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| dark and darker beginner guide: The Unreal and the Real Ursula K. Le Guin, 2016-10-18 A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic Ursula K. Le Guin—selected with an introduction by the author, and combined in one volume for the first time. The Unreal and the Real is a collection of some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s best short stories. She has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected over the years, but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her work. Stories include: -Brothers and Sisters -A Week in the Country -Unlocking the Air -Imaginary Countries -The Diary of the Rose -Direction of the Road -The White Donkey -Gwilan’s Harp -May’s Lion -Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight -Horse Camp -The Water Is Wide -The Lost Children -Texts -Sleepwalkers -Hand, Cup, Shell -Ether, Or -Half Past Four -The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas -Semely’s Necklace -Nine Lives -Mazes -The First Contact with the Gorgonids -The Shobies’ Story -Betrayals -The Matter of Seggri -Solitude -The Wild Girls -The Flyers of Gy -The Silence of the Asonu -The Ascent of the North Face -The Author of the Acacia Seeds -The Wife’s Story -The Rule of Names -Small Change -The Poacher -Sur -She Unnames Them -The Jar of Water |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing Walter Foster Creative Team, 2016-02-08 The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing contains more than 200 drawing techniques, tips, and lessons for budding artists looking for a variety of subjects to practice drawing. The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing is a comprehensive hardcover guide to drawing a vast array of subjects, from landscapes and flowers to animals and portraits. This helpful resource begins with a thorough introduction to the essential tools and materials you need to get started, including different types of pencils, sketchbooks, papers, and other tools. Then learn the fundamentals of drawing, as well as a variety of drawing techniques, including rendering realistic textures, creating volume, and capturing perspective. The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing guides beginning and intermediate artists through a series of easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects covering a variety of subjects, including: Flowers Landscapes Wild animals Cats Dogs Horses People Human bodies Children Still lifes With helpful tips and easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons,The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing is the perfect resource for beginning artists who want to improve their drawing skills. The Complete Beginner’s Guide series provides a comprehensive guide to drawing a vast array of subjects, from landscapes and flowers to animals and poses. Artists will learn the fundamentals of drawing, as well as a variety of techniques, including rendering realistic textures, capturing perspective, and creating dynamic portraits and compositions. With helpful tips and step-by-step artwork to inspire, the Complete Beginner’s Guide series is the perfect resource for practiced beginning to intermediate artists looking to hone their drawing skills and techniques. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: A Beginner's Guide to America Roya Hakakian, 2022-01-25 A stirring, witty, and poignant glimpse into the bewildering American immigrant experience from someone who has lived it. Hakakian's love letter to the nation that took her in [is also] a timely reminder of what millions of human beings endure when they uproot their lives to become Americans by choice (The Boston Globe). Into the maelstrom of unprecedented contemporary debates about immigrants in the United States, this perfectly timed book gives us a portrait of what the new immigrant experience in America is really like. Written as a guide for the newly arrived, and providing practical information and advice, Roya Hakakian, an immigrant herself, reveals what those who settle here love about the country, what they miss about their homes, the cruelty of some Americans, and the unceasing generosity of others. She captures the texture of life in a new place in all its complexity, laying bare both its beauty and its darkness as she discusses race, sex, love, death, consumerism, and what it is like to be from a country that is in America's crosshairs. Her tenderly perceptive and surprisingly humorous account invites us to see ourselves as we appear to others, making it possible for us to rediscover our many American gifts through the perspective of the outsider. In shattering myths and embracing painful contradictions that are unique to this place, A Beginner's Guide to America is Hakakian's candid love letter to America. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Guide to Mushrooms Britt Bunyard, Tavis Lynch, 2020-12-22 The Beginner's Guide to Mushrooms is your ultimate guide to mycology. Whether you've never picked a mushroom before in your life or you've been cultivating mushrooms at home for ages, the expert advice in this comprehensive mushroom manual will transform your practice. Never before have mushrooms generated so much interest, for their health benefits and medicinal properties, as well as a new understanding of their crucial role in a healthy environment and ability to regenerate damaged ones. If you are a newcomer, mycology, or the study of mushrooms and other fungi, can seem daunting. While other field guides are geared toward experts with advanced knowledge or regional in scope and aimed at only a few easy-to-recognize mushrooms, The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms by veteran mycologists Britt A. Bunyard and