Gouache in 4 Easy Steps


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15-Minute Watercolor Masterpieces, Anna’s first book, is one of our strongest selling titles. She made watercolor approachable, fun and easier than ever—and now she’s doing the same with the latest painting trend, gouache. A marriage between acrylics and watercolor, gouache is the next big thing in the art world—it’s easier to control than watercolor and allows for richer pigments and easy fixes, making it a great option for beginners. Anna shows you just how magical gouache can be—and each of her 50 projects can be completed in just five easy-to-follow steps. Divided into chapters on beautiful landscapes, colorful flowers and plants, cute animals and more, readers will have a big variety of projects to choose from. And each step is accompanied by an image, making it even easier for readers to follow along. Anna is the founder of DearAnnArt, an online art community with hundreds of thousands of followers.




The Life Graduate


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We all have LIFE MOMENTUM. At any one time, we are either moving closer or further away from what we truly want in life. The decisions we have made and the actions we have taken to this very moment have led to where you are RIGHT NOW, but are you ready to unlock your FULL POTENTIAL? Whether you have aspirations to start your own business, write a book, spend more time with your family, travel, improve your health and fitness or own a seven-figure property portfolio, The Life Graduate will show you the 'how'. Romney Nelson was inspired to create The Life Graduate when he identified a fundamental gap of life skills often not delivered in a practical way throughout teenage years and adulthood. The strategies and systems have been simplified to empower anyone to achieve whatever they want in life through the lessons taught in The Life Graduate. It's your personal 'lesson plan' that teaches you: How to master goal setting and plan your path to success How to take more than 1,000 micro-actions each year to achieve your dream goals How to develop and implement great daily habits to support your goals How to add an extra three months a year to your life to improve your mental and physical health, improve your knowledge and achieve your goals faster than you ever imagined How to tackle and overcome procrastination, fear and the limiting beliefs you hold. It's time RIGHT NOW to release your LIFE MOMENTUM!




How To Draw


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How to Draw Step-by-Step Drawing Projects is perfect for beginners who want to quickly gain a sense of mastery in their drawing. Suitable for children, teens, and adults who want to practice and improve their drawing skills. Every mini drawing lesson is broken down into easy to follow step by step instructions, so that all budding artists can create a masterpiece. Book Future: Easy Step By Step Drawing Surprise Gifts For You 8.5 x 11'' Inch Size Beautiful Design Thirty different projects to practice drawing Lots of room to practice High-quality, durable cover Buy & Learn Drawing




Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate


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Bring characters to life on your iPad® with creativity and ease, using ProcreateTM to conceptualize, sketch, and paint directly onto the screen. Master the basics, from setting up your first canvas to using a selection of tools such as Brushes, Layers, and Adjustments to add depth and energy to your creations. To achieve details such as hair, skin, and garments, you are guided through tools and techniques for character-specific results. Whether you draw characters from reality, or dream up new, fantastical beings, this book unlocks your design potential with Procreate for next level-results.







Sketching for Beginners


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Buy this book and get FREE COLORING BOOK. All the information within You just can't find the right book or tutorial to teach you how to get started. Some books skip steps while others just have the pictures with no instructions at all. Online tutorials can be frustrating, especially the video tutorials. Nothing seems to explain it where you can follow it at your own pace without leaving steps out.This book was written with you, the beginner, in mind. From the tools your will need to get started to shading and basic techniques, this book has been made for you. I will walk you step-by-step through each lesson and even offer extra practice for you to cut your teeth on. No question will be left unanswered as you go from page to page following the steps. You will be drawing in no time! Here is a preview of what you'll learn: Fruit Everyday things Plants Home and Office Animals Buildings The Human Body Female Faces




Paper Sculpture


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9 winners of the 3-D Illustration Awards Show -- demonstrate the techniques they use to transform paper into exciting, 3-dimensional sculptures.




How to Draw Robots for Kids


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This is a great how to draw book for kids! In this beginners drawing book, every mini drawing lesson is broken down into easy to follow step by step instructions. Let your kids learn to draw because kids that draw: ✅ Develops Fine Motor Skills ✅ Encourages Visual Analysis ✅ Helps Establish Concentration ✅ Improves Hand-Eye Coordination ✅ Increases Individual Confidence ✅ Teaches Creative Problem Solving This learn to draw books for kids is perfect for kids 09 - 12, but also for kids age 04 - 08 with a high interest in drawing will be able to follow the instructions easily as well. This How to Draw Robots: Step by Step beginners drawing for kids is the only sketch book for kids you'll need to turn your kids' creativity into artistic confidence, by having them learn how to draw cool stuff!




Step by Step Tutorials On Deep Learning Using Scikit-Learn, Keras, and Tensorflow with Python GUI


