoration Manual is for anyone who has a keen interest in owning a Triumph Spitfire but has limited mechanical experience. Including helpful project tips and notes, which pass on a multitude of trade secrets.
Warships are often appealing subjects for working models, especially if there is a personal or family connection with a vessel. The material covered includes: -The tools and materials needed -Radio controls -Hull design and details of different hull forms -Building the hull -Internal outfitting -The sides and superstructure -Painting -Sailing preparations
Written in layman's terms, DCC for Railway Modellers gives an in-depth overview of Digital Command and Control, covering topics such as: - The history of DCC - Components of DCC - Decoders - DCC, Sound and Function - Fitting decoders - Layout design considerations - Layout wiring - Troubleshooting
This wonderful book is packed with a range of quick, inexpensive ways to make the main types of puppets using objects that are spare, scrap, recycled or easily accessible. Includes Hand puppets, Rod puppets, Marionettes, Shadow puppets.
Drawing on the author's many years of experience working with farmers and their suckler herds. The information covered includes: -Nutrition -Fertility and breeding -Calving -Calf health -Infectious diseases and parasites
Written for the gardener, enthusiast and horticulturist, this book provides: -Expert advice on selecting and buying alpines -How to use alpines in the open garden, in beds and containers -Advice on tolerance of cold, soil acidity, drought, sun, wind, etc -Provides a definite reference to the species and hybrids available