Painting, drawing and art manuals Books
Abrams Watercolor Workshop
Book SynopsisLearn to paint gorgeous contemporary art by practicing watercolor technique directly in this instructional sketchbook. Through 100 different experiments, artist Sasha Prood teaches you traditional techniques like wet-on-dry, wet-on-wet, and flat washes, and also encourages you to play with the paint through colorful ombrés, unique bloom textures, and added elements like salt and sponging. Each experiment is accompanied by Sasha’s beautifully painted examples and space to practice your skills on the thick pages of the sketchbook. Sasha makes watercolors accessible by setting you up to paint a series of practice swatches before attempting to make final art and she emphasizes experimentation with color and technique so that you can learn to enjoy and embrace all the unique qualities of watercolor.Trade Review"This remarkable book will appeal to people of all ages with a penchant for taking up water colour painting. Sasha is an exceptional teacher and the advantage of being able to paint in the book itself is a huge bonus." BooksMonthly"Calling all budding artists! Pick up a copy of Watercolor Workshop by Sasha Prood and never be short of handy watercolour tips again." -- PaperCrafter
£18.24
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Drawing and Painting Botanicals for Artists: How
Book SynopsisOriginally developed in the 18th century as a visual supplement to botanical nomenclature, botanical illustration and art uniquely fuse art and science by documenting the parts, details, and life cycles of plant species. In Drawing and Painting Botanicals for Artists, eminent botanical artist and veteran workshop instructor Karen Kluglein reveals her secrets for rendering leaves, flowers, berries, and branches both accurately and beautifully. The book begins with a brief history of the art form, followed by guidance on developing observational skills for this genre, key botanical terms and concepts, and the differences among botanical illustration, botanical art, and flower painting. The chapters that follow offer detailed guidance and demonstrations for drawing and painting botanicals in a variety of mediums: Drawing. Explore loose gestural drawing, precise measuring and rendering, and working from photographs with graphite, colored pencil, finepoint markers, pen and ink, and silverpoint. Painting. Master color mixing, washes, layering, gradations, values, and adding details in watercolor, gouache, and acrylic, plus guidance on adding “personality” to your work and knowing when a painting is done. Drawing and Painting Botanicals for Artists shows artists at all skill levels how to translate careful observations into stunning works of art. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art. Table of Contents1 Drawing BotanicalsMEDIUMS AND SUPPLIES Graphite Pencils Colored Pencils Fine Point Markers Silverpoint Paper Erasers Pencil SharpenersESSENTIAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES Live Specimen Working from Photographs Loose Gestural Drawing Precise Measuring Values, Shadows, and Highlights Gradations Lifting GraphiteDRAWING SUBJECTS AND MEDIUMS Drawing Leaves Drawing Flowers and Petals Drawing Fruits and Berries Drawing Stems and Branches 2 Painting BotanicalsMEDIUMS AND SUPPLIES Watercolors Gouache Paintbrushes Painting SurfacesESSENTIAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES Color Mapping Washes Layering Gradations Drybrush in Watercolor Lifting Overlaps Correcting Mistakes and Making Revisions Details and Finishing Adding PersonalityPAINTING SUBJECTS Painting Leaves Painting Flowers and Petals Painting Fruits and Berries Painting Stems and Branches Final Thoughts Resources Acknowledgments About the Author Index
£17.09
Search Press Ltd Dynamic Seascapes: How to Paint Seas and Skies
Book SynopsisArtists wishing to capture the excitement and power of the sea in their artwork will find this book invaluable. Judith Yates uses a mix of traditional and more experimental techniques to create her dynamic seascapes, all of which are explained in clear, step-by-step sequences, annotated examples and Judith's stunning artworks. With sections on colour, composition, and creating atmosphere, this book is a comprehensive approach to painting the tumultuous ocean with a mix of acrylics, watercolour and acrylic inks. Judith's varied, mixed media approach gives this book wide appeal to watercolour and acrylics artists looking to expand their creative horizons. This book demystifies all aspects of painting the sea, including details on the form and anatomy of a wave; bringing light, atmosphere and drama into the sky; and choosing colours to create a mood. It also provides a great source of inspiration to artists who are drawn to the sea as a subject for their own paintings.Trade ReviewLose yourself in the excitement and power of seascapes with Judith Yates' latest release Dynamic Seascapes. With sections on colour, composition, and creating atmosphere, this book is a comprehensive approach to painting the tumultuous ocean with a mix of acrylics, watercolour and acrylic inks. Judith uses a mix of traditional and more experimental techniques, and this combined with her mixed media approach means this is perfect for anyone looking to expand their creative horizons. * Crafts Beautiful * Social media gets a bad press. However, it was also responsible for the genesis of this book. The publishers of Leisure Painter and The Artist magazines put one of Judith's pictures on Twitter. I thought it looked interesting and decided to investigate further. It quickly became apparent that she is one of the best seascape artists I'd seen for a long time, so I suggested that Search Press might like to talk to her. And here, a couple of years later, we are. Water is one of the hardest subjects to paint. It's hardly ever static, has no real substance and no colour of