Sadri, a Balinese ancestor spirit who had been a noted child dancer during his lifetime, returns to see his descendents during a traditional festival held every two hundred ten days.

Sadri Returns to Bali: A Tale of the Balinese Galungan Festival

Children's Books

Tuttle, Susan

Waldmeier, Elisabeth

Geography & Cultures

Periplus Editions

Digital Photography and Mixed Media--a creative match made in heaven! Love photography? Want to make yours better? Want to use your photography as a springboard for fabulous and diverse mixed media and digital projects? Photo Craft will help you elevate the average into the extraordinary! Using Adobe Photoshop Elements and following thorough, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to make basic adjustments to your photographs that will yield stunning and artistic results. You'll also learn to use those photographs -- along with some everyday mixed-media supplies -- to create unique and personal art. Inside You'll Find: 
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<li>13 stepped out mixed media techniques and projects</li> <li>16 stepped out digital techniques</li> <li>9 stellar techniques and projects from contributing artists including Michele Beschen and Claudine Hellmuth</li> <li>Dozens of great examples of and tips for iPhoneography</li> <li>Countless inspirational suggestions for photo field trips and photo shoots</li> <li>An author curated list of recommended apps to take your photos to the next level</li> <li>Access to exclusive online materials including new techniques and projects and downloadable materials for your personal use</li>
</ul> So get to it! Take new pictures today (and every day!), look through those boxes of old and long-forgotten photos, and free those lonely images from your hard drive. Make them better, make them new and make them art. Soon you'll be seeing things in a whole new way!

Photo Craft: Creative Mixed Media and Digital Approaches to Transforming Your Photographs

Arts & Photography

Hydeck, Christy

Photography & Video

North Light Books

In this easy-to-understand book, Susan Tuttle encourages the reader to get her camera out of "auto mode" and finally learn how to use its features to create beautiful photos capturing the everyday moments of life, including portraiture, landscape, still-life scenes, food, pet photography, street photography and more. In addition to camera basics, Susan includes many tips and techniques for getting the most out of smartphone cameras and photo apps.

Art of Everyday Photography: Move Toward Manual and Make Creative Photos

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Come inside for an amazing virtual art exhibit featuring 36 inspiring artists. There's something for everyone at this art expo. Whether you want to sharpen digital-imaging skills, make your own jewelry or listen to the stories behind provocative works, you're sure to find plenty to keep you busy—all included with the price of admission.
Amidst a full-color feast for your eyes, you will:
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<li>Discover ways to turn your art "mistakes" into meaningful creations</li>
<li>Sit in on mixed-media demonstrations, guiding you through techniques for layering, transferring, altering and more</li>
<li>Be introduced to the works and inspiration of 36 artists, including: Lisa Falzon, Sheri Gaynor, Claudine Hellmuth, Katie Kendrick, Deryn Mentock, Karen Michel, Ted Orland, Izabella Pierce, Richard Salley, Suzanne Simanaitis, Roben-Marie Smith, Jonathan Talbot and many more!</li>
<li>Take on creative challenges to push your art-making into new directions</li>
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Enter the Exhibition 36 experience—your ticket to an amazing gallery of mixed-media inspiration.

Exhibition 36: Mixed Media Demonstrations + Explorations

Other Media

Express yourself on a digital canvas Imagine flying through an inky night sky tethered to a red, heart-shaped balloon. Now imagine expressing that dream artistically. With Digital Expressions you can take ordinary photos and, with the help of Adobe Photoshop Elements, voice your flights of fancy. Digital Expressions guides you through 25 digital art projects created with Adobe Photoshop Elements. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll get inspired to tackle all kinds of digital mixed-media techniques using stock photography, custom brushes, textured backgrounds and your own digital photos. Use your digital palette to: · Manipulate single images by adding texture layers, color fills and text · Re-create the look of traditional art like drawings and abstract paintings · Build collages using transparent layers and photo filters · Blend seamless montages with various effects · Incorporate your own traditional art into digital works Mixed-media artists, art journalers and scrapbookers alike can turn the ordinary into extraordinary! Express yourself in digital form as you learn to master creative digital art techniques. **Bonus CD includes assorted brushes, photos and textures you can use to create on your own digital canvas.** PLEASE NOTE that one of the images was left off of the CD by mistake. You can download it from the "Books" section of the author's website at ilkasattic.com**

