ANDREW MCMEEL PUBLISHING The Origami Writing Set   Origami is the Japanese word for "folding paper." Every time you fold a letter for an envelope or wrap a present, you are doing origami. Providing a stylishly unique and artistic way to create personal stationery, The Origami Writing Set creatively pairs this ancient art with the renewed enthusiasm ...
	ARNOLD GRUMMER'S Complete Guide to Easy Papermaking   This comprehensive guide contains step-by-step illustrated instructions for basic paper making PLUS directions and examples for 27 art and decorative techniques. Get the details on how to add botanicals and other non-paper ingredients to new sheets, plus methods for making paper safe for scrapbooks and more. The book covers both ...
	BARRON'S 130 Projects To Get You Into Filmmaking   This book offers expert guidance on the principles, and techniques of filmmaking. Author and filmmaker Elliot Grove introduces students to the craft of making movies by explaining simple techniques and advising on use of readily available, low-budget equipment and software. He devotes special attention to film industry vocabulary, necessary ...
	BARRON'S Beginner Art Guides: Color and Creativity   Barron’s Beginner Art Guides instruct you in techniques for mastering a variety of art styles and media. Color and Creativity presents easy-to-follow instruction and advice on mixing and contrasting colors on paper or canvas to create dramatic effects, or to evoke special moods and atmospheres. In addition to concise ...
	BARRON'S Color Mixing for Artists   This reference book for art students, teachers, and professionals presents examples of finished paintings, as well as color charts that demonstrate color mixing as it applies to watercolors, acrylics, and oils. Students learn how to choose and mix colors to produce the maximum color range from the minimum number ...
	BARRON'S Creative Painting: Space   Creative Painting: Space concentrates on the widely divergent approaches to creating the illusion of space and depth on flat surfaces. It includes a mastery of the rules of perspective, as employed for instance in traditional landscapes and cityscapes, but also focuses on the purposeful absence of depth, as seen ...
	BARRON'S Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes   Artists interested in graphic novels and comic book illustration will find all the guidance and inspiration they need to draw and paint landscapes that evoke myths and legends, lost empires, futuristic planets, dramatic dreamscapes, underwater worlds, and subterranean cities. Easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations demonstrate techniques for rendering a wide ...
	BARRON'S Figure Poses for Fashion Illustrators   The book opens with detailed instruction in drawing a correctly proportioned human figure. Chapters that follow present detailed illustrations of human figures in a wide range of fashion poses, followed up with various garmant shapes superimposed on the figure. This book also shows students how to employ the rendering ...
	BARRON'S Interior Design Course   Not every home owner or apartment dweller can afford to hire an interior decorator, but this book and a bit of do-it-yourself spirit are all that’s needed to give living interiors an elegant, professionally finished look. Presenting all the design principles and techniques needed for creating beautiful rooms, Interior Design ...
	BARRON'S Painting Class Series   All books in this series are set up in an instructional format that simulates a formal classroom course at a typical art school. Each title in this series is divided into five separate sections covering the materials needed, basic instructions and specific techniques. There are color illustrations throughout the ...
	BARRON'S Pottery Basics   Everything you need to know to start making beautiful ceramics. Working with clay is a deeply satisfying creative hobby, but many would-be potters are put off because they don’t know how to get started. Pottery Basics shows the way. With instructive, clearly captioned, step-by-step photos on every page, it ...
	BARRON'S Sculpting Basics   Art students and ambitious amateur artists can turn to this volume for detailed training in creating original works of sculpture. The book includes advice on setting up, assembling tools and equipment, and using a variety of materials. The volume also presents projects for 17 finished pieces. Subjects include a seated ...
	BARRON'S The Bible of Illuminated Letters   The ancient art of illuminating manuscripts is currently attracting many new enthusiasts among artists, art students, and lovers of calligraphy. The Bible of Illuminated Letters is a volume they’ll all want to add to their collections. The book presents step-by-step instructions for recreating twelve illuminated alphabets. Among them are Celtic, ...
	BARRON'S The Mosaic Artist's Handbook   The ancient art and craft of mosaics has become a popular modern medium for creating chic, stylish, and contemporary art objects and appointments for the home. This heavily illustrated and practical instruction guide shows how to create a wide array of beautiful things out of small pieces of colored ...
	C&T Create with Transfer Artist Paper   Lesley Riley is one of the inventors of TAP-Transfer Artist Paper. She'll teach you how to create unique fabric transfers from photographs that stay vibrant and colorfast, even after washing. You can use these methods to quickly create your own masterpieces, using your inkjet printer and basic art supplies. ...
	CHRONICLE BOOKS Taking the Leap: Building a Career as a Visual Artist   Cay Lang's Taking the Leap has helped thousands of artists jumpstart their careers and make real the dream of exhibiting and selling their work. An internationally exhibited photographer and teacher, Lang offers the wisdom of experience, combined with enthusiasm and gentle humor, to guide artists through the ins and ...
