In words, color photos, and art renditions these guides provide detailed explanations of art materials and how accomplished artists use them to achieve desired effects in the various media. The emphasis in these books is not on completing a finished painting -- a subject covered in other Barron's art series -- but on how to select and use the right materials for the right project, along with practical solutions to common artists' problems. Topics are treated in the form of easy-to-follow step-by-step directions. These volumes are valuable reference sources, both for the art classroom and for use by self-teaching hobbyists. Twenty-six concise sections describe oil paints, canvases, brushes, palettes, palette knives, easels, paint boxes, and related tools. Other topics covered in these sections include paint mixing and thinning, use of different brushes to achieve various effects, selecting pigments for a balanced palette, blending colors on the canvas, as well as controlling line and shape with brushwork.

Learning to Paint in Oil (Barron's Art Guides)

Arts & Photography

Barron's Editorial Team

Painting

B.E.S. Publishing

Sam, Jo, Matthew, and Katie are four animal-loving kids who start up their own neighborhood service--the Petsitters Club--as a school-related community service. In this volume, the aristocratic and bossy Mrs. Potter-Bunn is off to Paris, so she leaves the kids with Trixie-Belle, her Yorkie. Then the little pup finds a wonderful new friend: Henry, the cyber pet!

Trixie and the Cyber Pet (Petsitters Club, No. 6)

Children's Books

Krailing, Tessa

Animals

This revised third edition is your comprehensive personal guide to the most popular Praxis tests.  It incorporates recent changes in Praxis testing.TESTING STRATEGIES:  Proven strategies for passing both multiple choice and essay/short answer Praxis tests

How To Prepare For Praxis : Ppst, Plt, Elementary School Subject Assessments, Listening Skills Test, Overview Of Praxis Ii Subject Assessments And Specialty Area Tests

Robert D. Postman

This handsome, richly coated native of Japan is bold, courageous, and intensely loyal to its owner. It makes an excellent watchdog. Titles in Barronï¿½s wide-ranging and heavily illustrated selection of Complete Pet Ownerï¿½s Manuals present sound and useful information for pet owners. High-quality photos are in color and line drawings are anatomically accurate. These fact-filled books instruct owners on how to care for dogs, cats, birds, fish, caged pets, reptiles, and virtually every other animal that people are likely to keep as a pet. Books in this series are written by breeders, trainers, veterinarians, and other pet-care specialists. They advise on purchasing, feeding, health care, training, grooming, and all other aspects of responsible pet ownership.

Shiba Inus (Complete Pet Owner's Manual)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Payton, Laura

Pets & Animal Care

Book by Willner M.S., Mark, Hero M.S., George A., Weiner Ph.D., Jerry, Briggs M.S., Bonnie-Anne

Global History: The Industrial Revolution to the Age of Globalization: 2

Mark Willner

Jerry Weiner

George A. Hero

It's time to decorate the tree with ornaments and candy canes. Then Santa can put the gifts beneath the tree. Not only are the books in this series wood tops: they're wood bottoms, too! These holiday novelty books have sturdy wood laminate front and back covers decorated with bright Christmas images printed on maple surfaces. Open the books and the board pages tell cheerful Christmas stories that will appeal to toddlers, with bright color illustrations that capture the holiday spirit. Christmas Wood Tops make great stocking stuffers, and they're sturdy enough so that they'll be around to entertain toddlers for several Christmases to come.

Trim the Tree! (Christmas Wood Tops)

Holidays & Celebrations

Small in size but overflowing with inspiring, life-affirming thoughts and feelings, this book says "I love you" to Mom. Mother lions, zebras, chimps, and many other animals are pictured with their offspring in humorous photos, all devoted to the theme of mother-hood. One typical picture caption reads: "A mother's love is like a circle. It has no begin-ning and no ending." The appealing black-and-white photos are often funny and always engaging. Moms will enjoy receiving it as an extra little gift on birthdays, Mother's Day, or any time sons and daughters want to express their love for Mom.

Thanks, Mom: Humorous and Meaningful Quotes on Motherhood

Burns, Tom

Photography & Video

Pool is great fun, whether itï¿½s played among students at a campus recreation hall, or at home in the basement den. But itï¿½s also a game of skill, and playing it well requires knowledge and intensive practice. This book provides both, presenting detailed color illustrations and diagrams that show every aspect of the game. Better yet, this book can be opened to a specific lesson, then stood up on its specially designed cover that unfolds to become a stand. That way, students of the game can place the opened book within their line of vision as they practice shots on the table. The book literally becomes their pool coach, showing them a specific technique at the same time that they learn to perfect it in their own game. All aspects of the game are included, from cuing techniques to tips on game strategy. 25 specific exercises concentrate on improving fundamental skills, and 40 additional exercises for game practice show how to put those skills into play. The bookï¿½s spiral binding keeps pages flat and easy to study while the player is preparing to make a shot. This attractive and instructive book also includes the basic rules of pool and their several variations.

Play Better Pool: A Stand-up Book of Pool Techniques and Strategies

Steer, Duuncan

Sports & Outdoors

Fun Phones  are board books for toddlers—and they’re shaped exactly like cell phones! A make-believe key pad decorates each front cover, so kids can pretend to dial and phone a friend. Or they can press the plastic button located just beneath the key pad and listen to the phone ring. It sounds exactly like a real cell phone. When they open the book’s front cover, they’ll find an amusing little story with bright, full-color illustrations on every board page. In this book, Adam the astronaut blasts off for Mars to give a party for the little green men! Along the way, his friends phone with offers of party treats.

Adam Astronaut (Fun Phones)

Literature & Fiction

The title tells this book’s story. Art students, amateur artists, and professionals seeking a basic, all-inclusive reference source will find virtually everything they need to know in order to get started drawing and painting in all media. Artists’ materials and their many different uses are shown in color photos and described in detail—pencils, brushes, charcoal sticks, pastels, papers, canvas, inks, oil pigments, watercolors, acrylics, tempera, gouache, and more. Also presented is basic instruction in color theory, perspective, portraiture, anatomy and the human figure, and landscape and seascape painting. Students will find examples and analyses of different art approaches, including classical realism, impressionism, expressionism, cubism, abstract styles, and much more. Hundreds of color photos and illustrations include reproductions of famous works by artists, who include Rembrandt, Manet, van Gogh, and many others.

The Artist's Complete Guide

Study & Teaching

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