Pastel School (Learn as You Go)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Beginners start with this!
  • A Solid Introduction to Pastels
  • Great book for the novice Pastelist
  • An excellent book for someone who learns step-by-step
Pastel School (Learn as You Go)
Hazel Harrison
Manufacturer: Readers Digest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0762106980

Book Description

More than 40 step-by-step sequences show how to master pastel painting and develop your own individual style. Eight projects show the whole process of picture making, from planning to completion.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beginners start with this!.......2007-07-12

This book is incredibly helpful with demonstrations, suggestions for colors, layering options, and beautiful illustrations with various styles shown. The only thing that would have been even more helpful to this book was a little more information about paper and pastel suppliers and the difference in quality between them. I'm still giving it 5 stars though!

4 out of 5 stars A Solid Introduction to Pastels.......2006-01-21

This book is full of beautiful photos of pastel drawings in different styles and using a variety of techniques. There is plenty of information on selecting pastels, properties of different hardnesses of pastels on different textured papers, blending techniques, storage and care of materials. Techniques are illustrated step by step with plenty of photos to clarify the instructions. Overall a good book for the pastel novice.

5 out of 5 stars Great book for the novice Pastelist.......2000-08-12

I bought this book in order to teach me everything I needed to know to get started as a pastelist. I am very pleased with the content of this book. It offers the beginner a way of getting started, from choosing the right pastel colors to learning different pastel strokes and techniques. It also offers different styles (which I found very helpful). Other books seem to be written in a text-book format - but this book is written step-by-step, and makes you feel as if pastel is something you CAN LEARN!

4 out of 5 stars An excellent book for someone who learns step-by-step.......2000-04-06

I started in pastels by just jumping in headfirst. The magazines and books that I read gave info for artists who already know basic terms and techniques. Ms. Harrison's book gave me a structured way to learn, all the way from the basics to more advanced topics, with presentation of alternative ways to experiment and develop MY interests.
An Introduction to Pastels (DK Art School)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Very Beginnings for very beginners
An Introduction to Pastels (DK Art School)
Michael Wright
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0789432900

Book Description

Turn the pages of An Introduction to Pastels and discover an exciting art course that teaches you how to work in this expressive and versatile medium. An Introduction to Pastels is a practical guide to a wide range of pastel techniques. More than 300 photographs guide the beginner through a series of exercises designed to teach all the essentials of pastels. revealing projects focus on professional portraits, landscapes, and abstracts, all shown in the making so novices can follow the creative process step-by-step. Unique gallery pages display works of masters -- pastels that will instruct and inspire every student of the medium. Packed with specially commissioned artworks, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow exercises, the DK Art School offers ideal courses for "armchair" art students. The DK Art School series is a new way to learn, improve, or master drawing and painting skills. Carefully constructed courses ensure that you gain both the confidence and the know-how to create imaginative, beautiful pictures. With individual volumes on subjects like still life, portraiture, or landscape, in specific media such as oil, watercolor, or acrylic, The DK Art school series offers something for everyone, and builds into a unique collection of practical art books.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Very Beginnings for very beginners.......2000-09-27

This book helped me know what I needed to get started. I like his use of classics in pastel to illustrate the beauty and range of the medium. Excellent tips for beginners from what you need, to creating your own paper for pastel work. It also give good information on how to decide what type of pastels to use - by showing different types in action.
Practical Drawing With Pastels (Practical Art School)
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    Gerald Woods
    Manufacturer: Leopard/Random House UK
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: 1851705570
    Pastels: Art School : Step-By-Step Teaching Through Inspirational Projects (Art School Series)
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      Pastels: Art School : Step-By-Step Teaching Through Inspirational Projects (Art School Series)
      Hazel Harrison
      Manufacturer: Lorenz Books
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

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      ASIN: 1859678254

      Book Description

      Each book in the Art School series explains all the materials, techniques , methods and contains inspirational and practical projects, expert ideas and approaches, clear instructions and examples and at-a-glance, step-by-step images that every artist will value. This book is divided into two practical sections, and starts with a full catalogue of materials and equipment, and includes a comprehensive techniques section which covers such areas as mixing pastels, using charcoal, layering a textured ground, sgraffito and much more. It shows clearly how to do all the basic setting up and preparation, and takes the reader through all the primary techniques, with step-by-step practical projects. Throughout, lively and inspirational works by contemporary artists illustrate the skills in action, and provide a constant source of inspiration. The book contains 175 color images including an inspirational gallery, and the book is filled with practical guidance on how to treat classical subjects such as Landscapes, Flowers, Faces and Figures.
      Step-By-Step Art School-Ceramics
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Ceramics
      Step-By-Step Art School-Ceramics
      Geraldine Christy , and Sara Peach
      Manufacturer: Book Sales
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: 1555217028