its own, yet it presents in many different moods, almost all of them related to movement and surroundings. So, how do you represent that in a single image? Well, that's what the book is all about. The subtitle is "how to paint seas and skies with drama and energy" and it has that in spades. Working in watercolour, acrylic, ink and mixed media, Judith will show you how to capture all the forms and moods of the sea, from a calm evening estuary to storm-blown waves breaking on a rocky shore. Although water is the primary subject, Judith does not forget the shorelines, landscapes and of course skies that make up a complete seascape. She'll show you how light both affects the appearance of water and is affected by it through refraction and reflection. She'll also demonstrate ways of capturing the solid appearance of a breaking wave and how to create the sense of power and movement that are essential to giving your image a feeling of being anything but static and two-dimensional. There are plenty of examples, exercises and demonstrations as well as explanations of the way water behaves in just about every situation. The book is every bit as exciting as its subject. -- Henry Malt * Artbookreview.net * Colourful and inspiring. This book is packed full of beautiful colour paintings using the artist's preferred water based paints and acrylics, each with a handy description explaining how the effects were achieved. There are chapters covering observation and materials followed by a very useful section on colour mixing and palettes to create mood and atmosphere. It describes how to first understand the sea with a section on capturing light through waves and how to paint the swell of the sea. There are some good ideas about using different brush and palette knife strokes and some clever tricks to give texture to your painting along with chapters on composition and foreground extras. There are also two detailed step-by-step paintings that you can follow. -- Lyla Horley * Amazon * In her new book, Dynamic Seascapes, Judith Yates demystifies all aspects of painting the sea and shows you how to start painting your own successful seascapes full of atmosphere and drama. Judith is a professional artist and runs painting workshops from her home studio as well as tutoring art holidays in the Dordogne so she understands many of the problems faced by artists trying to capture a volatile environment. A mixture of traditional and more experimental techniques are employed and clearly explained in step-by-step sequences, using a range of media, including acrylic inks. There's detailed information on how to capture form and anatomy of a wave, as well as ways to use colour and light to add drama to the scene. Step-by-step projects include a wild seascape and shimmering mist, which will inspire you to create dynamic seascapes of your own. * Leisure Painter * Most "how to" books I've come across tend to have step-by-step instructions, but don't necessarily explain why a particular technique is used. In this book however, Judith Yates goes into detail on the paints, surfaces and techniques, so you can learn the skills to paint your own seas as well. I've never been overly confident on mixing paints to get the exact colours I need, but Judith even includes a section on mixing for subtle tones, so you aren't left floundering. The two step-by-step projects break down what looks like a "that's beyond my skill level" painting into much easier steps, where it feels like I can actually end up with something that looks like a dynamic sea at the end! Overall I think this is a fantastic book, and it's also inspired me to try painting on different surfaces rather than just sticking with canvas. * Amazon * There's an old adage that you can never step in the same river twice. It could also be said that you can never actually see a wave. It is, after all, just a movement, albeit one given form by that least and most solid of substances: water. As a form, it's constantly changing and it's that change that makes it what it is. To paint a wave, therefore, requires the artist to freeze an infinitely small moment while also conveying the sense of motion and drama that a wave produces. Judith meets this seemingly impossible challenge head-on in watercolour and acrylic, explaining techniques both of creation and application, She considers drama, serenity, light and reflections as well as skies, buildings and landforms. This is an exciting and thoroughly practical guide to painting seascapes that covers all the moods of the sea and a huge variety of ways to depict them. -- Henry Malt * The Artist *Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 My inspiration 8 Materials 14 Colour 24 Understanding the sea 32 Mark-making 40 Expression and dynamism 50 Wild seascape - Step-by-step project 70 Shimmering mist - Step-by-step project 84 Composition 96 Compositional basics 98, Point of view 100, Creating drama 104, Skies and light 110, Foreground: added elements 116, Texture, tricks and illusions 122 Creating mood and atmosphere 128 Elements of atmosphere 128, Stormy raging seas 130, Misty, ethereal atmosphere 132, Calm, shimmering waters 134, Dreamy atmosphere 136, Brooding mystery 138, Dreamy nostalgia 140 Afterword 142 Index 144
£999.99
F&W Publications Inc Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for
Book SynopsisAcrylic Revolution is your essential, all-in-one guide for acrylic painting techniques and more. Use any of the over 101 strategies to break through the boundaries of conventional painting and redefine your creative potential with the world's most versatile medium. Every page is packed with insights into using acrylic paint in ways you never thought possible to create stunning visual effects and textures. A gallery of finished art at the back of the book will show you how to combine different tricks to use in their artwork offering you real-life applications for acrylic techniques.
