In this imaginative new activity book, Marion Deuchars makes learning about art fun. Young readers are introduced to 18 great artists, then encouraged to try out the techniques that lie behind their greatest works. Short & accessible facts about each artist`s life & works are followed by creative projects that Marion has devised based on the artist`s particular techniques. Take your pencil for a walk in the spirit of Paul Klee, experiment with colour like Miro or create your own Cubist-inspired artwork. ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists & policymakers has come together to offer a set of realistic & bold solutions to climate change. All of the techniques described here
- some well-known, some you may have never heard of
- are economically viable, & communities throughout the world are already enacting them. From revolutionizing how we produce & consume food to educating girls in lower-income countries, these are all solutions which, if deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, could not just slow the earth`s warming, but reach drawdown: the point when greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere peak & begin to decline. So what are we waiting for?

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Drawienski (Drawno) National Park at 1:50, 000 in a series of recreational maps from Poland’s Army Cartographic Service. The maps use as their base the military topographic survey, with contours at intervals varying from 5m to 20m according to the terrain & contoured depths shown on lakes. An overprint highlights waymarked hiking, cycling & canoeing routes. A wide range of symbols indicate various sport & recreational facilities, places of interest, special natural features, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude grid at 1’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse there are useful addresses & description, in Polish only.

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We are in the second decade of the 21st century &, as with most things, the distinction between digital & analogue has become tired & inappropriate. This is also true in the world of architectural drawing, which paradoxically is enjoying a renaissance supported by the graphic dexterity of the computer. This new fecundity has produced a contemporary glut of stunning architectural drawings & representations that could rival the most recent outpouring of architectural vision in the 1960s, 1970s & 1980s. Indeed, there is much to learn by comparing the then & the now. The contemporary drawing is often about its ability to describe the change, fluctuations & mutability of architecture in relation to the virtual/real 21st-century continuum of architectural space. Times have changed, & the status of the architectural drawing must change with them. This reassessment is well overdue, & this edition of AD will be the catalyst for such re-examination. * Features the work of: Pascal Bronner, Bryan Cantley, Peter Cook, Perry Kulper, CJ Lim, Tom Noonan, Dan Slavinsky, Neil Spiller, Peter Wilson, Nancy Wolf, Lebbeus Woods & Mas Yendo.* Contributors include: Nic Clear, Mark Garcia, Simon Herron & Mark Morris. ...

A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure & decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women & that her apartment was a safe-house. Convinced that this is the lead he has been looking for, Brunetti begins his search for answers. But as he sets out to discover the truth behind her death, he is drawn into a decades-old story of lies & deceit that has blighted love & ruined lives
- & has claimed this innocent woman as its newest victim. Brunetti`s investigation takes him deep into the dark heart of his beloved Venice.
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Quentin Blake is one of the most celebrated illustrators in the world today, & the best person imaginable to collaborate on this sketchbook with training wheels. Full of inspirational artwork, instruction & plenty of white space reserved for the artist-to-be, the book comes with an artist-quality sketch pen & two watercolour pencils. ...

Art & design take center stage in this carefully crafted, elegant, artisanal book. This stunning autobiographical art book ...

Through witty pen-&-ink illustrations, this activity book engages readers on every page with interesting facts about the amazing celestial realm beyond Earth`s atmosphere. Activities for readers include calculating their age in Jupiter years, creating their own solar systems with fruit, & navigating their way out of a black hole maze, all while learning about planets, stars, comets, asteroids & more! ...

Drawing Parallels encourages us to look at architecture in a new way. Rather than offering conventional views of canonical buildings, Quintin Lake`s photographs explore architecture as the physical world around us, from man-made structures to natural forms. Despite the fact that these photographs come from many countries, they suggest a world we can all relate to: children playing on steps; urban underground railways; lovers embracing; entrances to houses. In seven thematic sections that deal with form, surface, space, shelter, memory, ideology & urbanity, the very notion of architecture is redefined as an inherent quality of everything we perceive in the world. Through pairings of photographs
- a clear & accessible format
- Lake suggest to us the possibility of seeing anew the places & spaces we inhabit & move through each day.

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This fantastic guide to perspective is perfect for all painting & drawing enthusiasts. Covering everything from how to paint & draw freehand from nature without losing perspective to representing spacial structure, this book is suitable for both beginners as well as more experienced artists. It applies the principles to real examples as well as theoretical exercises & covers a range of different perspectives including frontal to vanishing point, oblique to two vanishing points, views from above & curving. This book is the perfect companion to our other drawing titles the Art of Botanical Drawing & Drawing for Interior Designers. ...