Landscapes & Seascapes

Beaches, marshes, mangroves; cliffs, deserts, forests; bays, deltas, estuaries - coastlines take many different forms and are put to very different uses. From deserted beaches to busy ports, from pretty fishing villages to a surfers' paradise, a salt...

When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibilities for his art. He made his first digital drawings in spring 2009, describing the morning landscape in broad lines and dazzling colors directly on a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398803671Author Jill WinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

The life and art of the 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, and his pioneering work depicting the flora and fauna of North America, are explored in vibrant detail This book explores the life and work of the celebrated eighteenth-century English...

A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993125942Author MW BewickFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Dunlin PressPublisher Dunlin PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm

Precisionism is generally regarded as an artistic style that does not indulge in social or political themes, being committed instead to aestheticism. Addressing the role of human beings under increased automation and mechanization, Andrea Diederichs...

Brimming with dazzling ink landscapes that anyone can do in 15 minutes or less, these relaxing step-by-step drawings will have readers mastering the medium in no time at all. In 50 showstopping nature-inspired projects, Rosa Hoehn invites you to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955647536Author Karen CaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Hedingham FairPublisher Hedingham Fair

Elegant and beautiful, rich in history and supremely useful, birches have played an extraordinary yet largely unrecognized part in shaping both our natural environment and the material culture and beliefs of millions of people around the world. For...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838304751Author Richard JemmettFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint EnergyBook - RW JemmettPublisher EnergyBook - RW JemmettWeight(grams)...

Texas is unique, not only because it is the only state to enter the Union by way of a treaty, but because a clause in that treaty gives Texas the right, in perpetuity, to divide into as many as five separate states. These "Five States of Texas" reflect...

The world in bold; Newfoundland in abstract."It is the landscape that endures, it is the landscape that remains in control." -- Ned PrattWith Ned Pratt, there is no nostalgia, no romance, no theatre. His interest in the Newfoundland landscape...

Landscapes in Oil is the first-ever comprehensive guide to classical landscape painting reinterpreted for the twenty-first century. Drawing from the tradition established by American painters of the Hudson River School - artists like Thomas Cole,...

When Georgia O'Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1917, she was instantly drawn to the stark beauty of its unusual architectural and landscape forms. In 1929, she began spending part of almost every year painting there, first in Taos, and subsequently in...

A revelatory look at how the mature work of Caspar David Friedrich engaged with concurrent developments in natural science and philosophy Best known for his atmospheric landscapes featuring contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies and...

A book of Peter Brown's paintings of Bath. Includes his anecdotes about the city and painting there.Book InformationISBN 9781911408284Author Pete BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & CoDimensions(mm) 250mm * 300mm *...

A visually stunning exploration of the artistic process by an award-winning nature artistDrawing Nature presents the creative process of an acclaimed nature artist, guiding readers from field sketches to finished art and demonstrating how science and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626543874Author Ferdinand PetrieFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739139100Author Anna K WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Anna K WoodPublisher Anna K WoodWeight(grams) 327g

A Circumpolar Landscape demonstrates that Canadian and Scandinavian landscape painting reaches far beyond national identity and a preoccupation with Eurocentrism. This study brings together the work of Emily Carr, the Canadian Group of Seven, Anna...

Boston-based urban artist Mike Daikubara gives beginners a crash course in location sketching that you can use in any city in Sketch Now, Think Later. Everyone wishes they could sketch stylish scenes, but busy lives leave almost no room for sitting down...

This 3D artwork leaps off the page and is waiting to be brought to life with colourBook InformationISBN 9781837714537Author Igloo BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint SparkpoolPublisher Bonnier Books LtdWeight(grams) 360g

Alice Stevenson is a Londoner who neither drives, runs nor cycles. Instead Alice walks, navigating the city's parks, pavements and paths daily, in all weathers. As the miles have mounted so too has her knowledge of the city - the thoroughfares and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647900335Author Dylanna PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Dylanna Publishing, Inc.Publisher Dylanna Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams)...

In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias. They wanted their art activism to no longer be uprooted. ...

Outdoor painting tips and more from the best landscape painters working today. Many painters enjoy working outdoors when the weather is good, but they also need to know how to deal with it when the weather changes! This book includes the best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788899180553Author Jason ShenaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint SIME BooksPublisher SIME BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 145mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800317260Author Bob HenfreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 498g

A no-nonsense trouble-shooting guide to improving watercolour and drawing techniques by artist, Trudy Friend. This book includes an introduction to essential techniques and materials that help to sharpen the skills of the aspiring artist. The unique...

Look Again is a new series of short books from Tate Publishing, opening up the conversation about British art over the last 500 years, and exploring what art has to tell us about our lives today. Written by leading voices from the worlds of literature,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899262441Author Claudia MyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Golden Duck (UK) LtdPublisher Golden Duck (UK) Ltd

A beautiful overview of fascinating paintings of the classical world and the Holy Land by a beloved American artist Frederic Church (1826-1900), one of the leading painters of 19th-century America and the Hudson River School, also journeyed around the...

An examination of the innovative portrayals of industry and leisure created by five avant-garde artists working at Asnieres in the late nineteenth century From 1881 to 1890, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Emile Bernard, and Charles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913811075Author Dorothy HodgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint International Bee Research AssociationPublisher International Bee Research...

From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the comparisons run both ways, as metaphors, stories, and images - as well as scientific...

Collection of Tessa Newcomb's paintingsBook InformationISBN 9781911408772Author Tessa NewcombFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & Co

In a beautifully harmonious juxtaposition of two cultures, Islamic Art Meets British Flowers combines the formal structure and discipline of Islamic floral pattern-making with British flowers and architectural forms to create a truly unique series of...

Wonder Around Every Corner takes you behind the scenes with travel photographer Michael Sidofsky, better known by his Instagram handle @mindz.eye. A prolific photographer who travels the world taking photos of some of the most breathtaking places on...

Hopper & Cape Ann tells the little known, largely ignored, and profoundly significant origin story of Edward Hopper s years in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts a period and place that imbued Hopper s painting with a clarity and purpose that eluded...