Digital Expressions: Creating Digital Art with Adobe Photoshop Elements

Computers & Technology

Software

PRINCE2 in Action: Project management in real terms

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

ITGP

In only 30 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! The three most important aspects of writing fiction (and creative nonfiction) are Character, Setting and Story. In this workbook you will find 26 lessons and short timed exercises to help you learn to create compelling characters, craft enticing settings and set them in unforgettable stories. Unit 1: Character contains 9 lessons and timed exercises that help you create characters who are fascinating, flawed and filled with vision and desire, characters that readers will want to know about. Unit 2: Setting presents 7 lessons and exercises that show you how to design vibrant settings and landscapes that will capture and enthrall readers, settings that are fascinating and evocative. Unit 3: Story offers 10 lessons and exercises designed to help you discover stories that will grip readers and not let them go, stories that will live on in the minds of readers. Let Workbook #1: Character, Setting, Story guide you in the first 3 key aspects of the craft of Writing It Right.

Write It Right Workbook #1: Character, Setting Story: Exercises to Unlock the Writer in Everyone

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

WriterWithin Publications

In only 30 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Point of View (POV) is one of the most difficult concepts to master in the art of fiction and creative nonfiction writing, mainly because it has so many subtle nuances. POV deviations can pull readers out of the flow of the story and diminish the reading experience for them. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. In Write It Right Workbook #2: Point of View (POV) you will discover 15 lessons to help you navigate the murky waters of Point of View. Learn the difference between straight, emotional omniscient and classic omniscient POV, and understand the strengths and drawbacks of each one. Learn how to identify which character can best tell your story, and how to remain in that character’s viewpoint consistently. Gain experience in spotting and correcting POV inconsistencies, from blatant to subtle. Don’t let POV confusion stop you from being the best writer you can be. Let Write It Right Workbook #2: POV guide you into a full understanding of one of writings most difficult concepts.

Write It Right Workbook #2: Point of View (POV): Exercises to Unlock the Writer in Everyone

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue presents two more of the necessary skills writers must master to be the best writers they can be. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. Unit #5: Plot contains 8 exercises on crafting flawless, intricate plots that sizzle off the page. You’ll discover what constitutes a viable plot, and how to spot an idea that doesn’t have enough depth before you start to write. You’ll discover the importance to plot of a through line, how to analyze ideas for viable plots, and where and how to find plots in the world around you. Unit #6: Dialogue offers 8 lessons/exercises that will show you how to write sparkling dialogue that sounds perfectly natural while still addressing the six necessary ingredients that make dialogue an integral part of the story. You will learn how to write for your audience, make your characters’ voices unique, use idioms to infuse verisimilitude, how to tag properly and how to incorporate subtext into what your characters say. You’ll soon be writing realistic dialogue that serves the purpose of your story and leaves your readers amazed. Even though these are Units #5 and #6, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue begin to increase your writing skills today.

Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes, Style/Voice contains lessons and exercises that will expand your wiring skills in only a few minutes a week. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. Unit #7: Scenes offers eleven lessons/exercises that will help you craft an unforgettable story. Scenes are the building blocks of our stories. They hold the whole together, draw in readers and don’t let them go, especially if the correct scene format is used for each scene. Unit 7: Scenes takes you through the 9 different scene structures and into the scene question and transitions between scenes so that your stories truly live in the hearts and minds of hour readers. Unit 8: Style/Voice presents strategies to help you develop your own unique writing style, a clear, consistent voice that will stand out among all the others and be readily recognizable as yours alone. These 9 exercises will show you how to tap into your life experience to bring your true voice and style to the fore. The essence of voice and style lie deep within us, innate natural storytelling qualities that, once realized, will enable you to tell a story as only you can tell it. A voice that is uniquely yours. Even though these are Units #7 and #8, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today.

Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes, Style/Voice

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