Art

A comprehensive reference book on the life and works of Diego Valazquez, the most important painter in the Spanish Habsburg court of King Phillip IV. Featuring a wonderful gallery of his paintings, accompanied by an expert analysis of each work, and a...

Vivian Wong shares her love of colored pencils and explains that one way "baby artists" improve their work is by copying what they see. Love Colored Pencils is designed to enable exactly this. *Named One of the 54 Best Colored Pencil Drawing Books of All...

One of Pakistan's most notable contemporary artists, Bani Abidi creates videos and multimedia works that interweave autobiographical fiction with socio-political commentary and satire. Her practice explores the sobering realities of the political...

Collage allows your creativity to run riot. It lets you juxtapose disparate elements, styles, and media against each other and create something entirely novel, bizarre, arresting, beautiful, ironic, or unsettling. Old and new can be fused together; the...

Praise for The Addictive Sketcher: "It's impossible not to be carried along by his enthusiasm and the sheer dynamism of his work. Although this is carried out for the most part in the field, it's remarkably polished and a lot more than just quick...

The artist Angie Lewin has a unique vision of the natural world. Her hugely popular prints depict in intricate detail the native flora of a variety of environments, from salt marsh and Highland loch, to flower-strewn meadow and wild garden. Lewin finds...

For nearly 20 years, designers and non-designers alike have been introduced to the fundamental principles of great design by author Robin Williams. Through her straightforward and light-hearted style, Robin has taught hundreds of thousands of people how...

You Will Be Able to Draw by the End of this Book: Coloured Pencils is a combined tutorial and sketchbook that teaches you how to draw in colour, and allows you the space to practise on the page through guided exercises in mark-making and drawing. The...

To the interested observer the collected volumes of artist-designer Eric Ravilious's preparatory works and materials provide a veritable mine of information about his work and working methods, particularly regarding the masterful development of his...

'Kimon Nicolaides' The Natural Way to Draw is a sure bet . . . will improve your technique no end' Artists & Illustrators This essential guide to drawing by renowned art teacher Kimon Nicolaides is valued by both early students of art and accomplished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683833925Author Joshua PruettFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 173mm...

The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of 'Transvestite Potter', bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry is now a household name as a result of his widely viewed television documentaries,...

Mary Watts (1849-1938) was a leading designer of the Arts & Crafts period, the founder of the Compton Pottery and the wife of the great Victorian painter George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). She was also an avid diarist and filled copious volumes - each...

'One of the most famous of modern art documents - a poetic primer, prepared by the artist for his Bauhaus pupils, which has deeply affected modern thinking about art . . . This little handbook leads us into the mysterious world where science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904794998Author Barbara C. MordenFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Northumbria University PressPublisher McNidder & Grace

Science has given us several explanations for how humans evolved from walking on four limbs to two feet. None, however, is as riveting as what master storyteller Ngugi wa Thiong'o offers in The Upright Revolution. Blending myth and folklore with an acute...

Learn how to letter and create fun, adorable illustrations featuring everyday objects in this step-by-step guide-with tips, tricks, and practice space to kickstart your creative journey. In this effervescent approach to art instruction, artist Jesi...

This is a hands-on guide to learning to draw in perspective. It is partly about learning to draw a set of straight lines that meet at a point. And it's partly about learning to look at what is around you, and spot where those invisible straight lines...

"...his stories are always interesting, lively and well written, giving an insight to the art world as he experienced it." - Literary Review "If you read one book on art this year, it must be this brilliant critique of art today seen through the lens of...

In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking and sometimes provocative new book, leading sculptor Antony Gormley, informed and energised by a lifetime of making, and art critic and historian Martin Gayford, explore sculpture as a transnational art form with...

Sketching and drawing are fundamental to creating great art; the simple doodle is often where the artist first brings their ideas and concepts to life. In Sketching from the Imagination: Dark Arts, we have gathered together fifty talented traditional and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593545263Author Åse BalkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

A major new survey that offers fresh insights on Pablo Picasso's artworks, written by a leading authority on the master. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. This important new monograph, released to coincide...

In Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, self-confessed colour addicts Jane Rockett and Lucy St George follow on from their best-selling first book by tackling the topic of choosing colour for the home. Such is their passion for colour that Jane and Lucy...

Calligraphic Drawing, written and illustrated by artist Schin Loong, is a step-by-step guide to the pictorial side of calligraphy. Learn how to make calligraphic flourishes, then apply the technique to draw 15 different flourished animals. You'll also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486438603Author Marty NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 126gDimensions(mm)...

An indispensable guide to painting 40 popular flowers in acrylics, perfect for flower artists. This beautiful book is a illustrated directory for acrylic flower artists, revealing how to paint 40 floral subjects, from agapanthus to zinnia, with...

China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals. But this rich tradition has not, until...

Including a number of short essays by Bataille and Leiris on aspects of the other's work as well as excerpts on Bataille from Leiris' diaries, this collection of correspondence throws new light on two of Surrealism's most radical dissidents. In the...

A must-have resource for graphite and charcoal artists of all skill levels, 101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal is the artist's definitive art book. Accurately rendering surfaces and textures is one of the most challenging aspects of working with...

Challenging traditional therapeutic approaches to the arts in which art is often secondary to a psychological model, Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy provides a coherent theoretical framework for an expressive arts therapy practice that...

Artists & Illustrators magazine's Book of the Month Taking inspiration from iconic paintings in the Tate collection, discover the techniques of the masters and improve your own painting skills with 30 guided projects. As you work through the exercises,...

This is the first book to concentrate on Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals's highly innovative approach to male portraiture. Frans Hals is one of the greatest portrait painters of all time and, together with Rembrandt, is one of the most eminent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815557Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

Learn to create classic block print patterns for greeting cards, wallpaper, book illustrations and more with Andrea Lauren's easy step-by-step instruction!Artist and Designer Lauren shows you simple techniques for creating your own printing blocks out of...

An indispensable guide to the colors and combinations of contemporary Japanese design-by one of Japan's leading colorists!Color consultant Teruko Sakurai finds inspiration everywhere-in the foods, landscapes and everyday objects of her native land...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624650536Author Marcos Mateu-MestreFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio Press

This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined! Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all-from choosing materials and the correct way to...

The rules of composition have changed. Discover the new ideas that shape the art we make today. Art has changed beyond recognition since the principles of harmonious composition were established in classical times. From the invention of photography to...

The definitive study of the work of KAWS, one of the most influential and much-loved forces in contemporary art and culture KAWS is one of the most popular and recognizable contemporary artists, whose reach extends far beyond the art world into the...