Carol Vorderman's Better Homes and Better Gardens combines the very best from ITV's two hit TV series to give the ultimate book on improving your home And your garden. The book draws on the knowledge of the talented team of professionals who have helped make the series a success such as estate agent Michael O'Flaherty, the interior design team led by Orianna Fielding Banks, builder Dave Welham and Kim Wilde and her team of gardening experts. With before and after photography, design drawings and garden plans Patricia Monahan and Graham A. Pavey give a room-by-room and garden-by-garden analysis of each project.

Carol Vorderman's Better Homes and Better Gardens

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Monahan, Patricia

Vordeman, Carol

Gardening & Landscape Design

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Based on both "Carol Vorderman's Better Homes" and "Carol Vorderman's Better Gardens" TV shows, this text provides numerous before-and-after shots, maps, and plans used by the designers to realize their creations.

Carol Vorderman's Better Homes & Better Gardens

Vorderman, Carol

Pavey, Graham A.

Carlton/Andre Deutsch

This is one of the first two titles in a series specially created to provide the most effective contemporary introduction to painting skills. Aimed at the broadest base of the teach-yourself amateur artist market, the "Beginners Guides" lead the way into an understanding of the basic principles and techniques of their subjects. Combining full colour step-by-step and inspirational material throughout, this book aims to offer the beginner an accessible, enjoyable way to take up oil painting. Illustrated on every spread with hundreds of pictures taken specially for the book, it covers canvases and other supports, brushes and paints, using and mixing colour, underpainting, composition and all the exciting techniques of oil painting. Three projects show step-by-step how to develop your approach to specific subjects.

Oil Painting (Beginner's Guides)

Arts & Photography

Painting

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

Flexible, water-soluble and quick-drying, acrylic paints offer those new to painting the freedom to explore and experiment. Specifically designed for the beginner, this guide takes the reader step-by-step through the basic techniques. It looks at the range of paints, colours and additives available, which enable the artist to produce all sorts of different effects. It also covers all the appropriate techniques, with step-by-step project work in the studio and out of doors.

Painting in Acrylics (Studio Vista Beginner's Guides)

History & Criticism

Gouache is an opaque form of watercolour; its opacity allows the overlaying of colour to obliterate the colour beneath, and to work from dark to light - the reverse of normal transparent watercolour technique. This guide shows how to begin painting with gouache in 13 step-by-step projects.

Painting in Gouache (Studio Vista Beginner's Guides)

Painting landscape in watercolour (Beginner's guides)

Painting landscapes is largely a matter of seeing shapes, colours and textures in harmonious relationship to each other. This guide show the beginner how to unlock the potential from what they see and to use watercolour creatively and freely. No experience or knowledge is necessary.

Painting Landscape in Watercolour (Studio Vista Beginner's Guides)

Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub

Drawing is one of the most natural skills imaginable - everyone can draw and everyone can improve these skills. "Objective drawing" - drawing that is intended to represent what is seen - is the foundation of all art and is based on close observation and interpretation of the world around us. This book explains basic principles and recommends simple but effective exercises to improve the reader's ability to record what is seen. Topics covered include: advice on improving skills; tools for drawing; choosing papers and sketchbooks; light and tone; exploring the potential of pencils; the importance of negative shapes; basic proportions; drawing the human figure; tackling landscape painting; gridding up; and understanding linear perspective.

Drawing Basics

Drawing

UNKNO

Vary the effects of light in watercolor with tone and contrasts, color, composition, and form -- indoors and out. Each subject is clearly explained, with full-color renderings of both illustrative sketches and professional works. Painting projects like Roofscape, Eggs in a Container, Candlelight. Venice -- and more -- help you practice each principle.

Light in Watercolor

This is an amalgamation of "Painting in Watercolour", "Painting Landscape in Watercolour" and "Light in Watercolour". It reveals the key techniques of watercolour painting and demonstrates how to achieve successful results. Coverage includes mixing colour, laying washes and controlling light.

The Watercolour Painter's Handbook

Rodwell, Jenny

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