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MOSAICS, OUTDOOR CRAFTS, PAINTING | 59 Mosaic Art Today • Jeffrey B. Snyder • Over 50 contemporary, mosaic artists reveal the diversity of materials used and forms created in this ever-growing field. Using tesserae, stone, pebbles, ceramics, found objects, and other materials, these artists “paint” intricate and beautiful images. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 200+ color photos • 256 pp • 978-0-7643-4001-7 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / 73.00 CAD Sculptural Secrets for Mosaics: Creating 3-D Bases for Mosaic Application • Julee Latimer, Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt •With easy-to-follow guid- ance and more than 175 photos, follow a profes- sional mosaic artist through the process of making six sculptures. Learn skills ranging from reaching the needed levels of density to applying tesserae to spheres. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 178 color images • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-5244-7 • HC • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Create Naturally: Go Outside and Rediscov- er Nature with 15 Makers • Marcia Young • For artists and crafters of all levels who look for inspi- ration in nature. Discover practical ways to become more creative! These makers’ stories and projects help you find ways to connect to nature with your own works. • 8" × 10" (203 × 254 mm) • 250+ color photos • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-6434-1 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD The Graphic Guide to Beekeeping: Your Complete Visual Resource for Sweet Suc- cess • Yves Gustin • Beginners will be drawn to this fun, illustrated graphic guide for learning and succeeding in a fascinating hobby. Thousands of detailed illustrations—perfect for visual learners— help you understand the whys behind successful hives. Offers complete, easy-to-understand info on every aspect of beekeeping, plus an entertaining approach. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 4,600 line drawing illustrations • 224 pp • 978-0-7643- 6124-1 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Land Art: Creating Artworks in and with the Landscape • James Brunt • Join renowned artist Brunt as he goes outside and creates temporary outdoor art installations that become part of the natural landscape—and be inspired to create your own! His “Invitations to Play” help you take some time out, immerse yourself in natural surroundings, and explore natural materials like stones, leaves, wood, and more in the environment in which they’re found. • 8.5" × 10" (216 × 254 mm) • 150+ color images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6605- 5 • PB • $26.99 / £24.99 / 37.99 CAD Knife Throwing Like the Pros: Throwing Techniques, Knives & Axes, Rules, Mental Preparation & More • Peter Kramer • This es- sential review of knife- and ax-throwing basics presents and analyzes the best throwing knives and axes on the current market, different throwing techniques, the basics of competition rules, legal is- sues to understand, and the general care of throw- ing knives and axes. • 6" × 9" (152 × 229 mm) • 100 color images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-6063-3 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Modern Splicing: Shown Step by Step • Egmont M. Friedl • For marine, boating, and climb- ing amateurs and professionals at all levels, splices are essential. In this much-anticipated handbook, world-renowned expert Friedl guides you through modern splicing techniques with his trademark clear directions, one-of-a-kind color diagrams, and 200+ color photos. The book is supplemented by four-plus hours of excellent video instruction. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 368 photos & di- agrams • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-6181-4 • HC • $44.99 / £40.99 / 63.99 CAD Wilderness Axe Skills and Campcraft • Paul Kirtley • This photo-rich guide allows bushcrafters, campers, and outdoors lovers to master the need- ed core skills for success. Professional bushcraft instructor Kirtley can’t be everywhere, and his courses worldwide are often sold out, but this al- lows you to learn from the best, and to understand for yourself why his training is in demand. • 8.5" × 10" (216 × 254 mm) • 640 color photos • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-6148-7 • HC • $26.99 / £24.99 / 37.99 CAD 20 Projects for Alcohol Inks: A Workbook for Creating Your Best Art • Karen Walker • This visual, step-by-step guide helps you to create 20 beautiful paintings in the popular medium of alcohol ink, including landscapes, animals, florals, and more. It also includes instruction on the basic techniques of ink flow, lifting, and masking • 7.5" × 10.25" (191 × 260 mm) • 352 color images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-5646-9 • PB • $26.99 / £24.99 / 37.99 CAD Decorating Eggs: Exquisite Designs with Wax & Dye • Jane Pollak • Truly exquisite designs, intricate details, and brilliant color schemes come together in this new DIY book on decorating eggs. Chapters include basic decorating tips and how to choose your colors. With illustrated step-by-step instructions and a gallery of completed projects, you’ll be creating your own dynamic eggs in no time at all. • 8.5" × 10" (216 × 254 mm) • 200 color photos • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-4654-5 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Dot Drawing: A Fusion of Stippling and Ornament • Spider.Money • Dot drawing is also known as “stippling” and is a similar stylistic technique to pointillism. With 250 photos, this guide covers the basics of this technique; over 40 projects range from lettering to tattoo style. • 8.5" × 8.5" (216 × 216 mm) • 250+ images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-5853-1 • PB • $27.99 / £25.99 / 38.99 CAD Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century • Ashley Rooney, Anne Lee • The North American artists included in this book represent some of the finest practitioners of contemporary encaustic. Its luscious visual and physical properties allow artists to blaze new trails as they incorporate it with other methods and processes. