National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography
This superb practical guide to travel photography combines the best of all worlds: convenient size, comprehensive coverage, and useful, straightforward advice from the experts of National Geographic Traveler, the highest circulation magazine in its field. It’s the perfect "how-to" for anyone seeking to master the veteran photographer’s trademark skills: a strong sense of place; a swift, decisive eye; and a sure instinct for the dramatic scene.
With an emphasis on simplicity, this is an introduction to the art of collage using preserved plant material. All that is needed is access to a garden or the countryside; no previous skills are necessary. Introductory chapters explain the types of plant material which are suitable, and when and how the varied decorative designs can be created from flowers, leaves, cones and seeds. There are projects and topics including: simple flat collage bookmark;raised collage designs; seed patterns; gilded plant materials; embroidery effects; fantasies; framing; greetings and Christms cards; basket weave boxes and Church ornaments.
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Finishing Walls & Ceilings: Includes Plaster, Skim-coating and Texture Ceiling Finishes
Finishing walls and ceilings once meant nailing up some wallboard and slapping on paint or wallpaper. No more. Today's do-it-yourself can create dozens of different and exciting wall and ceiling finishes using materials now available at any home improvement center. Even basic wallboard installation is a new game, with curved walls, arches, and elaborate special effects easily achieved with innovative products aimed at the homeowner. Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Finishing Walls & Ceilings gives all the information needed to give walls and ceilings designer finishes.
This guide for intermediate to advanced paperfolders uses traditional origami bases as the springboard to incredible results.Written by a science teacher who is also a lifelong origami enthusiast,it features detailed diagrams for creating realistic images of 30 unusual animals,including jellyfish, grasshoppers, manatees, polar bears, and scorpions.