	CREATEX Waterbased Monotype Techniques with Createx   Thirty-six page illustrated booklet which explains the many uses of the Createx Monotype Colors. Chapters include proper materials, techniques, troubleshooting, much more. Written by Julia and Gail Ayres.
	CREATIVE PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL One-of-a-Kind Handmade Weddings   This book is filled with ideas to inspire today's bride-to-be. The book is filled with extra-special touches that will quickly and easily personalize any event. Centerpieces in bloom, candlelit walkways, perfect accessories for flower girls and grooms, a memory scrapbook, table lanterns, and save-the-dates-these are just a few of ...
	CREATIVE PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL Origami 101   Origami 101 includes 50 projects from easiest to most difficult taught with numbered instructions, photos, and folding illustrations. It is written for the absolute beginner in a workbook style that ensure the reader's success and includes an instructional DVD with complete step-by-step video instruction, printable origami papers and a ...
	DAVID & CHARLES Get the Most From Photoshop   This easy-to-follow, practical guide to Photoshop is organized around accessible projects that show how to achieve specific end results. All the essential techniques are covered and illustrated. Also included are tips on how to adapt to Photoshop Elements. Author: Simon Joinson ISBN: 9780715329627 Publisher: David & Charles, 2009
	DAVID & CHARLES Photographing People Like A Pro   This book reveals the approaches and techniques needed to achieve professional-looking digital shots of people. Comprehensive advice on natural lighting and flash, easily accessible equipment and simple techniques demonstrates how anybody with a digital camera can get expert results without spending a small fortune on gear. The book covers ...
	DK You Can Draw Marvel Characters   From bodies in action to computer-aided coloring, this step-by-step guide teaches budding artists everything they need to know to draw characters from the amazing universe of Marvel Comics. Includes tracing overlays and stencils. Features tips by expert Marvel artists. Three Master Class sections showcase favorite Marvel characters as they evolve from concept ...
	DOVER A Guide to Pictorial Perspective   Meeting the challenge of realistic drawing involves the application of science to an individual design sense. Here is a clear, jargon-free primer on recreating objects from nature by using perspective techniques. Author Benjamin R. Green's straightforward approach teaches artists and students at all levels how to visually rationalize the ...
	DOVER Drawing the Female Form   An excellent reference from one of the foremost figure-drawing teachers, this classic manual provides painters, illustrators, and sculptors with invaluable instructions on rendering the intricacies of the female figure. Bridgman's 32 black-and-white photographs and 37 progressive drawings offer students and other beginning artists a suitable alternative to the use ...
	DOVER Freehand Perspective and Sketching   The essential guide to rendering perspective, this classic manual uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists and students master one of art's greatest challenges. Generations of art students and amateurs have found it an indispensable resource of time-honored principles and methods. More than 260 figures offer ...
	DOVER How To Draw Cats   With the help of this easy-to-follow guide, young feline fanciers will find it's a snap to create portraits of their furry friends. Simple step-by-step diagrams, incorporating a variety of circular, oval and other shapes, guide young artists along the way, demonstrating how to produce likenesses of 30 different subjects. ...
	DOVER How To Draw Dogs   This book is a delightful, fun-filled way for artists of all ages to learn how to draw 30 favorite breeds of dog from all the major families: sporting, terriers, hounds, nonsporting, herding, working dogs, and toys. Step-by-step instructions show would-be artists how to use simples shapes to create accurate, ...
	DOVER How to Draw Faces   This easy-to-follow guide, with its step-by-step diagrams, makes it a snap to learn the basics of sketching the human face. By combining circles, ovals, squiggly lines and other shapes, would-be cartoonists can create realistic portraits of young girls modeling a variety of hairstyles; boys in baseball hats, curly-headed babies, ...
	DOVER How To Draw Flowers   This easy-to-follow book shows youngsters--and other would-be artists--how to use simple shapes to draw realistic likenesses of nature's loveliest blossoms. Simple step-by-step diagrams make it easy to draw 30 flowers, including the sunflower, daisy, bluebell, Easter lily, rose, tulip, carnation, iris, and others. Once the flowers are completed, students ...
	DOVER How to Draw People   Simple, step-by-step diagrams in this "how to" book make it easy for youngsters--and would-be artists of all ages--to draw people of all shapes and sizes, engaged in a variety of activities. Simply by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other shapes, beginning artists will be able to create amazing ...
	DOVER How to Draw Pets   Easy-to-follow directions make it a snap to draw portraits of favorite animals. Step-by-step diagrams show how to join circles, ovals, and other shapes to create likenesses of 30 adorable creatures – from a mouse, parakeet, and potbelly pig to tropical fish, a hermit crab, and a sugar glider (similar ...
