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Inside The Art Studio
A Guided Tour of 37 Artists' Creative Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Take a tour of artists' studios!
Whether you're looking to upgrade your own studio or just love peeking into the workplaces of successful artists, you'll find ideas and inspiration Inside the Art Studio.
Culled from American Artist's popular Studios series, Inside the Art Studio takes...
Tales of the Supernatural
Ghost Chronicles
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
A collection of supernatural stories about dreams, premonitions and possessions.
Here you’ll find strange beasts, headless ghosts, and phantom faces that appear to the unsuspecting, striking fear into their very hearts. Tales include: “Premonition of the Titanic’s Doom,” “The Headless Lover,” “Screaming Skulls and Other Oddities,” and “A Stranger in the Fog.”
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
100 Years of Racing
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2009
"In Indianapolis . . . racing is religion. The Speedway is our temple. That's the best way I can explain my worship for Indianapolis." --Mario Andretti, racing legend
Officially licensed in cooperation with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 100 Years of...
Song
The World's Best Songwriters on Creating the Music that Moves Us
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2006
The secrets of songwriting from the legends of music
Song is an enthralling compilation of songwriting wisdom from 100 of the biggest names in music. From country to rock to folk to alternative, this genre-spanning collection of interviews captures the anecdotes, history, and wisdom of the best songwriters...
The Daily Reader
366 Selections of Great Prose and Poetry to Inspire a Productive and Meaningful Writing Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Let Great Reading Fuel Your Writing
Great writers readvoraciously and across many topics and genres. They read to learn, to research, to study the style of others, and to improve their own work. They read because they love the written word. But becoming well read takes time, dedication, and patience....
by Lee Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Lee Hammond helps you get your acrylic paintings past that initial “awkward stage” with great tips and tricks for achieving realistic results.
by Joe Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Learn great lessons about how you can incorporate great design elements into your composition, including five easy formulas that will ensure a strong image every single time. But don't let your great design be ruined by muddy colors! These lessons go beyond color wheel instruction to teach how to...
Fast Sketching Techniques
Capture the Fundamental Essence of Elusive Subjects
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
It can happen at any moment - A powerful light effect. A telling gesture. A unique posture.
When you're struck by am image or impression you want to use in your art, you must record it - quickly! - before it's gone.But what's an artist to do when there's no time for a carefully rendered drawing or...
Start Sketching & Drawing Now
Simple techniques for drawing landscapes, people and objects
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
A complete course for the can't-wait-to-get-started beginner!
Got the urge to draw? What are you waiting for?! Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 with Grant Fuller's Start Sketching & Drawing Now! Packed full of easy and fun techniques, readers will learn to create accurate and expressive likenesses...
by Joe Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Take your watercolor paintings to the next level with these great techniques. Build a foundation with basic techniues like using wet-into-wet washes and glazing and layering before moving right along to using blooms, backruns, salt and wax to create great effects. Not only will you create gorgeous paintings, but you'll have fun doing them.
Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil
64 step-by-step demos / 54 kinds of flowers
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Master the Secret of Creating Spectacular Flowers in Colored Pencil
When it comes to choosing a subject, flowers are a perennial favorite for artists because of their exciting variety and complexity of color, texture and details. It's amazing, then, that their vibrant natures can be captured so realistically...
by Bernard Poulin
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Embark on an Adventure with Colored Pencils! A versatile and vibrant medium, colored pencils are capable of producing art of a serious, and seriously exciting nature. The Complete Colored Pencil Book will guide you through your first strokes and beyond. • Basic and advanced techniques for creating...
Lee Hammond's Big Book of Acrylic Painting
Fast, easy techniques for painting your favorite subjects
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Basic Acrylic Instruction-Amazing Results!
This resource is packed with the best of Lee Hammond's lessons and tips on working with acrylics, including more than 80 step-by-step exercises and demonstrations that will have you creating amazing paintings in no time flat.
Success is easy-just follow...
The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets
Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
This is the book that can teach anyone to draw (yes, even you!)
If you're not getting the kind of true-to-life results you want in your drawings (or if you can't even draw a straight line), Carrie and Rick Parks can help. As award-winning teachers, they have a proven game plan for helping artists...