Peter Owen Knihy

Od potřebných materiálů přes základní grafické práce a techniky k úkolům, které jsou zábavné a snadno proveditelné.

The Joy of Art is a splendid picture gallery. Variations on Twelve Themes is a selective gallery of paintings that compares and contracts art from all ages and shows how differently painters have responded to the great continuing themes. The Language of Painting is and exploration of how artists use colour or light, viewpoint or perspective, pattern or movement to delight the eye and the mind. With diagrams and reconstructions that deepen the reader's understanding of these underlying factors. Materials and Methods of Painting is a comprehensive description of the nature and distinctive characteristics of every medium of painting. Looking at Painting is a detailed analysis of nearly 50 great masterpieces of world art.

A practical guide to the materials, tools and techniques of successful airbrushing. Divided into four sections - equipment and materials, art techniques, airbrush applications and a reference section - the book offers detailed practical advice on the best equipment to buy and how to look after it.

Peter Owen, one of the last of the great emigre publishers, recalls his remarkable life and career from his lonely Jewish boyhood in Nazi Germany to maturity as acclaimed London publisher of many distinguished international writers, including Anais Nin, Salvador Dali, Paul Bowles, Yukio Mishima and Anna Kavan, many of whom were personal friends.

High technology doesn't replace a boater's need to know knots. The uses of each of 50 knots are briefly described, and clear line drawings show how to tie them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Der richtige Knoten für den richtigen Zweck – mehr als 50 Knoten sind in diesem Buch dargestellt, in farbigen Sequenzen un din sinnvollen Gruppen: Stopperknoten, Steke, Verbinden von Enden, Verkürzungssteke, feste Augen. Piktogramme verdeutlichen auf einen Blick, für wen der jeweilige Knoten geeignet ist, den Segler oder den Angler, den Bergsteiger oder Camper.