Art Technique category: 4706 books
by W. G. Paulson Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Remarkably broad in its applications, this helpful reference covers a wide variety of plants. More than 100 precise drawings of flowers, leaves, buds, and growth patterns are provided for such plants as the anemone, arbutus, broad bean, bell-flower, briar rose, campanula, canterbury bell, dahlia, and...
New Horizons
The Art of Wandering
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
This vibrant and entrancing book invites readers on a journey around the world. Artist and globetrotter Shirin Sahba celebrates the diversity of people, places, and traditions, and revels in the joy of the journey itself. In exquisitely detailed paintings, she captures fleeting moments and small treasures—a...
Still Life Painting Studio
Techniques to Capture the Beauty of Everyday Objects
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Learn to create petite still-life paintings (a bouquet of flowers, a pretty table setting, personal mementos). This ebook contains easy-to-follow techniques and inspiration for painting with gouache. It's the perfect entrée to still-life painting in a handy digital format that can easily be taken to the art store for reference!
The Confident Creative
Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Using simple methods and yogic theory, this unique guide focuses on the art of drawing as a way to unblock creativity and create artistic confidence. Both practicing and beginning artists will learn to develop drawing skills, overcome creative blocks, and enter the meditative state in order to find...
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 Michele Bousquet
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Achieving believable motion in animation requires an understanding of physics that most of us missed out on in art school. Although animators often break the laws of physics for comedic or dramatic effect, you need to know which laws you’re breaking in order to make it work. And while large studios...
by Adam Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Photographs and Sayings, by Adam Smith, is a collection of photos from all around the world with short and amusing sayings below them.
This book was made with a help of Sinapsa CD and Adam’s original thinking.
You will find the sayings at times amusing and at times eliciting you to...
by Rex V. Cole
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
"Monumental book . . . Mr. Vicat Cole is a born teacher." — Contemporary Review
"Mr. Vicat Cole's ability as a landscape painter is well known, and he unites to his executive talents the qualifications of an accomplished teacher." — Connoisseur
"The name of the author...
How to Draw an Object
The Foolproof Method
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Learn to draw charming objects!
Filled with colorful illustrations and step-by-step explanations, How to Draw an Object is the perfect introduction to the art of sketching. The delightful illustrations are equal parts inspiration and tutorial and are sure to have even the shyest artists reaching...
Face Off
How to Draw Amazing Caricatures & Comic Portraits
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2006
Discover the fast, fun art of drawing comic portraits!
Face Off shows you how to draw life like never before. Caricaturist Harold Hamernik shares the secrets to capturing the sillier side of friends, family, celebrities, strangers - any face that crosses your path.
40 step-by-step demonstrations...
The Urban Sketcher
Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Make the world your studio!
Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town.
Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel....
by Mark Willenbrink
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This e-book contains nine detailed step-by-step demonstrations on composition, texture, perspective and storytelling and includes a glossary of common art terms. It is based on Drawing for the Absolute Beginner (North Light 2006) by Mark and Mary Willenbrink.
Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner
A Clear & Easy Guide to Drawing Landscapes & Nature
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Have you ever experienced the peace of walking through the woods or the excitement of a storm gathering on a beach? Artwork provides the ability for us to capture those moments and share them with others.
Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner offers a great beginner's course on drawing nature....
The Elemental Journal
Composing Artful Expressions from Items Cast Aside
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Create Expressive Books from Salvaged Treasures
Rusty doorknobs, cardboard containers and plastic packaging may seem like trash to some, but through the creative mind, they are transformed into beautiful expressions - equally parts artful book and assemblage. The Elemental Journal will show...