Tavis Lynch is a complete reference and guidebook to get you started identifying, cultivating, cooking, and preserving mushrooms. The Beginner's Guide to Mushrooms opens with important basics about wild mushrooming and how to use the book. Information about what fungi are and their role in the environment and around the home is provided in brief and very understandable terms. Basic wild mushroom anatomy is discussed along with how to identify mushrooms and various characteristics to look for—of great importance if you are interested in learning how to recognize edible wild species…as well as dangerous look-alikes. The guide then covers: All the major groups of wild mushrooms, pointing out habitat, region, and notable characteristics—large photographs with easy-to-view characteristics facilitate correct identification. Mushroom cultivation—with easy-to-follow illustrated instructions, learn how to grow mushrooms at home, including how to collect wild specimens and domesticate them. Culinary uses and how to preserve wild mushrooms to be enjoyed in the kitchen all year round. Begin your wonderful exploration of wild mushrooms with this accessible yet thorough beginner's guide. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Old Fat Guy's Beginner's Guide to Smoking Meat David Farrell, 2019-06-05 Just imagine: a never-ending supply of pulled pork, beef brisket, chicken, turkey, appetizers, and ribs, all smoked to perfection by you. What better way to impress family and friends—not to mention your gullet—with your new culinary skills? Sound too good to be true? Indeed, for some people who are just beginning, merely choosing which type of smoker to use is intimidating enough, never mind learning how to use it. If that sounds familiar, The Old Fat Guy’s Guide to Smoking Meat is the book for you. Crammed full of information, techniques, and tools gleaned from the author’s years of experience, this guidebook provides beginning and intermediate smokers with everything they need to start producing classic versions of signature smoked dishes. Contrary to popular belief, smoking doesn’t require special skills or expertise. The basic methods are easy, and anyone can learn them. This book covers everything from what type of smoker to purchase, to smoke many types of meat, and health and safety practices to follow. It also includes forty-eight classic recipes that you can follow note for note or adapt as you see fit. Even experienced smokers will appreciate the book’s wealth of wisdom and simple step-by-step instructions. Learn the techniques in this guide and apply them, and even if you’re the rawest beginner, you will quickly be transformed into a pit master or barbecue diva! |
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| dark and darker beginner guide: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Manga Sonia Leong, 2023-04-27 Award-winning manga artist Sonia Leong, with the help of other acclaimed manga creators and educators, gives you all the tips, tricks and tools you will need to get your ideas onto the page. - Discover how to get started, build your confidence, and boost your skills, beginning from first principles. - Learn how to draw faces, bodies, hands, feet, and create unique characters with their own styles. - Get the most out of your drawing materials, from traditional pens and pencils to digital software, and discover how best to use them to work up your own manga stories and comics. - Benefit from advice on pacing, layout, composition and lettering. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing Animals Walter Foster Creative Team, 2017-03 The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing Animals features dozens of comprehensive drawing lessons designed to teach aspiring artists how to draw a variety of animals, from lifelike pet portraits to zoo and safari animals. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Mosaics Alison Hepburn, 2005-08 Use brilliantly colored, beautiful tiles to craft stunning mosaic projects--even if you've never tried this age-old technique before. Sixteen creative projects, arranged in order of increasing difficulty, enable you to learn the various techniques and methods of working. Start by making a trivet using standard size tiles in a limited palette, and when you are ready to try cutting tiles, work on an eye-catching picture frame. Experiment with the reverse method while making a table top, and incorporate found objects into a flying bird design. The final projects in the collection focus on techniques that seem complicated but are actually simple, such as casting a slab for a garden and making waterproof items like a birdbath. All the necessary information is fully explained, including choosing tiles, surfaces, and adhesives cutting tiles, applying glue, the direct and reverse methods of mosaic, casting, grouting, laying tiles, and cleaning and finishing. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: A Beginner's Guide to Annuals and Biennials - Essential guide for A Beautiful Garden Dueep J. Singh, John Davidson, Table of Contents A Beginner’s Guide to Annuals and Biennials Introduction Choosing the Right Soil Soil Color and Fertility Humus Preparation of the Soil Best Time for Seed Sowing The Thinning Process Staking Your Annuals Why Mulch? Cultivation and Maintenance Watering your Plants List of Hardy annuals Half Hardy Annuals Annuals Suitable for Cutting Purposes – Annuals for autumn blooming – Half Hardy Annuals for Edging Your Border Knowing More about Biennials Sowing the seeds Preparing the Ground List of Popular Biennials Conclusion Author’s Bio Publisher Introduction There are far too many people out there who are under the impression that you cannot have a beautiful garden without spending huge amounts of money. That is so