This complete beginner's guide to painting flowers in watercolour is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time Each of the 35 quick & easy exercises takes no more than 30 minutes to complete & will teach you how to paint flowers of different shapes colours & families
- lilies orchids & hellebores amongst others
- or learn a key technique such as masking out working wet in wet & colour-mixing The exercises are all worked at postcard size
- ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad & tracings are included for each study The book is broken down into five chapters that focus respectively on working with watercolour watercolour techniques colour & tone form & detail & finally flowers in context The final section of the book contains three complete paintings that demonstrate how to combine all the techniques & elements of painting flowers as learned from the preceding chapters These paintings too are accompanied by actual-size tracings


...

This guide to painting watercolour landscapes is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time Broken down into 33 quick & easy paintings that take no more than 30 minutes to complete this basic course will teach you all the skills you need to paint landscapes & their components including trees in winter sparkling water hedgerows & gates animals human figures & buildings in the landscape The 30-minute paintings are all worked at postcard size
- ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad & tracings are included for those with limited drawing skills Each small painting is a work of art in its own right & can be stored in your portfolio for reference later or framed & hung on the wall to impress your friends The book is broken down into chapters that focus respectively on essential watercolour techniques including colour mixing & glazing; laying washes & creating skies & realistic-looking clouds; the rudiments of composition; trees & flowers in a landscape; water- still & moving from stream to open sea; & the living landscape
- human & animal figures structures & buildings in the landscape The final section of the book contains three complete paintings that demonstrate how to combine all the techniques & elements of painting landscapes as gleaned from the preceding chapters These paintings too are accompanied by actual-size tracings There are 33 tracings in all to help you compose your own landscape paintings Praise for the Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes series This is a genuinely exciting evolution of a popular series You'll be guided through some simple exercises & on to complete paintings gaining valuable insights that will develop & improve your skills
- Henry Malt Artbookreviewnet


...

This complete beginner's guide to painting watercolour street scenes is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time Each of the 32 quick & easy exercises takes no more than 30 minutes & will teach you how to create a new street scene element
- such as doorways buildings & people
- or work an exciting technique
- such as creating washes mixing colours & playing with perspective The exercises are all worked at postcard size
- ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad & actual-size tracings are included The book is broken down into eight chapters tone colour perspective the wash edge control brush strokes adding detail & finally putting it all together
- this last section contains 3 finished paintings that demonstrate how to integrate a combination of the elements into vibrant & inspiring street scenes; these complete paintings also have an accompanying actual-size tracing




...

A gardenful of beautiful spring Irises in bloom is one of the most stunning sights of all & Julie King shows you how to paint ...

The Ready to Paint series provides six tracings for readers to pull out & transfer on to watercolour paper There is one for each of the five step-by-step demonstrations plus a bonus tracing of the inspirational painting in the Introduction section Geoff Kersey is an expert draughtsman & his skilful drawings of famous Paris scenes provide the basis for five detailed & realistic paintings The clear step-by-step photographs explain the painting process in great depth & make it easy for readers to reproduce all of the projects which include iconic scenes such the Eiffel Tower the Arc de Triomphe & a Montmartre Cafe ...

Why stop to just smell the flowers when you can paint them? The instruction in this book makes it fun & easy to create beautiful watercolour daisies hydrangeas roses lilies poppies all your favorite blooms! You'll find everything you need to get painting right away--from basic exercises in colour choice & composition to techniques for painting leaves backgrounds arrangements & outdoor scenes It's all explained in simple language with hands-on exercises easy-to-follow demonstrations & step-by-step projects! ...

Keen to paint but your drawing skills let you down? This book provides pull-out tracings for five beautiful floral paintings along with full step-by-step instructions for how to bring them to life with watercolour paint A clear guide on how to transfer the tracings to your watercolour paper is included along with a helpful section on what materials to use Wendy Tait's new book makes painting flowers simple & accessible & offers guidance on how you can develop your new painting skills ...

Readers who want to learn to paint but can not rely on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book The outlines of five paintings (plus one bonus picture) are provided to pull out from the centre of the book Clear instructions & step-by-step photographs show how to transfer the outlines on to watercolour paper & then how to create beautiful watercolour paintings ...

The famed boxing franchise Ready 2 Rumble returns in 2009 when Atari launches Ready 2 Rumble Revolution Whilst maintaining all the humorous caricatures & fun boxing action that made the original ' Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1' & ' Round 2' such knock-out best-sellers the new digitally sophisticated & visually stunning motion-controlled Ready 2 Rumble Revolution for Wii brings a new level of style & attitude to the boxing ring & continues the franchise with a host of hard-hitting enhancements Intuitive Gameplay Using the Nunchuk controller as one glove & the Wii Remote as the other players dodge weave & punch their opponents The controller's speaker & rumble device provide sensory feedback 20 Wildly Caricatured Boxers A new roster of caricatured boxers presents parodies of celebrities from the world of sports music & movies Highlights include the caricature of Michael Buffer The Voice of Champions & his famous Let's Get Ready to Rumble trademark call Each character is brought to life through hilarious over-the-top moves enhanced facial animations & damage textures Special Moves Tons of outrageous special moves combos & extreme knockdowns enhance the fighting experience while Rumble-Combos enable players to pull off moves from Kung Fu Wrestling & other martial arts Championship Mode This all-new championship mode allows players to create their own boxer & nurture his skills through minigames developing him as a fighter Single-Player AI Ready 2 Rumble Revolution can be played multiplayer or single-player In single-player mode AI allows for more strategy-oriented fighting experience & adds to replay value ...

Ready to Write marks 25 years of this easy-to-teach series which provides basic writing instruction dependable strategies & many opportunities for students to use the composition skills they need to be successful writers in & out of the classroom A fresh new design updated content throughout & a host of new activities reinforce the approach that has made the Ready to Write series a classroom favorite for more than two decades Features Updated examples & model paragraphs illustrate organizing elements such as topic sentences supporting details & signal words Step-by-step activities guide students in comparing & contrasting describing analyzing data writing test answers & summarizing Varied contextualized writing tasks help students with real-life tasks Editing & proofreading exercises encourage students to refine their writing skills New! Grammar Guide section presents important grammar points & practice items to boost accuracy Ready to Write also

Includes:: Ready to Write 1 Ready to Write 3

...