Painting, drawing and art manuals Books
Books on Demand Klassische Tattoo-Motive aus der DDR:
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£18.52
Brill Fink Was Wir Sehen Blickt Uns an: Zur Metapsychologie
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£50.40
Brill U Fink Jean-Luc Godard: Film Denken Nach Der Geschichte
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£999.99
Prestel Aron Demetz
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£37.50
Schwabe Verlag Basel Die Kunst Albrecht Dürers
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£152.00
Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH Cy Twombly - The Printed Graphic Work. Catalogue
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£78.75
Books on Demand Mandalas der Kelten: Wunderschöne keltische Mandalas und Ornamente zum Ausmalen und Meditieren
£13.70
Hauser & Wirth Frank Bowling: Landscape
Book SynopsisThis thoughtfully crafted, lavishly illustrated catalogue documents Frank Bowling's 2023 exhibition Landscape' through vivid artwork reproductions, alongside studio shots and essay from academic Dorothy Price. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition 'Frank Bowling: Landscape' at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood, presenting fourteen recent ebullient paintings that engage the rich art-historical tradition of landscape painting. The book is lavishly illustrated and includes foldouts of artwork details. The essay is from art historian Dorothy Price, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and focuses on the dialogue between Bowling's and Turner's work.
£36.00
WorkVisual Press 100 Emotional Drawings
£28.56
Herpers Publishing International Praxis Zeichnen - XL Übungsbuch 8: Früchte
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£15.29
Distanz Verlag Gmbh LLC Beautiful Disasters
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£35.20
Spector Books Sebastian Riemer: Press Paintings
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£32.30
Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsges Leszek Skurski Werkverzeichnis Band 1 Catalog
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£47.20
Tuttle Publishing Drawing Cute Manga Chibi: A Beginner's Guide to
Book SynopsisThis guide introduces aspiring manga artists to drawing chibi characters—wide-eyed caricatures beloved for their cartoonish exaggeration.Drawing Cute Manga Chibi walks you through the steps needed to draw these adorable characters, while sidebars offer expert tips, pointers on the pitfalls to avoid, and how to use details to bring your drawings to life.In this book, readers will learn how to imagine and express: Facial expressions Body posture Hairstyles Different ages Poses Bringing your characters into full-color Different character identities—from a punk rocker to a samurai Author and Japanese manga artist Ryusuke Hamamoto (Ryu Moto) is best known for his design and creation of the Petit Eva character—who even makes an appearance in this book! In Drawing Cute Manga Chibi, he shares his personal tips, showing you how to break the "rules" of figure drawing in order to create these bobbleheaded cuties.Artists of all ages and levels will have fun creating original characters or reimagining their friends and family as kawaii chibi drawings.Trade Review"…richly designed books that SHOW you how to refine and perfect your drawings so you actually improve…if you're (or someone you know is) looking to up your game and improve your art, they've made it super easy to assemble a super helpful library." --The Roarbots
£13.49
Tuttle Publishing Learn to Draw Manga Women: A Beginner's Guide
Book SynopsisLearn to create detailed female characters to include in your own comic strip or graphic novel!Professional manga and anime artist Kyachi offers aspiring artists an easy-to-follow approach to drawing manga women. For beginners, it can be intimidating to know where to start when drawing the human form. This book is meant to dispel those fears and wipe away any hesitation, so you can begin with a blank page or empty screen and start populating it with people. Soon your simple forms will take on greater detail and your characters will come to life before you!Kyachi has distilled her specialized knowledge of the skeleton, muscles and physical structures, explaining and analyzing the most difficult aspects of figure drawing and presenting it to you in a clear and simple way.With this all-in-one, how-to guide you'll: Create compelling characters and eye-catching action poses Learn about contrapposto (a specialized art term, meaning that most of the body's weight rests on either the left or right leg, achieving an angular or asymmetrical stance) Master traditional freehand, as well as digital techniques Follow along with the step-by-step progressions, before it's time to try it on your own Consult the cartoon guide who pops up and chimes in when expert tips are needed most A series of detailed lessons shows you how to draw the female form in every possible position. Individual chapters cover standing, sitting, reclining, walking, running and jumping. Essential details are then added—such as realistic creases to clothing and colorizing with brightness, contrast and saturation effects.Lovers of action manga and those hoping to create original, complex female characters will find this book absolutely indispensable!*Recommended for artists 16 & up*
£13.49
Tuttle Publishing Learn to Draw Manga Men: A Beginner's Guide (With