	DOVER How to Draw Wizards, Dragons and Other Magical Creatures   How-to book shows youngsters and beginning artists of all ages a simple way to draw portraits of 30 amazing inhabitants from a magical world. Step-by-step illustrations incorporating circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and other basic shapes show how to depict graceful mermaids, appealing dragons, gentle giants, and other fanciful creatures. ...
	DOVER Human Anatomy for Art Students   The most concise, accessible guide to depicting the human body, this volume features illustrations and cross-sections that help students achieve the most precise visual re-creation of human form and motion. Subjects include the skeleton, the coverings and regions of the body, the upper and lower extremities, movements of the ...
	DOVER Landscape Drawing in Pencil   Concise and beautifully illustrated, this guide provides invaluable instruction on the art of pencil drawing. It covers the basics of holding the pencil, applying different strokes, shading, perspective, and the rendering of different materials, as well as the finer points of pictorial composition and drawing from nature. Book specifications: paperback, ...
	DOVER Marine Painter's Guide   The first painter's manual to cover such a wide variety of maritime subjects, this book by Jack Coggins, a noted artist and teacher, offers invaluable instruction on portraying everything from docks and fishing villages to ships and a rocky coastline. Useful tips on perspective and reflections are accompanied by ...
	DOVER The Art of Painting and Drawing Animals   This practical guide by an award-winning artist uses two animals — the horse and the wild duck — to provide beginning as well as advanced artists with a basic understanding of the physical structure of all animals. Over 250 illustrations and step-by-step details make it easier to paint everything ...
	DOVER Theory and Practice of Perspective   This authoritative guide addresses one of art's most difficult challenges: the accurate re-creation of natural perspective. Discussions of theory examine the horizon, points of sight and distance, and rules of perspective. The majority of the text examines the practice of perspective, with exercises involving: Shape Distance Proportion Shade and shadow Reflection . . . and other ...
	ENVIRONMENTAL TECH EasyCast Resin Jewelry Booklet   This full color instructional booklet by Marie Browning contains everything you need to know to create jewelry pieces using EasyCast Clear Casting Epoxy. The booklet shows you how to cast faux amber, jade, and rose quartz gems, how to make rolled beads, how to make your own molds, ...
	F & W Manga Fantasy Madness   Want to create fantastic manga fantasy art? This is the perfect guide for you! Manga Fantasy Madness provides over 50 easy-to-follow dynamic demonstrations in pencil, colored pencil, and markers. Follow along with the hundreds of action-packed illustrations of popular manga fantasy characters such as knights, wizards, elves, princesses and more ...
	GOOD YEAR BOOKS Classroom Cartooning for the Artistically Challenged   You won't believe what you can draw with these easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons for drawing animals, people, holiday objects, and characters. Use the special magic of cartooning to illustrate concepts across the curriculum and enhance your classroom environment. Let students' imagination run wild as they learn to draw 17 different letter ...
	GRAFIX Using Liquid Frisket   Jerry Griffith, developer of the Incredible Nib and the Incredible White Mask shows how to create remarkable effects in your paintings using liquid frisket. This complimentary tool to the Incredible line contains 48 pages of practical advice. Included is a section with practice exercises that you can do right ...
	GRAPHIC ARTISTS GUILD Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines 13ed   The industry bible for graphic designers and illustrators. This edition continues with new information, listings and pricing information based on surveys of working designers. It addresses legal issues and provides tips on how to negotiate what to charge for work. ISBN: 9780932102157 Publisher: Graphic Artist's Guild
	HARPERCOLLINS Anime Art: Easel Does It   With special photography, Anime Art: Easel Does It shows how to draw, ink, and color anime characters, and how to use them to create animated sequences. All materials, equipment, and techniques needed to create anime characters and animated sequences are fully explained and accompanied by a gallery of anime figures ...
	HARPERCOLLINS How to Paint Like the Impressionists   Impressionism has captured the imagination of people the world over since its first exhibition in Paris in 1874. People have long sought to understand how and why the Impressionists created their paintings and how their techniques might be replicated. Susie Hodge reveals the answers to these questions by assessing ...
	HARPERCOLLINS Manga Art: Easel Does It   Manga Art: Easel Does It takes a subject with which Western audiences may not be too familiar and explains, in lucid and easy to follow text and logical step-by-step diagrams, how to draw in this exciting and innovative style. An introduction explains the comparatively recent origins of manga in ...
	HARPERCOLLINS The Monster Book of Manga: Draw Like the Experts   From comic illustration Studio Joso comes the ultimate guide on how to draw manga. The Monster Book of Manga is divided into sections focusing on the most popular manga figures and themes-Girls, Boys, Samurai, Monsters, and Computer. Each illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step instructions, ...
	HEINEMANN LIBRARY How Artists Use Book Series   The books in the How Artists Use series explore the characteristics of color, pattern and texture, line and tone, shape, and perspective. Take a close-up look at these characteristics in works of art by well-known artists. Activities in each book help you use these characteristics in your own work. ...