£18.74
Companion House How to Paint: A Complete Beginners Guide to
Book SynopsisThis practical step-by-step guide helps beginners quickly achieve immediate and impressive results. Thirty-eight step-by-step projects each illustrate a different painting technique, using watercolours, acrylics, or oils. Readers learn to paint landscapes, still life, people, flowers, animals, buildings and more. Covering the three most popular types of painting: watercolours, acrylics and oils, this comprehensive step-by-step guide provides basic information on materials and techniques as well as an exciting series of demonstrations aimed at complete beginners. The unique approach of this book is so simple that the reader can start immediately on original and exciting projects. Each section has practical information on materials and equipment and includes a gallery of work by various artists to inspire the beginner. Within each section the demonstrations provide instruction in a whole range of different techniques from the basic brushstrokes to using resist and painting with a knife. Practical advice on choosing the best materials and equipment to get the most out of your painting. Includes inspirational galleries and essential basic techniques sections to develop your artistic skills.
£15.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Expressive Flower Painting: Simple Mixed Media
Book SynopsisGet nose to bloom with one of the most beloved subjects of painters for generations of artists with Expressive Flower Painting and master pedals, stems, colors, and more. It's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! Expressive Flower Painting's exercises have a loose, free, contemporary style the likes of which you'd see in galleries, in shops, and even on clothing and home design goods. It's not intimidating, and yet the paintings are colorful, immediate, and joyful and speak to the artist's desire to play, be loose, and to create freely. Lynn Whipple paints wildly and in small to large formats with a combination of acrylic paint, charcoal, and colorful soft pastel. Expressive Flower Painting presents a range of creative painting exercises that help readers develop vibrant nature paintings. This exciting book is an in-depth expansion of Lynn's class called Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting, with additional content.Expressive Flower Painting covers mark making, layering techniques, how to do "spin drawings," color methods, painted backgrounds, working from life, and how to successfully combine a wide variety of media for the maximum effect.Trade ReviewWhipple's enthusiasm and optimism infuse the book...All levels will enjoy this unique approach to a popular subject. * Cloth, Paper, Scissors *
£17.09
Mixed Media Resources Manga Mania Blank Book: Draw Your Own Manga Comic
Book SynopsisWith this high-quality sketchbook, experienced and aspiring manga artists can take what they've learned about drawing manga and create their own manga graphic novels. The opening pages of this sketchbook include information on filling the panels, creating drama with angles, using speech balloons, and creating special effects. After that, the book is divided into six sections, each with a cover template and blank, black-framed panels that allow artists to create different manga stories from start to finish. The possibilities are endless!
£8.99
Sixth & Spring Books 101 Drawing Secrets: Take Your Art to the Next
Book SynopsisBestselling author and drawing master Catherine V. Holmes distills a lifetime of drawing knowledge into 101 easy-to-grasp tips for artists who want to improve their drawing. Artist extraordinaire Catherine V. Holmes has written numerous successful step-by-step drawing books.101 Drawing Secrets takes a different spin on the traditional how-to-draw book. Busy artists who are short on time or just want to learn something new easily can dip into the book at any point and pick up a tip or trick they can immediately apply to their own artwork. From quick written tips, to illustrated examples, to simple step-by-step tutorials, the tips provide valuable insight into drawing for anyone wanting to take their art to the next level. Tips include: Draw from different points of view; Draw what you see, not what you think, by drawing upside down; Use a grid system to improve accuracy; Look at negative space to check accuracy; Break the subject down into simple shapes; Sketch daily to improve more quickly; Create an eye-catching focal point; Draw on unusual surfaces; Convert your reference image to black and white to simplify; Draw with one continuous line to strengthen your brain, eye, and hand coordination; Develop your signature style; Draw more realistic teeth; Focus on the process, not the product; Avoid smudging that can ruin your drawings; Crop your artwork to create a more compelling piece.