Book SynopsisThe male form is the focus here—twisting, leaping and tumbling in dramatic action sequences!Master manga and anime artist Kyachi shows you the secrets professional Japanese artists use to create dynamic motion on the page. A series of detailed tutorials show you how to draw the male form in every possible position.Individual lessons cover standing, sitting, reclining, walking, running, kicking, pitching, swimming, dribbling and sparring. A rogues' gallery is also presented, showing how to create dastardly villains, armed with weapons and ready to rumble.With the help of this complete guide, you'll be able to: Populate the page or screen with eye-catching movement and powerful action poses Master Kyachi's methods through step-by-step progressions—before it's time to try it on your own Follow along with charming caricature guides who offer essential tips and steer you clear of pitfalls It can be intimidating to draw people as a beginning artist, but Learn to Draw Manga Men is meant to dispel those exact fears and wipe away any hesitations you may have. Begin with a blank page or empty screen and start populating it with people. Before you know it, your characters will come to life before you!Kyachi has distilled her specialized knowledge of the skeleton, muscles and physical structures, explaining and analyzing the most difficult aspects of figure drawing and presenting it to you in a clear and simple way. With the help of this fantastic resource, you'll soon master detailed male characters to include in your own comic strip or graphic novel!*Recommended for artists 16 & up*
£13.49
Valcal Software Ltd Robotic Animals: Adult Coloring Book
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£999.99
Weldon Owen, Incorporated Feyres High Lady of the Night Court Sketchbook
£12.74
Yale University Press Seeing Through Paintings
Book SynopsisA comprehensive discussion of materials, techniques and condition issues in Western easel paintings from mediaeval times to the present.Trade Review"An essential handbook for the pro, and also a beautifully illustrated primer for the layperson. Kirsh and Levenson teach the most valuable lessons about painting of all: how meanings, material, and techniques are bound up together." John Walsh, former director, J. Paul Getty Museum "Every element of Kirsh and Levenson's book is smart, concise, and informative. It is the essential book on its subject." Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "A long overdue book with direct relevance for modern students of the history of art." Libby Sheldon, Burlington Magazine "Lavishly illustrated and lucidly written, Seeing Through Paintings will fascinate anyone with more than a passing interest in art." Virginia Quarterly Review
£37.50
Yale University Press Whistler in Watercolor
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Including endnotes and a select bibliography, this beautifully illustrated catalogue provides a rare, comprehensive examination of these seldom seen works."—D. E. Gliem, Eckerd College
£28.50
Yale University Press Drawing Is Everything
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£45.00
Yale University Press Promenades on Paper
Book SynopsisAn illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
£38.00
Random House USA Inc Art of Tattoo
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£17.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Drawing
Book SynopsisDrawing relies on a clear vision. It also requires thought which, in, turn, builds understanding. Drawing cannot be detached from seeing and thinking about the fundamental nature of the subject matter being represented. The knowledge and understanding gained through drawing from life directly enhances our ability to draw from the imagination.Table of ContentsDrawing: Process and Product. Line: The Essence of Drawing. Shape: The Definition of Form. Depth: The Art of Illusion. Envisioning: Drawing From Imagination. Speculation: Drawing and Creativity. Bibliography. Index.
£37.76
University of Minnesota Press Wall To Wall America Post Office Murals in the
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£19.79
University of Minnesota Press Master Drawings from the Collection of Alfred
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£21.59
University of Minnesota Press Mechademia 1 Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga
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£15.19
Fordham University Press The Pleasure in Drawing
Book SynopsisOriginally written for an exhibition Nancy curated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon in 2007, the text addresses the medium of drawing in light of form in its formation, of form as a formative force, opening drawing to questions of pleasure and desire.Trade Review"What is it about drawing that might attract a philosopher's eye? Many things no doubt but not least, there is the (literally) unthinkable movement by which something begins to take shape. Jean-Luc Nancy's approach in The Pleasure in Drawing moves beyond art-historical categories and conceptual schemas to touch on precisely that: he considers the 'formative force' of drawing, not in terms of its formal achievement but in terms of the pleasures afforded by its constant beginning-pleasures of attraction, sense, permanent interruption, tension and intensity. A book full of dazzling insights, imaginative curves and provocative renewals." -- -Sarah Clift University of King's CollegeTable of ContentsTranslator's Note Preface to the English-Language Edition Form Sketchbook 1 Idea Sketchbook 2 Formative Force Sketchbook 3 The Pleasure of Drawing Sketchbook 4 Forma Formans Sketchbook 5 From Self Toward Self Sketchbook 6 Consenting to Self Sketchbook 7 Gestural Pleasure Sketchbook 8 The Form-Pleasure Sketchbook 9 The Designing/Drawing of the Arts Sketchbook 10 Mimesis Sketchbook 11 Pleasure of Relation Sketchbook 12 Death, Sex, Love of the Invisible Sketchbook 13 Ambiguous Pleasure Sketchbook 14 Purposiveness Without Purpose Sketchbook 15 Desire of the Line Sketchbook 16 Notes
£59.40
Getty Trust Publications Artists Techniques Materials
Book SynopsisOffers a discussion of the materials and processes used in eight artistic media - painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, mosaics, ceramics, glass, and metalwork. This title contains 400 full-colour illustrations, and provides insight into the creation of many of the world's greatest works of art.
