The Arts: techniques and principles Books
Penguin Putnam Inc Drawing on the Dominant Eye Decoding the Way We
Book SynopsisA fascinating follow-up to the beloved bestseller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain--with new insights about creativity and our unique way of seeing the world around usMillions of readers have embraced art teacher Betty Edwards''s Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, from art students and teachers to established artists, corporate trainers, and more--all discovering a bold new way of drawing and problem-solving based on what we see, not what we think we see. In this highly anticipated follow-up, Edwards illuminates another piece of the creativity puzzle, revealing the role our dominant eye plays in how we perceive, create, and are seen by those around us. Research shows that much like being right-handed or left-handed, each of us has a dominant eye, corresponding to the dominant side of our brain--either verbal or perceptual. Once you learn the difference and try your hand at the simple drawing exercises, you''ll gain fresh insights int
£13.50
Penguin Young Readers The Calligraphy Book
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£22.91
Quarto Publishing PLC The History of Color
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£23.80
Phaidon Press Ltd Minimalism
Book SynopsisBeautifully illustrated and internationally recognized as the definitive survey of Minimalism.Trade Review"Readers will learn as much about the subject as one book can be expected to deliver."—Barry Schwabsky, Bookforum "Well written... An excellent ‘Documents’ section that allows a proper investigation of the movement’s theoretical bases."—Art ReviewTable of ContentsPreface by James Meyer Survey essay by James Meyer Works: extensive colour plate section with extended caption descriptions for every artwork (1959-63 First Encounters; 1964-67 High Minimalism; 1967-79 Canonization/Critique; 1980-present Recent Work) Artists' Biographies Bibliography Index
£23.70
Quarry Books Drawing Is for Everyone
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£16.14
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Paper Collage Workshop
Book SynopsisPaper Collage Workshop enables mixed media artists, DIYers, crafters, and aspiring artists to explore their artistic side without having to invest in a range of expensive art tools and supplies. The only things required to play are scissors, paper, glue, and imagination!Trade Review"Anyone interested in collage, no matter their skill level, can follow collage artist and art educator Price’s carefully outlined steps to create their own works of art using ordinary household items. Well worth the investment and can lead to hours of enjoyable creativity, group art events, and beautiful collages." * Library Journal STARRED Review *Table of ContentsDedication Introduction How to Use This Book Tools & Materials Step-by-Step Projects Color Circles, Color Wheel, Abstract Stripes, Silkscreen Flowers, Geometric Boxes, Color Abstraction, Fruit Still Life, Poppies, Sunflowers, Landscape in Color, Black-and-White Selfie, Painterly Portrait, Cat, Dog Gallery About the Artist
£16.14
New Shoe Press Super Easy Origami for Beginners
Book SynopsisThis accessible beginner’s guide covers everything you need to know to start creating amazing origami art, featuring clear, step-by-step instructions with helpful photos. Want to learn how to fold simple origami but are not sure how to start? With Super Easy Origami for Beginners, adapted from Benjamin Coleman’s best-selling Origami 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps. Learn what you need, how to read folding patterns, how to select paper, and how to troubleshoot mistakes and turn paper into charming folded animals, flowers, and shapes. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while gaining confidence to try another project.Super Easy Origami for Beginners includes: Origami basics How to get started Tools and materials Foldin
£12.84
New Shoe Press Color Beautiful Flowers
Book SynopsisUnwind and connect with your creative side as you color 30 detailed illustrations of enchanting flowers and mandalas. The beautiful, whimsical imagery of painted stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac is a daily inspiration to the more than half a million followers on her social media pages (@I Sassi Dell'Adriatico). With Color Beautiful Flowers, find even more inspiration from Sehnaz Bac’s stunning designs by adding your own color to them. This gorgeous coloring book features: 30 imaginative and joyous illustrations to color A floral pattern on the back of each illustration to color, if you choose Quality paper, so your colors won’t bleed through The designs include: A variety of different flowers and leaves Mandalas Simply color in each space with whatever color palette you desire and explore your creativity. Whether you use colored pencils, marker
£999.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Draw Chibi Style
