 |
||||||
| Browse | Search | Information | Home | Shopping Basket | ||
| Easy Order Form | ||||||
| 12 March 2010 | ||||||
|
|
||||||
| Featured Books | View by: new arrivals, author, title, sale, bargains | |
| Browse | Crafts & Hobbies | Cookery > Crafts > Gardening | ||
 |
The Postcard Century | |||
| 2000 Cards and Their Messages | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Tom Phillips | ||||
| Thames & Hudson 2000 452 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0500975906 300x245mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| 'A composite illustrated diary in which nearly 2,000 people have made their entries', this engrossing book is a year-by-year history of the 20th century in postcards. Each year begins with a card of special relevance - the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, the opening of the Bilbao Guggenheim in 1998 - and views of London and New York posted during that year, followed by a selection of greetings from private journeys or great public events, with transcribed messages of the cards and notes. | ||||
|
||||
 |
Drawing | |||
| Mastering the Language of Visual Expression | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Keith Micklewright | ||||
| Laurence King 2005 168 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1856694607 255x215mm | ||||
| Published Price £17.95 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| 'Being visually illiterate is the main obstacle to producing a drawing' writes Keith Micklewright, and in this book he offers a guide to learning the 'language of drawing' and how to think visually. Beginning with the origins of and reasons for drawing, Micklewright deals with concepts such as proportion, tonal value, form and space, selection and emphasis, and uses over 100 drawings by artists from Rembrandt to De Kooning to illustrate ideas and techniques. | ||||
|
|
||||
| Search | Show all Crafts books | Top of Page |
| Crafts Books | © Sandpiper Books Ltd 2001-2010 | Crafts Books |