£20.89
Getty Trust Publications The Getty Murua Essays on the Making of Martin
Book SynopsisHere is a set of essays on Historia general del Piru that discuss not only the manuscript's physical componentsquires and watermarks, scripts and pigmentsbut also its relation to other Andean manuscripts, Inca textiles, European portraits, and Spanish sources and publication procedures. The sum is an unusually detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of the creation and fate of a historical and artistic treasure.
£33.25
Getty Publications Historia General Del Piru and the Getty Murua
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£198.00
Grolier Club of New York Stamped with a National Character Nineteenth
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroductionBeginnings 1800-1825The Study of Nature 1817-1857Native Americans 1835-1894The Audubons 1840-1870Fashion and Sentiment 1813-1885House and Home 1860-1890Color in the Aid of Science 1825-1880Exotica 1839-1886The Golden Age of Chromolithography 1862-1897The End of the Century 1884-1900
£34.20
Grolier Club A Century for the Century
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£72.20
F&W Publications Inc The Coloring Book of Tangle Patterns
Book SynopsisDiscover new patterns, get easy instructions on creating your own patterns to create and COLOR works of art.
£15.99
F&W Publications Inc Daniel E. Greene Studios and Subways
Book SynopsisFrom one of America's most accomplished artists and a pioneer of figurative realism, this unprecedented collection celebrates a body of work spanning six prolific decades.
£33.75
F&W Publications Inc Super Cute World
Book SynopsisPure coloring bliss!
£11.69
University of Toronto Press Behind the Jesters Mask
Book SynopsisThe editorial cartoon, a daily diversion for millions of Canadians, strikes most of its readers as irreverent, outspoken, iconoclastic. The reality, as Raymond Morris demonstrates, is more complex. Morris examines the form and content of Canadian editorial cartoons of the 1960s and 1970s that concerned relations between French and English Canadians and between Canada and the United States.He argues that since the advent of the monopoly press and the professional, politically neutral artist, cartooning has subtly changed from low satire of the paper’s political opponents to medium satire directed against the current government. Cartoons generally portray politics as a hive of squabbling, waste, and folly; business, while portrayed much less often, is shown as a hive of rational, beneficial productivity. Cartooning is thus often based on an imaginary opposition, a double standard which sells the virtues of corporate decision-making at the expense of democracy as seen in th
£21.59
University of Toronto Press Morality and Social Class in EighteenthCentury French Literature and Painting
Book SynopsisThe moralistic tendencies that culminated in the Republic of Virtue can be traced in literature back to the late seventeenth century. In the 1690s two separate and antithetical moralities began to take shape, one erotic and libertine, the other highly moralistic. Both represented a revolt against the formalism of the seventeenth century. The roman érotique was rooted in a hedonistic philosophy whose objective was to enlarge the scope of freedom, translated in sexual terms, while the moralistic literature, also influenced by philosophical hedonism, was sentimental, romantic, and defended the Christian idea of love and marriage. Roberts discards some of the common presuppositions of historical and literary criticism, for example, that the literature of sensibility was the reaction of the bourgeoisie against the degenerate aristocracy, and that the libertine literature was created by and accurately portrayed the aristocracy. Such explanations have never been su
£21.59
WW Norton & Co The Artful Mandala Coloring Book: Creative
Book SynopsisColouring brings the artist out in everyone–it’s so easy and welcoming. It’s also very good for the mind. Meditation drawing teacher Cher Kaufmann has seen the effects of colouring at work in her classes. She provides students with patterns of mandalas and other designs, some coloured pens, and watches everyone relax. With each stroke of colour, body and thoughts drift into a calm place. Recent studies attest to the power of drawing as well. Whether you have always enjoyed drawing and colouring or are new to it, you’ll find yourself mesmerised by the beautiful pen-and-ink patterns in this collection.
