Studios Books

"Loosen Up You Watercolours" is a welcome addition to my library. Judi Whitton, a professional artist, has captured a lively and loose style with her practical projects and her step-by-step demonstrations. It is a logical next step after learning to handle watercolors in a basic beginner, tight style. Her manner is intuitive and spontaneous. The book is filled with numerous full and half-page colorful illustrations that will provide inspiration for any watercolor enthusiast to pick up their brush and watercolors and paint along with Judi. If you have admired the Charles Reid style of painting, you will like this UK artist. From the flap of her book, she states her work can be seen at www.watercolour.co.uk.

This play seems to be the logical evolution of the play Arsenic and Old Lace. Written in the sixties for the British stage, it was panned in its first production. However a year and a half later, as its author was about to give up hope, a new production opened and met with great success. Loot is fairly brief at only two acts, yet is brimming with its delicious brand of sin. The scenario begins with an atmosphere of apparent darkness but quickly reveals its hilarious undertones. By the end of the play the reader/audience has unconsciously become a part of the morally bereft world which Orton creates. Its no matter though because you are crying with laughter.

This is a wonderful showcase of art glass produced by an extraordinary man and his family. Charles Lotton has a gift and, although I can't own many pieces of his work, having the book is very nice.

This is a concise and copiously illustrated paperback survey on only 176 pages in of all major buildings and projects from 1874 to 1924 published under ISBN: 3760881319 by Artemis (Zürich) and 1874056153 by Artemis (Boston), and under ISBN: 3764355743 by Birkhäuser (Basel...) English and German side by side. Following 37 pages with analysis of the architect's style, each of the presented 57 works is headed by a description from as little as just a few lines to over a page long followed by illustrations from one to several depending on work's scope. All of 210 only B&W multi-picture illustrations - at least a half of them technical (plans, sections, sketches, elevations, etc.), but also B&W photos of a good quality - are well balanced, superbly crisp and perfectly legible. On several pages at the end, there are: a biography, selected bibliography, list of works, etc. Like all from the Studio Paperback series, this book is solid among architectural monographs even of a bigger size. Similar to smaller books from the Works and Projects series published by Gustavo Gili (GG) in English and Spanish.

This is an older crochet book, but still has plenty of good patterns. M's Calder gives the basic instructions on the various projects, but leaves the details (colors, design) up to the reader. The crocheted items are colorful as well as inspiring. Most projects are made in the (American) single crochet (British double crochet and are easy to understand and create. I recommend this book highly to spice up your crocheting.

Beautiful illustrations and photographs. Covers design for both large and small areas, minimum-care plants, and low-maintenance techniques.

Its the best Catalogue ever its a complete book containing the Lynn Chadwick's work, its Art History " ITS A MUST HAVE"

This is a great calender, unforunently it is overpriced here. I got from a store for $1.

I recently took over the website for the school I'm a network admin at. Being the first website I've ever managed, and the first time I've ever used the Macromedia Studio software, I decided to look for a book to help me when I couldn't figure something out myself. This book does just that. It doesn't get into every little detail on how to do everything, but gives you just the right info you need to get going in the right direction. Easy to read and good for a beginner.

All of Mary Pope Osborne's books are great fun to read and listen to on audiocassette. Both my son and I never grow weary of listening . . . we know them by heart and will often repeat certain lines aloud, smiling and laughing at Jack & Annie's adventures.