This second book in the Art Explorers series introduces kids to the world of impressionism, featuring the art of five famous impressionist artists: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Edward Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Mary Cassatt. For each artist, a color reproduction of his or her famous artwor..
A showcase of Armstrong's dream-girl images features three hundred reproductions spanning fifty years in the artist's career. Original. Author: Dobson, Janet Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0823040151 ISBN-13: 9780823040155..
Renowned manga artist and comics creator Camilla d'Errico's beginner's guide to drawing her signature Japanese-style characters.From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed-girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture, and no artist's work today better exemp..
Demonstrates wet-in-wet and drybrush techniques for painting the head form and hands of racially diverse children and adults Author: Reid, Charles Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0823041921 ISBN-13: 9780823041923..
Discusses brushes, paper, and palette, shows how to mix colors and create special effects, and includes step-by-step demonstrations of portraits and nudes Author: Reid, Charles Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0823040968 ISBN-13: 9780823040964..
Describes the procedures involved in mixing clay and shaping it by hand on a potter's wheel Author: Colbeck, John Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0823042510 ISBN-13: 9780823042517..
The jargon of color theory and the unpredictability of mixing manufactured colors prevent many artists from using color to maximum advantage in their work. This comprehensive survey of color-its science, psychology, theory, and aesthetics-gives artists the knowledge and power to do more with color. ..
Explains and graphically illustrates what the designer or design student needs to know about production, in terms of typesetting, desktop publication, printing, paper, inks, color printing, imposition-folding-binding, and mechanicals. Revised and updated (first edition was 1974) to encompass the eff..
Gives practical advice on using line, rhythm, mass, finish, style, light, mood, gesture, shape, and color, and offers critiques of student paintings Author: Reid, Charles Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0823044475 ISBN-13: 9780823044474..
Book by Kelley, Ramon Author: Kelley, Ramon Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0823045056 ISBN-13: 9780823045051..
Rug Weaving For Beginners: Woven Rugs, Tapestry Rugs, Knotted, Hooked, and Braided Rugs by Margaret Seagroatt Author: Seagroatt, Margaret Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0823046168 ISBN-13: 9780823046164..
Scratchboard is a basic illustration technique that is currently undergoing a popular revival. This book presents the basics of working approaches and combinations of scratchboard with other media. There is a section on colour in what has traditionally been a black-and-white medium. Using work by we..
A comprehensive guide for sculptors looking to recreate the human body using clay, from the author of The Portrait in ClayIn Sculpting the Figure in Clay, acclaimed portrait bust sculptor Peter Rubio teaches a master class in the essentials of figurative sculpture. In this intensive, all-inclusive g..
A designer who has been commissioned by famous rock stars, celebrities, and businesses reveals his decorating secrets and visual influences as demonstrated in the homes of his top clients. Author: Haslam, Nicholas Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0823047970 ISB..
From the bestselling author of Silk Painting comes the first book that shows how to create fashions and beautiful silk paintings from painted silk fabrics. Includes techniques for making scarves, ties, dresses, decorative pillows, and fine art paintings. 200 color illustrations. Author: Moyer, Susan..
"The craft of bending and soldering wire can be used in many practical ways, and once the small amount of equipment is assembled you will find that many things you would like to make for your home are now within your scope." Author: Gallop, Elizabeth Publisher: Watson-Guptill Binding: Hardcover Lang..
Sketching and Rendering Interior Spaces is a complete illustrated course in sketching interior spaces. Ivo Drpic demonstrates how, using simple equipment and easy-to-master techniques, anyone can progress from free-flowing doodles to completely professional, presentation-quality renderings-saving ti..
Space... the final art frontier... What is it like to walk through an alien world Artists have been imagining otherworldly landscapes for hundreds of years-but only in the past few decades have we started to see what other planets and moons really look like. These exciting scientific discoveries ha..
Artistic expression,spirituality, and meditationcombine to capture theSpirit of DrawingSpirit of Drawing engages readers in an intriguingseries of illustrated visual experiments that combinemeditation, expressive therapy, and hands-onexploration with drawing media. Author Connie Smith Siegel's ideas..
In the grand tradition of Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse and the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, the Spies (one dressed in black, the other in white) are an endless variation on a Cold War theme-forever one-upping the other, til death do they part. This diabolical duo of double-cross and deceit are, as Art ..
When it comes to the design of staircases, there to the imagination, talent, or inventiveness. Perhaps that is why some staircases are engineering marvels as well as works of art in their own right.Staircases showcases 50 brilliant staircase designs constructed over the past several years. These bre..
In this practical handbook, Paul Croft offers a comprehensive approach to the many aspects of lithography. Through simplified steps the information is presented in a logical and meaningful manner. This lavishly illustrated guide is also teeming with examples of prints from an international group of ..
An architect and an engineer team up to analyze the structural principles behind many of the best-known historical and modern buildings, bridges, and even such edifices as Stonehenge. Arranged by structural element truss, beam, arch, column, etc. explaining the principles and showing the variety of ..
The first edition of Estimating for Interior Designers quickly became the “bible” for interior designers everywhere. This completely updated and revised edition provides all the basic, nuts-and-bolts information readers expect, along with all-new sections on faux finishing, including trompe l'oeil; ..