Shilpa's Blue Crayon
Shilpa's Blue Crayon

Author: Crystal Charlotte (CC) Lane

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2024-10-10

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1665766336

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Shilpa is an African American artist who paints incredible landscapes using the color blue because of its meaning and how it shows the splendor and magnificence of the world’s beauty. She is one of very few black people born with piercing ocean blue eyes. It was a curse growing up, which caused her to become introverted, shy, and lonely. Shilpa never had more than a few friends. However, they were true and loving and wanted her to open herself up to meeting someone special. Now her life has taken a turn, and Shilpa’s adoring friends find themselves in life or death trouble. Shilpa vows to protect them in any way she can. However, at times, she retreats to a dream world where she has a loving and adoring husband, beautiful children, and security. Strangely, this is an unexpected fantasy family that she never would have chosen for herself, but this dream world allows her wonderful happiness, joy, and contentment. Will Shilpa retreat forever to this world of make believe—this alternative universe, where everything seems real—or will she continue to fight for her friends in the world in which she lives?

Shilpa's Blue Crayon
Shilpa's Blue Crayon

Author: Crystal Charlotte (CC) Lane

Publisher:

Published: 2024-10-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781665766326

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Shilpa is an African American artist who paints incredible landscapes using the color blue because of its meaning and how it shows the splendor and magnificence of the world's beauty. She is one of very few black people born with piercing ocean blue eyes. It was a curse growing up, which caused her to become introverted, shy, and lonely. Shilpa never had more than a few friends. However, they were true and loving and wanted her to open herself up to meeting someone special. Now her life has taken a turn, and Shilpa's adoring friends find themselves in life or death trouble. Shilpa vows to protect them in any way she can. However, at times, she retreats to a dream world where she has a loving and adoring husband, beautiful children, and security. Strangely, this is an unexpected fantasy family that she never would have chosen for herself, but this dream world allows her wonderful happiness, joy, and contentment. Will Shilpa retreat forever to this world of make believe--this alternative universe, where everything seems real--or will she continue to fight for her friends in the world in which she lives?

Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

Author: Shilpa Mehta-Jones

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780778720362

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In between the fertile banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in what was called the cradle of civilization, the first known civilization on earth evolved. Life in Ancient Mesopotamia describes the lives of ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, and explores the gifts they brought to the world, including the wheel, plow, and sailboat. Great lawmakers such as Hammurabi, the architectural beauty of ziggurats and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, along with the invention of cuneiform writing are also featured.

Fast and Fun Watercolor
Fast and Fun Watercolor

Author: Gina Lee Kim

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-10-17

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1440351589

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Take a journey through Gina Lee Kim's watercolor palette--with each chapter representing one of the standard colors found in the color wheel. Learn how to merge watercolor and mixed media together without the stress of having to draw out a composition before getting started. Each chapter will demonstrate a unique project and technique, along with a gallery of inspiring works. You will also learn about the emotional symbolism of each color. • An approachable, stress-free introduction to watercolor; fine drawing skills are not a requirement • Explore each color in the color wheel, while learning about their mixing qualities and the emotional symbolism of colors • Tips and advice on carving out time to create, sharing your work with others, and owning your own voice • 12 step-by-step demonstrations show how to merge watercolor with a bit of mixed media

Architectural Graphics
Architectural Graphics

Author: Francis D. K. Ching

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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The completely updated, illustrated bestseller on architectural graphics with over 500,000 copies sold Architectural Graphics presents a wide range of basic graphic tools and techniques designers use to communicate architectural ideas. Expanding upon the wealth of illustrations and information that have made this title a classic, this Fourth Edition provides expanded and updated coverage of drawing materials, multiview drawings, paraline drawings, and perspective drawings. Also new to this edition is the author's unique incorporation of digital technology into his successful methods. While covering essential drawing principles, this book presents: approaches to drawing section views of building interiors, methods for drawing modified perspectives, techniques for creating accurate shade and shadows, expert styles of freehand sketching and diagramming, and much more.

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Publisher: Disha Publications

Published:

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 9395761296

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Billy Showell's Botanical Painting in Watercolour
Billy Showell's Botanical Painting in Watercolour

Author: Billy Showell

Publisher: Search Press Limited

Published: 2016-03-18

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1781265186

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Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form, texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have earned her a formidable reputation worldwide. Her compositions are given a contemporary, sometimes playful twist, while retaining all the beauty and accuracy of traditional botanical paintings. In this inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and vegetables. There is expert guidance on tools and materials, working from life, observation, and drawing and painting techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and colour and colour mixing. With numerous step-by-step studies, close-up photographs and examples of Billy's exquisite paintings, this book is not only packed full of invaluable advice and information but also a visually stunning showcase for the work of this amazing artist.

From the Corner of the Oval
From the Corner of the Oval

Author: Beck Dorey-Stein

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0525509135

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • What if you lived out the drama of your twenties on Air Force One? “[This] breezy page turner is essentially Bridget Jones goes to the White House.”—The New York Times RECOMMENDED READING theSkimm • Today • Entertainment Weekly • Refinery29 • Bustle • PopSugar • Vanity Fair • The New York Times Editors’ Choice • Paste In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein is working five part-time jobs and just scraping by when a posting on Craigslist lands her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama’s stenographers. The ultimate D.C. outsider, she joins the elite team who accompany the president wherever he goes, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, Beck forges friendships with a dynamic group of fellow travelers—young men and women who, like her, leave their real lives behind to hop aboard Air Force One in service of the president. As she learns to navigate White House protocols and more than once runs afoul of the hierarchy, Beck becomes romantically entangled with a consummate D.C. insider, and suddenly the political becomes all too personal. Against a backdrop of glamour, drama, and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman learning what truly matters, and, in the process, discovering her voice. Praise for From the Corner of the Oval “Who knew the West Wing could be so sexy? Beck Dorey-Stein’s unparalleled access is obvious on every page, along with her knife-sharp humor. I tore through the entire book on a four-hour flight and loved reading all about the brilliant yet hard-partying people who once surrounded the leader of the free world. Lots of books claim to give real insider glimpses, but this one actually delivers.”—Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada “Dorey-Stein . . . writes with wit and self-deprecating humor.”—The Wall Street Journal “Addictively readable . . . Dorey-Stein’s spunk and her sparkling, crackling prose had me cheering for her through each adventure. . . . She never loses her starry-eyed optimism, her pinch-me wonderment, her Working Girl pluck.”—Paul Begala, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)