(Paperback)

Provides practical advice that helps you become a better sportsperson, whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

With this practical book by your side, you will learn to make full use of your machine so that your sewing projects become easier and quicker to make.

(Paperback)

This book explains how to make paint meaningful and imaginative responses to the works of the masters.

(Paperback)

Shows how to paint abstracts and explains how to approach and understand abstract art. This title moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level. It develops the thinking and doing processes together and leads the reader to an understanding of this genre.

(Paperback)

A very practical book offers an introduction to painting and capturing the essence of animals in watercolour.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

A beautiful and inspirational book that explains the full depth of the subject and lets you explore and enjoy painting buildings using oil paints.

(Paperback)

Painting flowers is a joyful experience - to capture and celebrate the colour, form and beauty of flowers in watercolour is an endlessly exciting pursuit. This book encourages you to experiment and play when you paint, to enjoy the process of creating a painting, and to develop your own style as you observe and render either a single stem or a full floral abstract.

(Paperback)

Pastels are an extremely versatile and immediate medium. These characteristics can lead to bold, exciting and impromptu paintings. However, their responsive, flexible nature can also be used to create subtle, gentle colour with little or no texture. This practical book guides you through the full scope of painting in pastels.

(Paperback)

Topics covered include: Preliminary sketches Useful techniques Working with colour Evoking an atmosphere Capturing light and shade

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Miniatures are not simply small paintings: special techniques are used to achieve their unique glow and luminosity. This book explains how to paint in detail in a small format with colour and precision. It gives an introduction to the history and traditions of miniatures set by Holbein, Hilliard and Oliver.

(Paperback)

'What fascinates me most, much much more than anything else in painting, is the portrait, the modern portrait.' Vincent van Gogh

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In this detailed and practical book, Simon Davis opens up his studio and explains his approach. As one of the country's leading portrait painters, he gives a unique insight into how to render a sympathetic portrait in oils, which avoids sentimentality and captures the essence of a child, in oils.

(Paperback)

Focusing on watercolour - one of the most direct of mediums - this practical book explains how to paint a river and capture its life, light, movement, colour and interest.

(Paperback)

Still life painting is an exciting genre, which allows the artist to explore colour, shape and form using as many or as few objects as they like. A still life can be quiet, tranquil and contemplative in mood, or be a celebration of pure colour and expression.

(Paperback)

A beautiful book that shows how to paint with watercolour on canvas to achieve bold, stunning results.

(Paperback)

Acrylics are a versatile and exciting medium, but how can you get the most from these paints This book shows you how. With step-by-step examples, it explains the core brush skills for a beginner.

(Paperback)

This is a practical guide for people who find themselves involved in putting a pantomime on stage, particularly for those working on limited budgets in smaller venues. Readers can learn to understand their audience and its reactions, control the chaos backstage, find out the secret of pantomime magic and much more.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

A handy guide to creating your own handmade paper and exploring the potential of this magical craft.

(Paperback)