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In 14 eye-popping step-by-step demonstrations, author Soon Y. Warren reveals her techniques for painting bold, intense florals. The featured artwork takes the glowing, light-drenched scenes watercolor is known for and elevates them to another level. Readers will find:
-Secrets for intensifying color, such as beginning with a yellow underpainting to create a warm glow
-Popular flower subjects, such as roses, lilies, irises and peonies
-Techniques for conveying mood using color, contrast and setting
-A warm and inviting instructional voice
Best of all, artists can't resist the robust, luminous quality of the author's paintings and want to know how she does it.
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magnificant flowers.......2007-02-07
This gorgeous watercolor book is filled with equistive colored flowers. It has instructions as to the layering technique on how to achieve these glorious paintings. It is not your ususal run of the mill watercolor book. This is sophisticated stuff. Much of her painting involves using glass as part the picture, crystal and otherwise. You just cannot believe the results. Glorious flowers and complex backgrounds. I would not recommend this book for the beginner watercolorist. I would say you have to have some experiance in washes, values and color theory. But, for the more advanced, it is a wonderful resource.
Learn from the best!.......2006-10-30
Soon Y Warren is one of the best watercolorists of our times. I was privileged to take a workshop from this humble woman who manages to produce some of the most richly colored, impacting paintings of our day. While many books just give you enough actual information to be discouraged, Soon's book is generous with her techniques. If you are not even an artist, buy it to have many photos of her stunning watercolors with their intricate crystal, vivid florals, and lush fabrics. I learned that a garage sale dinner plate works as well as a porcelain palette, that her "magic" red is "RED" well applied, that inexpensive Silver Black Velvet brushes will match a kolinsky in the right hands, and that 5 colors will paint just about anything.
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A book for beginners!.......2006-04-14
I agree with the reviews here that this book is for beginners. Why? When I opened this book and saw the paintings inside, I felt as though I were looking at paintings done by someone who had just begun to paint and was taking a brush and just splashing color all over the canvas. Any beginner would be thrilled to learn from this book, because to duplicate what this artist has done would seem quite simple to do. I realize that this is just my opinion of an artist's work. Apparently he is well received and has won many awards. But, I could not even get passed the paintings to get to the text to see if it was actually of any value, because I felt the paintings were so horrid. I don't write many reviews, but this was something for which I felt strongly. I'm so glad I only paid $4 for a used copy.
Paul Riley Flower Painting.......2002-07-06
Excellent innovative approach to painting flowers in watercolor. Paul Riley departs from the standard format of predictable how to books and speaks of research and investigation, planning and preparation, exactly as he might as a teacher. (He runs successful painting workshops from his studio in Devon.) Flowers are synonymous with color and Riley is a consummate colorist. He uses unusual tools, calligraphy brushes and bamboo pens to achieve his effects. Beautiful color, articulately written.
Flower Painting by Paul Riley.......2001-07-06
I have just taken up watercoloring as a hobby and having had no classes in watercoloring but having a love of painting flowers, I found this book to be extremely helpful and informative. I copied several of Mr. Riley's pictures and they turned out very well. His information on watercolors and brushes to get started with are extremely helpful and I will be following his advice! I read the book from cover to cover and am looking forward to reading his book on landscapes. His book is easy for even a beginner like myself to understand and use.
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Beads have been used since antiquity, not only to dress the body, but as measures of value in economic and ritual exchanges. Their popularity has never waned, and in recent years their trade has enjoyed a world-wide revival. Beads have deep and multiple meanings: in many cultures, together with garments, they reflect age, gender and social status, and are a vehicle through which people store, exchange and transmit wealth.
This absorbing book analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies, from the ancient Mediterranean to Renaissance Venice and present-day Southern Africa and West Africa, where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity. Anyone interested in material culture, anthropology, art history, and gender studies will find that this book provides fascinating insights into attitudes toward the body and its dress as well as systems of social classification.
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In late 1914, Charlie Chaplin's name first began appearing on marquees. By the end of the following year, moviegoers couldn't get enough of him and his iconic persona, the Little Tramp. Perpetually outfitted with baggy pants, a limp cane, and a dusty bowler hat, the character became so beloved that Chaplin was mobbed by fans, journalists, and critics at every turn.
Although he never particularly liked giving interviews, he accepted the demands of his stardom, giving detailed responses about his methods of making movies. He quickly progressed from making two-reel shorts to feature-length masterpieces such as "The Gold Rush", "City Lights", and "Modern Times".