£15.29
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing: The Quick Guide to
Book SynopsisThis debut book in the Pocket Art series is packed with expert technical guidance on drawing realistic portraits in pencil and stunning, inspirational examples. London-based artist Joanna Henly (a.k.a. Miss Led) guides you through every aspect of pencil portraiture with a lively, graphic approach to instruction—demystifying the complexities of the human face with step-by-step illustrations and expert tips. Get started with a quick overview of how to set up your work space, how to hold a pencil, and tips on mark making. A section on understanding the face begins with a look at its underlying structure (the skull and muscles) and includes guidance on capturing facial relationships from different angles. Then learn to accurately draw each individual feature—eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin tones, and hair—with illustrations of their anatomy and examples of their differing shapes. You’ll also find tips on rendering the facial expressions of your subjects. The exercises demonstrate and reinforce the skills as you go, while the incredible artwork inspires and motivates. With its compact size and sturdy flexi binding, you can carry this invaluable resource everywhere you go—in your backpack, bag, or pocket.Trade ReviewA fun, and graphic approach to drawing portraits. The book is not only eye candy, but it will keep you engaged as you learn to draw and master portraiture techniques. -- LeVar Thomas * stupidDOPE *Table of Contents Pocket Art: Portraits Introduction What’s great about drawing. - Carrying a sketchbook and drawing tools - Magic of capturing those moments - Seeing inspiration everywhere Can add a reference to the other figure drawing book here as a great companion :) Part One Understanding the face : Basic face structure & breaking down the different face shapes - different face shapes (round, oblong, square etc) maybe? - relationships and proportions (between the eyes and the ears, nose to mouth, etc) - The curved nature of the face (looking at different angles, with above rules in place) Each of the following will fill a page The Eye The Nose The Mouth The Ears Hair Part Two Expressions & Character - How to capture a moment ( a smile, a tilt of a head) that is momentary. That brings character and life into your portrait - How to read a portrait and create the right mood and setting Part Three Drawing from imagination - Adding a narrative to your portrait Introducing supporting characters and text Part Four Working from photographs & working with a model - How to chose photographs to use as reference - What to add as artistic license - Sometimes its not about what you add, it’s what you take away Part Five Choosing Materials - Adding movement and drama with watercolour - Keep your lines crisp and tight with pencil and pen - Create vivid masterpieces with mixed mediaGallery of works
£11.69
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Palette Knife Painting Deep Impasto
Book SynopsisLearn how to create your own Deep Impasto® masterpieces using a palette knife and oil paints with this book featuring tips, techniques, and 8 complete step-by-step projects.Professional artist Lisa Elley works from her studio in the San Francisco Bay Area with the purpose of inspiring and bringing joy to people through her art. In Palette Knife Painting: Deep Impasto, Lisa shares her techniques with you through easy-to-follow step-by-step projects.Learn to paint: Art inspired by Vincent van Gogh Seascapes and landscapes A Tuscan vineyard Flower fields Wet-into-wet (alla prima) With texture And more! Also included in the book are: Primers on the best palette knives and paints to use Color mixing and color theory instructions Beautiful, textured artwork that seems to lTrade Review"An ideal, comprehensive, and thoroughly 'user friendly' DIY course of instruction for artists of all skill levels looking to learn to paint and scrape with oil paint." * Midwest Book Review *"Far from a how-to for beginners, this book includes projects that expertly teach processes, such as color blocking, blending, and multiple effects that can be executed with a knife." * Library Journal *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Why Paint with a Palette Knife? Getting Started Hokusai–Inspired Ocean Wave Van Gogh–Inspired Poppy Field Van Gogh–Inspired Irises Piccola Casa (The Little House) Summer Peonies Birch Tree Forest in the Fall Coastal Landscape with Wildflowers Tuscan Vineyard Landscape with Sunflowers Cleanup & Care Signing Your Art Varnishing Presenting Wiring a Painting About the Artist
£15.29
Getty Trust Publications Sam Francis - The Artist's Materials
Book SynopsisAmerican artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) brought vivid colour and emotional intensity to Abstract Expressionism. He was described as the "most sensuous and sensitive painter of his generation" by former Guggenheim Museum director James Johnson Sweeney, and curator Howard Fox called him "one of the acknowledged masters of late-modern art." Francis's works, whether intimate or monumental in scale, make indelible impressions; the intention of the artist was to make them felt as much as seen. At the age of twenty, Francis was hospitalised for spinal tuberculosis and spent three years virtually immobilised in a body cast. For physical therapy he was given a set of watercolours, and, as he described it, he painted his way back to life. The exuberant colour and expression in his paintings celebrated his survival; his five-decade career was an energetic visual and theoretical exploration that took him around the world. Francis' idiosyncratic painting practices have long been the subject of speculation and debate among conservators and art historians. Presented here for the first time in this volume are the results of an in-depth scientific study of more than forty paintings from the late 1940s to early 1990s, which reveal new discoveries about his creative process, inventive techniques, and specially formulated paints and binders. The data provides a key to the complicated evolution of the artist's work and informs original art historical interpretations.