Book SynopsisDraw Chibi Style teaches the essential techniques and adorable characters of this popular drawing style in 62 easy lessons.Trade Review"Whether you're just beginning to draw, trying your hand at chibi for the first time, or looking for ideas and guidance for bringing your own chibi characters to life, Draw Chibi Style: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide for Drawing Adorable Minis is an ideal DIY instructional guide." * Draw Chibi Style *Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHIBI ESSENTIALS The Drawing Process, Step by Step Basic drawing steps, explained Understanding Lines Various line weights and effective lines for sketching, inking, and more Chibi Figures: Proportions Various chibi proportions Basic Chibi Body Types A variety of chibi bodies Building Lines of Action Understanding how characters move Posing Your Chibi Examples of multiple poses Drawing Chibi Heads Various head proportions Drawing Chibi Eyes Multiple styles and different expressions Drawing Chibi Mouths Multiple angles and different expressions Facial Expressions Examples of character expressions Drawing Chibi Hands Basic structures with sample poses Drawing Chibi Legs and Feet Basic structures with sample poses Hair Fundamentals Hair essentials for male and female characters Examples of Hairstyles Basic structures and examples for Dress Up Your Chibi Outfitting your characters Final Line and Base Color Choosing colors for your chibi characters Understanding Light and Shadow How to give your character dimension through value Special Effects Some special effects to make your characters glow CHIBI CHARACTERS, STEP BY STEP Nhat Binh Traditional Vietnamese Bride Korean Girl in a Chuseok Sakura with Kimono Qipao Festival Girl Halloween “Trick or Treat” “Lion Dance” Little Mermaid Baby Witch Fire Warrior Cute Goblin Lab Researcher Butterfly Fairy Innocent Vampire Silly-Cute Zombie Werewolf Girl Fox Girl Bear Boy Bunny Baker New Generation Superhero Shopping Alien Pirate Baby Shark Angry Mummy Brave Adventurer Plushie Doctor Cheerleader Baseball Player Basketball Player Swimmer Youth Idol Sweet Schoolgirl Action Movie Actor Ninja Ballerina Artist Astronaut and Moon Shadow Knight Hip-Hop Couple Prince and Princess Elementary School Friends Dragon Dinosaur Nine-Tails Fox Rainbow Unicorn ABOUT THE AUTHOR
£14.24
Walter Foster Publishing Fuzzballs Super Cuteness Overload Coloring Book
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£11.58
Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1950s Plastics Design Everyday Elegance Schiffer
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Direct Wood Sculpture
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Modern British Sculpture Schiffer Art Books
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£65.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd TODAYS TOP STATIONERY ARTISTS Schiffer Book
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Arts Crafts Era Concrete Projects
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Sand Casting Concrete
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£13.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Advanced Scrimshaw Techniques
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£13.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ink in the Hood Tattoos for Darker Skin
Book SynopsisOne of the biggest challenges currently facing tattoo artists is to effectively tattoo dark skin. This book introduces tattoo artists to a different approach to tattoo art. Over the course of tattooing thousands of people of color, the author developed techniques and discovered tattoo patterns that best reflect his clients'' cultures and communities, many of which are displayed here. Using 380 striking color photos of his work and a recounting of amazing experiences that led an artist involved in tattooing since the 1960s to discover techniques and applications that produce effective, clear tattoos on dark skin. This book is a grand introduction to tattooing dark skin and a fascinating resource.
£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fused Glass Mosaics
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£28.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Contemporary American Print Makers
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£28.79
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Painterly Days 18 Watercolors Paintbrush
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£13.21
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fire and Light
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£21.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Sculptural Secrets for Mosaics
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Cast
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£62.04
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Find Your Flow
Book SynopsisReaders will learn to use alcohol ink and fluid acrylic paint to create gorgeous abstract works of art through 9 skill-building exercises and 10 projects while also learning to find and feed their creative flow through artistic mindfulness, journaling, and affirmations.
£26.59
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Make Your Own Christmas Window Clings
Book SynopsisMake Your Own Christmas Window Clings provides everything you need to create these festive window decorations.
£22.67
George Braziller Get Real Real Time Art Theory Practice
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£37.46
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Billy Ireland
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£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Contemporary Stone Sculpture
Book SynopsisSurveys the work of prominent contemporary sculptors and presents a guide to the techniques, tools, and materials of stone sculpture.