Charlie Chaplin: Interviews offers a complex portrait of perhaps the world's greatest cinematic comedian and a man who is considered to be one of the most influential screen artists in movie history. The interviews he granted, performances in and of themselves, are often as well crafted as his films. Unlike the Little Tramp, Chaplin the interviewee comes across as melancholy and serious, as the titles of some early interviews --- "The Sad Business of Being Funny" or "The Hamlet-Like Nature of Charlie Chaplin" --- make abundantly clear.
His first sound feature, "The Great Dictator" (1940), is a direct condemnation of Hitler. His later films such as "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) and "Limelight" (1952) obliquely criticize American policy and consequently generated mixed reactions from critics and little response from moviegoers. During this late period of his filmmaking, Chaplin granted interviews less often. The three later interviews included here are thus extremely valuable, offering long, contemplative analyses of the man's life and work.
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A long-awaited sampling ... proves that even Hollywood-stars give insightful interviews at times.......2007-05-29
Once you're through reading Chaplin's memoirs and David Robinson's biography, you easily get the impression that's everything a Chaplin-fan needs to know about their hero. I assure you such is not the case; I can name several other books just as significant for any student of the comedian's life and work, and CHARLIE CHAPLIN: INTERVIEWS is certainly among them.
Kevin J. Hayes has done a wonderful job collecting some of the relatively few truly insightful interviews Chaplin ever did, beginning with "The Funniest Man on the Screen" by Victor Eubank (published 1915), in which Chaplin, who at that time had just signed his Essanay-contract, expressed some very reflected thoughts about comedy, being still just a newcomer in the movie-business. There are twenty-four interviews in all, other titles included are:
"Beneath the Mask: Witty, Wistful, Serious Is The Real Charlie Chaplin" (Grace Kingsley, 1916)
"Charlie Chaplin, Philosopher, Has Serious Side" (Frank Veeland, 1921)
"Shy Charlie Chaplin Opens His Heart" (Mordaunt Hall, 1925)
"Future of the Cinema: Mr. Charles Chaplin" (Robert Nichols, 1925)
"Chaplin Explains Chaplin" (Harry Carr, 1925)
"Chaplin Draws a Keen Weapon" (Robert van Gelder, 1940)
"Charlie Chaplin's MONSIEUR VERDOUX Press Conference" (George Wallach, 1947)
"Ageless Master's Anatomy of Comedy: Chaplin, An Interview" (Richard Meryman, 1967)
...etc.
The latter title is not really an interview, but rather an essay written by Chaplin where he covers both personal feelings and his view on the movie industry of today (which, of course, is the 1960's). Despite the fact that some interviews have nearly reached a century of age, they stand out as remarkably fresh and modern in their style and subjects. Naturally, some are better than others --the MONSIEUR VERDOUX press conference offers little except several attacks on Chaplin's politics and questions concerning Orson Welles' contributions to the screen-play-- but the very best are simply terrific.
The book includes no photos, but who needs that when all these great articles are available? CHARLIE CHAPLIN: INTERVIEWS is a unique sampling of some very sensitive and interesting interviews, which every admirer of the great comedian should read and own. I'll sure get Hayes' similar Buster Keaton-book one of these days.
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This book/CD is a treasure-trove of improvisational techniques. Twenty-nine techniques are covered including: arpeggios, targeting, chromaticism, side-slipping, negative tonal space, poly-rhythms, resolution, melodic expansion and more. Anyone interested in the art of jazz improvisation, regardless of ability, will find this book indispensable. Jay guarantees something for everyone. All examples are presented in standard notation and tablature. Companion CD includes all examples.
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Handkerchiefs are some of the handiest props in performing magic and Karl Fulves shows you how to get full use out of them, even if you're just a beginner. These are 61dazzling tricks that anyone can do with only moderate practice, including those that usually require advanced sleight-of-hand. Before long you'll be passing a pencil through a handkerchief without making a hole, having a volunteer walk through "solid" ribbons as she holds a frees a handkerchief that ties them together, and more. The instructions are clear and the ample illustrations make them all the easier to follow.
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61 great tricks: pass objects through a handkerchief, dissolve handkerchief knots, make handkerchiefs appear and disappear, transform a handkerchief into an animated mouse, restore a handkerchief cut in half. Learn all the secrets of folds and knots essential to this type of magic. 509 illus.
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Gotta have it!.......1999-05-11
If you see a book written by Karl Fulves on magic that has the words Self-Working in the title then buy it. There is a wealth of knowledge in each of these books. -Diamond Jim Tyler
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This classic, newly updated, is an indispensable source for anyone–from mid-level managers to CEOs–who must execute key business initiatives quickly and effectively. Once groundbreaking and now time-honored, Managing at the Speed of Change has helped countless business leaders learn how to orchestrate transitions vital to their organizations’ success. Rather than focusing on what to change, this book’s aim is far more valuable: It shows readers how to change.