	HOW BOOKS Caffeine for the Creative Mind   This book includes 250 exercises to wake up your brain. Get into your creative zone with 15-minute, simple exercises. You will use pencils, markers, digital cameras and more to help develop a productive and creative mindset. Author: Stefan Mumaw ISBN: 9781581808674 Publisher: How Books, 2006
	IMPACT Discover Manga Drawing   Discover the secrets to drawing manga and have fun creating dozens of guys and girls in a variety of costumes. The easy lessons in this book make drawing manga as easy as picking up a pencil. Start with the basics of drawing heads and bodies, then learn ways to customize ...
	IMPACT Dragons' Domain   This ultimate practical dragon art book is designed to introduce readers to the materials and techniques they will need to paint amazing dragons and monsters. Packed with Photographs, design drawings and notes, step-by-step projects and final artwork to help beginner artists master the essential techniques. Author: Bob Eggleton ISBN: 9781600614576 Publisher: Impact, 2010
	IMPACT Extreme Face Painting   A book for all levels of experience. The first half of the book features fun, friendly transitions such as birds, butterflies, puppies, princesses and knights. The second half crosses over to the dark side with vampires, zombies, gargoyles and other creepy creatures. There are 50 easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects including ...
	INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS How to Talk to Children About Art   Anticipating how kids react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall, and Pollack, this resource for adults who want children to love and understand art prepares them for the types of questions kids ask. Providing parents and teachers with valuable tips for making any visit to ...
	JACQUARD How To Paint With Jacquard   A project-by-project exploration of the creative opportunities of three quality artist paints: Dye-Na-Flow, Textile Traditionals, and Lumiere. This book contains over 20 painting projects with each project being a source of ideas and inspiration. Paperback book measures 8 1/2 in. x 11 in., 36 pages.
	JOHN BLAKE PUBLISHING The Lost Art: The Magic New Way to Paint and Draw   This wonderfully simple book shows you exactly where to begin drawing – and once you start, you won’t want to stop! Starting with how to sketch the basics, such as simple faces, the book progresses in easy-to-follow, step-by-step stages that will have you sketching away in no time. After that, ...
	KP BOOKS Bead & Wire Art Jewelry   Jewelry artists look no further. Bead & Wire Art Jewelry is THE resource you need to bring together two of your favorite mediums – bead and wire. From simple stringing to extensive wirework, author J. Marsha Micheler’s detailed, step-by-step instructions will show you how to create over 50 stunning ...
	KRAUSE Metal Clay: The Complete Guide   This thorough guide to metal clay jewelry features step-by-step instructions and basic information about materials and processes you can use as a beginner, or an advanced metal clay artist. This book demonstrates how to blend metal clay with various mediums such as glass, polymer clay and more. Techniques demonstrated ...
	LARK Chain Mail Jewelry   Once used to create protective garments, chain mail techniques and patterns have now been adapted for jewelry making by innovative artists. Making chain mail jewelry requires few tools to achieve impressive results. From an Inlaid Chain Mail Pendant to a Japanese Hexagonal Mail Collar, the 30 extraordinary projects in this ...
	LARK Goldsmithing & Silver Work   Experience the pleasure of crafting with precious metals, and of using your creativity and skills to produce objects of great beauty. Hundreds of color photographs illustrate the procedures in rich detail, and display a breathtaking assortment of pieces by talented artists. Each project introduces techniques that range from casting, ...
	LARK Simple Screenprinting: Basic Techniques & Creative Projects   From decorative paper bags to elegant home furnishings, the 26 attractive projects in this beginner’s manual will win converts to the simple, fabulous craft of screen printing. The entire printing process receives in-depth explanations and unfolds in numerous detailed photos. Find out how to select and mix inks, print ...
	LICKLE PUBLISHING Come Look with Me: American Indian Art   Come Look With Me: American Indian Art, introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art. More importantly, it offers both children and adults a whole new way of encountering any work of art, one that engages the imagination as much as the eye. Well suited for both individual and classroom ...
	LICKLE PUBLISHING Come Look with Me: Art in Early America   Come Look With Me: Art in Early America, introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art. More importantly, it offers both children and adults a whole new way of encountering any work of art, one that engages the imagination as much as the eye. Well suited for both individual and ...
	LICKLE PUBLISHING Come Look with Me: Discovering African American Art for Children   Come Look With Me: Discovering African American Art for Children introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art. The artwork presented in this book is a small representation of a very remarkable effort by African Americans in the United States during the twentieth century to portray our developing self-image ...
	LICKLE PUBLISHING Come Look With Me: Exploring Landscape with Children   In Come Look with Me: Exploring Landscape Art with Children art educator Gladys S. Blizzard introduces boys and girls to 12 magnificent landscape paintings. Through these carefully selected works and a thought-provoking text, the author guides students toward an imaginative new way of looking at art. This book is suited ...