£20.69
AFV Modeller Ltd Panzerjager Elephant
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£19.00
Random House USA Inc Keeping an Eye Open Essays on Art Vintage
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary collection of essays on the great masters of nineteenth- and twentieth-century art—from the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending. “An engaging and empathetic volume.” —The New York Times Book Review As Julian Barnes notes: “Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting … But it is a rare picture that stuns, or argues, us into silence. And if one does, it is only a short time before we want to explain and understand the very silence into which we have been plunged.” This is the exact dynamic that informs his new book. In his 1989 novel A History of the World in 10½ Chapters, Barnes had a chapter on Géricault’s The Raft of the Medus
£18.00
Cengage Learning A Guide to Drawing
Book SynopsisCondensed to focus on the main art elements, this guide maintains the balance of examples from around the world coupled with the images that reflect the drawing, in a brief format. It begins with an introduction to the nature of drawing, emphasizing the development of thought processes and developing sight skills.Table of ContentsPart I: INTRODUCTION. 1. The Purpose of Drawing. Part II: THE ART ELEMENTS. 2. Line. 3. Texture. 4. Value and Color. 5. Composition. 6. Linear Perspective and Forms in Space. Part III: DRAWING MEDIA. 7. Multiplicities of Drawing Media. Part IV: Subject Matter. 8. Subject Matter in Traditional and Contemporary Drawing. Part V: DRAWING RESOURCES. 9. Resources and Materials.
£150.24
John Wiley & Sons Inc Drawing the Landscape
Book SynopsisThis elegant Fourth Edition of Chip Sullivan''s classic Drawing the Landscape shows how to use drawing as a path towards understanding the natural and built environment. It offers guidance for tapping into and exploring personal creative potential and helps readers master the essential principles, tools, and techniques required to prepare professional graphic representations in landscape architecture and architecture. It illustrates how to create a wide range of graphic representations using step-by-step tutorials, exercises and hundreds of samples.Table of ContentsPreface vii Preface to the Third Edition ix Acknowledgments xiii 1 The Essence of Drawing 1 Definition of Drawing 3 Drawing as Conceptualizing 7 Drawing as Seeing 7 Freedom and Structure 12 The Power of Drawing 16 The Spirit of Drawing 17 2 The Daybook 19 Types of Daybooks 27 Media 29 Mixed Media 31 Doodles 32 Daybook Variations 33 3 The Creative Environment 43 The Studio 44 The Artistic Community 50 Inspiration 56 The Creative Process 60 4 Equipment and Drawing Instruments 65 Equipment 66 The Pencil 69 Drawing Paper 72 Soft Media 73 Pen and Ink 76 Technical Pens 77 Colored Pencils 80 Watercolor 84 5 Preliminary Drawing Exercises 93 Holding the Drawing Instrument 94 6 Tone and Texture 111 Light, Shade, and Shadow 112 Tone and Value 113 Hatching 114 Crosshatching 115 Chiaroscuro 116 Light 116 Shadow 117 Basic Solids in Tone 119 Texture 122 7 Drawing Techniques for Trees and Plants 131 Contour Drawing 133 Gesture 136 Plant Forms 137 Plant Structure 137 Foliage 140 Shadow 147 Tree and Plant Massing 154 8 Composing the Landscape Drawing 157 The Picture Plane 162 Drawing Paper 164 The Classic Landscape Composition 169 Optical Devices 171 9 Freehand Perspective Drawing 181 Linear Perspective 183 Freehand Landscape Perspective 186 Horizon Line 187 Viewpoints and Vanishing Points 189 Proportional Relationships 191 Developing the Gestural Quality of Freehand Perspective 200 Architectural Perspective 203 10 Drawing the Landscape in Plan, Elevation, and Section 207 The Landscape Plan 209 Frame of Reference 211 Scale 212 The Freehand Conceptual Plan 216 The Measured Plan 218 Ground Plane Treatments 219 Ground Plane Textures 220 Water 221 Architecture 224 Trees and Vegetation 225 Shadows 227 The Elevation 228 The Section 230 Illustrating the Elevation and Section 231 Elevation Perspective 233 11 Axonometric and Isometric Landscape Drawing 235 The Axonometric 239 The Isometric 242 Freehand Bird’s-Eye 243 The Exploded View 244 Illustrating the Axonometric and Isometric 246 Composing the Paraline Drawing 250 12 Animating the Landscape: Visual Narratives, Storyboards, and Moving Drawings 251 The Figure in Space 252 Comics and the Visual Narrative 259 Storyboarding the Landscape 263 Moving Drawings: Animating the Storyboard 271 13 The Hybrid Drawing 275 The Joy of Graphite 277 Embellishing the Wireframe 280 Digital Rendering Techniques 281 Drawing over Photographs 285 The Cézanne Effect and the Impressionist Image 286 Techniques of Sequential Artists 288 Tea and Coffee Cocktail Washes 291 The Scanned Wash 291 Special Effects for Texturing Digital Prints 292 Overpainting with Oils 293 The Tableau 294 Summary 297 14 The Art of Presentation 299 The Mock-up 302 Lettering 309 The Competition Drawing 310 Experimental Media: A Gallery of Ideas 312 Conclusion 319 Afterword 323 References 325 Index 327
£62.96
HarperCollins Full Spectrum
