The arts: general topics Books
Maryam Diener Exquisite Corpse
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Read Books Essays in the Philosophy of Art
£18.99
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform How To Place Public Art & All Other Art: Maximize Aesthetics To Engage Audiences
£22.66
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Meditating On Mandalas: an adult colouring book
£12.39
AuthorHouse Minley Manor
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Angelico Press The Secret Mind of Art
£21.00
Angelico Press The Transformation of Nature in Art
£16.60
Atbosh Media Ltd. Alice in a World of Wonderlands: The English Language of the Four Alice Books Published Worldwide - Volume 2: Checklists and Appendices
£39.99
Echo Point Books & Media How to Look at Japanese Art
£28.95
Echo Point Books & Media Painting by Design: Getting to the Essence of Good Picture-Making (Master Class)
Book SynopsisCharles Reid is beloved as a teacher for his ability to guide students beyond the superficial and straight into the heart of what makes good painting good. In Painting by Design he explains how seeing your painting subjects in terms of light, shadow, shape, value, and color, will help you create striking works that embody effective design while capturing the intangible essence of the subject.A firm believer in drawing as an ideal tool for understanding a subject as an abstract form, Reid opens this book with lessons in contour and rhythm drawing, providing photographs for you to work from. Next comes a chapter on effective and reliable ways to treat color and value in your work. With clear and easy-to-follow pointers on working with oils and watercolors, Painting by Design explains how color functions as an important design element.Reid goes on to cover figure painting and the difficult art of rendering faces with realistic detail and expression, neatly demonstrating how the techniques and strategies learned in earlier chapters can be used to create specific effects. Finally, Reid shares his method of properly balancing a painting. Explaining how to combine what he refers to as "the effect" (sharp-focus, high-contrast compositional elements) with "the big blur" (softer edges, lighter values) to create interesting and dynamic artwork.Packed with assignments, detailed demonstrations, and illuminating examples, Painting by Design provides big-picture strategies and techniques alongside tips for identifying and addressing specific compositional problems. Ideal for any artist who wants to hone their skills and develop their sense of composition, Painting by Design stands out among Reid''s impressive catalog of painting books.Readers interested in related titles from Charles Reid will also want to see: Flower painting in oil (ISBN: 9781626543805), Painting What (You Want) to See (ISBN: 9781626543782), Pulling Your Paintings Together (ISBN: 9781626543843), The Natural Way to Paint (ISBN: 9781626543829).
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Echo Point Books & Media Timeless Techniques for Better Oil Paintings
£27.95
BearManor Media Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace (hardback)
£34.30
BearManor Media The Animated Marx Brothers
£21.03
Echo Point Books & Media Angelic Mistakes: The Art of Thomas Merton
£23.95
Echo Point Books & Media Timeless Techniques for Better Oil Paintings
£25.45
Parkstone Press USA, Limited Jean-Antoine WATTEAU
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Slant Books Drunken Silenus
£18.05
Counter-Currents Publishing Reactionary Modernism
£26.60
Bibliotech Press The Decoration of Houses
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12th Media Services An Essay on the Principle of Population
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Punctum Books all except you
£16.54
Independently Published Vertebrae: a book of abandoned buildings and bodies
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Authorhouse UK The Rabbit and the Evil Wolf: Owl Saves the Day
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Nature Crafty Publishing How to Needle Felt Christmas Ornaments: 14 Easy, Fast Wool Projects for Beginners
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Truman Enamels Forgotten Masters of Scandinavian Enamel Jewelry
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Karen Abend 100 Hearts: for joy and inspiration
£12.35
Raw Mixture Publishing Unpsychology issue 9.1: Imaginings
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Raw Mixture Publishing Unpsychology 10 Edges
£14.87
Fisher King Press Our Creative Fingerprint
£25.99
Open Humanities Press The Chernobyl Herbarium
£18.58
Open Humanities Press AI Art: Machine Visions and Warped Dreams
£21.54
Bookvault Publishing Goudvishal : DIY or Die! Punk in Arnhem 1977-1990
£24.99
Bookvault Publishing London Art Biennale 2025 Official Publication
£42.75
Bookvault Publishing Ponyfinder Art Book
£57.00
Quester Publications Journeys in the Dreamtime: Keys to understanding the nature of reality, astral worlds - exploring the occult history of art
£25.64
Solis Press The Artist and Psycho-Analysis
£8.39
Sanctuary Press Ltd The Coming Corporate State
£17.09
Black Flag Pictures Inc Death Metal Artwork: Album covers by Sv Bell
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