Larry Blovits

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter

This is a primer for the serious beginner, which examines the methods and materials the artist needs to learn to master the pastel medium. Step-by-step demonstrations in three major genres - landscape, figure, and still life - are included. Basic methods are covered with sophisticated examples. Pastel colours, pastel surfaces, applying and mixing, and form, light, and depth as related to the medium are all discussed.

Pastel for the Serious Beginner

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Lindly Hounani

Maggie Maggio

Lindly Haunani

Techniques and Jewelry Projects for Creating Successful Palettes

Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio are renowned for their courses and workshops on color as well as for their outstanding polymer clay work. In this book, they offer instruction and inspiration that focuses on polymer clay as a learning tool that readers can use to explore their own color instincts and preferences and develop their own palettes.

Each chapter investigates a specific color principle, with the discussion supported by a related exercise, a "studio tool" assignment or demonstration, a polymer clay jewelry project, and a profile of a prominent polymer clay artist. Sample topics include:

*The Complexity of Color
*Three Properties of Color
*Choosing Your Palette
*Mixing Colors That Flow
*Matching Colors with Precision
*Games Colors Play
*Orchestrating Color Combinations
*Color Composition: Placement and Proportion
*Playful Patterns
*Tantalizing Textures

Polymer Clay Color Inspirations

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Ronald Shimek

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Profiling some of the most beautiful and bizarre animals that make their way into marine aquariums, this book covers more than 500 invertebrates and plants of speical interest to reef aquarists.

A PocketExpert Guide to Marine Invertebrates

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Mark Martin

Ret Talbot

Create a Happy, Healthy Home for Your Marine Life

Featuring descriptions of over 1,000 marine fishes, corals, plants, and invertebrates, this guide offers advice and guidelines for maintaining a saltwater aquarium, including general care recommendations, compatibility of species, and what to do when things go wrong. Original.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saltwater Aquariums

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Michael S. Paletta

Scott W. Michael

John Goodman

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Step-by-Step Setup and Stocking Guide

Contains a guide to designing and assembling an aquarium, with step-by-step instructions, including information on supporting the weight of the tank, equipment, fish, plants, decorations, and related topics.

The New Marine Aquarium

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Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

Although they cover only one percent of the Earth's surface, reefs are home to more than 25 percent of all marine fish species. They are the largest living structures on the planet, created over millennia by countless tiny organisms. Reef is your opportunity to discover some of the most incredible wildlife habitats on the planet. Coral reefs are often called "the rainforests of the sea" because of the quantity and diversity of life they support, and because they are highly sensitive and threatened ecosystems. Building on the success of DK's Rainforest, this unique pictorial celebration of the world's reefs progresses through an ecological chain that goes from algae, sponges, and mollusks to the thousands of fishes that make their homes there. This vivid collection of photographs, from underwater photography collective Scubazoo, reveals reefs as they've never been seen before.

Reef

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Janine Cairns-Michael

500+ Essential-to-Know Aquarium Species

Provides an identification guide to over 500 species of fish and describes their diet, captive are, and natural habitat.

Marine Fishes

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How to Choose and Keep Hardy, Brilliant, Fascinating Species Perfect for Small Aquariums

"A field guide to nano-aquarium livestock. Expert advice on selecting great fishes, corals, and invertebrates. Easy-to-use keys to sizes and behaviors. Must-know feeding tips. Species to avoid. Fully illustrated."-- From back cover.

The 101 Best Nano-Reef Species

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Donna Snyder

Donna Snyder

@donna992957

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Pastel for the Serious Beginner

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Polymer Clay Color Inspirations

Ronald Shimek

A PocketExpert Guide to Marine Invertebrates

Mark Martin; Ret Talbot

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saltwater Aquariums

Michael S. Paletta; Scott W. Michael; John Goodman

The New Marine Aquarium

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

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Scott W. Michael; Janine Cairns-Michael

Marine Fishes

Scott W. Michael

The 101 Best Nano-Reef Species

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Larry Blovits

Pastel for the Serious Beginner

Lindly Hounani; Maggie Maggio; Lindly Haunani

Polymer Clay Color Inspirations

Ronald Shimek

A PocketExpert Guide to Marine Invertebrates

Mark Martin; Ret Talbot

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saltwater Aquariums

Michael S. Paletta; Scott W. Michael; John Goodman

The New Marine Aquarium

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

Reef

Scott W. Michael; Janine Cairns-Michael

Marine Fishes

Scott W. Michael

The 101 Best Nano-Reef Species

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