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 475 color images • 304 pp • 978-0-7643- 5023-8 • HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / 85.00 CAD Fabulous Flowers with Acrylics: Paint 22 Blooms from Delphiniums to Dandelions • Ruth Alice Kosnick • Learn to paint 22 different beautiful flowers in acrylics with specialized tech- niques for creating colorful realistic and abstract paintings. Perfect for beginning and experienced painters who want an easy-to-follow guide and plenty of flowers flowing from their brush. • 9" × 10.5" (229 × 267 mm) • 160+ color images • 104 pp • 978-0-7643-6607-9 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Fire and Light: A Method of Paint- ing for Artists Who Love Color • Julie Hanson • This two-part book is a compre- hensive and exciting color approach for beginning and advanced painters. Tools giv- en in part one provide the necessary skills to explore the color-temperature painting method described in part two. It is easy to follow, step-by-step, and fully illustrated. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 206 color images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-5217-1 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD How to Create Encaustic Art: A Guide to Painting with Wax • Birgit Hüttemann-Holz • Begin or enhance your work in encaustic art with a professional introduction to the ancient art of wax painting. This guide explains the technique in an understandable way, covering the entire spectrum of encaustic art: smooth and textured surfaces, scraping and relief imprinting techniques, accre- tion, and special techniques. • 8.5" × 9.88" (216 × 251 mm) • 177 color images • 128 pp • 978-0- 7643-5416-8 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Impressions with Clay • Milt Liebson • This complete and easy-to-use book describes the basics and leads the reader step-by-step through the process of using tinted liquid clay (slip) and individually prepared pastels applied directly to a clay matrix with a brush, sieve, or various stencils. An impression is created by transferring the image from the clay matrix to canvas. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 203 images • 96 pp • 978-0-7643- 2125-2 • PB • $20.00 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Painting the Elements: Air Water Earth Fire • Parramon • How do you capture the essential elements of life: air, water, earth, and fire? Through more than 400 images, learn the tips and tricks shared by over 50 painters through pictorial tech- niques. See and try practical solutions to capture the essence of atmosphere and light, the sky, fog and mist, wind and snow, mountains, wildfire, fire- works, and more. Step-by-step exercises and tuto- rial video links accompany each chapter. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 450 color images • 240 pp • 978-0-7643-5953-8 • PB • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Pigments of Your Imagination: Creat- ing with Alcohol Inks • Cathy Taylor • Mercurial, versatile, inexpensive, and wildly colorful, alcohol inks are one of the newest mediums to hit the art community. Pig- ments of Your Imagination is your essential guide for working with alcohol inks, from choosing which inks to use for each project to learning how to maximize your artistic potential with a wide variety of fascinating techniques. • 9.13" × 8.13" (232 × 207 mm) • 500+ color images • 200 pp • 978-0-7643-5133-4 • HC w/spiral • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Water-Based Texturing: Techniques & Inspi- rations for Artists, Teachers, and Craftsmen • Tucker Stouch • Explore the use of acrylic textur- al finishes for home decor projects and wall art. Over 290 color photos include crackle, polystyrene relief, thick impasto, scratching, combing, mixes, embedded elements, sponging, tissue and paper textures, metallic paints, sprays, splashes, drizzles, smearing, stamping, impressions, and stenciling. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 295 color photos • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-4534-0 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Watercolor Pencil Guide and Workbook • Madison R. Smolsky • A guide to watercolor pen- cils for beginners as well as experienced artists wanting to explore a new medium, this workbook includes 16 pages of instruction and 62 full-page outline drawings that allow learners to practice the techniques of their choice, including gradients, shading, color theory, salt technique, and more. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 77 • 80 pp • 978- 0-7643-5736-7 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD White! Light! Bright!: How to Make Your Backgrounds Support and Enhance Your Wa- tercolor Paintings • Bivenne Harvey Staiger • This richly illustrated and comprehensive resource helps watercolorists plan and create exceptional paintings by focusing on color, value, and other elements in both subjects and settings. A unique and effective method for planning your subject in concert with its background and then creating a powerful piece. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 125 color images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6266-8 • HC • $27.99 / £25.99 / 38.99 CAD OUTDOOR CRAFTS PAINTING