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Acrylic Painting Step by Step by Tom Swimm
Category: Art-wh | Series: Artist's Library
Beginners and accomplished artists alike are attracted to the beauty and versatility of acrylic painting. In this comprehensive book, you will find all the instruction and inspiration you need to master the medium or improve your painting skills. Accomplished artist Tom Swimm guides you step by step th ...Show more
Color Theory: An Essential Guide to Color - From Basic Principles to Practical Applications by Patti Mollica
Category: Art Instructional | Series: Artists Library
Color Theory features everything an artist might need to know about color, including color psychology, pigment characteristics and terms, color schemes, color mixing, shadows, highlights, and much more. Regardless of your medium, a solid understanding of color and its applications is essential. With a f ...Show more
Ellis Rowan by National Library of Australia
Category: Art | Series: Artists of the National Library of Australia Ser.
'Petite, plucky and always immaculately dressed in the constraint of Victorian finery...throughout her life she was acclaimed internationally, winning 29 medals, and accolades from leading art critics. Her work was also collected by royalty, including Queen Victoria.' — Patricia Fullerton, 2002Ellis Row ...Show more
Harold Cazneaux by National Library of Australia
Category: Art | Series: Artists of the National Library of Australia Ser.
'[Cazneaux’s] work is what matters, its place in the history of Australian photography and its influence on past, present and future generations of photographers.' — Max Dupain, 1978Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) is widely considered the greatest Australian photographer of the early twentieth century. In p ...Show more
Landscape Drawing by Wendon Blake; Ferdinand Petrie (Illustrator)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Artist's Painting Library
Landscapes in Oil by Wendon Blake; George Cherepov
Category: Art and Design | Series: Artist's Painting Library
Mastering Oil Painting: Learn Simple Techniques and Practical Applications for Mastering the Art of Oil Painting by Walter Foster Creative Team
Category: Art and Design | Series: Artist's Library
Mastering Oil Painting is the perfect resource for beginning and intermediate artists to build proficiency and expertise in the art of oil painting. With its slow drying time, oil paint allows artists to layer and blend deep, rich colors that retain their vibrancy when fully dried. Mastering Oil Paintin ...Show more
Oil Pastel Step-by-Step by Nathan Rohlander
Category: Art-wh | Series: Artist's Library
This comprehensive, 64-page book offers in-depth instruction on creating vibrant paintings with the often overlooked but versatile medium, oil pastel. A relatively new fine-art medium, oil pastel is inexpensive and may be used directly in dry form with minimal setup and easy clean up, so beginners can g ...Show more
PASTEL STEP BY STEP by BAGGETTA MARLA
Category: Craft | Series: Artist's Library
Explore the colorful art of painting in pastel with this compelling how-to guide. Pastel Step by Step provides all the information beginning artists will need to start working with hard pastel, soft pastel, and pastel pencil to create realistic, expressive works of art. The book begins with basic infor ...Show more
Pencil Drawing by Gene Franks
Category: Art | Series: Artist's Library
Pencil Drawing includes comprehensive instructions for drawing a variety of subjects in pencil. A renowned master in the field, Gene Franks explains how to develop your drawings from start to finish, teaching specific techniques for shading, contrast, texture, detail, and more. You will learn all aspect ...Show more
Perspective by William F. Powell
Category: Art Instructional | Series: Artist's Library
Whether you specialize in drawing - even cartooning and animation or prefer media such as acrylic, oil, pastel, or watercolor, a good knowledge of perspective is invaluable. It is the foundation of all great paintings and drawings, no matter what medium. Perspective shows you everything you need to know ...Show more
Steps to Success in Watercolor by Brenda Swenson
Category: Art-wh | Series: Artist's Library (Paperback)
A unique approach to painting in watercolor that won't be found anywhere else on the market It may seem impossible to be able to ensure the success of a watercolor painting before the paintbrush hits paper, but the newest addition to our "Artist's Library" series proves that it can be done. Accomplished ...Show more