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Ceramics.......2004-08-08

      Ceramics is perfect for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge of the craft. Whether you work solely from the book or use it to supplement a course you are already taking, your skills and techniques will improve dramatically.

      The 9 projects vary in degrees of complexity and guide you carefully through each stage with clear instructions and superb photography. Challenging pieces such as the cheese bell and the raku teapot inspire the imagination and really stretch your skill and artistry, making this a thorougly readable and instructive book.
      El Autobús Mágico Dentro de un Pastel: Un Libro sobre Cocina
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            Don Bolognese , and Elaine Raphael
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                    4 out of 5 stars involved.......2006-01-29

                    have you ever thought of something and then wondered if you were a bad person for thinking it? you arent the only one. this book has collected confessions and wishes from many people-maybe one of those people is you!

                    5 out of 5 stars Great fun.......2005-02-05

                    It goes from damn funny to damn tragic in a heartbeat. I really enjoyed this collection of anonymous confessions. It's an interesting snapshot of our times, our morals and our behaviors. It made me think and giggle at the same time, what could be better?

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                    I post stuff at Not Proud and I don't like being called, "pathetic" as the editorial description here says. There's a fine line between opening a space for people to say what they feel and feeding off them in a a voyeuristic, vampirelike manner.

                    Every person reading Not Proud, could just as easily be on the other end of the microscope.

                    I've always been of two minds about the creators of Not Proud and their intentions. Is it it a sacred space to tell truths, or something that generates porn and sources of amusement? I don't know, really. Due to the site's neutral and simple design, it facilitates confessions, and if the confessor doesn't have cause to believe that they will be ridiculed, confession is healing.

                    Just remember the people whose confessions you read can read this, and the book and anything else to do with this Not Proud. You could be one of them, if you had the courage to say what you really feel.

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                    What a great read, thier's not many books that you go to work and talk about it like It's a great movie you just saw or join everybody at the water cooler and talk about it like it was a episode of friends.Pure fun.

                    5 out of 5 stars FUN.......2005-01-22

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                    Big Screen Rome
                    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                    • Broader in scope would have been better
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                    Monica Silveira Cyrino
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                    Customer Reviews:

                    4 out of 5 stars Broader in scope would have been better.......2007-01-19

                    What's written in this work is just fine, but one can't help but feel a bit cheated that I, Claudius is missing, to say nothing of HBO's Rome, the most masterful depiction of ancient Rome in perhaps any medium (yes, the title says "big screen" but most folks these days find HBO dramas more cinematic than the vast majority of contemporary movie dreck). Some of the titles are a bit obscure, and some hardly Roman recreations (Life of Brian, for example), but all of them are nonetheless interesting and enjoyable movies, as are the detailed descriptions and analysis of them in this book.

                    It smacks a bit of course notes that have grown into a book, and this has had the unfortunate side effect of limiting the coverage of films, and lending an overall back to school feel to the work. Even a cursory summary or list of other relevant titles and TV works (easily accomplished by Amazon List searches and IMDB searches) would have been useful. Maybe in her revised edition?

                    If you're a hard core fan of Roman history and cinema, like I am, buy this book - you'll enjoy it despite my constructive criticisms. Otherwise, I'd suggest passing on this (or borrow it) and simply watch the movies instead, or read an engrossing history book (such as any published by Thames and Hudson on the subject).

                    Nad: Psychic Study of the Music of the Spheres
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                      D. Scott Rogo , and Scott Rogo
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                            The Big Book of IQ Tests
                            Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                            • Good, good, one.
                            • not IQ tests
                            • Fun puzzle book
                            • Do not buy this 'Loser' book, period.
                            • Title is misleading.
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                            Customer Reviews:

                            4 out of 5 stars Good, good, one........2007-04-17

                            Very enjoyable! Pleasured to leave stumped, think about & return to solve.

