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Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils
This beautifully illustrated ebook is the first practical step-by-step guide to using coloured pencils in botanical painting and is written by Ann Swan, one of the top exponents of the genre.
The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan
On a balmy August morning in 1846, a child was born to Ann and Alexander Swan in the couple's small wood cabin in Millbrook, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. This in itself was not odd, as home was where babies where most often born in the mid 19th century. What was surprising, however, was that Anna Swan weighed an amazing 6 kilograms (13 pounds) -almost twice the size of an average newborn. Anna Swan grew to an astonishing size -nearly 2.5 meters (almost 8 feet) tall. She was billed as "The Nova Scotia Giant Girl" at P.T. Barnum's American Museum in New York. But despite her unusual and challenging physical attributes, she rose above adversity and led the life of love, happiness and great accomplishments. This is her remarkable story.
True Tale of a Giantess, The
Anna Swan dreamed of a life as big as she was. –When I was small, I was already big news,” begins this picture book biography of Anna Swan. –Because when I was small, I was already TREMENDOUS.” Anna was thirteen pounds at her birth in Nova Scotia in 1846. She grew steadily until she was nearly eight feet tall, and never felt that she fit into her small country life. Then, at age seventeen, Anna moved to New York City to be part of P. T. Barnumês Gallery of Wonders ã and her life changed forever. Fame, world travel, true love! This real-life giantess lived a real-life storybook adventure!
Contemporary Botanical Artists
Presents a collection of botanical paintings along with descriptions of the artists' techniques and backgrounds.
Swan Lake
SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2018 'Anne Spudvilas is one of Australia's most talented visual artists. Her illustrations are full of emotion and beauty. Anne's Swan Lake is simply enchanting and sublime!' Li Cunxin, author of Mao's Last Dancer and Artistic Director, Queensland Ballet The iconic ballet Swan Lake, the tragic love story of a princess transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer, has been revered for more than a century. In this atmospheric adaptation, Anne Spudvilas reimagines the classic tale of passion, betrayal and heartbreak in the dramatic riverscape of the Murray-Darling.
Conchophilia
"A history of shells in early modern Europe, and their rich cultural and artistic significance"--
The Swan Book
Originally published: Australia: Giramondo, 2013.
(En)Countering Native-speakerism
The book addresses the issue of native-speakerism, an ideology based on the assumption that 'native speakers' of English have a special claim to the language itself, through critical qualitative studies of the lived experiences of practising teachers and students in a range of scenarios.
Botanical Portraits with Colored Pencils
Original title: Botanical paintings with colored pencils.
The Swan Thieves
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Theives is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.
