General Art category: 18772 books
Mixed Media Masterpieces with Jenny & Aaron
Create Incredible Art Journals and Handmade Mixed Media Treasures with Two Master Crafters
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Mixed Media Masterpieces with Jenny & Aaron by Jenny Heid & Aaron Nieradka
Craft One-of-a-Kind Art Journals and Mixed Media Keepsakes
Jenny and Aaron of Everyday is a Holiday help you create vibrant art journals and unique mixed media pieces with this easy-to-follow guide.
With...
A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women)
Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Celebrate 45 women artists, and gain inspiration for your own practice, with this beautiful exploration of contemporary creators from the founder of The Jealous Curator.
Walk into any museum, or open any art book, and you'll probably be left wondering: where are all the women artists? A Big...
Incite 3
The Art Of Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Experiences. Lessons. Memories. Inspirations.
All artists are storytellers. They possess the unique ability to weave an entire tale within a single piece of art. In Incite 3 The Art of Storytelling, 114 artists from around the globe share their stories through painting, collage, encaustic,...
Art Studio: Flowers
More than 50 projects and techniques for drawing, painting, and creating your favorite flowers and botanicals in oil, acrylic, pencil, and more!
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
From pencil, to paint, to mixed media, no medium is left untouched in Art Studio: Flowers, a perfect choice for artists who are just getting started.
Created especially with beginning artists and art enthusiasts in mind, Art Studio: Flowers is the perfect instructional book for those wanting...
Painting Culture
The Making of an Aboriginal High Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2002
Painting Culture tells the complex story of how, over the past three decades, the acrylic "dot" paintings of central Australia were transformed into objects of international high art, eagerly sought by upscale galleries and collectors. Since the early 1970s, Fred R. Myers has studied—often...
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years. Leaving curved Roman forms behind, the architects started using flying buttresses and pointed arches to open up cathedrals...
Oil & Acrylic Workshop
Classic and contemporary techniques for painting expressive works of art
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
**Create contemporary and colorful works of art using a variety of traditional and unique painting techniques with *****Oil & Acrylic Workshop.***From classic tools to modern twists, it’s all here to try out!
Break out the art supplies because it's time to discover how to create beautifully...
Dark Matter
Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the 'dark matter' of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they...
Anywhere, Anytime Art: Colored Pencil
A playful guide to drawing with colored pencil on the go!
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Anywhere, Anytime Art: Colored Pencil makes colored pencils approachable and accessible. The author’s contemporary art style takes a fresh approach to colored-pencil artwork, which can be dry and traditional-looking. Anywhere, Anytime Art: Colored Pencil presents colored-pencil drawing in a youthful...
by Dueep Jyot Singh
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
Table of ContentsLearn the Art of Natural DyeingTable of ContentsIntroductionIntroductionTie-Dye TipsSteps for DyeingPreparation of Your FabricBleaching Your GoodsTying before DyeingPleatingKnottingSun BurstMarbled EffectTwistingPreparing the DyesDifferent Types of Natural DyesColoring Wool...
Art Therapy and Social Action
Treating the World's Wounds
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Art Therapy and Social Action is an exciting exploration of how professionals can incorporate the techniques and approaches of art therapy in their work to address social problems. Examining the expanding role of art practitioner as social activist, leading art therapists and other professionals show...
Strengthening Emotional Ties through Parent-Child-Dyad Art Therapy
Interventions with Infants and Preschoolers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Parent-child-dyad art therapy is an interesting and innovative art therapy, in which parent and child share the production of an artwork. Aiming to reinforce or re-establish bonds between children and parents, it provides a space where parents' early unresolved conflicts and children's developmental...
Art for Equality
The NAACP's Cultural Campaign for Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest civil rights organization, having dedicated itself to the fight for racial equality since 1909. While the group helped achieve substantial victories in the courtroom, the struggle for civil rights extended...
Dominican Women and Renaissance Art
The Convent of San Domenico of Pisa
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Starting from an inventory and other documents, Ann Roberts has identified some 30 works of art that originated from the convent of San Domenico of Pisa. She here examines those objects commissioned for and made by the nuns during the fifteenth century; some of the objects included have never before...