	LICKLE PUBLISHING Come Look with Me: The Artist at Work   Come Look with Me: The Artist at Work, introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art. More importantly, it offers both children and adults a whole new way of encountering any work of art, one which engages the imagination as much as the eye. Well suited for both individual ...
	LICKLE PUBLISHING Come With Me: Exploring Modern Art   Come Look With Me: Exploring Modern Art, introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art. More importantly, it offers both children and adults a whole new way of encountering any work of art, one which engages the imagination as much as the eye. Well suited for both individual and ...
	LIQUITEX Acrylic Book   The Liquitex Acrylic Book is written by the people who have made professional water-based acrylics longer than any other manufacturer. This book is the result of many lifetimes of experience and expertise. Written for artists, educators, and students of all levels, this easy-access book has six main chapters: 1. Essential ...
	LOGAN Basic Mat Cutting Book   64 pages of instruction, written by Vivian C. Kistler, CPF. Includes text and pictures for mat cutting on various Logan equipment. Useful tool for mat cutters at all levels. Paperback. LOGAN
	MCGRAW-HILL Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice -- with CD-ROM   The original text that set the standard for introduction to art courses across the country, Art Fundamentals has guided generations of students through the essential elements of art as well as the rich and varied history of their uses. The tenth edition expands the wealth of related study materials ...
	NORTH LIGHT A Painter's Guide to Design and Composition   Design makes the difference between a decent painting and an unforgettable work of art. Learn from 26 modern masters as they bare their souls and their secrets for crafting magnificent works that delight the eye at every viewing. Daniel Greene, Albert Handell, Jan Kunz, James Toogood, and 22 other award-winning ...
	NORTH LIGHT Collage Unleashed   Explore the freedom you had creating art as a child again, in the form of intuitive, freeform expression that is Collage Unleashed! Dripping paint, washes of color, layers of fabric, transparencies, and more come together in collage as you’ve never experienced before. Step-by-step photos, instruction, and inspiration guide you through ...
	NORTH LIGHT Dramatic Light: Paint Eye-Catching Art in Watercolor and Oil   Dramatic Light features 21 light effects that will thrill you to your toes, each epitomized in a start-to-finish painting demonstration. These step-by-step lessons show how to capture the subtle drama of everyday light: sparkling glass, sheer curtains, moonlit skies, shimmering water, cityscapes and landscapes. Fill your paintings with dramatic light ...
	NORTH LIGHT Drawing Realistic Pets From Photographs   This book is not just about drawing animals. It's about capturing the soul and essence of the pet that is a member of your family, a part of your heart, and preserving their memory forever through art. More than a record of what they look like, your drawings will ...
	NORTH LIGHT Jerry Yarnell's Landscape Painting Secrets   Yarnell covers the basics in acrylic painting, including terminology, materials, color mixing, hues and values, and simple techniques. Intermediate and advanced techniques are then presented in four 8-step demonstrations on water, land, trees, sky and atmospheric conditions. There are 2 complete landscape scenes utilizing the techniques featured in the ...
	NORTH LIGHT Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing   Now you an get all the drawing help you need in one convenient place. Best-selling author Lee Hammond is known for her clear, basic methods for drawing nearly any subject. This giant book brings together the best projects from her other titles into one super-sized guide. You will find ...
	NORTH LIGHT Mastering Composition   This book will develop the readers' techniques and principles to dramatically improve their painting. Included are 5 step-by-step demonstrations showing how to use the basic principles of design to create movement, harmony and fluidity throughout the composition. Ideal for all mediums, these proven methods will work for both beginners ...
	NORTH LIGHT Paint Realistic Animals in Acrylic with Lee Hammond   This book has 24 step-by-step demonstrations exploring how to refine the basic assembly of spheres and foundation of color to produce realistic animals. it is full of tips for painting facial features, fur and feathers. Lee Hammond helps the reader discover a simple and fun approach to painting their ...
	NORTH LIGHT Painting with Brenda Harris, Volume 3: Lovely Landscapes   Let beloved television painter Brenda Harris show you how to paint charming landscapes in acrylics! You’ll quickly learn basic color mixing and brushwork techniques, then put your skills into practice with 10 beautiful step-by-step painting projects. Brenda even gives you templates for each project and specific tips for painting ...
	NORTH LIGHT The Art of Perspective   This comprehensive guide demystifies perspective, presenting it as merely the art of mimicking what the artists sees. By pointing out the ways that a distant mountain appears blue, or a road seems to narrow in the distance, author Phil Metzger illustrates simple techniques for creating the illusion of depth ...
	NORTH LIGHT The Drawing Bible   The Drawing Bible is the definitive resource artists need in order to master the important medium of drawing. As a complete drawing course, the book teaches how to draw and how to use drawing materials. Award winning artist Craig Nelson provides easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions that cover: Crucial drawing principles, from perspective ...