£33.25
F&W Publications Inc Art of Perspective: The Ultimate Guide for
Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide for artists in every medium. Every artist needs to know how to create the illusion of depth and distance. Packed with specific tips and instruction for several different mediums including acrylic, oil, watercolor and graphite Teaches essential perspective techniques through easy step-by-step demonstrations and exercises Starts simple and moves on to complex scenes and challenges such as stairways, curves, and non-rectangular objects Most books that cover perspective thoroughly are difficult to navigate. This book provides comprehensive and friendly instruction within a user-friendly North Light design
£19.79
F&W Publications Inc Sketching People: Life Drawing Basics
Book SynopsisFluid, fast and expressive life drawing starts here. Step by step, you'll learn to render fleeting gestures from memory, capture expressions simply and quickly, give your drawing a life of its own with body language, and more. Along the way you'll develop a more spontaneous approach for successfully working from life. The skills you learn from this book are so fundamental that every artist will find something in these useful lessons for making the most of all the inspiration that life has to offer.Table of ContentsA comprehensive course on drawing from life, based on classic principles Essential techniques for drawing gesture, figures, clothing, expression, body language and more Lots of exercises that bring lessons to life
£15.99
Page Street Publishing Co. Stunning Watercolor Skies: Learn to Paint
Book SynopsisDiscover the joys of creating dazzling watercolor landscapes and scenic skies with this beginner’s guide, from painter and nature-lover Rachael Mae Moyles. Through Rachael’s gentle guidance and expert tips and techniques, you’ll paint your way through 20 showstopping but approachable projects. What’s more, Rachael’s in-depth guide to universal watercolour techniques will have you mastering the fundamentals and will deepen your appreciation of all the hues and variations present in nature. From sunny vistas and foggy horizons all the way to atmospheric mists and stormy clouds, Rachael takes you on a celebratory tour of all the versatile beauties of nature. Projects include gems like Serene Pine Sunset, Winter Morning Sunrise and Milky Way Over the Desert as well as gorgeous, moody scenes like Rainy Morning in the Adirondacks, Stormy Beach Day and Dancing Northern Lights. Wherever you are in your artistic journey, these projects will inspire you daily to look up at the skies and soak up all the vibrant beauty therein.
£16.99
Edition Patrick Frey Karen Kilimnik: Early Drawings 1976-1998
Book SynopsisKaren Kilimnik's artist's book Early Drawings 19761998 is kind of a prequel to Kilimnik's Drawings, also published by Edition Patrick Frey in 1997. Early Drawings 19761998 brings together the artist's own rich and varied selection of around 130 never before published early works on paper. Detailed, finely worked pastel drawings created between 1976 and 1998 are presented along with ink drawings and other work from that same period; together they illuminate the scope, complexity and virtuosity of Kilimnik's thematic world. For more than forty years, Kilimnik has navigated an inexhaustible cosmos influenced by the traditions of Romantic painting, portraiture, and landscape painting. Her work gives equal weight to a broad array of subject matter, finding inspiration in such diverse sources as popular culture and fairy tales, Old Master paintings and television programs, films, literature, magazines, advertising, as well as window displays. The result dissolves the distinctions between high and low culture. This creative mixture appears in some of Kilimnik's earliest output: after studying art and architecture in Philadelphia, the artist exhibited a series of genre-bending constellations in the mid-1980s and early 1990s; assembled works included paintings, photographs, drawings, sculptures, and films. Her oeuvre explores themes of mythology and femininity, history and fiction. Early Drawings 19761998 is published on the occassion of a double exhibition bearing the same title at Galerie Eva Presenhuber in New York and at Sprüth Magers in London, which was shown in early summer 2022.
£54.00
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits: More Than 500
Book SynopsisColor Mixing Recipes for Portraits Oil - Acrylic - Watercolor features master mixes for an array of skin colors in oil, acrylic, and watercolor—plus recipes for hair, eye, and lip colors.Also included are a plastic color-mixing grid for measuring out paints, as well as a handy conversion chart for finding acrylic equivalents of oil paints and vice versa. With Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits Oil - Acrylic - Watercolor and your painting materials, follow the three simple steps to mix virtually any skin tone for your portrait: Match a palette of skin tones from this book to your portrait subject. Create the Master Skin Tone Recipe for this palette using the included plastic color mixing grid to measure each paint color. Follow the recipes to create all the skin tones you will need to complete your portrait—from light values to shadows. Also featured in this book: Color theory Tinting, toning, and shading Graying skin tones naturally Identifying facial planes Mouth, nose, and ear color tones Eye and hair color tones Watercolor skin tone recipes With recipes for more than 500 color combinations, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits Oil - Acrylic - Watercolor is your ultimate source for painting realistic skin, mouths, ears, noses, eyes, and hair. Walter Foster’s best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Oil and Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as acetate grids for measuring paint units.Table of ContentsInstructions Skin Tone Palettes Color Theory Mouth Color Tones Ear/Nose Color Tones Oil & Acrylic Skin Tone Recipes Color Tones Watercolor Skin Tone Recipes Creating Colors Index Oil/Acrylic Conversion Chart About the Author
£10.44
Vintage Publishing Bright Earth
Book SynopsisColour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist''s palette - and charting the discoveries and developments that have led to the many splendoured rainbow of modern paints, Bright Earth brings the story of colour spectacularly alive. Packed with anecdotes about lucky accidents and hapless misfortunes in the quests for new colours, it provides an entertaining and fascinating new perspective on the science of art.Trade ReviewBrilliant...in every sense. Ball's book is the volume that has been missing from my library * Guardian *Brings the mysterious subject of colour wonderfully alive. Quite literally an eye-opener * Economist *A succinct and elegantly structured new survey of Western painting. Ball pitches his learning just right between academic history and a highly readable series of anecdotes and biographical sketches * Daily Mail *Full of fascinating vignettes. Philip Ball writes engagingly on complicated topics * Sunday Telegraph *Scattered with attractive particles, sparkles with redolent names... A solid, well-researched compendium of information * TLS *
£15.29
Yale University Press Tales of the City
Book SynopsisAn innovative examination of sixteenth-century Netherlandish drawing against the backdrop of the urban economic boom, the Protestant Reformation, and the Eighty Years’ War
£47.50
The Crowood Press Ltd Drawing With The Brush
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Anness Publishing WATERCOLOUR OIL DRAWING A BOX SET OF THREE
Book SynopsisMastering the art of drawing and painting with step-by-step projects and techniques shown in over 1400 photographs.
