Watson Guptill imprint: 167 books
Natural Color
Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
A beautiful book of seasonal projects for using the brilliant spectrum of colors derived from plants to naturally dye your clothing and home textiles.
Organized by season, *Natural Color *is a beautifully photographed guide to the full range of plant dyes available, drawn from commonly...
Classical Drawing Atelier
A Complete Course in Traditional Studio Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time—and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students...
Manga for the Beginner
Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to...
Eye Candy
50 Easy Makeup Looks for Glam Lids and Luscious Lashes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
“I love those colorful, glamorous eyes I see in magazines and in movies,” you say. “They tempt me, they torment me! It all looks so simple&$8212;but when I try it, I look like one of the undead. Help me!” No problem, honey, because Eye Candy is here. In this handy new book, acclaimed makeup...
The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques
Projects and Inspiration for Creative Canework
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
A thousand and one ideas for making beautiful polymer clay millefiori. In Venetian glassmaking, slender rods of molten glass are shaped, then cut to reveal amazingly detailed patterns: flowers, geometric shapes, dancing colors. These slices are called millefiori, “thousand flowers,” because they...
Polymer Clay Master Class
Exploring Process, Technique, and Collaboration with 11 Master Artists
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Learn the Signature Techniques of Top Polymer Clay Artists
Polymer Clay Master Class offers you a close-up look at the creative processes of eleven acclaimed polymer clay artists as they share their expertise with one another and you. Judy Belcher and Tamara Honaman bring together these talented...
Polymer Clay Global Perspectives
Emerging Ideas and Techniques from 125 International Artists
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Explore the World--in Polymer Clay!
Polymer artists are connected like never before. As the acclaimed curator of the popular blog PolymerClayDaily.com, Cynthia Tinapple brings together 115 diverse artists from around the world to showcase the work of this new international community. Polymer...
The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing
A Contemporary Perspective On the Classical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
Many of us want to learn “how to draw.” But as artist Anthony Ryder explains, it’s much more important to learn what to draw. In other words, to observe and draw what we actually see, rather than what we think we see. When it comes to drawing the human figure, this means letting go of learned...
by Christopher Hart
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
The ultimate guide to creating chibis!
They populate manga with chunky bodies, oversized heads, and huge expressive eyes. They're schoolgirls and schoolboys, magical girls and mad scientists, fairies and fighter princesses, cyborgs and sci-fi secret agents, bikers and bad samurais, robots and...
Manga for the Beginner Midnight Monsters
How to Draw Zombies, Vampires, and Other Delightfully Devious Characters of Japanese Comics
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Using step-by-step instruction on how to draw Japanese manga and anime zombies, vampires, and monsters, best-selling author Christopher Hart teaches artists how they can create their own spooky manga characters.
With the occult running rampant in today's television, movies, and other media,...
Contemporary Drawing
Key Concepts and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Drawing is experiencing an unparalleled surge in the art world. Passé notions that once defined drawing as being a preparatory stage for painting or sculpture have long since been cast aside. Drawing is now fully recognized as its own art form—in the biennials, art fairs, museum exhibitions, and...
The Polymer Clay Cookbook
Tiny Food Jewelry to Whip Up and Wear
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
***The Polymer Clay Cookbook***celebrates favorite foods with 20 tiny, deliciously realistic food charms to make from polymer clay and fashion into unique jewelry. Styled as a cookbook for the beginning miniaturist "chef," the introductory chapters discuss the "basic ingredients" and techniques used...
Manga Art
Inspiration and Techniques from an Expert Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The world of manga (Japanese comics) has captured the imagination of artists, both aspiring and professional alike. Now best-selling artist and art instructor Mark Crilley presents the most complete look yet at the variety of creative options available in the world of manga. Crilley fills each chapter...
by Christopher Hart
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Focusing on the most popular style of manga, Shoujo Basics teaches readers how to draw all the trademark characteristics of shoujo characters; from lessons on glimmering eyes, flowing hair, and dramatic expressions to more basic elements such as the body, face, and poses, this book covers everything...