In this work no drawing skills are required because full-size pull-out tracings containing the demonstration outlines are included. Whether you want to paint portraits of stargazer lilies poppies in a cornfield or a Venetian windowbox Wendy Jelbert makes acrylics easy to use in this guide to painting flowers. Features include: hints & tips accompany the detailed step-by-step instructions; five complete demonstrations; a variety of subjects shows the versatility & vibrancy of acrylics; & no drawing skills are required: full-size pull-out tracings containing the demonstration outlines are included. This work also

Includes:: six reusable tracings to pull out.

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After having finished training in painting ceramics & sculpture Moniek Vanden Berghe focused on floral art. Her style is contemporary-modern. One of her main specialities is bridal work. With an eye for stunning detail she designs with great accuracy bridal bouquets floral purses corsages hair claps & tiaras. She also decorates the bridal table the cars the church & the bridesmaids in an elegant & harmonious way. This book offers bridal ideas to florists & is an inspiration for anyone whos soon to be married & wants to have a flourishing party. This is an excellent addition to Monieks first bestseller on the theme of love & marriage. ...

Author Moniek Vanden Berghe & photographer Kurt Dekeyzer are the creators of the highly successful books Flowers in Love" & " Flowers in Love II" in which they focus on different aspects of bridal floral art. This book is composed of truly inspiring mourning arrangements. Within this delicate theme they have assembled for both professional & amateur florists brand new touching floral arrangements in full harmony with the latest coffin & cremation urn designs. In addition they show a series of both very contemporary & more traditional wreaths altar decorations & tomb arrangements. This book really is the ultimate proof that delicate & sensitive floral designs can ease the pain & create hope for those who have lost loved ones." ...

Through thick mist & a cold east wind Lavinia returns to Scotl&. Up at the big house Mrs Farquhar is dying. Seeing Lachlan again. Lavinia remembers her childhood holidays there: swimming in the loch the picnics bottle-feeding the lambs down at the farm & the evenings when they danced reels. Most of all she remembers Mrs Farquhars grandson Rory. In the house as the old lady lies serene & beautiful in the bed she has slept in since coming home to Lachlan as a bride Lavinia meets Rory once again. Flowers in the Rain is one of sixteen stories each giving another magical glimpse into Rosamunde Pilchers world. The world in which most prefer to live all the time. ...

Flowers in the Worlds Most Beautiful Gardens puts the spotlight on the star of the garden; the flower. Tracing the history of flower gardens from the Middle Ages to today the book discusses the types of flowers commonly planted the landscape designs the advances in technology & how these practices have advanced throughout the centuries. Each chapter also focuses on a significant type of bloom; the rose i ris & tulip feature among others. Illustrated with more than 150 exquisite photographs by Alain Le Toquin this book features the worlds most extraordinary flower gardens featuring gardens in Europe Africa Asia & North America. ...

The new What to Paint series is perfect for readers who already have some painting skills & experience but are looking for inspiring painting subjects. Each book has 24 beautiful full-page size paintings a colour palette for each one & informative captions pulling out details tips & techniques used in various parts of the painting. At the back of the book there is a free outline for each painting for readers to transfer or scan on to watercolour paper. There are also instructions on transferring the images & on selecting parts of the outlines to create new compositions. There is information on transferring the images mixing colours painting backgrounds & creating new compositions by using only part of an outline. Paintings include tulips daffodils & anemones snake's head fritillary a posy of spring flowers fuchsias cherry blossom in a jar oriental poppies & many roses for which the author makes no apology because she loves them. ...

Flowers pop up everywhere in Renaissance art. Why are there pinks in a pot above a Crivelli Madonna roses scattered across Botticellis Primavera & columbines in the borders of many a fifteenth-century manuscript? This is the first book to explore how & why flowers feature so extensively in the extraordinary art of the Renaissance. Choosing twenty favourite plants the author introduces each & then describes & illustrates a number of wonderful examples. The new naturalism in Renaissance art makes every one clearly identifiable but there is also still a reason & meaning behind each chosen flower. Even their names can be loaded with meaning & the attributes of these flowers were well known to their original audience. Today we need to have these things explained
- whether the flower is in a Tudor portrait a tapestry a Leonardo a piece of jewellery or even on a plate or spoon. These flowers were valued by everyone from emperors to needlewomen: this delightful & revelatory book seeks out these hidden treasures & provides an unrivalled exploration of their beauty & their significance.
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When her last two plays are dismal failures & her relationship with her temperamental mentor falls apart writer Bree O' Brien abandons Chicago & the regional theater where she hoped to make a name for herself to return home. Opening Flowers on Main promises to bring her a new challenge & a new kind of fulfillment. But not all is peaceful & serene in Chesapeake Shores with her estranged mother on the scene & her ex-lover on the warpath. Jake Collins has plenty of reasons to want Bree out of his life but none of those are a match for the one reason he wants her to stay: he's still in love with her. Jake might be able to get past that old hurt if he knew Bree was home to stay but is she? The only way to know for sure is to take a dangerous leap of faith. ...

When Adam Rhoades tires of the political climate in Ireland & decides to leave for America his daughter Rebekahs future happiness is threatened. For Rebekah against her fathers wishes has fallen in love with handsome young Republican Daniel ONeill. Then Daniel too is forced to flee from his homeland & joins Rebekah on an ocean liner headed for New York. In the enclosed shipboard society their love is impossible to hide. But a cruel twist of fate leaves Rebekah orphaned & living in Liverpool without the man she loves. Isolated & vulnerable she reluctantly marries her new guardian Joshua Green. It is a decision Rebekah will bitterly regret
- until the day she rediscovers the happiness she thought had been lost to her forever.
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In 1956 at age 21 Floyd Patterson became the youngest boxer to win the title of world heavyweight champion & then later the first ever to lose & regain it. Here acclaimed author W.K. Stratton chronicles the life of The Gentle Gladiator
- an athlete overshadowed by Alis theatrics & Listons fearsome reputation & a civil-rights activist overlooked in the whos who of race politics. From the Gramercy Gym & wild-card manager Cus DAmato to a final rematch against Ali in 1972 Pattersons career spanned boxings Golden Age & included an Olympic gold medal. This powerful tribute to an invisible champion who fought his way to the top of a knockdown world carrying many of the hopes & fears of the battle for civil rights draws upon interviews with the fighters family friends & boxing contemporaries to provide the definitive account of his remarkable life & career.
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