                            1 out of 5 stars not IQ tests.......2007-03-08

                            This book uses its title to fool you into thinking you will be taking actual IQ tests. Not so. The authors have compiled "brain teaser" type questions and called them IQ tests. On top of that, many of the questions are the "cutesy" type, the kind you don't get the answer to and then when you see the answer you think, "Oh, man! I never would've gotten that!" Don't waste your money. If you want a book of IQ tests, there are others out there, TRUE IQ tests. This book is a scam.

                            4 out of 5 stars Fun puzzle book.......2005-04-29

                            This fun book is divided into four sections: Elementary Level, Challenging Level, Master Level, and Comprehensive Supertests. As you might guess from those section titles some of the tests are much easier than others and within the tests some types of questions are much easier than others. Each test series contains a wide cross-section of different types of puzzles so you are tested thoroughly. For example, there are diagrammatic puzzles, probability questions, crosswords, cryptograms, anagrams and other questions that really don't fit neatly into any of these categories. Self-scoring answer sheets complete the book and let you know approximately where you fall. I found that it was not uncommon to vary by as much as ten points around a median.

                            Fun to do and interesting, The Big Book of IQ Tests is recommended to anyone who enjoys solving puzzles.

                            1 out of 5 stars Do not buy this 'Loser' book, period........2003-09-26

                            As to the criticism of there being many culturally biases (or more accurately, culturally loaded) questions, I think this criticism as it applies to this book is not a legitimate one. However, there are MANY other problems with this book and the writers as well as the publishers SHOULD be ashamed of putting their names on the cover. There is very little in this book other than the tests and what is supposed to be a scoring matrix. There are two pages in the beginning that is haphazard and unrelated nonsense that seems to have been written by someone who was on a jag and riding a rough subway ride at the time. Such paragraph long topics such as what crossword puzzles are, and who invented the rules of what we now recognize as probability, etc. That's right, these paragraphs are there and unrelated to each other and also do not relate to anything else in the book. The last such paragraph explains that mensa does not recognize these tests as legitimate IQ tests, and then we are off to the races, as it were. The answer section to the first test has no weight for each question. I suppose we can assume that they are each worth one point each. The other test answers however do tell us how to weight each question (how many points for that question, even if it's just taken to be one point.) Here's the real kicker that prompted me to write this rebuke. The last section called `Comprehensive Supertests' is comprised of two tests. Number 1 test is comprised of three questions and the Number 2 test is comprised of 12 questions. `Long-story-short, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GRADE THESE TESTS OR THIS SECTION. The other sections has shown that the ceilings for the tests in each section is exceded on the scoring matrix. This is all well and good as long as we can make sense of the weight of each questions and can `add-up' our score. In the `supertest' section, the scoring matrix does not work if we give each question one score point, and since we can assume that this section has the ceiling exceeded as the other three sections did, yet we do not know how to weigh each question, THEN THIS WHOLE SECTION IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SCORE.

                            It seems that the authors Norman Sullivan and Philip J. Carter earn a failing grade in their attempt at an IQ test book. Save your money for people who earn it.

                            2 out of 5 stars Title is misleading........2002-03-09

                            This book's title is misleading. It should be titled something like "The Big Book of Brain Teasers". It should NOT have the words "IQ Tests" in its title. If you want an accurate assessment of your IQ, look elsewhere. Here's why:

                            1) It contains too many culture-specific questions. A valid IQ test (i.e., one that "accurately" measures one's intelligence quotient) should contain few, if any, culture-specific questions. This book contains a lot of them.

                            2) It also contains too many questions that have multiple "correct" answers. Once again, in a properly constructed IQ test, for each question there will be one, and ONLY one, correct answer. This book contains numerous questions that could be answered "correctly" in more than one way.

                            In short, if you enjoy solving puzzles, etc., for fun, then you MIGHT enjoy this book (I say "might" because you may very well end up being frustrated by the multitude of questions which could be answered "correctly" a number of ways), but if you're looking for a properly constructed IQ test that will give you an accurate measurement of your intelligence, you'll likely be disappointed. I sure was.
                            Big Book of TV Guide Crosswords: Test Your TV IQ Qith More Than 250 Great Puzzles from TV Guide!
                            Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
                            • If only they had a more modern version...
                            Big Book of TV Guide Crosswords: Test Your TV IQ Qith More Than 250 Great Puzzles from TV Guide!
                            Tv Guide Editors
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                            2 out of 5 stars If only they had a more modern version..........2005-01-11

                            While this is a great idea- If you like easy crossword puzzles, who doesn't want a booklet of TV Guide crosswords to do? However, the bulk of these puzzles are from the first twenty years of TV guide, and have lots of questions based on the stars and shows of the time. Which means that young folks who don't know a whole lot about the Lawrence Welk show or Rawhide, are not going to be able to do these puzzles.

