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Featuring 150 iconic artworks, The National Gallery Masters of Art Puzzle Book is a visually spectacular puzzle challenge perfect for any art-enthusiast. This must-buy gift book contains 100 puzzles reproducing and inspired by the world's most famous...

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...

Understanding how to effectively use color is the first step to becoming a well-rounded artist. Special Subjects: Basic Color theory is your guide. A perfect resource for new artists and art hobbyists, Basic Color Theory demonstrates the color wheel at...

Master manga with 100 creatures, characters and super-cute chibis. This is the ultimate introduction to drawing manga: 100 simple, step-by-step drawings of everything from superheroes to super-cute pets. Practise drawing different hair and facial...

With its roots in Ancient Greece, encaustic is a wax-based painting medium, characterized by luminous colour and a lush service. This handbook reveals how to master this beautiful yet demanding medium. It discusses ways to achieve vibrant colour and...

Painting and Drawing the Head combines technical instruction, art history references and thoughts on the day-to-day practice of painting the head from life. The rich text, supported by over 100 paintings, gives a thoughtful account of the process of...

In the tradition of the eminently practical, top-selling guides such as How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself (9780823099771) and Problem Solving for Oil Painters (9780823040971), this straightforward handbook offers a fresh approach to watercolour...

Learn to paint 50 beautiful botanicals in 30 minutes or less. The patterns are included, and you can paint right inside the book! A follow-up to the bestselling first book! In this new edition, 50 beautiful floral motifs are broken down into...

Leave your artistic insecurities behind as you easily re-create the simple but beautiful paintings in Art Made Easy: Easy Watercolor.Easy Watercolor offers you a definite way to succeed as a beginning artist. Without getting bogged down in a lot of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635618655Author Tom BrowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Learn the core concepts of painting on location with En Plein Air: Acrylic, the definitive resource for experiencing the peace and rewards of painting with acrylics in the open air.En Plein Air: Acrylic introduces beginning artists and fine-art lovers...

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...

Over the centuries, landscape painting has attracted countless artists. Its diversity, enhanced by the weather, special lighting conditions and seasonal change, offers the painter an infinite variety of subject matter. Oils are an extremely versatile...

A celebration of the work of the beloved American artist Wolf Kahn (b. 1927), this volume focuses on the vivid colors of his luscious landscapes made in the past ten years. A refugee from Nazi Germany, Kahn immigrated to the U.S. in 1940, and after...

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)...

Modern brush lettering is a creative guide to learning how to brush letter. Becki talks through materials, mark marking, turning your marks into letterforms, joining your lettering and exercises to get your started on your brush lettering journey. There...

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...

Looking at pictures, we see in them the scenes they depict, and any value they have springs from these experiences of seeing-in. Sight and Sensibility presents the first detailed and comprehensive theory of evaluating pictures. Dominic Lopes confronts...

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...

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...

Whether you're a seasoned artist or a complete novice, this step-by-step instructional book will take you through the 12 different alcohol ink painting techniques. From pouring, dripping, and blowing to blending, masking and brush painting, and more,...

Learn to use watercolours with confidence with this gorgeous and easy-to-use book of exercises and templates. Kick-start your creative spirit and develop a new zest for watercolour in this inspirational book from Katie Putt. When using watercolour,...

'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...

Originally published in Czech in 2002 and now available in English, "Medieval Painting in Bohemia" assesses the history of painting in Bohemia and Moravia from the emergence of the Czech state in the late ninth century to the end of the rule of Ludwig...

Acrylic painting with the pros! Get the basics and expand on your skillset with 24 projects featuring various techniques, modern motifs, and abstract image ideas.About the AuthorGabriele Malberg, Sylwia Mesch, Monika Reiter, Christin Stapff, Martin...

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...

50 of Donna's favorite projects in one gorgeous book! Donna Dewberry flowers are beautiful to behold, and they are beautifully simple to create. You can achieve the same loveliness using her easy-to-master One-Stroke painting techniques. Inside, you'll...

There is a growing interest in outdoor painting because it allows people to combine their interest in art with general outdoor activities; it connects them with social groups of artists; it involves them in an expanding market of festivals and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156577168Author Max DoernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 435Imprint Harcourt Brace InternationalPublisher Harcourt Brace InternationalWeight(grams)...

For artists looking to grow beyond the studio, En Plein Air: Watercolor is the definitive resource for experiencing the rewards and invigoration of watercolor painting on location.En Plein Air: Watercolor introduces beginning artists and fine-art...

A complete course on acrylic painting, covering classic approaches and new innovations for a medium that's widely embraced by both beginners and experienced artists for its versatility, quick-drying properties and non- toxicity. Noted artist and School...

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

Floral sketches printed on watercolor paper invite artistic experimentation with only a brush and paint. Kristy Rice, a trailblazer of hand-painted stationery and inspiring art, presents 25 floral sketches on lovely watercolor paper, inviting artistic...

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 9781774641378Author Salvador DaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 152g

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...

A figurative realist in the heyday of abstract expres- sionism, Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) painted himself, his family, and friends in New York City, in Southampton, Long Island, and on an island off the Maine coast, all depicting a relaxed and...

Sue Trusler taught herself to paint canal art roses with acrylics to renovate her small narrowboat - despite having no previous experience. This led to painting roses on flower containers and other household objects and her work was published in Paint &...

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.

`This handsomely illustrated book is an original attempt to make clear how much the art of the orators and the painters in the Renaissance had in common ... Extremely important for the history of art.' Neo-Latin NewsReviewsExtremely rewarding and...