£15.53
F&W Publications Inc Paint Charming Seaside Scenes with Acrylics
Book SynopsisFifteen thorough step-by-step painting demonstrations of friendly seaside scenes in acrylic, a very popular and highly versatile medium. Instruction on specific seascape elements such as lighthouses, rocks, dunes, fishing shacks and sunsets are points of focus in each project. Using the flexibility of acrylic, this book teaches readers of all abilities who are interested in painting on canvas or almost any other surface! Readers will enjoy this experienced author's direct and friendly teaching style as well as the author's personal take ona pproaching each subject.
£17.59
Grolier Club of New York Steel & Roses – American Prints in the Hersh
Book SynopsisThis unique tête-bêche book (two titles, with a single spine) showcases the collections of Herschel and Fern Cohen. When reading in one direction, the reader is treated to stark black-and-white prints of cities and their inhabitants, with an emphasis on the Depression era, from the collection of Herschel Cohen; when reading in the other, the reader encounters gorgeously colored images from Fern Cohen’s collection of English, Continental, and American botanical books published from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. This is a rare opportunity to own a beautifully designed volume employing an ingenious and rarely used bookbinding technique. With forewords by each collector, the two catalogues reproduce a joint exhibition that took place at the Grolier Club in 2011.Table of ContentsPart 1. American Prints Part 2. Botanical Books
£20.00
Grolier Club of New York The Earliest Dutch Imposition Manual – Facsimile
Book SynopsisThis facsimile, entitled Overslag-Boek, zeer nuttig voor alle Liefhebbers der Edele Boekdruk-konste (Imposition Manual, very useful for all Practitioners of the Noble Art of Printing"), is a reproduction of a unique manuscript housed in the Grolier Club Library. It was compiled in the years 1794–1795 by printer Joannes Josephus Balthazar Vanderstraelen, a native of Antwerp. Vanderstraelen's manuscript illustrates, through a series of diagrams in ink and watercolor, the correct position of composed pages, arranged so as to appear in the correct order after they were printed and folded. All the common printing formats are presented in order of size, from folio to 64mo. The elements of standard printing "furniture" —the chase, quoins, wedges, and so forth— are delicately rendered in various shades of watercolor wash, providing remarkably clear visual instructions on the proper arrangement of formes of type on the press. The diagrams, reproduced in their entirety in full color, are complemented and enhanced by Frans Janssen's detailed introduction and notes. The book also includes a foreword by Eugene S. Flamm, a description of the original manuscript held at the Grolier Club, an index, and English translations of the table of contents, headings, and text of the manual.
£57.00
Getty Trust Publications Sidney Nolan - The Artist's Materials
Book SynopsisSidney Nolan (1917-1992) is renowned for an oeuvre ranging from views of Melbourne's seaside suburb St. Kilda to an iconic series on outlaw hero Ned Kelly. Working in factories from age fourteen, Nolan began his training spray painting signs on glass, which was followed by a job cutting and painting displays for Fayrefield Hats. Such employment offered him firsthand experience with commercial synthetic paints developed during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1939, having given up his job at Fayrefield in pursuit of an artistic career, Nolan became obsessed with European abstract paintings he saw reproduced in books and magazines. With little regard for the longevity of his work, he began to exploit materials such as boot polish, dyes, secondhand canvas, tissue paper, and old photographs, in addition to commercial and household paints. He continued to embrace new materials after moving to London in 1953. Oil-based Ripolin enamel is known to have been Nolan's preferred paint, but this fascinating study-certain to appeal to conservators, conservation scientists, art historians, and general readers with an interest in modern art-reveals his equally innovative use of nitrocellulose, alkyds, and other diverse materials.Trade Review"Paula Dredge's exhaustive technical analysis of the work of one of Australia's greatest and most complex painters, Sidney Nolan, . . . is essential reading to anyone curious to see how a particular alchemy works to make an artist's imagery unforgettable. Staring into her microscope with huge respect and admirable clarity of writing, the author never abandons the implication of Nolan's mystery beyond mere methodology. Better than that, she enhances it." --Barry Pearce, Emeritus Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales "This extensively researched and amply illustrated book reveals important findings about Sidney Nolan's materials and methods, and makes a significant contribution to the understanding of his work. Its rich blend of scientific information, biographical narrative and relevant images makes it accessible to the interested reader as well as conservators and art historians. Much more than a technical guide, it is a key resource for any serious Nolan scholar." --Kendrah Morgan, Senior Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art
