Bøger udgivet af David & Charles

A fun comprehensive course to painting animals in watercolour.

Many people have competent sewing skills but lack the confidence to create their own designs - this book helps them to explore their own creative potential to achieve effective and original designs. It demystifies the process of colouring cloth using a variety of techniques including fabric paints, pastels, dyes, bleaches and transfers.

Features 75 card and 25 tag designs in a range of colours and styles. This title includes instructions and photographs.

Features over 35 beaded designs. This title covers a range of techniques, including bead loom weaving, bead stitches, bead embroidery and beads and wire.

A collection of sayings and verses, especially suitable for cardmakers and scrapbookers.

Offers an introduction to drawing. This work shares the author's many inventive and foolproof drawing techniques with many art materials - developed from years of teaching both beginners and improvers. Each chapter explores how to draw a popular subject, starting with art technique - focused exercises before moving on to a step-by-step drawing.

Features images of original and well restored Edwardian features. This book contains a room-by-room tour of Edwardian homes, covering everything from grand opulence to modest dwellings. It is illustrated throughout, with design details such as close-ups of fabrics and door knobs.

The development and production history of the elegant and luxurious mainstream Rolls-Royce and Bentley models built between 1947 and 1965. Arguably, these cars - all built on chassis and echoing pre-war practices - were the last of the 'traditional' Rolls-Royce and Bentley models. Many, many of these cars have survived to the present day: all are eminently collectible. Covering concept, design and development, production, promotion, publicity and the coachbuilt cars. There is also helpful practical advice on buying and running these cars today, together with appendices of chassis number sequences and dates, build numbers and modifications and development by chassis number. Illustrated with over 160 black and white and colour photos, this book is a must have for anyone interested in automotive history._x000B_

The perfect guide to making the most of the latest strip rolls.

Includes 30 designs that incorporate 10 pop-up mechanisms and other 3D elements such as pull tabs, slider bars, turning wheels, concertinas and envelope reveals. This work also includes a six-page gallery that offers another 12 pop-up card designs with hints and tips for adapting them for other occasions.

Provides advice on how to make scrap quilts and includes 12 step-by-step projects, with advice on selecting the right fabrics from your stash, and how to combine them for best effect.

A guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee, it describes the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. It contains information about the key places of interest, from the rugged beaches, to the ancient buildings and ruins steeped in history. It is illustrated with over 100 colour photographs.

A guide to the clouds, helping you to identify various cloud types and related phenomena, and understand its implications for the weather. It follows a logical progression from low clouds to the high stratus clouds, and on to special clouds. It features an introduction on the history of cloud classification.

Provides tips tailored to players of various levels, giving alternate strategies for dealing with common situations encountered on the golf course, whatever your standard. This title includes colour step-by-step photographs, advice from PGA teaching professionals, and instruction on how to achieve each type of shot.

Over 100 irresistible ways to bake, frost, decorate, display, and indulge in cupcakes.

The renowned animal trainer shares her unique behavior management techniques to get your dog happier, healthier, less stressed, and more obedient. Animal trainer Sarah Fisher is known for transforming the behavior of dogs who are beyond ordinary rehabilitation techniques. She also helps dog owners go beyond passive dog ownership to become observant, understanding, and pro-active dog guardians. In Unlock Your Dog's Potential, Fisher offers step-by step instructions to using her methods at home. With simple exercises and invaluable training advice, you can safely and effectively reduce unwanted behaviors such as leash pulling, barking, and chewing, You will also learn to recognize symptoms of stress or concern in your dog, and how you can alleviate these tensions to improve your dog's well-being and strengthen your bond.Unlock Your Dog's Potential covers a wide range of unique dog management techniques, including handling and bodywork exercises to improve movement and trainability. Case studies of dogs Fisher has worked with appear throughout the book to show how her techniques relate to real-life situations.

Schooling your horse is fundamental to any equestrian activity. This book enables you to plan the exercises you want to ride according to you and your horse's level of ability. Each exercise is accompanied by an aerial illustration of the arena and additional diagrams showing the rider's position.

Includes over 500 motifs, which range from London's Big Ben to Sydney's Opera House, the lotus flower of the Orient to the big cats of Africa. This volume helps readers capture in cross stitch the people, landscapes, sights, classic styles and evocative patterns of the world.

Includes 10 chapters, which feature a range of designs including the Celtic fairy queen, Chinese dragons, beautiful mermaids and a majestic unicorn. This book features colour charts and project making-up instructions.

A collection of over 30 stylish knitted accessories for various seasons, from gloves and scarfs, to hats and ponchos. This work takes into account the choice of yarns available to the modern knitter, and focuses on using these to maximum effect.

Features over fifty designs to enchant cross stitchers. This work presents project ideas that range from bags to banners, cards to cushions and pot lids to pictures. It covers colour charts and step-by-step instructions for making up the projects.

A guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times onwards. It explores lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign. It provides information on the spirit, traditions and innovations of the nation at the time, including politics, arts, architecture and fashions.

The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee, Skye describes everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna.

Discover the fascinating and pricise craft of paperfolding, and create amazing gifts and cards for any occasion.

Features six core paper folding techniques, including teabag folding, origami, and iris folding. This title includes over 25 original projects that make gifts for many occasions, including Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries.

Offering an introduction to painting with acrylics, this book explores the potential of acrylics.

Crewelwork is one of the oldest embroidery techniques, but it is as popular today as it has ever been. Historically worked in soft wools on twilled linens, today's embroiderer is discovering just how successfully the techniques can be applied to stranded cotton threads and a wider variety of fabrics.