£16.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Draw to Relax
Book SynopsisLearn to use drawing as a pathway to relaxation with the creative art exercises and soothing meditations found inside this inspiring book.
£14.39
Tuttle Publishing Rock Painting for Beginners
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£14.39
Stobart Davies Ltd Carving Facial Expressions
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£12.60
Museum of New Mexico Press Printing the Spirit
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£32.39
Storyscapes Our Living Earth Coloring Book
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£9.38
LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD Special Catalogue of Tombstones Monuments Tablets
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£22.75
Legare Street Press The Grammar of Lithography
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£25.60
Legare Street Press A Manual of Ancient Sculpture
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£18.00
Legare Street Press The History of the First Discovery and Settlement
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LEGARE STREET PR Edwin Austin Abbey Royal Academician The Record
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LEGARE STREET PR Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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LEGARE STREET PR John Russell R.a
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Legare Street Press Martin Schongauer et lart du HautRhin au XVe
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LEGARE STREET PR Edwin Austin Abbey Royal Academician the Record
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Lulu.com Worlds of Wonder
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Arcturus Publishing Ltd Astrology Colouring Book
Book SynopsisExplore the mysteries of the cosmos and tap into your own inner wisdom with this astrology-themed colouring book.Inside you''ll find over 60 beautifully illustrated zodiac signs, planets and constellations. From the powerful Aries to the intuitive Pisces, each page is designed to help you connect with your own astrological chart, and to explore your own unique personality. This colouring book is perfect for anyone interested in astrology, and is a great way to relax and unwind while learning more about yourself and the world around you. So let your creativity run wild as you bring the stars to life in your own unique way.• Includes 60 designs • Printed on thick, high-quality paper • The images appear on single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through ABOUT THE SERIES: The bestselling Arcturus Creative Coloring series brings together delightful colouring books designed to relax the mind and inspir
£7.59
Arcturus Publishing Flower Power Colouring Book
Book SynopsisTansy Willow is a bestselling colouring book compiler with a taste for all things bold, beautiful and perfect for colouring. From intricate mandalas to stunning landscape scenes, she selects designs that inspire a sense of peace and wonder and tap into the mindful benefits of colouring. She is based in London, UK.
£7.59
Edinburgh University Press Modernism and Still Life
Book SynopsisThis book takes an original approach to still life in modern literature and the visual arts by examining the potential for movement and transformation in the idea of stillness and the ordinary.
£24.69
Teacher Created Materials Piecing Art Together
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Lexington Books Feminism and Folk Art
Book SynopsisThis book is a mosaic or quilt of folk art around the world, from polychrome clay figures made in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla (Mexico) to the baskets Maori women create in New Zealand, from Japanese lacquer work and decorated paddles to black dolls in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The creative impulse found in three continents, four countries, and four geographical regions are juxtaposed to make up a harmonious whole. The book carries out a detailed dissection of a variety of ethnic, racialized, and gender representations in their contemporary forms.Trade ReviewAnother terrific book by Eli Bartra, whose unique focus on contextualizing "folk art" from a feminist viewpoint has illuminated the art and lives of its often little-known makers. At home in many cultures, her careful attention to both artists and objects is an invaluable addition to the endless discussions of "high" and "low" art. -- Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Pink Glass SwanIn this innovative book, Latin American-based feminist and folklorist Eli Bartra ventures beyond her geographical comfort zone to take on a sophisticated comparative study of art and gender in Mexico, Japan, New Zealand, and Brazil. Her investigatory patchwork of four social and cultural environments—some rural, some urban—calls on specific ethnographic material in a variety of media to explore important theoretical questions, from the distinction between craft and folk art to the conception of gender. -- Sally Price, author of Co-Wives and Calabashes, Primitive Art in Civilized Places, and Paris PrimitiveEli Bartra with her recognized eye for grasping the intricate twisting of tradition, innovation, and inspiration inflected by gender, especially women’s experience, ambition, and generation, with class and necessity in works of art, creates a fascinating narrative that interprets art, folk art, and handicrafts. Her subtle and graceful analysis begins with objects (trees of Life in Mexico; woven baskets in New Zealand; lacquer products from Japan; and the rag dolls of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and quickly moves to a study of the persons who make them. The book should be read twice, once for the pleasure of the descriptive writing and once again for the refined, often understated scrutiny of these artistic case studies. -- William H. Beezley, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsChapter 1: Trees of Life: Polychrome Clay Figures, and Women’s Work in Izúcar de Matamoros Chapter 2: Art Weavers: Maori Women of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Chapter 3: From the Sober to the Saturated: Japanese Shunkei Lacquers and Edo Hagoita Chapter 4: The Smiler of the Moon: Brazilian Folk Art and the Abayomi Project
£76.00
WW Norton & Co The Starving Artist Cookbook: Illustrated Recipes
Book SynopsisAspiring artist Sara Zin turned 30 and hit a wall. She was hungry—starving—to find meaning in her art. And she really wanted one of her grandmother’s famous oatmeal cookies. Zin didn’t know how to make them; she never learned how to cook. She decided it was time. This stunning cookbook is the result of that year’s journey, with basic recipes.Trade Review"This cookbook is great for those who aren't confident in the kitchen." -- The Independent"Part memoir, part cookbook, lovers of art will appreciate its beauty as well as the simple recipes for comfort food favourites such as spaghetti carbonara and tomato soup." -- The Best Cookbooks for Hungry Students on a Budget - London Evening Standard
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Echo Point Books & Media, LLC Painting Wildlife in Watercolor
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C & T Publishing Learn to Watercolor: The Essential Techniques in
Book SynopsisGet inspired with gentle and serene watercolour painting as your next calming hobby. The watercolours explained in this book achieve two essential objectives: for you to immediately enjoy painting, and acquire a solid foundation.
