Craft > Painting/Drawing

The Artist's Way provides a twelve-week course that guides you through the process of recovering your creative self. It aims to dispel the 'I'm not talented enough' conditioning that holds many people back and helps you to unleash your own inner artist. Its step-by-step approach enables you to transform your life, overcome any artistic blocks you may suffer from, including limiting beliefs, fear, sabotage, jealousy and guilt, and replace them with self confidence and productivity. It helps demystify the creative process by making i... read more

Learn how to use and enjoy one of the most satisfying painting mediums with this handy compact guide. Contains essential information on the materials, equipment, and techniques for creating accomplished works in oils.

This is a complete and innovative practical guide that offers artists simple solutions to common drawing problems in a unique question and answer format. Answers are presented through clearly annotated pictures and easy-to-follow technique demonstrations. It provides detailed solutions for all the most common drawing problems including rendering trees accurately, drawing figures from life and how to recreate animal fur and feathers. It focuses solely on graphite to provide clear and comprehensive answers for all the key drawing questions.

Capturing the Essence is a step-by-step personal guide - by one of Australia's greatest living bird artists - to observing, retaining the essential information and then painting birds from field notes and sketches, photographs and other field observations. The author takes the reader through the processes involved in oil painting, watercolour and acrylic techniques, and a piece of art is built up in stages to demonstrate the skills required in each of these media. While the book covers some of the general basics relevant to various... read more

"Paint Magic" has undergone a complete makeover since first publication in 1981. Paint effects and products have leapt ahead. Cool, sophisticated finishes have replaced the busy finishes of the 1980s and there has been a worldwide switch from traditional oil-based to environmentally "greener" water-based paint media. Jocasta Innes, a paint expert, enthusiast and teacher, tells you how to get started and gives you the pros and cons of all the latest products for walls, woodwork, floors and furniture.

The Anatomical Drawing School recognises the prominent role of the anatomy for the fine arts. The impressively detailed illustrations of the Hungarian master Andras Szunyoghy have accompanied artists as well as anatomists all over the world for more than a decade. The current two-volume edition is intended to make Szunyoghy's work accessible for an even broader public. The familiar high quality of the illustrations and anatomic content joins with the new flexicover to provide a new and excellent value book.The musculature and bone ... read more

The Anatomical Drawing School recognises the prominent role of the anatomy for the fine arts. The impressively detailed illustrations of the Hungarian master Andras Szunyoghy have accompanied artists as well as anatomists all over the world for more than a decade. The current two-volume edition is intended to make Szunyoghy's work accessible for an even broader public. The familiar high quality of the illustrations and anatomic content joins with the new flexicover to provide a new and excellent value book. This human volume contai... read more

Since the 14th century, portraits in oil have held a special place in the art world. From Vermeer and Rembrandt to the illustrious Gainsborough, artists who had the ability to capture a likeness and breathe life into a canvas have held their prestige throughout the centuries. Even today, oil portraiture is a highly respected and frequently commissioned art form. With this in-depth and insightful guide, aspiring artists can learn traditional alla prima techniques for developing lifelike portraits in oil. From laying in the initial p... read more

The fast and easy way to learn to draw Drawing can enrich your life in extraordinary and unexpected ways. Drawing your everyday experiences can change how you and others see the world, while drawing from your imagination can give rise to fantastic new worlds. And, despite what you may believe, it's something just about anyone can learn to do. Drawing For Dummies offers you a fun, easy way to learn the drawing basics. Holding fast to the simple philosophy that only you can teach yourself to draw, it gives you the tools you need to e... read more

This useful 10th-anniversary collection includes two core North Light watercolour guides that show readers the basics. This book clarifies and simplifies various aspects of painting with watercolour learned by the author over time while at the same challenging artists with new possibilities. The instruction is beneficial to readers no matter what approach they want to take with their own watercolour paintings. This title is loaded with quick, simple tips, tricks and techniques.

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In this helpful guide, professional artists Anita Hampton, Michael Obermeyer, Kevin Short, and Tom Swimm guide readers through the process of creating charming outdoor scenes-from sketch to finished masterpiece. The book covers important aspects of landscape painting, such as composition, color schemes, and perspective, as the authors show readers how to render eight charming landscapes step by step. Full of inspiring images and invaluable tips from the pros, this modern look at a traditional genre is an essential addition to any b... read more

Learn how to make your mark with this awesome book and stencil collection. Stencil maverick Ed Roth shares 25 of his favourite designs ranging from urban cool boom boxes, power lines, and truntables, to naturally fanciful sparrows, trees, and deer. Photographs and simple instructions take you step-by-step through the prcess while Ed advises on how to stencil on almost anything-from walls and furniture to T-Shirts, pillows, cards, and even cake. Best of all, you can use these stencils over and over again, Simply wipe them off a... read more