Art Books

Create watercolor drawings then turn them into watercolor paintings with the F... Create watercolor drawings then turn them into watercolor paintings with the Faber-Castell Creative Studio Getting Started Watercolor Pencil Art Set. It includes eight watercolor pencils plus a 15-page art pad watercolor brush pencil sharpener and... more

How to Draw is for artists architects and designers. It is useful to the novic... How to Draw is for artists architects and designers. It is useful to the novice the student and the professional. You will learn how to draw any object or environment from your imagination starting with the most basic perspective drawing skills.... more

The National Gallery in London houses one of the most important collections of... The National Gallery in London houses one of the most important collections of early Italian paintings outside Italy including works by Cimabue Duccio Giotto and the di Cione brothers. This completely updated catalogue of the collection is the first... more

With this fun guide artists will learn how to create dynamic graffiti art that... With this fun guide artists will learn how to create dynamic graffiti art that delivers maximum impact with the same sense of creative risk that graffiti writers have always taken on. GRAFF illuminates the important elements of graffiti art... more

In this Japanese ink painting book renowned Japanese master Shozo Sato offers ... In this Japanese ink painting book renowned Japanese master Shozo Sato offers his own personal teaching on the beautiful art of sumi-e painting. Sumi-e: The Art of Japanese Ink Painting provides step-by-step photo-by-photo instructions to guide... more

This richly illustrated book provides an unsurpassed overview of Islamic art a... This richly illustrated book provides an unsurpassed overview of Islamic art and architecture from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries a time of the formation of a new artistic culture and its first medieval flowering in the vast area from the... more

The collection of Native American artworks is one of the hidden treasures of t... The collection of Native American artworks is one of the hidden treasures of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston with some of its finest objects seldom displayed to ensure their preservation. This volume presents 100 of these little-known works many... more

Awakening Creativity shows in gloriously illustrated detail how Lily Yeh guide... Awakening Creativity shows in gloriously illustrated detail how Lily Yeh guides a participatory process of artistic expression that uplifts a distressed community. Her open joyful approach to artmaking is a model for building healthy cultural... more

A beginners guide to drawing people from the world s leading author of how-to-... A beginners guide to drawing people from the world s leading author of how-to-draw books. Chris Hart has a head for figures -- human figures that is. Not only does he draw them with incredible style and flair he also has a friendly accessible... more

This classic of art instruction by noted British painter Adrian Hill presents ... This classic of art instruction by noted British painter Adrian Hill presents a well-rounded guide to portraying beeches elms pines and many other varieties of trees. The three-part treatment begins with a brief but informative history of tree... more

This book celebrates that inspiration and explains many aspects of painting th... This book celebrates that inspiration and explains many aspects of painting the coast from creeks and tidal rivers to bustling beach scenes boats and harbours with a strong emphasis on capturing light mood and atmosphere. more

Troubling Vision addresses American culture s fixation on black visibility exp... Troubling Vision addresses American culture s fixation on black visibility exploring how blackness is persistently seen as a problem in public culture and even in black scholarship that challenges racist discourse. Through trenchant analysis Nicole... more

Simple step-by-step diagrams — and blank practice pages — make it easy for... Simple step-by-step diagrams — and blank practice pages — make it easy for youngsters and would-be artists of all ages to sketch remarkable likenesses of fruit fish animals and other subjects. 30 projects. more

9780823099245. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 192. ... 9780823099245. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 192. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Frontispiece. Sculpting the Figure in Clay is an all-inclusive volume that lays out an... more

This book presents hands-on techniques for exploring watercolor in motion. This book presents hands-on techniques for exploring watercolor in motion. more

Boser cracks the cold case of the art world s greatest unsolved mystery. -- Va... Boser cracks the cold case of the art world s greatest unsolved mystery. -- Vanity Fair One museum two thieves and the Boston underworld: the riveting story of the 1990 Gardner Museum robbery the largest unsolved art theft in history. Perfect for... more

Between Art and Anthropology provides new and challenging arguments for consid... Between Art and Anthropology provides new and challenging arguments for considering contemporary art and anthropology in terms of fieldwork practice. Artists and anthropologists share a set of common practices that raise similar ethical issues which... more

This book presents the media and techniques both ancient and modern needed to ... This book presents the media and techniques both ancient and modern needed to create all kinds of prints including block stencil sun and image transfer prints without the use of a specialized machine. All projects in the book have been adapted for... more

An undergraduate textbook devoted exclusively to relationships between mathema... An undergraduate textbook devoted exclusively to relationships between mathematics and art Viewpoints is ideally suited for math-for-liberal-arts courses and mathematics courses for fine arts majors. The textbook contains a wide variety of... more

Children octogenarians and everyone in between know the work of William Steig ... Children octogenarians and everyone in between know the work of William Steig the beloved cartoonist and award-winning children s book author whose work graced the covers and pages of the New Yorker for more than 70 years. In Cats Dogs Men Women... more