not true. A little bit of planning and this fallacy is going to fall to pieces by the wayside. Those who are grown annuals for years are going to give this statement the lie gladly. Their initial investment must have been just a packet of seeds. The next year, the plants were grown from the seeds collected from the previous years’ crop. Do not forget that the life of an annual is limited to just 12 months and so you must not expect them to grow up and bloom again the next year, unless of course you allowed the seeds to lie in the bed without collecting them. That is when they are going to bloom up just like weeds with a little bit of rain, and with the coming of the spring. One of the great advantages of annuals is that they are quite easy to grow and flourish in your garden over a long period. The most common are well known to even amateur gardeners who can recognize a cornflower, nasturtiums, Virginia stock and Candytuft. These are very beautiful in themselves, but every gardener is growing them in his garden. So be a little adventurous and grow annuals that are lesser-known, whose names you will find in seed catalogs, nursery catalogs and in nurseries online. There are two kinds of annuals – the hardy kind and the half hardy kind. The hardy annuals are sewn out of doors, either in the autumn are in the spring. The half-hardy annuals are normally raised in frames or under cloches if you are subject to a continuous frost. Half-hardy annuals may need a little bit more of extra care and coddling , but that extra is going to be worth it when you see the blossoms in your garden. |
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| dark and darker beginner guide: Pencil Drawing - A Beginner's Guide Peter Rockwell, 2021 Anyone can draw but not everyone can make good drawings. Pencil drawing is a skill that needs a good foundation on theories because pencil drawing is a blend of theory and proper execution of these theories.Practice makes drawing perfect but foundation on the theories and techniques in drawing paves the way for better drawings.This ebook mainly targets beginners in pencil drawing and those who wish to enhance their pencil drawing skills through other techniques and insights that one may find here.Anyone may use this ebook to hone his or her drawing skills with the end goal of becoming a better pencil-drawing artist through this small tribute.This ebook, written in non-technical language, seeks to promote better understanding.It covers the basics of pencil drawing, providing for a good foundation for pencil drawing and some practical tips.This ebook contains articles on pencil drawing, and it shows how to draw step-by-step common objects such as people, cars and animals.Since drawing is visual, chapters are short providing for more illustrations and application of drawing theories.The maker of this ebook hopes to inspire individuals to pursue the art of pencil drawing and unleash their artistic mind. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: A Beginner's Guide to Rag Quilting Christine Mann, 2019-10-01 You've always wanted to try quilting, and now it's easier than ever! In A Beginner's Guide to Rag Quilting, longtime quilter and bestselling author Christine Mann makes it easy to master the beginning principles of rag quilting with 12 easy starter projects. Packed with full-color photographs and tons of creative inspiration, every detail of the book from the step-by-step photographed instructions to the lay-flat spiral binding is designed specifically with the beginning quilter in mind. Readers will also find a brief history of quilting and helpful guides on cutting and coordinating colors, plus delightful extras like pillow patterns and quick-reference guides in the back pocket of the book. Even better, each book comes with a pack of 4 quilt labels and needles so you can proudly stitch your very own labels onto your first creations! |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Guide to Chick NightTM Colleen Kleven, 2011-07-08 Between family obligations and career commitments, it can be challenging for women to find the time to enjoy their own lives. For every woman who has uttered the words, I just dont have time for myself, The Beginners Guide to Chick Night offers a warm and witty look at practical ways women can return to their rightful placeon their own list of priorities. Author Colleen Kleven, co-founder of the Hanmer Chapter of Chick Night and founder of Chick Night International, shares an easy-to-follow handbook filled with practical advice that will help women everywhere recharge their batteries and learn to start having fun again. Based on real-life experiences spanning ten years in the lives of three women, Klevins light-hearted guidebook presents ways women can bond with other women in order to reconnect with themselves while sharing recommendations from women who have experienced the intrinsic rewards of friendship that accompany a weekly Chick Night. Fortunately, there is a way for women to regain control of their lives and rise above a seemingly endless list of responsibilities. Its called true friendshipand the laughter, chocolate, and encouragement that come with it are just added bonuses. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCs Craig Forrest Mathews, 2004 Whether you use your Tablet PC for work or play, this easy to follow guide gets you going quickly! Using real world scenarios that apply to teachers, students, business professionals, medical professionals, and more,Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCsshows you how to put Tablet PCs to use in real life. The book shows you the basics for getting your Tablet PCs up and running, then kicks it into high gear and shows you how to put your newfound palmtop power to use! You will also learn how to use Microsoft's new OneNote application to take, store, sort, and share notes with other users. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing Yoshiko Watanabe, 2023-06-20 Learn to create vividly realistic colored pencil drawings in just a few lessons! A Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing provides instructions for creating brilliantly realistic drawings featuring rich shadows, bright highlights, smooth gradients, and glowing colors. Learn at your own pace over the course of 14 easy-to-follow lessons! This complete all-in-one guide starts with the basics—drawing lines, adding colors, drawing shapes and creating gradations. Then, it provides a series of detailed lessons teaching you how to draw colorful, everyday objects, such as: Food items like burgers, breakfasts, cookies, pickles, tarts, melons, apples, asparagus and cocktails Flowers & plants such as hydrangeas, succulents, roses and carnations Household items like silverware, bottles, toys, handkerchiefs, gemstones and dolls A variety of animals including parakeets, kittens and dogs Each lesson includes blank sketch of the subject so you can focus on coloring techniques, and Faber-Castell color codes are provided so you can faithfully reproduce the example illustrations. Each lesson also includes a tear-out practice sheet with the full sketch so you can dive right in and try your hand at rendering these objects yourself! The practice template sheets are also available online to download and print at home. This book has everything you need to master a dynamic art that is affordable and satisfying. Take the 14 lessons in 14 days, like a crash course in colored pencil mastery—or take your time. Colored pencils are a favorite medium of hobbyists and increasingly embraced by fine artists as well! |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Painting on Wood Betty Padden, 2020-07-20 A complete guide on how to use various types of paint to complete your woodcarving projects! Author and professional woodcarver Betty Padden provides clear, detailed instruction for each paint type – acrylics, oil paints, latex paints, and thinned acrylics. Featuring step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, material lists, and wood carving patterns, also included is insightful advice and expert tips on working with each type of paint on wood. Learn how to choose brushes, blend color, prepare wood, add details, and so much more! |
| dark and darker beginner guide: A Beginner's Guide to the Art of Woodcarving - Follow the Step by Step Instructions and Images to Produce Your First Piece of Woodcarving Anon, 2020-09-17 Woodcarving is one of the most primal of human activities and with this helpful guide, the beginner can learn the basic skills to start enjoying this rewarding hobby. Full of helpful illustrations, advice and an introductory essay on woodwork. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Guide to Making and Using Dried Foods Teresa Marrone, 2014-07-30 Enjoy that fresh harvest taste all year. Whether you’re using a dehydrator, oven, or the sun’s rays, you can easily dry your own vegetables, fruits, herbs, and meat. Teresa Marrone’s simple step-by-step instructions cover all the basics you need to know about drying, storing, and rehydrating your favorite foods. With over 140 dried-food recipes — ranging from veggie chips to casseroles and beef jerky to baby purées — you’ll be amazed at the variety of healthy and delicious options that dried foods offer. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Absolute Beginners Guide: Making Metal Clay Jewelry Cindy Thomas Pankopf, 2012-08-29 Anyone who has ever wanted to give metal clay a try will enjoy this third book in the popular Absolute Beginners Guide series. The first book in this series, Stringing Beaded Jewelry, won the 2010 IPPY award. Making Metal Clay Jewelry follows the same signature format as its predecessors, positioning readers to learn by doing as they take on simple metal clay jewelry projects that gradually increase in difficulty level. Now is a perfect time to introduce readers to metal clay with this signature series that focuses on positive results. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Digital Photo Art Theresa Airey, 2006-11 Now, digital newcomers hoping to turn their ordinary photographs into eye-catching art finally have a book created just for them! This very accessible prequel to Airey’s more advanced Digital Photo Art expertly guides beginners through the wonders of digital image-making, and gives them a toolbox of creative possibilities.With plenty of visual examples to illustrate every technique from painting to printmaking, she explains how to transfer digital photos onto a variety of surfaces; craft a collage masterpiece using simple image-manipulation software; and convert color images into moody black-and-white studies or faux watercolor paintings.” |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The best house plants: A beginner's guide to making house plants thrive , 2024-01-01 Introduction We all have the need to nurture and care for other living things. Maybe you aren’t ready for a cat, dog, or fish, but bringing home a houseplant can fulfill that need. Place a plant on the windowsill and it will add living beauty to your home. Wake up every day and it will greet you as it cleans the air and improves your mood. Houseplants ask for so little but add so much life to a home. The care of that green friend falls solely on the owner. Being successful in that undertaking is important, so our hope is this book can help you keep your green roommate alive, healthy, and vibrant. There is no such thing as a natural green thumb. Many believe either you are born with one or not. The claim of having a brown or black thumb has had