Art
Discover the best-selling art books and insightful artist biographies at our online bookstore, featuring a curated selection of must-read books about art and artwork. Explore our collection to find the best books to read, from captivating artist biographies to beautifully illustrated artwork books.
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How to Color Like an Artist: Colored Pencil Techniques Including Blending & ShadingA great guide. -- Jo's ReviewsImprove your coloring skills with these simple, step-by-step instructions for techniques using colored pencils. Intended for beginning artists and coloring book enthusiasts, this guide is ideal for those without formal training but with some experience of coloring with pencils....
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The Fantastic Line Art of Arthur RackhamArthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration, which encompassed the years 1890 until the end of World War I. The acclaim for the artist's wealth of color illustrations has overshadowed the merit...
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Creative Haven Lotus: Designs with a Splash of ColorUmbrella Flower, Deer Ears, and Candle Flower are among these 31 entrancing patterns inspired by lotus blossoms. Each of the stars, flowers, and geometric shapes feature a variety of colored outlines that will complement the completed image. Pages are perforated and printed on one...
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Creative Haven: Into the Woods: A Coloring Book with a Hidden Picture TwistVenture into this forest dreamscape, where the bark, branches, and leaves of trees are alive with vibrant patterns -- and hidden objects to find These 28 scenes include artfully concealed images of birds and other wildlife that will add a touch of mystery to...
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Spark Amazing Animals Coloring BookYoung animal lovers will treasure this imaginative coloring book and its menagerie of wild and domestic creatures. From cats and dogs to fish, mice, lizards, cows, zebras, elephants, monkeys, and other animals, 30 illustrations feature finely detailed images with abstract and figurative backgrounds. Features...
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Fingerprint Drawing: Art Fun at Your Fingertips!This delightful book is packed with ideas taking simple painted finger prints and making them into lots of lovely pictures. There are many very basic ideas that toddlers will love to try and more complex ones to challenge adults, too. -- Splashes Into Books...
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Clay Play! JewelryA brilliant book. What makes it work so well are the incredibly clear and simple photos. I highly recommend this for anyone who fancies a fun craft they can do with children or just for themselves -- A House of BooksI would definitely recommend...
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Creative Haven Kaleidoscope Designs Stained Glass Coloring BookEnter into a mesmerizing world of kaleidoscopic configurations. These 16 stained glass designs feature a dramatic variety of floral, geometric, and star-shaped patterns that will take on a hypnotic brilliance when colored. Pages are perforated for easy removal and display -- hold them up...
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Colorier Vos Propres Tableaux de MonetThe Impressionist master gets a proper tribute in this special French edition of a bestselling coloring book. Thirty delicate illustrations re-create such masterpieces as Un coin du studio (1861); Jardin en fleurs (1866); R gate Sainte-Adresse (1867); Le pont d'Argenteuil (1874); Le Bassin aux...
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How to Draw Sports: Step-By-Step Drawings!Budding artists can easily create a variety of different sports figures by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes - 30 pictures to draw: baseball, football, lacrosse, and soccer players, diver, skateboarder, fisherman, dirt biker, skier, and more - Simple directions, step-by-step...
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The Mode in Hats and Headdress: A Historical Survey with 198 PlatesA year after R. Turner Wilcox received rave reviews for her ultimate fashion reference, The Mode in Costume, she decided to zero in on one chic category to give it the close-up it deserved. The result is this extraordinary handbook that covers the worldwide...
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The Mode in Footwear: A Historical Survey with 53 PlatesShoes have come a long way in the thousands of years since primitive man first donned bark and animal skins. Originally used to protect feet from harsh temperatures and rough land, shoes have evolved into an article of high fashion and style, a sartorial...
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French Baroque OrnamentMeticulously reproduced from a valuable portfolio by a notable 19th-century French artist, 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of Louis IV-era Baroque design. A gorgeous population of elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements, this collection of royalty-free art...
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Marine Painter's GuideShips and the sea have been an inspiration to artists since the earliest of times, as paintings by ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans testify. This book by a noted maritime artist and teacher will serve as an excellent guide for beginners and intermediate painters....
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You Can Draw HorsesThe horse is one of the most popular but difficult animals to draw. This concise and practical guide by a renowned illustrator covers the essentials far better than longer books on the subject. Topics include: Proportion; Anatomy; Movement; Sketching; and Materials. These and many...
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The Gargoyle Book: 572 Examples from Gothic ArchitectureAmid the soaring grandeur of arches and spires lurks a more down-to-earth architectural flourish: the grinning head of a gargoyle. Singly and clustered, these intriguing creatures form as distinctive an element of Gothic architecture as the flying buttress. Nowhere are they more prominent than...
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Mehndi Designs: Traditional Henna Body ArtThe ancient art of henna body painting -- widely used in India, Africa, and the Middle East -- varies from country to country and spans different cultures and religious traditions. Aside from the modern use of henna as a trendy, temporary tattoo, traditional designs...
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Chinese Brush Painting: A Complete Course in Traditional and Modern TechniquesThis comprehensive guide shows the aspiring artist how to master Chinese brush painting techniques and attitudes. Intended as a how to manual, it takes students step by step through the creative process. The heart of the book is devoted to detailed methods for painting...
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Anatomy and Perspective: The Fundamentals of Figure DrawingArtists of classical Greece and the Renaissance were highly aware of the complexity and great beauty of the human figure, and strove in their artwork to depict the ideal form. This book by an experienced twentieth-century art teacher covers two fundamentals of figure drawing...
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5000 Decorative Monograms for Artists and CraftspeopleThis voluminous and diversified collection contains more than 5,000 examples of two-, three-, and four-letter combinations in a rich variety of styles. Arranged alphabetically in columns, each series is grouped under an appropriate head. Crowns, coronets, and a number of ancient and modern alphabets...
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