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Tai Chi Mind And Body
Tai Chi Mind And Body
by William Cc Chen
Edition: Paperback
17 used & new from CDN$ 8.67

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Tai Chi by Tricia Yu, Mar 20 2010
This review is from: Tai Chi Mind And Body (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book. It is extremely clear and very helpful. Every step explained in words and pictures. It is the most straightforward instruction book on any subject that I have ever read.
The author is Tricia Yu, not William Chen, as Amazon has it catalogued.
There is a quotation from William Chen on the cover of the book, which may have misled the cataloguers.

The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor
The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor
by Ferdinand Petrie
Edition: Paperback
Price: CDN$ 23.16
26 used & new from CDN$ 9.89

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value, Mar 11 2010
This is a very good book for water colour painters who have learnt the basics and wish to stretch themselves. It contains about 130 interesting landscape photographs, together with a discussion on a possible approach to painting them by a well known painter and the resulting demonstration.
My personal criticisms are firstly the over frequent use of guache in the suggestions, and secondly the large palette used, rather than resorting to the mixing of primary transparent colours. The use of Alizarin Crimson should be replaced by a lightfast equivalent.
But it is an excellent source book for painters returning to painting and for first time learners who have tackled Jack Reid's books, for example. Many of the demonstrations are first rate and almost all of the photographs are very stimulating.

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