Book Synopsis'Informative and entertaining...Rogers is a seasoned raconteur, unreeling an eons-spanning tale with skill.' —Wall Street JournalA lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world, from the best-selling author of Proof: The Science of Booze From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors haven’t always matched nature’s kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between science and craft that’s allowed for the most luminous manifestations of our built and adorned world. In Full Spectrum, Rogers takes us on that globe-trotting journey, tracing an arc from the earliest humans to our digitized, synthesized present and future. We meet our ancestors mashing ch
£22.40
Arcturus Publishing The Fundamentals of Drawing
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£12.99
Abrams Sketch Your Style
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£18.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Mathematics in TwentiethCentury Literature and
Book SynopsisAn insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art.Trade ReviewFor those viewing mathematics and the creative arts as distinctly separate endeavors, Tubbs provides an insightful treatise that proves otherwise... Though the content of Tubbs's book is challenging, it is also accessible and should interest many on both sides of the perceived divide between mathematics and the arts. Choice A fascinating journey through the works of modern art and literature... This book can be seen as a guide to understanding the various movements that emerged within artistic circles in the 20th century. Tubbs does an excellent job of leading the reader through this world of ideas, gently guiding the non-mathematicians through the panorama of advanced mathematics, and mathematicians and those who are artistically naive to an appreciate of the world of modern art and literature... The book serves as a compass to guide the reader to a better understanding of modern art. -- Jay Kapraff LMS Newsletter A beautiful narration... Every chapter is well balanced between the mathematical side and the art side. -- Riccardo Moschetti Zentralblatt Math Books like Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art help us get rid of prejudices, and indeed open our eyes to see. -- Capi Corrales-Rodriganez Mathematical Reviews Tubbs's exposition proves so clear and thorough that the mathematical novice reading Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art receives an introductory course in the fundamentals of higher mathematics... Reluctant mathematicians will be delighted to discover that Tubbs's mathematical explanations afford new analyses of canonical artworks. Make Literary MagazineTable of ContentsPrefaceChronology1. Surrealist Writing, Mathematical Surfaces, and New GeometriesMathematical Imagery and ImagesMan Ray and Mathematical SurfacesGeometries, Flat and Curved2. Objects, Axioms, and ConstraintsBlack Squares and AxiomsGeometry without Objects / Literature without Words3. Abstraction in Art, Literature, and MathematicsThe White PaintingsAbstract NumbersStructure4. Literature, the Möbius Strip, and Infinite NumbersConcrete ArtThe Möbius Strip and LiteratureConcrete Mathematics and Infinite Numbers5. Klein Forms and the Fourth DimensionIn the LabyrinthSurfaces, Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension6. Paths, Graphs, and TextsLiterature and ChoiceMathematical Graph TheoryA Play Based on a Graph7. Poetry, Permutations, and Zeckendorf's TheoremStructured and Programmed PoemsConcrete Poetry and Mathematical Images8. Numbers and MeaningTargets, Numbers, and EquationsNumbers: Imagined and ImaginaryRandomness, Arbitrariness, and Perfect NumbersDada PoetryDisorder and ArtArbitrariness10. The ArtworldNotesBibliographyIndex
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F&W Publications Inc Playing with Paints Acrylics
Book SynopsisBreak the rules and explore acrylic paint in a free and fun way. This book encourages you to get over the fear of the blank canvas and the anxiety over the outcome so you can focus on the process of painting and the pure joy of creating. Whether you're a novice who doesn't know how to get started or a classical painter looking to try something new, you will benefit from the activities in this book, which range from quick, messy and expressive exercises to relaxing and meditative paintings. Courtney Pilgrim shares 100 prompts, projects and playful activities that will build your confidence, inspiring you to roll up your sleeves and play with acrylic paint in a pressure-free way. There is no right or wrong way to create a painting, so enjoy the journey, relax, unwind and have fun!
£19.99
F&W Publications Inc Playing with Paints Watercolor
Book SynopsisGet creative expressing yourself with watercolor paint by focusing on having fun and getting to know this versatile medium. More than 100 lessons help those who have never picked up a paintbrush before enjoy the pleasure of watercolor. In each chapter, you will progress through quick, simple exercises designed to get you started, then practice pages build on techniques. This book also shows those with more experience how to be inspired in new ways. Includes information on choosing supplies, mixing colors, making those first few brushstrokes, and quick, simple projects that range from making a joyful mess to beautiful pieces you can be proud of.