many dead plants placed at its doorstep. Yet having a green thumb is just a matter of paying attention to the needs of your plants and noticing when they are trying to tell you something. Killing a plant or two (or more) is not a crime, and can be a good learning experience. Don’t be discouraged, as growing beautiful plants is easy if you have the time and pay attention to their specific needs, and this book will show you how to do that. Time restraints are another popular excuse as to why someone has no plants in their home. One easy plant can take less than five minutes a week to care for, and the benefits it brings will lead to a desire for more greenery in your life. Having plants continually die leads to frustration and possibly plastic plants. Not acceptable. When a few key components such as lighting preference, water, and placement are understood and correctly executed, your plants will thrive. Liking and being successful with plants has more rewards than are always apparent. Plants have been proven to clean the air around us. B. C. Wolverton, a NASA scientist, conducted many experiments in the 1980s and found that plants remove VOCs—volatile organic chemicals—from our indoor environments. These chemicals can come from carpet, paint, manufactured furniture, household cleaning products, and more. One plant can remove most of the VOCs from a 100-square-foot area. An important aspect of owning houseplants is the undeniable therapy that caring for plants affords us. In this uncertain, sometimes scary, fast-paced world, slowing down to care for something that is dependent on us can be therapeutic. Pick up a plant, remove dead leaves, check the growing medium for water, and wash the leaves with a soft cloth or sponge. Move quietly from plant to plant, or maybe you prefer to sing, hum, or talk to your plants. No judgment here. One plant may become many more when the time it takes to care for one plant isn’t enough to untangle the knots from the day. Many professional people own large collections of plants for just this reason. Working with their plants takes them away from the enormous stress of their jobs. As Elvin McDonald wrote in his book Plants as Therapy, “I believe that plants have enormous potential for maintaining emotional stability and . . . improving the lives of human beings.” Nothing truer can be said. Quite often, if you have a problem with a houseplant, you search online for information and help. But not every piece of information floating around on the Internet is true or pertinent to the specific plant for which you are caring. The information in this book will dispel the myths and misinformation about successfully raising houseplants. Plant societies are another good source of information. If you wish to learn as much as you can about a family of plants, such as cacti and other succulents, orchids, or African violets, join a plant society in your area. The people in these clubs have usually been growing those plants for a long time. Nothing beats the hands-on knowledge of people who have successfully grown a family of plants. Because they love their plants, they are more than willing to share their expertise. They want you to succeed with your plants. Besides, it is a wonderful way to interact with people. Joining a plant group can help you find like-minded people who don’t tune out when you talk nonstop about your plants. I hope the information in this book will give you the confidence you need to bring a plant or two home to improve your environment and give it a warmer, more comfortable feeling that will bring joy to those who enter. You may find that almost before you know it, people entering your home will comment, “It’s like a jungle in here!” Is that a bad thing? I think not. It is a good thing! |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Read Gilgen, 2004 A guide to the business presentation software explains how to combine text, animation, video, photographs, sound effects, and narration into a professional-looking presentation. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Let's Go Fishing - A Beginner's Guide to Angling and Fly Fishing, with Tips on Equipment, When and Where to Fish, How to Make Your Own Flies, How to Cast and Much More Various, 2016-12-21 This vintage book contains a popular guide to fishing, with information on angling in salt water, angling for course fish, and angling for trout and grayling. Written in clear, simple language and full of interesting information and invaluable hints and tips, this text will be of considerable utility to the novice angler, and may also be of value to those with more experience as a reference book. The chapters of this text include: Watercraft, Roach, Pike, Perch, Chub, Tench, Carp, Bream, Dace, Trout, Grayling, Bass, Conger, Mackerel, Tope, Codling, Black Bream, Whiting, and Dabs and Flounders. This text contains a wealth of illustrations, and makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature. First published in 1946, we are republishing it now complete with a new, specially-commissioned introduction on the history of fishing. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Raising Small Animals Carlotta Cooper, 2012 This book was written for anyone considering purchasing and raising domesticated animals for family pets, producers of eggs and milk, or a friendly creature in the backyard. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Photography Guide , 2016-05-17 All you need is a digital camera and this bestselling book to unlock your full potential as a photographer! This handbook will help you improve your skills, give you a fresh perspective on how to approach a shoot, and which equipment will work best. If you have a burst of inspiration and ideas for new projects, this must-have will guide you through every step. Achieve stunning results with this expert advice on everything from how to choose the right equipment and aperture exposure, to image enhancement and flash. This comprehensive guide is a trusted resource and an ideal starting point. Written for beginners, this photography book is easy to read and understand, even if you have never worked with a camera before. It has step-by-step tutorials covering the whole range of camera functions and photographic techniques. Each chapter of the book is full of practical hands-on projects and tutorials that will help you get the best from your camera. At-a-glance comparison images show how camera settings can produce remarkably different pictures. The results are shown side-by-side with each technique, along with the setting used to create a particular look or effect. You'll also learn how to enhance your images using a range of innovative ideas adopted by professionals. Go from Novice to Pro Photographer in a Flash It has been fully updated to reflect all the latest developments in technology and creative trends in digital image-making. This manual will teach you all the tips and techniques you need to ensure that your memorable moments are captured perfectly every time! The Beginner's Photography Guide will help you find your inner photographer: - Takes you through every technique you need to create stunning images. - Easy-to-follow layout and step-by-step and tutorials. - Handy checklists with a quick rundown of the equipment and camera settings. - Hundreds of inspirational images to motivate you to reach your goal. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Photography Guide DK, 2024-05-28 All you need is a digital camera or a mobile phone and this best-selling book to unlock your full potential as a photographer. From choosing the right equipment and aperture exposure to adjusting focus and flash, The Beginner's Photography Guide explains key concepts in clear and simple terms to help you make the most of your camera. Written for absolute beginners, this handbook contains step-by-step tutorials covering the whole range of camera functions and photographic techniques. Each chapter of the book is full of practical hands-on projects that will help you get the best from your camera. At-a-glance comparison images show how camera settings can produce remarkably different pictures. The results are shown side by side with each technique, along with the setting used to create a particular look or effect. You'll also learn how to enhance your images using a range of innovative ideas adopted by professionals. This revised edition has been updated to reflect all the latest developments in technology and creative trends in digital image-making. This manual will teach you all the tips and techniques you need to ensure that your memorable moments are captured perfectly every time! |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Guide to Zentangle Beckah Krahula, 2025-01-21 The Beginner’s Guide to Zentangle is the easy way to learn step by step the relaxing, mesmerizing art of Zentangle—one day at a time. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Word 2013 Absolute Beginner's Guide Sherry Kinkoph Gunter, 2013-07-05 Make the most of Word 2013–without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to learn Word and use it quickly to prepare powerfully effective documents! Even if you’ve never used Word before, you’ll learn how to do what you want, one clear and easy step at a time. Word has never, ever been this simple! Who knew how simple Word 2013 could be? This is the easiest, most practical beginner’s guide to using Microsoft’s incredibly powerful new Word 2013 word processing program...simple, reliable instructions for doing everything you really want to do! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll learn: • Navigate Word 2013’s updated interface and make the most of the Ribbon, Quick Access toolbar, and other handy tools • Quickly develop any document, from reports to résumés, brochures to calendars–even web pages • Control margins, indents, alignment, columns, and spacing • Improve document appearance with themes and style sets • Organize and present data attractively with Word tables and charts • Build professional-quality visuals with SmartArt and WordArt • Use images from multiple sources, including screen captures and Bing Image Search • Master long documents, tables of contents, cross-references, and footnotes • Collaborate with others using Word’s tracking and revision tools • Easily create personalized mailings and email • And much more... |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Drawing Basics and Video Game Art Chris Solarski, 2012-09-18 This book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming.” — John Romero, co-founder of id Software and CEO of Loot Drop, Inc. Solarski’s methodology here is to show us the artistic techniques that every artist should know, and then he transposes them to the realm of video games to show how they should be used to create a far more artful gaming experience ... if I were an artist planning to do video game work, I’d have a copy of this on my shelf. — Marc Mason, Comics Waiting Room Video games are not a revolution in art history, but an evolution. Whether the medium is paper or canvas—or a computer screen—the artist’s challenge is to make something without depth seem like a window into a living, breathing world. Video game art is no different. Drawing Basics and Video Game Art is first to examine the connections between classical art and video games, enabling developers to create more expressive and varied emotional experiences in games. Artist game designer Chris Solarski gives readers a comprehensive introduction to basic and advanced drawing and design skills—light, value, color, anatomy, concept development—as well as detailed instruction for using these methods to design complex characters, worlds, and gameplay experiences. Artwork by the likes of Michelangelo, Titian, and Rubens are studied alongside AAA games like BioShock, Journey, the Mario series, and Portal 2, to demonstrate perpetual theories of depth, composition, movement, artistic anatomy, and expression. Although Drawing Basics and Video Game Art is primarily a practical reference for artists and designers working in the video games industry, it’s equally accessible for those interested to learn about gaming’s future, and potential as an artistic medium. Also available as an eBook |
