Art Technique category: 4706 books
Portfolio: Beginning Pastel
Tips and Techniques for Learning to Paint in Pastel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Pastels are a unique tool, and Beginning Pastel is the perfect introductory resource for artists just getting started in this colorful medium. You will learn blending, grading, and masking in no time!**
Beginning Pastel guides beginning artists through an exploration of pastel techniques and...
by Tanya Angelova
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Have you wondered how to create an almond shaped nails?
In this guide, I'll show you exactly how to create beautiful nail extensions with Chinese painting technique, foil and UV-gel. This is an advanced method, so it requires some practice to get it done appropriately. If you follow the steps...
101 Textures in Colored Pencil
Practical step-by-step drawing techniques for rendering a variety of surfaces & textures
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Get a feel for your art--literally! 101 Textures in Colored Pencil teaches you every technique you’ll need to give your colored-pencil drawings realistic, palpable texture.
There has never been a better time to master textures! Knowing how to make your surfaces and textures look real is...
by Jessica Findley
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 –1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his...
Splash 11
New Directions
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2010
When life, or the spirit of experimentation, or the whim of watercolor itself leads artists outside their comfort zone, conditions are favorable for something new and wonderful to happen. Splash 11: New Directions features 126 such somethings, representing the best watercolor work being created today.
As...
101 Top Techniques for Artists
Step-by-step art projects from over a hundred international artists
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
101 Top Techniques for Artists is a colourful compendium packed full of practical tips and techniques by 101 of today’s most popular leading artists. Each technique is presented in clear, simple step-by-step instructions that describe how to complete the project yourself, including a full list of...
by Émile Gallé
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
An icon in the Art Nouveau movement, Émile Gallé (1846-1904) sought to portray the beauty and simplicity of nature in his glass art. His designs, referred to as “poetry in glass”, range from fine pottery to jewellery to furniture. Everything Gallé produced contains traces of his masterful technique...
by Harley Walton
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
If you are stressed, anxious, insecure, suffering from insomnia, or fear flying, but you do not have either the money or the time for psychiatric counseling, yoga, or any other stress-relief treatment, then Zendoodle is the right thing for you. You only need a small piece of paper, a pen and a pencil...
by Kurt Meissner
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
With dozens of classic miniature Japanese woodblock prints and informative text, this Japanese art book is an essential for print collectors.
Of the many genres of ukio-e, perhaps the least known is that of the diminutive surimono produced by Utamaro, Kiyonaga, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and others....
Portrait Revolution
Inspiration from Around the World For Creating Art in Multiple Mediums and Styles
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Based on the popular international collaborative art project, Julia Kay's Portrait Party, this book features hundreds of portraits in multiple mediums and styles teamed with tips and insights on the artistic process.
The human face is one of the most important subjects for artists, no matter...
by Richard G. Hatton
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
While there are any number of anatomy texts and handbooks for artists, this is one of the few available studies that approach the art of figure drawing from the point of view of the draftsman. Though it does provide a fund of information on all important anatomical features and functions, the book...
Dangast
Serigrafien - Serigraphs
Language: German
Release Date: June 25, 2018
Deutsch Die vielfarbigen, lebhaften, im Stil der Pop Art gestalteten Serigrafien von Karin Karrenberg greifen ein Kunstereignis in dem kleinen ostfriesischen Ort Dangast, am Jadebusen an der deutschen Nordseeküste, im Jahr 1975 auf. Karin Karrenberg beobachtete und fotografierte ein Wochenende lang...
Cinéma et peinture
Passages, partages, présences
Language: French
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Un débat ouvert dès la naissance du cinéma.. La nouveauté de cet ouvrage relève : . d’une part de sa triple mise en perspective esthétique, historique et théorique, laquelle entend restaurer leur caractère lié. . d’autre part, de sa faculté à faire entendre, tout en l’analysant, le...
by Frederic Remington
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
It is impossible to reflect upon Frederic Remington’s art without thinking of the merely human elements. Remington became interested in the American Indian, probably because he became interested in the active, exciting life of the American Great Plains. The Indian appealed to him not in any histrionic...