Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias


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A stunning guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous dahlia blooms from celebrated farmer-florist and New York Times bestselling author Erin Benzakein, founder of Floret Flower Farm. World-renowned flower farmer and floral designer Erin Benzakein reveals all the secrets to growing, cultivating, and arranging gorgeous dahlias. These coveted floral treasures come in a dazzling range of colors, sizes, and forms, with enough variety for virtually every garden space and personal preference, making them one of the most beloved flowers for arrangements. In these pages, readers will discover: • Expert advice for planting, harvesting, and arranging garden-fresh dahlias • A simple-to-follow overview of the dahlia classification system • An A–Z guide with photos and descriptions of more than 350 varieties • Step-by-step how-to's for designing show-stopping dahlia bouquets that elevate any occasion Expert Author: Erin Benzakein's gorgeous flowers are celebrated throughout the world. Her book Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers was a New York Times bestseller and her first book, Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden, won the American Horticultural Society Book Award. Filled with Wisdom: Overflowing with hundreds of lush photographs and invaluable advice, DISCOVERING DAHLIAS is an essential resource for gardeners and a must-have for anyone who loves flowers, including flower lovers, avid and novice gardeners, floral designers, florists, small farmers, stylists, and designers.




Practice Drawing - XL Workbook 14: Flowers


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The ebook to the awesome XL paperback exercise book. Of course, this digital version can not replace the paperback. The numerous white pages are zhe paper pages in the original book, on which you can make your own drawings in the book. With the underlying contour template. We recommend purchasing the original as a pocketbook and using this ebook for the color information when coloring or to print additional contour sheets. However, you can also fix a normal paper sheet over the display of your mobile device and use the outline of the desired motif on the display as a pause template. Freehand drawing - made easy! Even in a digital world, freehand sketching is still a recipe for success for impressive works of art. It is your own hand that makes your art unique. Many people don‘t know their ability to draw. But even unpracticed line drawings can make for impressive images. It is actually the imperfection that turns your images into works of art. This exercise book makes you an artist! Tracing is a simple and proven method to learn freehand drawing. After your exercises in this book, you will also succeed without templates because you will have developed a sense of proportion and contours. The result: impressive drawings that you have made yourself, even on the first attempt.These are originals that you should even sign with your own name. It is your hand that has created this remarkable work of art.The beautiful motifs are what make each stroke of the pen or pencil pure joy. 132 pages. 20 unprinted pages for your originals. www.practice-drawing.com




An Illustrated Journey


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Collects excerpts from the personal travel journal sketchbooks of forty-three artists, illustrators, and designers.




Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3


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Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in this rhyming chant.




Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice


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Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.




Theological Sketch-Book


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.




The Time Garden


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Step into a magical world with this dazzlingly beautiful coloring book for all ages and explore a fantastical cuckoo-clock inspired realm “Intricately drawn . . . [offers] an experience that is both meditative and creatively stimulating.”—The A.V. Club One night, a young girl’s father brings home an antique cuckoo clock. Journey with her through the doors of this mysterious clock into its inky inner workings and discover a magical land of clock gears, rooftops, starry skies, and giant flying owls—all ready for you to customize with whatever colors you can dream up. Cuckoo . . . cuckoo . . . cuckoo . . . When the clock strikes midnight, you’ll wonder—was it all a dream? The Time Garden has extra-thick craft paper and a removable—and colorable!—jacket. Featuring gorgeous gold foil on the cover and a customizable dedication page, The Time Garden is perfect for anyone looking to add some magic into their lives. Unleash your creativity with Daria Song’s whimsical Time series: THE TIME GARDEN • THE TIME CHAMBER • THE NIGHT VOYAGE










Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers


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Learn how to draw beautiful flowers and add breathtaking watercolor with the easy step-by-step instructions in Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers.