FB2 PortalЭлектронная библиотека

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Starting with the basic blocks for skirts and bodices (and also a jacket and trouser block), Gillian Holman shows you how to add the refinements, such as necklines, collars, sleeves, yokes, flounces, pleats, peg tops, pockets, and crossovers. Each design element is accompanied by sketches and patterns. It is a step-by-step introduction to the techniques of pattern cutting for fashion students and…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A classic text from the turn of the 20th century, by Ernest E. Clark, has been heavily revised and expanded by the former president of the Society of Botanical Artists to produce a stunning handbook of a range of plants. Each plant is illustrated with detailed botanical drawings and a painting, which may come from historic sources, from a contemporary work or feature an interesting medium.…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Over 25 stunning and historically accurate patterns for retro swimwear, from 1880 to 1970. Features demure 1920s costumes with tunic and drawers, knitted patterns from the 1940s, 1960s halterneck bikinis in bold geometric prints, and much more. Includes fully annotated patterns and photographs of each garment, plus two projects with step-by-step instructions. Featuring over 25 swimming costumes,…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: From the sculpted topiary at Hidcote Manor to spectacular summer container planting at Powis Castle and stylish contemporary border planting at Packwood House, the gardens of the National Trust are a fantastic source of inspiration for gardeners of all standards. In this book, keen gardener and design historian Jacq Barber shows how different elements in the National Trust's gardens can be…

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: A neat collection of 1950s pattern, this book covers the heyday of postwar design where an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. The designs and influences of the print gurus of the time — Lucienne Day, Robert Stewart and Maija Isola of Marimekko — are all covered. The creativity of the period — the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: 365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Scottish is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Scotland a country worth celebrating every day of the year. Has there ever been a more eccentric, creative, inventive and passionate race than the Scottish? We don't think so and 365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Scottish proves…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube. Though this isn't the usual side of the Tube the tourists, travellers and residents see. (Though, of course, they do see a great deal of strangeness in their daily commutes!). This is the real Underground, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of what happens hundreds of metres…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A great book to express your creative fashion urges, with doodling, drawing and colouring exercises to fill in. Fashion illustrator and lecturer Frances Moffatt provides suggestions and half-filled page of drawings and doodles for you to continue with sections on Designing your own fashion label, your own fashion tights, mix up your celebrity hairstyles, add them to your family drawings, create…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Countrywise Kitchen proved one of the most popular food series of 2010, with viewing figures regularly hitting over 4 million when it aired on ITV1 primetime. Now, for the first time, its co-presenter and chef Mike Robinson brings you the best recipes of the 2010 and 2011 series — plus dishes from its sister show Countrywise, which is now entering its third series. There are lots of recipes for…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The National Trust has the finest collection of gardens ever assembled under one ownership — the greatest in number, diversity, historic importance and quality. Taken together they contain the world's most important collection of cultivated plants, distinguished for their beauty, rarity, historical interest and scientific value. This edition has been substantially revised to showcase superb new…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Following the success of Fantasy Workshop, Fantasy Creatures and Manga, the ImagineFX team have turned their expertise to Sci-Fi art for digital artists who want to progress to the next level. With reference to creative painting programs (including Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Painter), the book explains, with the help of step-by-step instructions, Q&A's, screen grabs, how to progress from…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The Art of Taxidermy is a contemporary look at an historical and controversial subject — a sumptuous photographic led exploration of the genre's history, uses and modern applications. Taxidermy courses are enjoying a renewed surge of popularity and this book is poised to offer the new wave of enthusiasts a beautiful volume on the subject. Well-researched text covering aspects of the artform's…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Following on from the bestselling Strangest title London's Strangest Tales comes Kent's Strangest Tales — a book devoted to the weird and wonderful side of the home county many people believe is the 'The Garden of England'. Located on the bottom of the Old Man of England's bottom, Kent is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a strange-shaped stick at. Home to historically-rich towns…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Liverpool Then and Now takes the reader on a journey through a city once considered the 'second city of empire'. So great was the volume of commerce flowing through the port of Liverpool in the nineteenth century that it sometimes eclipsed London. This wealth produced many fine buildings, giving rise to a second Bank of England building, the classical architecture of St George's Hall- today the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A stunning survey of modern illustration that uses older styles of artistic expression to evoke a sense of another time and place. These vintage-style illustrations play with the past, subvert it, on occasion, but always feel fresh. Organized into 12 chapters by historical or cultural period, the book features hundreds of the best examples of modern retro illustration including styles as varied…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: An exciting approach to botanical illustration featuring exotic and extraordinary plant specimens. Striking plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables provide new challenges in colour, texture and form. Stunning finished paintings accompany simple instructions and step-by-step projects for a beautiful book that both guides and inspires. Strange and unusual specimens have never been more accessible —…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Following the success of Fantasy Workshop and Fantasy Creatures, the ImagineFX team have turned their expertise to Manga Art for fantasy artists who want to progress to the next level. With reference to creative painting programs (including Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Painter), the book explains, with the help of step-by-step instructions and screen grabs, how to progress from basic 'pencil'…

Скачать книгу (размер 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 196) Аннотация: A dandy, a crooner and an actor, talented and scandalous, as close to the Kennedys as to the underworld barons, Frank Sinatra fascinates. Coming from a small town in New Jersey, the bad boy married Ava Gardner and conquered Hollywood, starring in over 60 films and winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role in From Here to Eternity. It's thanks to music, however, that his…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Along with Blue Note records, the Prestige, Atlantic, Contemporary and Pacific and Riverside Labels were the chief providers of America's East and West Coast sounds on vinyl. The hard-edged, straight ahead playing of New York's jazz musicians was perfectly reflected in the moody, monochromatic photography, quirky graphics and bold typography of the record covers: the look, like the sound, was…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: An essential book for all those working with fashion and design, particularly fashion print design. It covers all the techniques for the creation of fashion prints using the most popular software, Photoshop and Illustrator. With step-by-step instructions and handy screen grabs, find out how to: scan in hand-drawn motifs or illustration and rework into a digital pattern; work with colour; create…