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| dark and darker beginner guide: A Beginner's Guide to Sumi-e Shozo Koike, 2021-10-12 This practical guide is perfect for those looking to try this ancient art form for the first time! In this book, Japanese master artist Shozo Koike reveals the simple secrets of Sumi-e, offering step-by-step instructions with clear photographs and online video tutorials showing you how to paint 19 traditional subjects. Sumi-e is the meditative Japanese form of ink painting taught by Zen Buddhist monks to encourage mindfulness and an awareness of our surroundings. It uses only ink, water, a brush and paper to capture natural objects and landscapes in a vivid, spontaneous fashion. Koike begins with the basics--what to buy and how to prepare the ink in a traditional inkstone. Next, he shows you how to practice the 11 basic brushstrokes used for all Sumi-e paintings. The 19 traditional subjects taught in this book include: Flowers like orchids, chrysanthemums, camellias, roses and peonies Plants and fruits including bamboo, eggplants, grapes and chestnuts Animal figures including small birds, butterflies, chicks, crabs and goldfish Koike also explains the philosophy of Sumi-e, which emerges from the use of negative white space to enhance the painted forms. Readers will enter into a world not just of black and white, but of infinite shades of gray which are capable of evoking all the sensations of color using these techniques. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: How to Save an Undead Life Hailey Edwards, 2017-08-19 The Beginner's Guide to Necromancy, Book 1Grier Woolworth spends her nights weaving spooky tales of lost souls and tragedies for tourists on the streets of downtown Savannah. Hoop skirt and parasol aside, it's not a bad gig. The pay is crap, but the tips keep the lights on in her personal haunted mansion and her pantry stocked with ramen.Life is about as normal as it gets for an ex-necromancer hiding among humans. Until the society that excommunicated Grier offers her a second chance at being more than ordinary. Too bad no one warned her the trouble with being extraordinary is it can get you killed.Warning: This book contains one ex-con heiress with a pet zombie parakeet who lives next door to her ex-army crush. Brace yourselves, we're talking more exes than a pirate treasure map here. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Guide to Natural Living Larry Cook, 2006 When your body is detoxified of toxins (detoxification), you replace slightly toxic food (synthetic food) with highly nutritious food (organic food), you employ the principles of correct diet (healthy eating), you give your body maximum nutrition (supplements), your muscles are activated (exercise), your energy flow is built up (chi energy), your immune system is strengthened and your organs are encouraged to repair themselves (natural medicine), you buy products designed for healthy living (grocery shopping) and you consciously live naturally every day. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Darkroom Techniques Ralph Hattersley, 1976 How to set up a darkroom, develop, print, and retouch black and white photographs, including professional tips. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Artisan Sourdough Made Simple Emilie Raffa, 2017-10-24 The easy way to bake bread at home—all you need is FLOUR, WATER and SALT to get started! Begin your sourdough journey with the bestselling beginner's book on sourdough baking—over 150,000 copies sold! Many bakers speak of their sourdough starter as if it has a magical life of its own, so it can be intimidating to those new to the sourdough world; fortunately with Artisan Sourdough Made Simple, Emilie Raffa removes the fear and proves that baking with sourdough is easy, and can fit into even a working parent’s schedule! Any new baker is inevitably hit with question after question. Emilie has the answers. As a professionally trained chef and avid home baker, she uses her experience to guide readers through the science and art of sourdough. With step-by-step master recipe guides, readers learn how to create and care for their own starters, plus they get more than 60 unique recipes to bake a variety of breads that suit their every need. Featured recipes include: - Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Bread - Cinnamon Raisin Swirl - Blistered Asiago Rolls with Sweet Apples and Rosemary - Multigrain Sandwich Bread - No-Knead Tomato Basil Focaccia - Raspberry Gingersnap Twist - Sunday Morning Bagels - and so many more! With the continuing popularity of the whole foods movement, home cooks are returning to the ancient practice of bread baking, and sourdough is rising to the forefront. Through fermentation, sourdough bread is easier on digestion—often enough for people who are sensitive to gluten—and healthier. Artisan Sourdough Made Simple gives everyone the knowledge and confidence to join the fun, from their first rustic loaf to beyond. This book has 65 recipes and 65 full-page photographs. |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Dyeing and Sewing Lubin, 2018 |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Cine-photography K. S. Ankersmit, 1962 |