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Educando Adults Angels of Peace and Calm Angel Mandala Coloring
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Marta Sytniewski How to Draw Portraits and Caricatures of Babies:
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Posemuse Poses for Artists Volume 9 Feet: An Essential
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Search Press Ltd How to Draw: Farm Animals: In Simple Steps
Book SynopsisLearn how to draw all kinds of farm animals using this fun and easy step-by-step method. Starting with simple shapes, Susie Hodge shows you how easy it is to develop circles, rectangles, squares and ovals into an exciting selection of animals and birds including sheep, ponies, pigs and piglets, turkeys, hens, cows and ducks. If you have never drawn before this is definitely the book for you, and there is a lot here to inspire more experienced artists too.Table of ContentsIntroduction Donkey Sow Piglet Texas longhorn cattle Goose Suffolk sheep Romney lamb Shire horse Rooster White mallard duck Mallard duckling Rabbit Bag goat Holstein cow Hereford calf Border collie Tabby cat Merino ram Pheasant Bay mare Bay foal Ferret Toggenburg goat Chicken Chick Highland cow Turkey Llama
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Search Press Ltd A-Z of Bird Portraits: An Illustrated Guide to
Book SynopsisNow available in paperback! Andrew Forkner's book provides you with all you need to paint a range of birds in acrylics; taking in birds of prey, songbirds and waterbirds from all over the world. It contains information on the materials and preparation you will need to capture the delicacy and majesty of the subjects. Trade ReviewAcrylics are unique among paints in that they can be used like watercolours or oils and have their own special characteristics that make them a great choice for all kinds of painting. This book looks at how to use them when depicting twenty-seven different birds. As this is a book about painting rather than drawing, that part has been taken care of so you can get on with learning more about acrylics. Each bird comes with an outline to trace, plus detailed instructions on how to transfer it and even combine tracings. This takes less time than drawing, so you can produce a whole wall’s worth of fine pictures in no time. To begin there is advice on what to buy and why, a look at the palette of colours the artist works with and a piece about why he chose to work with acrylics. There is also a chapter on how to make a pleasing composition, and paint features like feathers, bills, feet and eyes. Throughout the book there are lots of tips showing how to do various things from working with washes, to using a viewfinder to test colours and how to paint various features from rocks and water to detailing on plumage, subtle shading and using backgrounds. The birds themselves are a varied mix so you get plenty of practice at capturing diverse details. They tend to mostly hail from the UK, Europe and the US rather than hotter climes and many you won’t need to go far to see if you live in these places. There are colourful species like the kingfisher, bee eater and green woodpecker and more subtly coloured birds such as the barn owl, wren, mourning dove and golden eagle. Each project features a full sized painting plus tracing, list of what you need and a swatch down the page showing all the mixed colours; a useful tool. The instructions are broken down into preparation followed by the various layers and finishing touches. There is usually an inset detail showing a particular technique plus a very helpful actual size image of the picture showing the base colours before the final details go on. Although there is nothing on the outside of the book to indicate it this would be a wonderful choice for a fairly inexperienced artist. Even a beginner could have a go with the user friendly projects and achieve decent results. More books like this please! This book was originally published as a hardback in 2015. If you cannot find a good range of acrylic painting materials locally try http://www.searchpress.com for a list of suppliers. * MyShelf.com *August 2019 In Brief Andrew Forkner's popular A-Z of Bird Portraits is now available in paperback, teaching you all you need to know about painting birds in acrylics. * Leisure Painter *November 2014 There aren’t many books on painting birds. The reason, of course, isn’t hard to find: not many people want (or think they want) to paint them. They do, however, provide a wide variety of colourful subjects and there’s no reason in reality for them to be any less popular than flowers. And you can’t move for books on flowers. Andrew Forkner adopts the sensible strategy of putting all the basic techniques (working in acrylics) together at the beginning of the book. These include information on colours, composition, eyes, beaks and, most importantly, feathers. These are the building blocks you’ll use later when it comes to particular species. The approach avoids continuous repetition, but it does mean a degree of jumping about if you haven’t fully grasped the technical elements – which, frankly, you should have. Time spent at this stage is like learning musical scales, unexciting perhaps, but invaluable. The whole thing is neatly executed and is about as good, within its own constraints, as it could be. The A-Z format has worked before, but that was for flowers, and it’s just