	NORTH LIGHT The New Creative Artist: A Guide to Developing Your Creative Spirit   This updated version of The Creative Artist breathes new life into this popular classic, helping artists reach greater levels of creativity, inspiration, and artistic fulfillment. Perfect for fans of the original – and anyone who wants to be more creative – the book includes: A fresh, eye-catching design that showcases ...
	NORTH LIGHT The Simple Art of Japanese Papercrafts   The Art of Japanese Papercrafts reveals the traditions of old-style beauty, charm, and delicacy that are the basis of the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Tokyo designer Mari Ono presents top Japanese paper folding techniques, including origami and embellishments, in more than 30 easy-to-understand projects. Projects range from ...
	NORTH LIGHT The Watercolor Bible   The Watercolor Bible is your complete and definitive book on watercolor techniques and principles, jam-packed with indispensable advice for nearly every aspect of working with the medium. Although this book is loaded with information, it’s presented in a friendly, straightforward, heavily illustrated way so that it’s not at all overwhelming. ...
	NORTH LIGHT Your Artist's Brain   Learn to use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see-not what you think you see. Loaded with instruction, this book shows you why you may have problems making realistic art, where those problems come from and how to overcome them by using skills ...
	PUTNAM Drawing People   The user-friendly drawing guide for all would-be artists who need only a nudge and a friendly guidance to get their creative juices flowing. Completely illustrated, with step-by-step instructions designed specifically for the beginner. Paperback book measures 9.92 in. x 7.51 in., 96 pages. ISBN 039951385X. Perigee.
	PUTNAM Drawing the Head & Figure   A how-to handbook that makes drawing easy. It offers step-by-step procedures with simplified techniques and scores of brand-new hints and helps to approach the problem of figure drawing in such a way as to give the student something he/she can understand and remember. Paperback book measures 8.14 in. x ...
	PUTNAM How to Draw Animals   Simple, clear instructions for drawing animals with more than a thousand step-by-step illustrations. Basic fundamentals for the beginner, new principles and techniques for the professional. A detailed guide for everyone who enjoys- or wants to enjoy- drawing. Paperback book measures 8.11 in. x 10.74 in., 128 pages. ISBN 0399508023. Perigee.
	QUARRY Adventures in Bookbinding   Each project in this book combines bookbinding with a specific craft such as quilting, jewelry making, or polymer clay, and offers three levels of expertise: basic, novice, and expert. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrate how to construct the covers, inside pages, and a unique binding technique, easy enough ...
	QUARRY Art Journal Workshop   This book breaks down the entire working process of journaling with step-by-step photos and instructions from start to finish. The book discusses the benefits of visual journaling, and includes exercises about what to do when you are in a creative funk or feeling uninspired. The book includes a DVD ...
	QUARRY Cloth Doll Workshop   In this book, each artists' process will come alive through their choice of fabrics, sketches, simple patterns, and skill building variations. The book is oriented toward beginning doll makers, but offer unique variations and embellishments to please even more experienced doll designers. Two introductory chapters cover basic materials and ...
	QUARRY Creative Cloth Doll Collection   This comprehensive book guides readers through all the basics of creating cloth figures, with step-by-step fully illustrated instruction. Readers get complete patterns to create several styles of dolls, many with interchangeable parts. The book provides methods for creating beautiful faces, hair, garments, clothing; and instruction in a wide variety ...
	QUARRY Creative Illustration Workshop   Whether you have experience drawing or are completely new to it, this exciting workshop-style book provides practical, inspiring, and creative exercises which will expand your drawing skills and provide a framework for integrating illustration with other mixed-media techniques. You will be lead through the development of several illustration exercised, ...
	QUARRY Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering   This book will spark the interest of the calligraphy novice by introducing a new approach to lettering, one that combines traditional lettering styles, fun and scripty modern style, and artsy street style lettering, along with project ideas that incorporate creative lettering. The book demonstrates the uses of traditional and ...
	QUARRY Water Paper Paint   This book is not only for "painters" but for all types of creative individuals who want to experience and play with watercolor, whether their background is mixed-media, textile art, journaling, or paper craft. Unlike the typical watercolor text books, this unique, beautiful volume is a field book of inspiration, ...
	READER'S DIGEST The Complete Drawing Set   With two pull-out instruction books and a fabulous starter kit of tools, this set is a complete guide to the art of drawing. Explore a wide range of useful techniques with studies especially crafted for you to practice, improve your skills, and create your own works of art. With ...
	ROCKPORT Essential Fashion Illustration   This book’s aim is to submerge the reader in the world of illustration. The first section ranges from how to start to draw a human figure to the techniques to stylize and synthesize it. This section provides a large amount of figures in different poses, as well as hands ...
