Mary Murphy
1) Speaking Of
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This is a houseful of eclectic works of fiction, gliding seamlessly over the waves of genre diversity, within these 308 pages, the reader will find one novella, one novelette, seven short stories, four flash fiction stories, and three poems. Be swept into the undulating current of time to become a traveler, a witness, and a companion to lives that have passed and those that are yet to be.
Wander back to a simpler, but more secretive, time when...
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Does she hail from a matriarchal lineage of madwomen? Or an ancestry of female power and purpose?
Norah's life and novelist career are thriving, and her once solitary existence is opening to a newfound love; but her enduring desire for a deep connection with her often dismissive mother, Ú la, still feels elusive. After the mysterious disappearance of her grandmother, Norah finds a peculiar box while sorting the contents of her Nana's old barn. This...
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No two watercolors are created equally. Mary walks through what makes some pigments transparent while others are opaque. She also introduces the concept of granularity, which helps produce more life-like skin along with skies and clouds, before finishing with a primer on staining pigments.
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The tools you use determine so much about what your painting will look like. Mary introduces a variety of brush types and techniques, from scumbling with a mop quill to writing with a rigger. Then she shows how paper weight and texture can give your final product unique effects.
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Learn how to complement your watercolors with other mediums. Mary introduces gouache and acrylic, which offers the exciting option of subtractive painting. Then she shows how watercolor grounds can help provide even more texture before combining all elements into one of her works.
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Meet Mary Murphy, your guide to simple and stunning watercolor techniques. In this first lesson, Mary introduces the underpainting, the base of any good watercolor. She demonstrates a few masking techniques and shows how complementary colors help balance a painting and create surprising effects.
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Why you're painting is often just as important as what you're painting. Mary looks at the intention behind each work as a way of highlighting how to plan size and composition using thumbnails and sketches. She also offers a tip for scaling and paints a miniature square floral.
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20190312.
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With this inventive book, children can mix and match the front and back of farm animals to create funny new species. Featuring boldly colored, simply shaped animals, these sturdy board pages open to the left and the right for easy manipulation by little hands. Full color.
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The implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland are profound, given its history and geographical position as a land border with the European Union. Four decades of sectarian violence have been replaced by a period of sustained peace, economic growth and development, yet the trenchant political divide remains. The ongoing fractious relations within the Northern Irish Assembly threaten to derail any hope the region might have on influencing the discussion...
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Southwest New Mexico World War II Survivors
In the words of these men and women who served in World War II or were otherwise impacted by the war, God's Umbrella recounts the tragic, humorous and other memorable parts of their service during wartime.
Humorous, you ask? Most of these veterans were in their late teens or early 20s, when they volunteered or were drafted into service. They played pranks, which created levity in lives that they perhaps...
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The UK's decision to leave the EU has opened up huge existential questions for Northern Ireland as it marks its centenary. Constitutional conflict in Northern Ireland had been regarded as largely resolved and settled, but Brexit has altered the wider constitutional framework within which the 1998 Good Friday Agreement is situated. With the question of Irish unity gaining renewed and sustained traction, and with trade, relationships and politics across...
17) How kind!
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IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
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When Hen gives Pig an egg, she sets off a chain of events that brings kindness to all of the animals on the farm.
18) I like it when
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A little penguin shares its favorite things with the one it loves most.
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Different kinds of animals say hello in their own way. And who better than Mary Murphy to introduce their voices to the youngest of listeners? Full of funny adjectives and sound words, this charming companion to Mary Murphy{u2019}s A Kiss Like This is an ideal read-aloud for the very youngest of listeners and is sure to engage babies as they first learn to talk.