ART BOOKS

Young artists learn to bring their favorite creatures to life with this step-by-step illustrated instructions guide. Learn how to draw realistic zoo animals, including: Panda bear, Giraffe and Elephant amongst others.

Book dimensions: 21.6 x 0.3 x 27.9 cm.

Number of pages: 32

The Landscape Painter's Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting. Written by celebrated landscape artist, instructor, and author Mitchell Albala, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads you step by step through his approach to the genre, from establishing a composition using basic shapes to applying time-tested colour strategies, with all-new lessons, practical exercises, and special topics. With examples of work by 45 contemporary landscape painters—more than 80 paintings in all—​in oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolour, the lessons are suitable for all mediums. Each painting is thoroughly analysed in terms of shape, composition, or colour, with supporting diagrams, thumbnails, and photographs.

Author: Mitchell Albala

Paperback

Size: 215.9x279.4 mm

Pages: 176

Everything is coming up roses with this delightful collection of flowers to knit and crochet. The perfect way to use up scraps of yarn or practice using novelty yarns, you can use them to decorate clothing, hats, bags and belts, embellish home accessories, or make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece.

Choose from simple spiral roses, pretty poppies, elaborate layered blooms, and fabulous felted flowers. The flowers are beautifully arranged on the pages, with stitched leaves and embroidered stems, and are cross referenced to a separate section featuring clear pattern instructions and information on yarn requirements.

You will also find plenty of inspiration for embellishing your finished flowers with beads, buttons, sequins, and embroidery, plus ideas for using them in a range of fun ways, from unusual jewellery to decorating gift-wrapped packages.

Master the fundamentals concepts of mixed media art. Explore myriad fun, cutting edge techniques in the exceedingly popular genre of mixed media art.

Acrylic Artists Bible Acrylic Artist's Bible by Marilyn Scott. The Essential Reference for the Practicing Artist. Professional artist Marylin Scott presents the complete manual for acrylic painting with over one hundred step-by-step demonstrations showing how to tackle tricky subjects from skies and water to faces and figures accompanied by full-colour photography. Even though acrylic is used by many well-known professional artists it is rather less popular with amateurs. This is surprising because acrylic is not only the most versatile of all the painting media but is also highly forgiving. You can paint out mistakes as you work even making major changes to the colour scheme and composition. Each new painting can become a springboard for ideas and the range of different effects are vast. 192-page paperback. A lovely gift for yourself or the Artist in your life. Author: Marilyn Scott

Acrylics Unleashed is a complete guide to using acrylic paints creatively, this book showcases talented acrylics artist Glyn Macey’s irrepressible energy and the imagination that infuses every part of his work. He shares his painting techniques and methods that transform everyday views into gorgeous and unique acrylic artworks. Readers will learn to use acrylic paints in unusual, creative, and surprising ways to create open, inviting landscapes, breathtaking seascapes, and urban scenes packed with life. The book contains nine varied step-by-step projects to follow, which build on a large techniques section that explains how Glyn uses the materials around him to build authentic and powerful pieces of art. Author: Glyn Macey

Anna Mason's Watercolour World Create vibrant realistic paintings inspired by nature Author: Anna Mason

The Artist's Toolbox series provides easy-to-use reference guides for beginning and aspiring artists. While many instructional art books gloss over important concepts, focusing instead on how to simply replicate a piece of art, the Artist's Toolbox series breaks down the whats, whens, whys, and hows of each relevant tool or technique, clearly demonstrating its purpose and how to employ it to achieve desired effects.