Daryl R. Conner, founder and chairman of the consulting firm Conner Partners, is a leading expert on change management. He has served as “change doctor” for clients that include non-profit enterprises, government agencies and administrations, and Fortune 500 companies in an array of industries such as Abbott Laboratories, PepsiCo, American Express, Catholic Healthcare West, JPMorgan Chase, and the U.S. Navy.
Based on Conner’s long-term research and his decades of consulting experience, Managing at the Speed of Change uses simple, easy-to-understand language and elegant visuals to explore the dynamics of change, and in doing so, teaches readers
• why major change is difficult to assimilate
• what distinguishes resilient individuals from those who suffer future shock
• how and why resistance forms
• how people become committed to change
• why organizational culture is so important to the success of change
• the roles most central to change in organizational settings
• why powerful teamwork is at the heart of achieving change objectives, and how to foster it
In this pioneering book, updated for the twenty-first century, Conner demonstrates how both individuals and organizations can develop the capacity not only to endure change but to thrive on it.
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“Through the author’s creative and strategic use of storytelling, Managing at the Speed of Change paints a compelling picture: The biggest, most expensive thing that can derail success is resistance to change in all its forms, from arrogance and complacency to fear or ignorance. As an authority on change management, Conner writes a wonderful prescription, providing relief not just in the race for business but on a personal level, too.”
–Bob Nardelli, chairman, president, and CEO, The Home Depot
“While many of the concepts in this book’s first publication have now become classic, they are every bit as relevant and impactful, especially to an organization for whom change is an imperative.”
–Howard Pien, chairman and CEO, Chiron Corporation
“Managing at the Speed of Change provides essential working knowledge for anyone leading or implementing major change. I have been using this material since it was first published, and it is as valuable today as it was then. Daryl Conner’s insights are timeless and enduring.”
–Valerie Norton, executive director, organizational development, Merck and Company, Inc.
“It is refreshing to finally read a book that contains simple, clear, actionable concepts and ideas that deal with change management and can be used by all levels of management who face today’s staggering business realities. I found Mr. Conner’s book to be educational, thought-provoking, insightful, and stimulating. He recognizes ‘the need for speed.’ ”
–Lloyd H. Dean, president and CEO, Catholic Healthcare West
From the Hardcover edition.
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A guide to interpreting managers.......2007-07-30
I found this book helpful in interpreting how the managers where I work speak. The book could have had some more concrete examples in my opinion, but that's just my learning style. It's alwasy interesting to read a book that is categorized as a "blueprint" just to see how far off course you are.
Facing the Beast Called Change - This Book Does That Superbly.......2007-07-13
I have lived through over a decade of watching companies waste millions on failed software implementations, sales initiatives, and -- yes--the much dreaded "Business Process Re-engineering."
After reading Daryl's book three times, I have distilled his 30 years' of wisdom down to some probing questions. I recommend every company undergoing significant change consider these questions as "book discussion guide..."
1. What is the most profound change you face as a leader? Please think through all lenses, including client changes, industry, regulatory, global, demographic, political, environmental, technology, and personal/health/spiritual/relationships.
2. Daryl Conner says "our lives are the most effective and efficient when we are moving at a speed that allows us to appropriately assimilate the changes we face."
What phase of assimilation is your team experiencing now? (Chapter 8)
3. "Future shock" is the point where humans can no longer assimilate change without displaying dysfunctional behavior. Name 3 dysfunctional behaviors that represent future shock in your company.
Now describe how you would help your colleague change those behavior(s). (pages 55-57).
4. Conner describes how "The Beast" loves to take dreams and turn them into nightmares. What is the loudest message The Beast says within your culture?
5. What are the top 3 change initiatives within your organization today?
6. What key values (behaviors, beliefs or assumptions) are essential to supporting these most pressing change initiatives?
7. Name 1 behavior you are willing to change to foster synergy and resilience (Chapters 12-14).
I have used these questions with my clients to help them gain more focus on what's important, eliminate what is not important, and align their teams towards a common goal. I trust you may benefit from them as well.
Thank you, Daryl, for your dedication to helping leaders in highly volatile times.