	ROCKPORT Layout Essentials   This book outlines and demonstrates basic layout/grid guidelines and rules through 100 entries including choosing a typeface, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters and kerning and legibility. These essentials of grid design are critical to the success of any job. Author: Beth Tondreau. ...
	RUNNING PRESS The Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques   Calligraphy is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, especially as many people now choose to create their own wedding invitations, birth announcements, and other cards, and to give them a special, personal touch. This is the ideal how-to guide for the beginner or intermediate calligrapher interested in expanding his or ...
	SCHIFFER PUBLISHING Blue Ribbon Pattern Series   The purpose of this series is to create a set of simple, workable patterns for the novice carvers to use to develop skills. Each pattern book is designed to open flat while being used. Book 1: Full Size Decorative Decoy Patterns revised with complete feather patterns--Full-size versions of William ...
	SIMON & SCHUSTER The Complete Printmaker   The most comprehensive up-to-date guide to printmaking on the market today, the revised, expanded, fully illustrated edition of this classic, containing 40 color plates and 600 black-and-white illustrations, covers every aspect of fine printmaking. Written by internationally recognized artists and teachers John Ross, Clare Romano, and Tim Ross, this ...
	SOUTHWATER Painting with Oils, Acrylics, & Gouache   This is the ideal introductory book for anyone with an interest in learning how to paint with oils, acrylic, and gouache. Advice is given on choosing and using paints, brushes, palettes, papers, and canvas, and on working with paint additives and sealing work with different types of varnish. The basic ...
	SPEEDBALL Book GILDED STYLE a Guide to the Art of Metal Leafing   An authentic Metal Leafing step-by step guidebook. This book contains all the tips and tricks that have been passed down throughout the history of metal leafing.
	SPEEDBALL Lettering Books   Elementary alphabet book covers the basic alphabet, drafting alphabet and manuscripts. 24 pages. Speedball Textbook 22nd Edition is a best-selling, practical 96 page manual covering all lettering and poster styles. Excellent instruction and reference book.
	SPEEDBALL Lincoln Calligraphy Workbook   Mr. Lincoln is one of America's foremost calligraphers and his lessons are easy to follow.
	SPEEDBALL Screen Printing Contemporary Methods and Materials Book   Easy to follow, comprehensive treatment of technological and product innovations for screen printing techniques.
	SPEEDBALL Screen Printing Instructions Booklet   These instructions have been prepared in simple language. If followed, they will produce satisfying results. The Speedball systems allow total flexibility to follow four main steps: Paper Stencil Method Screen Filler Method Drawing Fluid-Screen Filler Method Photographic Emulsion Method 14 pages.
	STACKPOLE BOOKS Basic Jewelry Making   This fully illustrated guide shows how to make all kinds of funky and elegant bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and pendants using beads and wire. It begins with the basics – planning a design, attaching fittings, making secure crimps, selecting beads – so crafters can quickly get started creating one-of-a-kind pieces. Simple ...
	STACKPOLE BOOKS Basic Stained Glass Making   This highly detailed guide contains everything the beginner needs to know to make beautiful basic stained glass projects -- presented with lavish color illustrations and precise instructions that eliminate the guesswork from each step-by-step activity. Expert techniques and tips for cutting and polishing glass, tracing patterns, soldering, and more ...
	STERLING Art School: A Complete Painter's Course   It's like going to art school...but in your own home! With more than 400 information-packed pages of basic techniques for watercolors, oils, and acrylics, plus carefully graded projects and over 1000 specially commissioned pictures, this colorful, oversized painter's course will turn you into a complete and versatile artist. Overcome ...
	STERLING How to Draw Portraits   Everything you need to know to achieve a realistic portrait is here, including how to make flat drawings look three-dimensional, comfortably pose subjects, and work with structure, perspective and proportion. Practice blending, hatching, cross-hatching, and stippling. Try working from photographs and with live models. Plenty of hints are included ...
	STERLING Origami for the First Time   From making the basic folds and forms to crafting exquisite little flower pots, frames, and pinwheels, this right-from-the-beginning question-and-answer guide explains everything you need to know about origami. Hundreds of close-up color photos follow each step in the process as pencil holders, miniature chairs and tables, and traditional cranes ...
	STERLING Simple Stroke Calligraphy   Calligraphy at its finest is an art, but the techniques in this book enable anyone to master a simple yet elegant script for everyday use. The trick is the way every single stroke in every single letter is taught step by step, in sequence. The beginner is never overwhelmed ...
	STERLING Warm Glass: A Complete Guide to Kiln-Forming Techniques   Here's the first and only full-color book on the subject of "warm," or kiln-fired, glass in print. It provides a comprehensive look at one of the most popular skills for those working in the studio. With lavish illustrations, and all the processes involved in kiln-firing explained, the versatility of ...
