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John Singer Sargent by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
An American who spent most of his life in Europe, a portraitist who painted landscapes, a family man who never married, and an accomplished pianist who often entertained his sitters, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was one of the most influential portrait painters of his time, but he is also an enigma. ...Show more
Just Draw! A Creative Step-by-Step Guide for Artists by Susie Hodge
Category: Art Instructional
Unleash your artistic talent with Just Draw! This step-by-step guide provides aspiring artists with quick and easy techniques to create various types of art. Discover tips for producing quick sketches and learn how to capture the essence of landscapes, still life, and portraits in a simplified way. With ...Show more
Louis Comfort Tiffany Masterpieces of Art by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masterpieces in Art
Louis Comfort Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design, ceramics, enamels, and metalwork but he is best known for his beautiful stained-glass designs. Using opalescent glass in a variety of colours and textures, he created a stunning range of jewel-like Art Nouveau works that influenced much of Am ...Show more
Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. This is perhaps even truer for modern artworks that may not immediately make sense to, or even appeal to, the casual observer. Viewing an artwork-- whether it is a painting, sculpture, installation, video, or photograph-- as a whole is ...Show more
Monet by Susie Hodge
Category: Art
A founder and pioneer of the art movement which later became known as Impressionism, Claude Monet was one of the most influential and famous painters of the nineteenth century. His insistence on challenging the traditional ways of representing the world in paint changed the way the world viewed the purp ...Show more
My Big Art Show - A Card Game + Book - Collect Paintings to Win by Susie Hodge
Category: Activity Books
This set of cards and its accompanying book form a lively art-exhibition game for children aged eight and over. Each card represents a work of art. As well as key information, such as artist and date, the cards also use symbols and colours to indicate which Movement and Theme the work represents. There ...Show more
Painting Masterclass - Creative Techniques of 100 Great Artists by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design | Series: Creative Techniques of 100 Artists
Drawing Masterclass explores the act of vision of the world's great artists, describing how their work was created to allow you to weave some of their magic into your own paintings. With detailed analyses and instructive creative tips sections, you can learn how to convey movement like Degas, apply acry ...Show more
People by Susie Hodge
Category: Art Instructional | Series: How to Draw S.
Drawing people is generally considered one of the most difficult subjects to draw. There is so much to think about: proportion, posture and balance, how to make clothes look convincing and how to capture other elusive qualities that give figure drawings life and likeness.
Raphael by Hodge Susie
Category: Art and Design
This is an authoritative account of the Italian painter, architect and draughtsman, Raphael, one of the most influential artists of the High Renaissance. It is a lively study that examines his life, the areas of Italy that shaped his work and the historical context of the times. It explores his innovati ...Show more
Renoir: His Life and Works in 500 Images by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
This fascinating new book looks in detail at Renoir's influences, life and works. The first part begins examines his style; it covers Renoir's techniques and training: painting copies at the Louvre; his time at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; meeting his muse, Lise Trehot; working with fellow impressionist ar ...Show more
Rubens: His Life and Works in 500 Images by Susie Hodge
Category: Art and Design
Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most productive and exciting painters of his time, noted for his expressive, emotive and sensual paintings which are now instantly recognizable. Indeed, his voluptuous female figures have given rise to the word 'Rubenesque'. This book explores the life and times of Ruben ...Show more