Lisa Nirell
www.energizegrowth.com
Immediately applicable tools for dealing with change.......2006-07-24
In part because author Daryl R. Conner applies common sense ideas, and in part because his ideas have spread throughout corporate culture, some aspects of this book may seem familiar. Conner would probably count that as a positive development, because one of his core premises is that change is exhausting and, therefore, you should try to make changes as palatable as possible to the people they will affect. Thomas Edison did this by making the first electric lights resemble the already-familiar gas fixtures. But even if you've heard all of this before, don't underestimate the book's usefulness. Conner's theories may not surprise you, but he offers many immediately applicable tools for dealing with change, and he uses clear, expressive language to do so. Because you'll learn several useful tips if you read even a few pages, we recommend this book to anyone guiding any kind of organization - family, nonprofit, business or school - through change.
An excellent book for anyone involved in major change initiatives.......2006-03-10
An excellent job of putting all of the issues, concerns, and challenges regarding change into perspective --- and to provide a model for addressing changes. The approach presented in this book will be very useful to me in my work as a consultant helping corporations through major re-engineering and system upgrade projects. Daryl Conner shows how broadly changes affects people at all levels, and provides a practical model for individuals facing change, that can help them work through it in constructive ways.
A Real Guru Explains the Dynamics of Change.......2006-02-19
Daryl Conner probably knows more about the phenomenon of change in organizations than aybody in the world. This is his first major book on the subject, and it's a good one.
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How can businesses best tap diverse capabilities to generate new ideas, manufacture products, and properly execute strategy? In this groundbreaking, thoroughly researched book, organizational expert Charles Heckscher argues that, in a global network of creation and production, the dominant organizations will be those that master the still-uncodified skills of collaboration—replacing the giants of the past century who thrived on the mastery of bureaucratic systems.
Though there has been much discussion of teamwork and alliances in recent decades, Heckscher argues that we are still a long way from fully understanding how to manage fluid and inconstant collaborations; and that this is an area dominated far more by rhetoric than reality. Using a combination of theory and extensive real-life case studies, Heckscher pushes the boundary of organization design and illustrates how companies are able to create new, effective patterns of interactions, and how they can build a culture and infrastructure necessary to support them. For organizational leaders in search of long-term competitive advantage, The Collaborative Enterprise offers sound research findings and invaluable insights.
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A well-researched but poorly written book on an interesting subject. I can't wait until the second edition comes out........2007-08-26
This book was a bear to read. I still cannot figure out why a book with only 275 pages of body needed a 25-page introduction with 8 subheadings. The short answer is that it didn't. I think the book could have received a reasonable star rating from me if the Introduction, chapters 3 and 7, and the Appendix were omitted, and Chapter 10 was moved to the front of the book. Furthermore, each of the chapters had way too many subheadings and subsubheadings for my liking. The author edited a similar book in 2006 entitled The Firm as a Collaborative Community (ISBN: 0199286035), and the instant book seems to be an attempt to synthesize that 608 page tome into something less. While this book is something less in page count - it doesn't seem to be a synthesis.
This book has the following chapters:
0. Introduction
1. From bureaucracy to collaborative enterprise
2. Strategies and structures: varieties of collaborative enterprise
3. Citibank esolutions
4. The culture of contribution
5. Collaborative infrastructure
6. Two unresolved problems
7. Crossing the collaborative frontier
8. Journeys: winding paths to collaboration
9. Leadership: the interactive approach to change
10. Recapitulation
11. But is it good?
What I learned from reading this book can be summarized as follows:
Regarding Chapter 1, when a company moves from a bureaucratic enterprise to a collaborative one great results will exist if done well. However, if not done well, then chaos will exist.
Regarding Chapter 2, not all organizations are built alike. And different collaborative strategies drive the different organization types.
Regarding Chapter 4, bureaucratic organizations thrive on a culture of loyalty and collaborative organizations thrive on a culture of contribution.
Regarding Chapter 5, the more the employees can do, i.e., wear many hats at work, the more likely the organization has a collaborative infrastructure. The lean and mean company is typically a collaborative enterprise.
Regarding Chapter 6, when employees wear many hats at work two problems arise: accountability and careers. How does the owner of a company provide employees an incentive to work when it hard to hold them accountable? How does an owner keep the employee when no career track seems to exist?
Regarding Chapter 8, it's tough changing the work world from a bureaucratic model to a collaborative one. We're not there yet.
Regarding Chapter 9, leaders must create a shared purpose in those they lead. And they must build a network out of those they lead. If they can do this, then they'll have a collaborative enterprise.
And regarding Chapter 11, if a person believes strongly in the bureaucratic way of doing things, then a collaborative enterprise will not be good. However, if a person can let the bureaucratic way of doing things creep into history and allow collaboration to be the way of the future, then yes - a collaborative enterprise will be good. 3 stars!
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Title: Dynamic planning in a franchise organization: managing speed, change and results.(Management & Operations)
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Volume: 35
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