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Revisit the lost art of writing with these fun prompts, worksheets, exercises-and more!-and experience the many benefits of writing by hand, including increased focus and memory, relaxation, and creative expression.Writing by hand may seem passe in the...

An extraordinary collection of thematically linked essays, including THE UNCANNY, SCREEN MEMORIES and FAMILY ROMANCES.Leonardo da Vinci fascinated Freud primarily because he was keen to know why his personality was so incomprehensible to his...

Leonardo Da Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived, responsible for the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Madonna of the Carnation and Vitruvian Man. Leonardo...

Walter Sickert was one of the most influential artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An apprentice of Whistler and close associate of Degas, he engaged with the work of French artists of the time. Sickert in turn influenced many British...

Master the challenges of drawing on location with this collection of insider know-how and expert tips and techniques. Illustrator, architect, and international workshop instructor and Urban Sketcher Stephanie Bower has collected 101 of her best insider...

This stunning volume of the Disney Art of series is an exclusive look behind the scenes of Walt Disney Animation Studio's original feature film, Moana 2. Journey from Motunui across the vast Ocean with Moana and her crew in this installment of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647901219Author Alisa CalderFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Dylanna Publishing, Inc.Publisher Dylanna Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams)...

There has never been and will never be another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, co-owner Ian Schrager presents a spectacular volume brimming with...

This popular book provides all the information you need to get started in watercolour painting. Full of clear, simple advice and more than 70 step-by-step demonstrations, Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner will teach even the least confident of...

In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The 'Cult of Gloriana' would elevate the queen to the status of a virgin goddess, aided by authors, musicians, and artists such...

More than any other French Impressionist, painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) observed and depicted the many men in his life, including his brothers and friends, employees, and the workers and bourgeois in his Parisian neighborhood. Male subjects...

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles is art critic Martin Gayford's account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French...

From Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, the first art book that delves into the development and history of his beloved TV series, Futurama-timed for the show's 25th anniversary The world of Futurama comes to life in this deluxe art book, with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756248107Author Ei NakauFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint PIE BooksPublisher PIE Books

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.'...

The Untamed is an adaptation of the bestselling fantasy novel series Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi, also published by Seven Seas. This stunning hardcover collection is a full-colour guide to the rich world of historical fantasy The...

The inimitable Rob Biddulph blasts us into space on a cosmic creative adventure for his newest book in the bestselling Draw With Rob series. 3...2...1...BLAST OFF! Get ready to be propelled into a whole new universe with Rob in this latest...

"Real changes are upon us, and today one can reel off the names of a number of first-rate women artists. Nevertheless, women are just getting started."- The New Yorker Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400...

Bored with the same old paints? The Organic Painter introduces innovative techniques for using non-traditional "paint" derived from materials like coffee, tea, and alcohol, to encourage freedom and expression! Traditional art supplies will only take you...

Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly is the first book to catalog the entire career of the Guerrilla Girls from 1985 to present. The Guerrilla girls are a collective of political feminist artists who expose discrimination and corruption in art,...

Over 200 crochet stitches are explained in full, each accompanied by a photographed sample, row-by-row instructions, and easy-to-follow symbol charts. Additional chapters on basic techniques and materials, a stitch selector and a how-to-use section...

Resisting interpretation or classification, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a prominent advocate for the artist's consummate freedom of expression. Although identified as a key protagonist of the Abstract Expressionist movement, first formed in New York...

In which the writings of the authors Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood are gathered together.This commonplace book includes faxes, notes, fledgling lyrics, sketches, lists of all kinds and scribblings towards nirvana, as were sent between the two authors...

Enjoy the meditative art of watercolor with simple supplies, forty colorful illustrated lessons, and easy step-by-step instructions!For a soothing boost of creativity and whimsy, try your hand at watercolor. With a few simple steps, anyone can discover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783721210156Author Christoph GrunbergerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Niggli VerlagPublisher Niggli VerlagWeight(grams) 2380g

15-Minute Art Watercolour explores the art of watercolour with fifty 15-minute projects. From fruits and fish to flowers, animals and patterns, illustrator Jola Sopek encourages you to explore this popular craft in a relaxing, free and fun way. Each...

This pocket-size version of The Complete Color Harmony features the color explorations, insights, and palettes included in the original version in a handy, take-along size. It's the one color reference designers need. Get an introduction to using the...

From pinch pots to coiled boxes to soft slab tableware, mastering hand building is a lifelong pursuit. In this book, Sunshine Cobb covers all the foundational skills, with lessons for constructing both simple and complex forms from clay. Ceramic artists...

Expand your colour confidence with a comprehensive dictionary of colour combinations! Colour combinations are made simple with this helpful reference that includes endless amounts of colour palettes for artists to perfect their colour selection every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486204321Author John H. VanderpoelFormat PaperbackPage Count 143Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Advice from a recognized master penman how adults can improve letterforms, legibility, legibility and make written language both fun and expressive.Unlike traditional primary grade handwriting manuals that seek to introduce the basic techniques of...

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'To create today is to create dangerously'Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech, accompanied here by two others.Penguin Modern: fifty new books...

A fantastic, all-new, third volume of tattoo art - both tattoos and original artworks - showcasing the best recent work of the world's most outstanding tattoo artists. The format is compact, but contains over 600 full-colour photographs of the work of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141862Author Dennis BurmeisterFormat HardbackPage Count 428Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

Capture your happy place with embroidered portraits of landscapes. Learn everything from making a design from memory or photograph to stitching realistic details and basic embroidery stitches. Stitch various textures, from foliage and water to...

Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th...

Supremely successful at the beginning of his life; lonely, bankrupt and virtually ignored at its end, Rembrandt produced some of the most powerful and psychologically penetrating works in the whole of world art.Poverty, illness, the deaths of his wife,...

Give your room a new vibe and throw it back to the 1960s with these 30 mind-bending, trippy designs. Peace signs, trippy patterns, kaleidoscope visions-they're all included in On the Wall Posters: Psychedelic so you can really change the vibe of your...

The beautifully illustrated and authoritative biography of Frida Kahlo 'Frida will hold its place as the first comprehensive biography of this most visceral of artists' Observer 'Mesmerizing' Time Frida is the story of one of the twentieth...