Painting

This richly illustrated survey of the history of Irish painting encompasses the entire span from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. The book includes both well-known and virtually unknown artists, Irish artists who worked abroad as well as in...

This title offers solid and in-depth instruction from a watermedia expert and top author. It includes tips and techniques for developing a personal style. Quiller is a well established name is the art world. He has sold over 100, 000 books worldwide.Join...

Best-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...

Step-by-step instructions for 50 beautiful paintings including plants, flowers, animals, & more! Love the look of watercolors but think you lack the skill? Think again! With Watercolor the Easy Way, you will paint beautiful masterpieces...

Fill your home with original, professional art - and learn to paint at the same time. This innovative new series is a poster book, an art pad and a step-by-step painting book all rolled into one! Each of the five posters is ready to pull out, frame...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870736923Author Stefan SzczelkunFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Routine Art Co an imprint of Working PressPublisher Working PressWeight(grams) 227g

What is a historiated initial? What are canon tables? What is a drollery? This revised edition of Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms offers definitions of the key elements of illuminated manuscripts, demystifying the...

To the neighbours who helped raise her, Madeline was a handful: opinionated, disruptive, verbose. They blamed it all on her lack of a mother. But Madeline was happy: her father was parent enough. Till he wasn't there for her any more, and Madeline had to...

Take your watercolor painting beyond the studio-learn how to effectively use color and light to capture mood, create atmosphere, and convey emotion on location. Geared for beginning artists, En Plein Air: Light & Color introduces a variety of techniques...

For much of the nineteenth century, women artists laboured under the same restrictions and taboos they had endured for centuries, and it was assumed that marriage and child-bearing were their goals in life. However, by the 1870s female art students of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688151584Author Annette KowalskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733761246Author Tavis Leaf GloverFormat HardbackPage Count 506Imprint Ipox StudiosPublisher Ipox StudiosWeight(grams) 1633g

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of...

More than most artists, Henri Matisse conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works, continually questioning himself and his methods in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting". In a fresh approach to this giant of...

With comprehensive instruction and artist tips and tricks, Beginning Acrylic is the perfect resource for aspiring painters just getting started in this colorful medium.Beginning Acrylic teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started...

A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest...

Late works from the abstract painter devoted to pictorial disruption and vivacious color work DC-based painter Sam Gilliam (1933-2022) paved a distinct course through abstraction by way of tireless formal, material and tonal experimentation. During...

Nabil Anani is one of the most prominent Palestinian artists working today. A painter, ceramicist and sculptor, he has built an impressive catalogue of outstanding, innovative and unique art over the past five decades, pioneering the use of local media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142005125Author David HockneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have been characterised as the 'age of speed' but they also witnessed a reanimation of still life across different art forms. This book takes an original approach to still life in modern literature and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903685573Author Terry ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Richard DennisPublisher Richard DennisWeight(grams) 971gDimensions(mm) 315mm * 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Governor General's Literary Awards - Fiction 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780375759222Author Alberto ManguelFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House...

Learn how to lean into your unique style of creativity with this fluid art instruction book that combines creative inspiration and soulful introspection with practical instruction. Author and licensed psychotherapist Jessica Young is your expert,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763525978Author Anne Ring PetersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626543843Author General Charles ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Take the guesswork out of color mixing!With just 25 common paint colors, you can make 2,400 different hues, and they are all illustrated in this comprehensive guide. That's 2,400 hues for each medium-oils, acrylics, and watercolors-with each hue visually...

Nobody captures seascapes quite like Claudia Nice. In this guide, she shares her approach to creating dynamic watercolor compositions textured with pen & ink, acrylics and gouache. More than 60 step-by-step demos, simple enough for beginners, teach how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907372247Format PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Paul Holberton Publishing LtdPublisher Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788195446407Author Shirish DeshpandeFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Shirish DPublisher Shirish DWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 12mm

Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) was Charles II's Principal Painter and the outstanding artistic figure of Restoration England. When Lely arrived in England in the early 1640s his ambition was to be a painter of narrative scenes and not to work as a...

Learn everything you need to know to create beautiful floral works of art in oil and acrylic!This comprehensive book opens with a guide to essential information on the necessary tools and materials for both sketching and painting, including pencils,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578925653Author Elizabeth J St HilaireFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Elizabeth St. Hilaire ArtPublisher Elizabeth St. Hilaire ArtWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624650550Author Jae-Cheol ParkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440322556Author Liz Haywood-SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint North Light BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

For artists interested in using color in a new way, this two-part book offers a fresh, comprehensive approach to understanding color in painting. Part one starts with the basics and teaches, rung by rung, many concepts including color, value, and the use...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486271323Author ,Salvador DaliPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

An illuminating look at a fundamental yet understudied aspect of Italian Renaissance paintingThe Italian Renaissance picture is renowned for its depiction of the human figure, from the dramatic foreshortening of the body to create depth to the subtle...

Working en plein-air is a French term that means literally 'in the open air' and, although artists have been doing just that for centuries, the concept is experiencing a resurgence today. Sketchers and painters alike are leaving their studios and...

'Human Figure Drawing' offers a refreshing perspective on this time timeless topic, with clear and helpful explanations and around 500 illustrations in b&w and colour. This book shows us how to learn to draw the human figure and regain our ability to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872501840Author Otto PachtFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1465g