| dark and darker beginner guide: Beginner's Guide to Modern Calligraphy & Brush Pen Lettering Maki Shimano, 2024-06-18 Create beautiful hand-lettered journals, invitations, cards, menus and more with convenient brush pens! Master calligrapher Maki Shimano shows you all the techniques and provides hundreds of colorful examples to inspire you. Creating your own calligraphy is very easy using Shimano's time-tested method of breaking down each letter into a small number of strokes. And she provides dozens of ideas for decorative motifs such as wreaths, balloons, birthday cakes--and so much more! This easy step-by-step guide by an experienced calligraphy teacher allows you to develop your skills quickly. Start with the basic tools and techniques of hand lettering Learn to draw 8 elegant typefaces with just 2 or 3 simple strokes Create compositions with fancy flourishes, bounce and rhythm Design a planner, journal, place cards, greeting cards, gift tags, invitations, etc. And much more! |
| dark and darker beginner guide: The Beginner's Guide to Dehydrating Food, 2nd Edition Teresa Marrone, 2018-06-12 This essential companion for putting your food dehydrator to work features instructions and techniques for drying all the most popular fruits and vegetables, along with meat and herbs. You’ll learn to dry fruits and vegetables at their peak, giving you an easy and economical way to stock your pantry with apple rings, mango slices, banana chips, dried soup beans, tomatoes, and much more for year-round enjoyment. In addition, drying guidelines for specialty items like meat jerky, fruit leather, dried herb and spice mixtures, backpacking meals, and even baby food round out this friendly handbook. |
Dark (TV series) - Wikipedia
Dark is a German science fiction thriller television series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. [5][6][7] It ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. The story follows dysfunctional …
Dark (TV Series 2017–2020) - IMDb
Dark: Created by Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese. With Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne. A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the …
Watch Dark | Netflix Official Site
Starring: Louis Hofmann, Oliver Masucci, Jördis Triebel. Creators: Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese. 1. Secrets. In 2019, a local boy's disappearance stokes fear in the residents of Winden, a …
Dark timeline explained - Chronological order of the entire series
1 day ago · Time travel fiction doesn't usually make things easy for the audience, but Dark makes complexity a higher art form.
Dark | Rotten Tomatoes
When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among...
DARK | The Official Guide | NETFLIX
Discover how everything is the same, but different.
Dark | Dark Wiki | Fandom
Dark is a German science fiction thriller family drama series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. Set in the fictional small town of Winden, it revolves around four interconnected …
Dark - watch tv show streaming online - JustWatch
3 days ago · Find out how and where to watch "Dark" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
Dark Season 1 - watch full episodes streaming online
3 days ago · Currently you are able to watch "Dark - Season 1" streaming on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads. There aren't any free streaming options for Dark right now. If you want …
Series "Dark" Explained: Characters, Timelines, Ending, Meaning
Jan 5, 2023 · “Dark” is a German science fiction series that premiered on Netflix in 2017. The show quickly gained a following for its complex and intricate plot, which involves time travel, …
Dark (TV series) - Wikipedia
Dark is a German science fiction thriller television series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. [5][6][7] It ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. The story follows dysfunctional …
Dark (TV Series 2017–2020) - IMDb
Dark: Created by Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese. With Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne. A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the …
Watch Dark | Netflix Official Site
Starring: Louis Hofmann, Oliver Masucci, Jördis Triebel. Creators: Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese. 1. Secrets. In 2019, a local boy's disappearance stokes fear in the residents of Winden, a small …
Dark timeline explained - Chronological order of the entire series
1 day ago · Time travel fiction doesn't usually make things easy for the audience, but Dark makes complexity a higher art form.
Dark | Rotten Tomatoes
When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among...
DARK | The Official Guide | NETFLIX
Discover how everything is the same, but different.
Dark | Dark Wiki | Fandom
Dark is a German science fiction thriller family drama series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. Set in the fictional small town of Winden, it revolves around four interconnected …
Dark - watch tv show streaming online - JustWatch
3 days ago · Find out how and where to watch "Dark" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
Dark Season 1 - watch full episodes streaming online
3 days ago · Currently you are able to watch "Dark - Season 1" streaming on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads. There aren't any free streaming options for Dark right now. If you want …
Series "Dark" Explained: Characters, Timelines, Ending, Meaning
Jan 5, 2023 · “Dark” is a German science fiction series that premiered on Netflix in 2017. The show quickly gained a following for its complex and intricate plot, which involves time travel, …