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In this book, you will learn how to use TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, NumPy and other libraries to implement deep learning on classifying fruits, classifying cats/dogs, detecting furnitures, and classifying fashion. In Chapter 1, you will learn to create GUI applications to display line graph using PyQt. You will also learn how to display image and its histogram. In Chapter 2, you will learn how to use TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, NumPy and other libraries to perform classifying fruits using Fruits 360 dataset provided by Kaggle (https://www.kaggle.com/moltean/fruits/code) using Transfer Learning and CNN models. You will build a GUI application for this purpose. Here's the outline of the steps, focusing on transfer learning: 1. Dataset Preparation: Download the Fruits 360 dataset from Kaggle. Extract the dataset files and organize them into appropriate folders for training and testing. Install the necessary libraries like TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, and NumPy; Data Preprocessing: Use OpenCV to read and load the fruit images from the dataset. Resize the images to a consistent size to feed them into the neural network. Convert the images to numerical arrays using NumPy. Normalize the image pixel values to a range between 0 and 1. Split the dataset into training and testing sets using Scikit-Learn. 3. Building the Model with Transfer Learning: Import the required modules from TensorFlow and Keras. Load a pre-trained model (e.g., VGG16, ResNet50, InceptionV3) without the top (fully connected) layers. Freeze the weights of the pre-trained layers to prevent them from being updated during training. Add your own fully connected layers on top of the pre-trained layers. Compile the model by specifying the loss function, optimizer, and evaluation metrics; 4. Model Training: Use the prepared training data to train the model. Specify the number of epochs and batch size for training. Monitor the training process for accuracy and loss using callbacks; 5. Model Evaluation: Evaluate the trained model on the test dataset using Scikit-Learn. Calculate accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score for the classification results; 6. Predictions: Load and preprocess new fruit images for prediction using the same steps as in data preprocessing. Use the trained model to predict the class labels of the new images. In Chapter 3, you will learn how to use TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, NumPy and other libraries to perform classifying cats/dogs using dataset provided by Kaggle (https://www.kaggle.com/chetankv/dogs-cats-images) using Using CNN with Data Generator. You will build a GUI application for this purpose. The following steps are taken: Set up your development environment: Install the necessary libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, NumPy, and any other dependencies required for the tutorial; Load and preprocess the dataset: Use libraries like OpenCV and NumPy to load and preprocess the dataset. Split the dataset into training and testing sets; Design and train the classification model: Use TensorFlow and Keras to design a convolutional neural network (CNN) model for image classification. Define the architecture of the model, compile it with an appropriate loss function and optimizer, and train it using the training dataset; Evaluate the model: Evaluate the trained model using the testing dataset. Calculate metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score to assess the model's performance; Make predictions: Use the trained model to make predictions on new unseen images. Preprocess the images, feed them into the model, and obtain the predicted class labels; Visualize the results: Use libraries like Matplotlib or OpenCV to visualize the results, such as displaying sample images with their predicted labels, plotting the training/validation loss and accuracy curves, and creating a confusion matrix. In Chapter 4, you will learn how to use TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, NumPy and other libraries to perform detecting furnitures using Furniture Detector dataset provided by Kaggle (https://www.kaggle.com/akkithetechie/furniture-detector) using VGG16 model. You will build a GUI application for this purpose. Here are the steps you can follow to perform furniture detection: Dataset Preparation: Extract the dataset files and organize them into appropriate directories for training and testing; Data Preprocessing: Load the dataset using Pandas to analyze and preprocess the data. Explore the dataset to understand its structure, features, and labels. Perform any necessary preprocessing steps like resizing images, normalizing pixel values, and splitting the data into training and testing sets; Feature Extraction and Representation: Use OpenCV or any image processing libraries to extract meaningful features from the images. This might include techniques like edge detection, color-based features, or texture analysis. Convert the images and extracted features into a suitable representation for machine learning models. This can be achieved using NumPy arrays or other formats compatible with the chosen libraries; Model Training: Define a deep learning model using TensorFlow and Keras for furniture detection. You can choose pre-trained models like VGG16, ResNet, or custom architectures. Compile the model with an appropriate loss function, optimizer, and evaluation metrics. Train the model on the preprocessed dataset using the training set. Adjust hyperparameters like batch size, learning rate, and number of epochs to improve performance; Model Evaluation: Evaluate the trained model using the testing set. Calculate metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score to assess the model's performance. Analyze the results and identify areas for improvement; Model Deployment and Inference: Once satisfied with the model's performance, save it to disk for future use. Deploy the model to make predictions on new, unseen images. Use the trained model to perform furniture detection on images by applying it to the test set or new data. In Chapter 5, you will learn how to use TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, Pandas, NumPy and other libraries to perform classifying fashion using Fashion MNIST dataset provided by Kaggle (https://www.kaggle.com/zalando-research/fashionmnist/code) using CNN model. You will build a GUI application for this purpose. Here are the general steps to implement image classification using the Fashion MNIST dataset: Import the necessary libraries: Import the required libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib for handling the dataset, building the model, and visualizing the results; Load and preprocess the dataset: Load the Fashion MNIST dataset, which consists of images of clothing items. Split the dataset into training and testing sets. Preprocess the images by scaling the pixel values to a range of 0 to 1 and converting the labels to categorical format; Define the model architecture: Create a convolutional neural network (CNN) model using Keras. The CNN consists of convolutional layers, pooling layers, and fully connected layers. Choose the appropriate architecture based on the complexity of the dataset; Compile the model: Specify the loss function, optimizer, and evaluation metric for the model. Common choices include categorical cross-entropy for multi-class classification and Adam optimizer; Train the model: Fit the model to the training data using the fit() function. Specify the number of epochs (iterations) and batch size. Monitor the training progress by tracking the loss and accuracy; Evaluate the model: Evaluate the trained model using the test dataset. Calculate the accuracy and other performance metrics to assess the model's performance; Make predictions: Use the trained model to make predictions on new unseen images. Load the test images, preprocess them, and pass them through the model to obtain class probabilities or predictions; Visualize the results: Visualize the training progress by plotting the loss and accuracy curves. Additionally, you can visualize the predictions and compare them with the true labels to gain insights into the model's performance.




Draw Manga!


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Provides basic shapes and other techniques of cartooning, followed by illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing cartoon villains, superheroes, manga characters, and more.