that I’m not sure this is the place for it. Flowers are popular and well-known. Bird are, too, but I doubt there are enough people who both admire them and want to paint them for something like this to work. It’s not, when all’s said and done, a book for the complete beginner and I do honestly think that’s what’s needed. On the other hand, if you’re passionate about painting birds but need practice and instruction, this is absolutely the book for you. To read the rest of this review see http://artbookreview.wordpress.com/ * Artbookreview.net *November 2014 Have you always wanted to paint lifelike pictures of birds? Inside these covers are staged instructions on how to paint twenty-seven of them in acrylics. You know when Search Press gives a book a hard cover instead of a paper one to expect something special and this is no exception. Self taught wildlife artist Andrew Forkner sets out his love of birds and acrylics in a user friendly manner, ranging from what you need to buy to painting tips. Learn how to capture feathers on paper as well as birds; feet and beaks, get to grips with the unique properties of acrylics and think about how to compose your picture. Each project has a drawing to trace with instructions on how to do this, plus what paint and brushes to use and even the type of paper. This is not a step-by-step book in the usual Search Press sense as the instructions are remarkably brief. But it does not state anywhere that this is a beginner’s book and it is not; aimed more at existing artists who want to try their hand at using acrylics and painting birds. There is a wide choice of these to paint, with British and American species being the main ones represented. Choose from favourites like a golden eagle, robin, kookaburra, bald eagle and mourning dove to name a few; the ends results are handsomely displayed as whole page illustrations in this large format book. This ought to appeal to any bird lover with a bit of painting experience who wants to try something new. * Myshelf.com *November 2014 For painters and bird lovers everywhere. Great book with all you need to know to paint twenty-seven different bird species. Andrew uses acrylics, both as watercolour and in their natural state. He shows you how to capture features, characteristics and feathers. The instructions are clear, detailed and easy to follow. Outlines to trace, colour palette, materials needed, professional techniques and tips are all included. Beautifully illustrated. My favourite feature is that you also learn something about the birds including their latin names. Absolutely fabulous and highly recommended. * Karen Platt Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk/crafts *December 2014 As a concept art lecturer I look at a number of books and must admit this one intrigued me. The first impression I had was colour and life and this stuck with me as I followed the book. This feels like a natural history tour while explaining the proportions and colours for each bird and makes wanting to draw and paint each of the birds a natural progression. My only concern is that I might get paint on the pages! * Marian Carr, Bradford College *February 2015 Art books like this one by Andrew Forkner's provide cake decorator's with great inspiration particularly when painting cakes, or producing lifelike wildlife to portray the cake recipient's hobbies and interests. This book provides you with all you need to paint a range of birds; taking in birds of prey, songbirds and waterbirds from all over the world. With easy-to-follow step by step projects, guidance on composition and important bird features. * Cake Craft & Decoration *February 2015 Andrew Forkner's A-Z of Bird Portraits shows you how to set about capturing 26 birds in acrylics, with guidance on composition and important bird features. The clear and easy-to-follow step-by-step projects include plenty of annotated drawings and detailed colour mixes, allowing you to concentrate on the bird themselves. * Leisure Painter *Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 Materials 8 Colours 10 Composition 12 Basic techniques 18 Features of birds 24 Projects 34 Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher 36 Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle 40 Bombicylla garrulus Bohemian Waxwings 44 Cinclus cinclus White-throated Dipper 48 Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra 52 Egretta garzetta Little Egret 56 Erithacus rubecula European Robin 60 Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel 64 Fratercula arctica Atlantic Puffin 68 Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay 72 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle 76 Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole 80 Junco hyemalis Dark-eyed Junco 84 Lanius excubitor Great Grey Shrike 88 Merops apiaster European Bee-eater 92 Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron 96 Oenanthe oenanthe Northern Wheatear 100 Picus viridis Green Woodpecker 104 Quelea quelea Red-billed Quelea 108 Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet 112 Sitta Europea Eurasian Nuthatch 116 Troglodytes troglodytes Eurasian Wren 120 Tyto alba Barn Owl 124 Upupa epops Eurasian Hoopoe 128 Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing 132 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-headed Blackbird 136 Zenada macroura Mourning Dove 140 Index 144
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