£33.25
Watson-Guptill Publications Perspective in Action
Book SynopsisUsing the graphic novel format, Perspective in Action features 33 easy-to-follow demonstrations to teach the major discoveries in perspective. Author and artist David Chelsea takes readers through the major perspective- related developments in history, teaching them how to re-create these same experiments by leading artists in all fields (including drawing, painting and sculpture). Covering a wide-range of mediums (pen and ink, paint, chalk, digital art, woodwork and more), Perspective in Action gives readers a more hands-on approach to perspective, as opposed to the usual theoretical presentations found in other books.Trade Review"Cleverly packaged in a graphic novel format, artist Chelsea's (Perspective! For Comic Book Artists) book covers all aspects of simple perspective drawing and depicts its more complex applications. Step-by-step sketching exercises, craft projects, and experiments re-creating historical breakthroughs in the form. This guide shows how to draw in one-, two-, three-, six-, and multiple-point perspective and how to build a camera obscura, an Ames room, and a cabinet of wonder. A chapter on motion perspective demystifies the science behind realistic animation. Chapters on distorted perspective and stereo vision are also included. VERDICT This fun-to-read guide is best suited to readers of intermediate artistic skill level."—Library Journal "This is a welcome, exhaustive introduction to the underlying structure of any drawing. It's like a lesson in perspective from Winsor McCay. It's about time we had a very human guide like this. Even old pros will use it." —Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit and author of Comics and Sequential Art "Perspective is the power to create worlds. Now, thanks to David Chelsea's Perspective! for Comic Book Artists, you can make that power your own. Don't miss this chance to master in a day what others have taken years to learn. You will never find a better book on this subject." —Scott McCloud, creator of Zot! and author of Understanding Comics"Perspective in Action is the most wide-ranging and authoritative book on perspective I've ever seen. David Chelsea examines every aspect of the subject imaginable, presenting it all in a graphic novel format that is both engrossing and easy to understand. For those who are serious about mastering perspective, this book is essential." —Mark Crilley, author of The Realism Challenge, The Drawing Lesson, Manga Art, and Mastering Manga and creator of Akiko Table of Contents CONTENTS Introduction.........................1 1 • Basics...........................3 2 • Beginnings.......................17 3 • Anamorphosis...................29 4 • Cabinets of Wonder...............59 5 • Six-Point Perspective............85 6 • Stereo Perspective...............113 7 • Motion Perspective..............155 Conclusion........................169
£15.19
GMC Publications Zen Colouring – Winter Wonderland
Book SynopsisZen Colouring - Winter Wonderland is the latest edition in the highly successful 'Zen Colouring' series. Winter Wonderland contains an eclectic mix of 100 inspirational and beautiful images with a winter theme that will help calm and relax, while enabling the artist within to shine. This booklet contains a multitude of different illustrations to colour in, varying in complexity from simple festive patterns to complex, geometric winter scenes.
£8.99
The Crowood Press Ltd Drawing and Painting on Location: A guide to en
Book SynopsisWorking en plein-air is a French term that means literally 'in the open air' and, although artists have been doing just that for centuries, the concept is experiencing a resurgence today. Sketchers and painters alike are leaving their studios and heading out into the open air. This book encourages you to join them. Full of in-depth advice and practical instruction, it explains how to make the most of painting outside and how to capture the very essence of a scene with a far greater authenticity than can be achieved when working from a second-hand image. Covers an array of mediums including pencils, pastels, pens, watercolours, oils and acrylics.
£16.14
The Crowood Press Ltd Drawing and Painting Cars
Book SynopsisThis practical and stimulating book introduces and showcases a wide range of motoring art styles. Recognising the importance of drawing and research, it explains the key components of a successful painting, looking particularly at light, perspective, drawing ellipses and the vehicle itself. Including over 150 finished paintings with full descriptions of how they were conceived and carried out, this beautiful book is sure to inspire both artist and buyers alike, and gives a unique insight into the work of a leading motoring artist.
£999.99
Wichita State University Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles
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£22.79
