quarto publishing plc mai 2012 (3 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Master mixes for an array of landscape colors in oil and acrylic, from skies and clouds to trees and mountains.No more guessing at colors only to end up with a muddy mess and wasted paint!Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes takes the mystery and stress out of color mixing with just the right formula for more than 400 color combinations, along with instruction on a variety of painting techniques. This comprehensive artist's reference features a robust index of more than 1,500 landscape subjects that correspond to the featured color mixing swatches. Use the handy conversion chart for finding acrylic equivalents of oil paints and vice versa.Designed for use in the studio, this durable book features:- A lay-flat spiral binding- Easily wipeable glossy cardstock pages- A removable plastic color-mixing gridFollow these four simple steps to mix more than 500 color combinations:- Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paintfor example, "Lilac, purplish."- Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("268") and a photo of the actual paint mixture.- Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.- Mix the color. It's that easy!Learn how to create the colors of these and more subjects in oil and acrylic paint:- Numerous varieties of flowers- Mountains, including their bases, shadows, highlights, and hazes- Sands, clays, and gravels- Sea, ocean, surf, foam, and fog- Skies and clouds at various times of day and night- Trees, including foliage and trunk colors for numerous broadleaf and coniferous varieties- Many species of wildlife, animals, and birdsThis useful book also discusses how color is influenced by the time of day, the angle of the sun, and changing seasons, making it a must-have in every oil and acrylic artist's reference library.Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includesColor Mixing Recipes for Portraits,1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor,and Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as acetate grids for measuring paint units.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Well written and persuasive objective and well-rounded.this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography' \*\*\*\* Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday 'A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it a balanced portrait' Sunday Times 'Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy' Sunday Telegraph Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered. In this fascinating biography, Professor Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig's reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.