Colored pencil painter Alyona Nickelsen reveals how to use the medium to push the limits of realistic portraiture. Colored Pencil Painting Portraits provides straightforward solutions to the problems that artists face in creating lifelike images, and will prime readers on the intricacies of color, texture, shadow, a...

A comprehensive guide to knitting sweaters and designing and modifying sweater patterns, by the author of You Can Knit and Knit to Flatter. Yarn and fiber enthusiasts everywhere will celebrate the latest addition to Amy Herzog's beloved knitting series (which includes You Can Knit That, Knit to Flatter, and Knit Wea...

ーーーー 史上最完整。飼養新手、資深鳥奴必備的超萌經典指南 ーーーー ★ 本書內含70項鸚鵡飼養法和33個鳥寶讀心術， ★ 只要這一本，就能輕鬆搞懂「飼養鸚鵡的方法」！ ＼ 和鳥寶幸福生活的訣竅就在這本書中！ ／ 　　每天一回到家，飛到肩上的鳥寶怎麼撥也撥不走，撒嬌的甜蜜感讓人疲憊頓消！ 　　撲通〜鳥寶跳水盆洗澡後，把牠抱在手中深深...

★金鼎獎得主 張恵芬 最新作品★市場裡琳瑯滿目的蔬菜，你認得幾樣？想要吃得健康，就從認識蔬菜開始。繼《菜市場魚圖鑑》、《菜市場水果圖鑑》之後《菜市場蔬菜圖鑑》是菜市場三部曲的完結篇市場裡琳瑯滿目的蔬菜，你認得幾樣？ 想要吃得健康，就從認識蔬菜開始。 繼《菜市場魚圖鑑》、《菜市場水果圖鑑》之後 《菜市場蔬菜圖鑑》是菜市場三...

A follow-up to the best-selling LEGO® Technic Idea Book series by master builder and LEGO luminary Yoshihito Isogawa, readers learn to create their own robots from the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Set. If you’ve had your fun building programmable, intelligent creations with the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor set...

Are you surrounded by weeds? Is your lawn forlorn? Are your bushes diseased? Do you long to create an outdoor space you can enjoy with friends - a garden you can show off with pride? How to Garden When You're New to Gardening shows you the basics needed to get your green space under control and keep it that way. Dra...

本书讲述了图像作为明代主要的奢侈消费品之一，不仅以独立的图像环路的形式存在，还出现在墙壁、书籍、印刷品、地图、陶瓷制品、漆盒、纺织品，甚至是华丽的衣裙上，这些艺术品最初只包含一些规则的图形或动植物，后来扩展到描绘自然景观、历史上的重要人物或者重要事件，以及与文学作品插图所构建出的世界密切相关的场景。

Learn to draw all kinds of cute aquatic creatures doing all sorts of silly things through 80 step-by-step tutorials. In Kawaii Underwater World, popular Instagram artist Olive Yong (@bichi.mao) and author of Kawaii Kitties and Kawaii Doggies turns her attention to the adorable and dynamic world of sea life! For begi...

閩南春花 ╳ 客家纏花 ╳ 完美經典！ 從基礎紙形變化中，給予作品新生命， 在小紙片、絲線、組件的遊戲中， 繞出自由創意的絕美藝術！ 　　✓纏花是什麼？ 　　纏花是結合剪紙、纏繞絲線、捻線等技巧的工藝，並搭配不同紙型，帶你做出不同的花型。 　　✓繞線技巧零藏私教學 　　從基礎紙形的繪製、打版，到綜合創作，從大原則到小細節，所有密技...

*此書為固定版面格式，建議使用平板或電腦閱讀* ◎提供靈感和啟發：介紹了歐美各種風格家具的特徵，詳解各種拼接方式及其變式，並呈現了100多件家具的構造細節，提供開闊的思路。 ◎提供理想家具的標準：書中提供的家具尺寸和標準，皆經過時間檢驗且符合人體工程學，讀者可以自行重組，輕鬆設計出好用的櫥櫃、餐桌、書桌和箱櫃等家具。 ◎提供多...

An exuberant, life-affirming novel of taking your chances After a spur-of-the-moment day out with his boss’ daughter in celebration of his 21st birthday, Polycarp Jarvis decides to quit his Bristol-based junior government worker job. Newly emboldened, he embarks on an erratic, engaging and not always strictly legal ...

The colour of skin has a reputation of being a difficult colour to capture. But this oil painting guidebook aims to break down this seemingly difficult subject matter into manageable pieces. Now with large images for larger ereaders, find 10 step-by-step instructions on completing figure paintings in oil from old ma...

Part of the bestselling A-Z series of specialist needlework books, this extensive how-to text focuses on garment construction for smocking enthusiasts and is the ideal companion to the A–Z of Smocking. Presented in an easy to use style, this book is overflowing with hundreds of step-by-step photographs and invaluabl...

In an effort to educate American children further in origami, Japanese paper folding, author Chiyo Araki has written Origami in the Classroom Book 2, as a sequel to her first book. With handsomely drawn diagrams and accompanying step-by -step instructions, the author presents interesting paper-folding projects based...

A guide that blends the history behind the German World War II tank with resources for military vehicle modeling enthusiasts. In late 1944 and 1945, the Panther tank played an important role in Germany's desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armored vehicle ...

A definitive guide and workbook for training your dog to talk using button communication, from the New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Learned to Talk. It’s a question that has crossed every dog owner's mind: What would it be like to know what my dog is thinking? In Your Dog Can Talk, speech pathologist ...