Books from North Light Books

  • Crafts Supply Sourcebook: The Comprehensive Shop-By-Mail Guide for Thousands of Craft Materials
    By Margaret B. Boyd

    ... Suite N Santa Rosa CA 95401 Contact : Patricia McPhee Phone : (707)570-0763 or (800)554-5755 Fax : (707)570-0868 E - mail ...

  • How to Design Your Own Painting Projects
    By Michelle Temares

    Shows decorative painters and artists how transform their own design ideas into dynamic compositions in seven easy steps.

  • Artist's Sketchbook: Exercises and Techniques for Sketching on the Spot
    By Cathy Johnson

    Cathy Johnson leads you on this thrilling expedition as you explore ways to turn everyday sights and experiences into a cache of visual memories.

  • Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor
    By Paul Jackson

    From soft, atmospheric effects to powerful images, this guide provides artists with the insight and instruction they need to illuminate their paintings with the magic of light.

  • Lifelike Drawing with Lee Hammond
    By Lee Hammond

    You Can Do It! &break;&break;You can draw anything–flowers, people, animals, even water and glass–with this expansive, in-depth "Drawing Bible," by veteran artist and instructor Lee Hammond.

  • Creative Correspondence
    By Judy Jacobs

    Now lift the top flap and stick the point into the diamond pocket . Your Diamond Foldnote is ready to decorate . 6 ADD AN ACCORDION LETTER To add more writing surface inside , lay your plain paper in the center rectangle of the triangle ...

  • Rubber Stamp Gifts
    By Judy Claxton

    co Kraft paper , Diamond pattern , various western rubber stamps Black polymer clay ( Sculpey III ) Gold Mini Metallic Rub Ons Brown , black and russet dye - based ink pads Mints tin PVC pipe cut to 6 " ( 15cm ) or a small rolling pin ...

  • Graphic Tools & Techniques
    By John Laing, Rhiannon Saunders-Davies

    ... LTD Cants DAINT MARKER MMP5 PENTEL C N50 Pentel PEN PERMANENT MARKER | SPEEDRY Magic Marko Aupinis drehen twist 41 . ... The cap clicks conveniently on to the SUPER COLOUR MARKERS Line width : Approximately 1.0mm for Fine ( SC - F ...

  • Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research
    By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

    ... Jean Rodwick , Christina K. Schaefer , Katherine Scott Sturdevant , Sharon Swint and Marcia Wyett . ... Special appreciation is due Robert Charles Anderson for bringing Hugh Kenner's essay on untidy desks to my attention ; and Rick ...

  • Visual Chronicles
    By Linda Woods, Karen Dinino

    Make creative journaling a part of your everyday life, busting through self-doubt, time clocks, piles of laundry, and every other roadblock along the way. With Visual Chronicles, you'll be inspired to tell your story the way only you can!

  • Journal Revolution: Rise Up & Create! Art Journals, Personal Manifestos and Other Artistic Insurrections
    By Linda Woods, Karen Dinino

    Rise up and CREATE! No borders, no boundaries: truth, journaled wherever you find it. Grab your mess kit - we're starting a Journal Revolution.

  • Journal Fodder 365: Daily Doses of Inspiration for the Art Addict
    By Eric M. Scott, David R. Modler

    The journal is no different. With Journal Fodder 365, the Journal Fodder Junkies will lead you on a year-long adventure in drawing and writing, in painting and collage, and in the flotsam and jetsam of your daily experiences.

  • Enchanted Garden Crafts
    By Susan Cousineau

    Twenty-five quick-and-easy projects include a range of special-occasion, holiday, and gift-giving options, covering how to create such options as decorated wreaths, bird houses, and candles using everyday materials. Original.

  • Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds
    By Scott Weidensaul

    Looks at bird migration, following birds such as hawks and songbirds on their paths, and describes habitat degradation and deforestation that threaten migration

  • Among Friends
    By Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher

    Elegantly and invitingly written, Among Friends demonstrates the writer’s belief that “every lesson, every lecture listened to, must be interpreted into a personal dialect of human language, and that is what I keep trying to do.

  • Complete Digital Painting Techniques
    By David Cole

    Whether you're an experienced traditional painter or a beginner just starting down your creative path, this book will show you how to replicate real-world painting techniques with amazing results.

  • Selling Your Dolls & Teddy Bears
    By Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Barb Lawrence Giguere

    This is the amount the bank will use in paying any check . You may see ten dollars instead of one hundred dollars . Obviously , you will not accept such a check . • Don't accept the check if the serial numbers and check numbers do not ...

  • Fresh Ideas In Letterhead & Business Card Design 2
    By Gail Deibler Finke

    atomie Art Director / Studio Susan Hochbaum / Pentagram Design Designer / Studio Susan Hochbaum / Pentagram Design Illustrator Rolla Herman Client / Service Atomic Ironworks , New York City , NY / ironworks Paper Gilbert Type Bodoni ...

  • How to Draw and Paint Animals: In Pencil, Charcoal, Line and Watercolor
    By Linda Birch

    Animals are one of the most popular subjects for amateur painters -- but not the easiest. This book takes the artist through the pleasures and pitfalls of depicting live animals, both as individual studies and placed in a setting.

  • The Complete Book of Painting Techniques for the Home
    By Annie Sloan, Kate Gwynn

    Provides instructions for such decorative finishing techniques as ragging, colorwashing, stippling, marbling, frottage, and sponging