                            If you're older and want to relive your childhood TV, this may be for you. But not if you are younger...

                            I'd love to see a yearly crossword publication, or biannual, that could give puzzlers a more modern set to do. Both this book, and the sequel, are just too dated to be worth the cash.
                            Test Your Smarts: The Big Book of Self-Scoring IQ Tests
                            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                            • Test#1 Question#34 error
                            Test Your Smarts: The Big Book of Self-Scoring IQ Tests
                            Donatella Bergamino , and Marina Raffo
                            Manufacturer: Sterling
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                            Just how intelligent are you--do you dare find out? The truth is in here, tucked away in these timed, brain-challenging quizzes that test your mental flexibility, sense of logic, and verbal, numeric, and spatial smarts. Figure out which words don't belong in a series and the missing numbers that complete a grouping. Solve analogies, and use your reasoning to come up with the answers to puzzles.

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                            4 out of 5 stars Test#1 Question#34 error .......2005-06-05

                            Dear Donatella Bergamino & Marina Raffo,

                            I have a problem about a problem on Test 1. Question 34 is a letter pattern question. In the answer key, it says the answer is the letter D, but the explanation does not match with the problem. I worked with the pattern in the book, and came up with the answer B. If the explanation matched with the question, the answer would be F. I don't understand what happened. Besides that, it is a good book. I am glad you wrote it.

                            (P.S) On the last page, italicized is spelled wrong.You spelled it "italized".
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                              The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
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                              • It's about time to state the obvious !
                              • There's A Better Alternative
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                              Based on extensive research, The Ultimate Question shows how companies can rigorously measure Net Promoter statistics, help managers improve them, and create communities of passionate advocates that stimulate innovation. Vivid stories from leading-edge organizations illustrate the ideas in practice.

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                              3 out of 5 stars Too Good to Be True.......2007-09-13

                              I gotta admit I was taken in by the book, but the problem comes in when you attempt to link the NPS score to any performance measure. The academics have all but refuted Reicheld's claims. Unfortunately, statistics matter and the best way to measure something with a survey is to use a multiple item, multiple measured scale. However, NPS does have some redeeming qualities, in focusing mangement behind one number. Many academics are recommending that if you must use NPS to use it along with other traditional statistical measures.

                              5 out of 5 stars A Great Book for Customer Service & Marketing.......2007-08-28

                              Fred does a very good job at explaining that your best & foremost marketing tool are your employees. His Net Promoter Score (NPS) system he has developed is an innovation for the corporate world and I believe is the way forward.

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                              5 out of 5 stars J C Miller.......2007-07-30

                              IF you want to truly find out what your customers are thinking about your business this book is a must read. It teaches you how to equate customer satisfaction into tangable profit dollars. It helps effectively use the customer feedback to get your employees delivering service beyond expectation!

                              4 out of 5 stars It's about time to state the obvious !.......2007-07-19

                              We can finally begin to realize that the very customers that use our services are the same ones that resent being "surveyed" into oblivion !
                              Only the very best companies can sustain somewhat correct feedback to begin with. I only wondered how long it would take for business leaders to stop abusing your best customers with long questionaires that may not even be relavant to the shopping experience. This may not be the ultimate destination for determining consumer needs but it is a great start in the right direction and an opportunity to save all the wasted money on self centered and manipulated customer focus groups.

                              3 out of 5 stars There's A Better Alternative.......2007-07-19

                              I wish that I could have given this book a higher rating. I loved Mr. Reichheld's impassioned admonition against "bad profits," which he defines as profits made at the expense of customers. I also agree with him that good surveys are short surveys. You might want to buy this book for these two reasons alone. The bold proclamation that he has discovered The Ultimate Question, however, is like proclaiming that the check-engine light is the ultimate dashboard gauge.

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