Author: Walter Foster Creative Team

Artist Toolbox - Painting Tools and Materials The Artist's Toolbox series provides easy-to-use reference guides for beginning and aspiring artists. While many instructional art books gloss over important concepts focusing instead on how to simply replicate a piece of art the Artist's Toolbox series breaks down the whats whens whys and hows of each relevant tool or technique clearly demonstrating its purpose and how to employ it to achieve desired effects. Author: Walter Foster Creative Team

A-Z of Flower Portraits Billy Showell is a well-respected contemporary artist whose watercolour flower portraits have earned her the respect of watercolour artists all over the world. Worked to the same degree of accuracy as traditional botanical paintings Billy's compositions are given a more contemporary twist combining her unique eye for design with her love of flowers. In this book 40 flower portraits are presented arranged in alphabetical order each one accompanied by small studies details step-by-step instructions and the colour mixes used to accomplish the finished work. At the start of the book there are useful sections on the materials and equipment needed and the main techniques used including wet-into-wet colour blending lifting out layering glazes dry brushing and colour mixing and at the end of the book Billy gives her own unique slant on composition and discusses the importance of creating a sketchbook. Whether you love to paint or simply love flowers this book will delight and inspire you. Author: Billy Showell

Be Calm and Colour Find the calm within the storm! In this guided mindful colouring book for anxiety-burdened adults art therapist Lacy Mucklow and artist Angela Porter offer over 50 colouring pages all designed to help you release stress and find peace. Author: Lacy Mucklow

Beautiful Birds and Treetop Treasures Colouring Book. Lose yourself in a riot of colouring and drawing as you bring the exotic creatures and plants in Millie Marotta?s tropical wonderland to life.

Format: Paperback

Number of pages: 96

Illustrations: 80

Author: Millie Marotta

Dimensions:150x150 mm

Beginner's Guide to Life Drawing Improve your drawing skills and learn how to observe the human form with this simple practical course. Format: Paperback. Pages: 96. Illustrations: 191 Black &White. Dimensions: 280 x 216mm. Author: Eddie Armer

Projects, techniques and inspiration to get you started

Author: Tim Fisher

Screen printing is a print process involving the forcing of ink through a screen of fine material to create a picture or pattern. It has been around for many years and has long been perceived as a specialist subject accessible only to professional printers and textile artists due to the high cost of the screens and inks. Recently however screen printing has entered the mainstream and the equipment and tools have become more affordable and accessible. In this Beginner's Guide to Screen Printing Erin Lacy shows you how to make your own screen using an embroidery hoop and silk fabric and demonstrates how to create beautiful designs that are easy to achieve. Discover how to print onto different surfaces such as wood cork and fabric and create twelve stunning coastal and botanical-themed projects through bright and colourful step-by-step photography. The book includes templates and inspiration on how to design your own screen printing motifs.

In this inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

There is expert guidance on tools and materials, working from life, observation, and drawing and painting techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and colour and colour mixing. With numerous step-by-step studies, close-up photographs and examples of Billy's exquisite paintings, this book is not only packed full of invaluable advice and information but also a visually stunning showcase for the work of this amazing artist.

Artist and Designer Lauren shows you simple techniques for creating your own printing blocks out of art-foam. With no cutting and chiseling, these art-foam blocks can be made into shapes and patterns using only scissors and a pencil. Use these printing blocks, or purchased stamps, to create repeat patterns or bundled groupings to get that classic block print look for wallpaper, book illustrations, framing prints, greeting cards, gift wrap, fabric prints, and so much more! Throughout the book, find inspiration from selected works of block print artists from around the world. The new, easy-to-use block printing materials are great for beginners and skilled artists alike. Make your mark with Block Print!

The Essential Guide to Designing Carving and Taking Your Artwork Further with Relief Printing

Boost Your Watercolour Confidence Kick-start your creative spirit and develop a new zest for watercolour in this inspirational book from Katie Putt. When using watercolour it is important to allow your painting to simply unfold across the pages of your sketchbooks and to learn from your successes as well as your mistakes. This wonderful book will show you how through 68 challenges ranging from basic to more advanced techniques that you can work through in your own time. To help you on your way 24 sheets of high-quality watercolour paper with printed outlines are included corresponding to the projects in the book. So relax experiment learn from and build on your mistakes and let your watercolour skills take their own course. Author: Katie Putt Format: BC Paperback Pages: 96 Size: 210x285mm Illustrations: 450 Colour Illustrations

Brain Ben: Extreme Architecture Mazes Featuring the stunning artwork of architect and drawing-obsessed artist Mister Mourao Brain Bend is a collection of 25 of his original drawings presented as both mazes and coloring templates.