£21.24
F&W Publications Inc Fashion Illustration Art How to Draw Fun
Book SynopsisPulsing with style, color and energy, this super-sassy guide will help you move your fashion art forward. Give your girls the spirit and spunk they need to enchant the crowd as they cruise the runway, hit the town or strike a pose.
£18.99
F&W Publications Inc Country Scenes in Acrylic
Book SynopsisBest-selling author, instructor and PBS TV show host, Jerry Yarnell delivers his latest offering with dozens of all new lessons and 8 full step-by-step landscape painting projects. Features detailed materials lists and advice on how to set up a palette. Learn the terms and techniques necessary to achieve your desired effects.
£19.54
Chronicle Books Well Read Women
Book SynopsisA treasure of a gift for the well-read woman, this collection brings together 50 stirring portraits, in watercolor and in word, of literature''s most well-read female characters. Anna Karenina, Clarissa Dalloway, Daisy Buchanan...each seems to live on the page through celebrated artist Samantha Hahn''s evocative portraits and hand-lettered quotations, with the pairing of art and text capturing all the spirit of the character as she was originally written. The book itself evokes vintage grace reimagined for contemporary taste, with a cloth spine silkscreened in a graphic pattern, debossed cover, and pages that turn with the tactile satisfaction of watercolor paper. In the hand and in the reading, here is a new classic for the book lover''s library.
£14.99
Chronicle Books Before the Internet Journal
Book SynopsisA hilarious illustrated journal from New York Times bestselling author and iconic New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.
£10.43
Design Originals Christmas Coloring Book
Book SynopsisEnter a world of creative self-expression with this charming Christmas coloring book. Inside you'll find 30 fun and playful art activities that will take you on a festive journey of patterning, shading, and coloring. These whimsical holiday images offer an easy way to de-stress and unleash your inner artist. Thaneeya McArdle's transcendental art explores a visual language of shape, form, line, and color. Each vibrantly detailed illustration is designed to exercise your creativity. Beautifully colored finished examples are provided, along with a handy guide to basic art techniques, from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory. This therapeutic coloring book is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed-through, all of the pages are perforated for easy removal and display.
£9.80
Design Originals Watercolor Success in Four Steps
Book SynopsisGrab your practice book, paint brushes, and discover the beautiful art of watercolor no experience required! The ultimate beginner's guide, Watercolor Success in Four Steps will teach you how to perfectly paint 150 objects, from fruits and flowers to animals, household items, and more! Understand the basics of watercolor with tried-and-true techniques and create beautiful watercolor paintings in just four simple steps. Each project offers a sample selection of colors to get you started, followed by approachable, step-by-step painting instructions to complete each design. Once you've accomplished each project, you'll be equipped with all the skills and techniques you need to design and create your own watercolor works of art!
£14.24
Random House USA Inc Game of Thrones Mask: House Lannister Lion (3D
Book SynopsisA Lannister always pays his debts . . . with one of these unique Game of Thrones gifts.Inspired by the sigil from the award-winning television series Game of Thrones, this official book contains a full-sized 3D House Lannister Lion mask and wall mount. Assemble it yourself from the beautifully illustrated push-out pieces, then wear it, mount it on the wall, or simply admire it. And remember the House Lannister motto: “Hear Me Roar.”
£21.25
Random House USA Inc Game of Thrones Mask: House Targaryen Dragon (3D
Book SynopsisFire cannot kill a dragon. These unique Game of Thrones gifts are the next best thing.Inspired by the sigil from the award-winning television series Game of Thrones, this official book contains a full-sized 3D House Tragaryen Dragon mask and wall mount. Assemble it yourself from the beautifully illustrated push-out pieces, then wear it, mount it on the wall, or simply admire it. And remember the House Targaryen motto: “Fire and Blood.”
£21.25
Random House USA Inc Game of Thrones Mask: House Stark Direwolf (3D
Book SynopsisThe North remembers, thanks to these unique Game of Thrones gifts.Inspired by the sigil from the award-winning television series Game of Thrones, this official book contains a full-sized 3D House Stark Direwolf mask and wall mount. Assemble it yourself from the beautifully illustrated push-out pieces, then wear it, mount it on the wall, or simply admire it. But be quick, because winter is coming. . . .
£21.25