	THE COLOR WHEEL COMPANY Color Is Everything: Master the Use of Color in Oils, Acrylics or Watercolors   This book teaches beginners and advanced artists how to select a color scheme that supports their artistic objectives. The book begins with the basics of color theory and moves on to explain how great artists choose their colors. Learn how to analyze paintings from a color aspect. Learn what ...
	WALTER FOSTER Art of Calligraphy & Lettering   This book offers a broad scope of instruction, starting with basic calligraphic alphabets and moving to unique modern characters. Creative step-by-step demonstrations introduce readers to illumination and word painting while inspirational projects teach beginners how to incorporate their new skills into a variety of crafts. From adding decorative flourishes ...
	WALTER FOSTER Artists' Library How To Series   Serious instruction for serious artists. The books in this series can help both beginning and advanced artists expand their creativity, conquer technical obstacles, and investigate new media. Each book explores the materials and methods of a specific medium and includes step-by-step demonstrations, helpful tips, and comprehensive instructions. The quality of ...
	WALTER FOSTER Color Mixing Recipes for Oil and Acrylic   William F. Powell’s popular Color Mixing Recipe Cards have served as a handy reference of essential color combinations for almost 10 years. And now this collection of recipes is available in an updated, convenient format developed with artists’ needs in mind! Now packaged in a concealed wire-o-bound book that ...
	WALTER FOSTER How To Series: Oil   The Oil books in the How to Draw and Paint Series all focus on a specific subject while they teach aspiring artists how to paint, step by step. Beginning with a sketch and the first applications of color, the books clearly explain how to develop each painting, providing important ...
	WALTER FOSTER How To Series: Pastel Portraits   In the How to Draw and Paint Series titles, experienced artists teach readers how to re-create an array of beautiful portraits in pastel, from start to finish. In this book, the author explains a number of pastel painting techniques and special effects. Helpful demonstrations and clear, step-by-step instruction teach ...
	WALTER FOSTER Project Books for Beginners   This exciting series gives aspiring artists the knowledge they need to create beautiful drawings and paintings, no matter what previous art experience they've had. Each title provides simple step-by-step instructions for learning to render a variety of subjects, as well as clear, uncomplicated instructions to aid the beginning artist ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Absolute Beginner's Origami   By following the fool proof methods set out in this instructional book, even those who have never tried this intriguing craft before will soon find themselves able to turn out sophisticated origami pieces. The book’s first stage introduces two essentials underlying all successful origami: bases and folds, offering techniques ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques   Until now, the techniques used to create great abstract paintings were surrounded by a veil of mystery. Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques lifts that veil to reveal the exact methods behind the masterworks. Now students and professional artists can stop guessing and start building on the techniques of the ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Chinese Landscapes Made Easy   Master an Eastern art of expression! Author Rebecca Yue provides easy-to-follow instructions that will have you exploring the changing moods and seasons of the gorgeous Chinese countryside. Foggy mountains, distant storms, crisp trees, and babbling rivers will become part of your specialized repertoire! Yue's methods are designed to be useful ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Classic Still Life Painting   Classic Still Life Painting shows artists how to create paintings of sparkling brilliance and jewel-like color that look like they have been lit from within-just like the exquisite paintings of the Renaissance masters of the 16th and 17th centuries. Artists learn techniques similar to those used by Rembrandt, Raphael, ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil   Colored pencils are convenient, neat, portable, economical, forgiving. Now they're even more ideal for beginning artists because they're available in amazing new water soluble versions. One of the first books to cover water soluble colored pencil techniques in depth. Start with a drawing in colored pencil, then add water ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Drawing For The Absolute And Utter Beginner   Based on her own successful courses and workshops, Claire Watson Garcia's Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner gives novice artists the tools to make competent, often eloquent drawings. Using a positive, accepting tone that teaches "how to find what works" as a practical skill, Garcia presents a series of ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL How to Draw What You See   When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of Watson-Guptill’s best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since. “I believe that you must be able to draw things as you see them—realistically,” wrote Rudy de Reyna in his introduction. Today, generations ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL Painting Better Landscapes   This book will provide practical information to help you "proofread" your paintings and make final adjustments so you can experience the "sweet smell of success." Author Margaret Kessler believes that, as the creative "parent", it is difficult to take a hard, cold look at your own painting, and she ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL The Art of Polymer Clay   When The Art of Polymer Clay first appeared in 1997, polymer clay was undergoing a revival in the U.S., but its full creative potential had yet to be explored. With this book, author and artist Donna Kato helped change all that by introducing crafters to the vast range of ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted   Everything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren’t afraid – maybe you just didn’t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted, author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step lessons that build ...
	WATSON-GUPTILL The Sumi-E Book   Learn to master the four basic brushstrokes of Japanese ink painting and create beautiful brush paintings of your own! Sumi-e is the classic painting style of Japan, and its graceful simplicity has been admired all over the world. This book is an ideal introduction to sumi-e, suitable for children 10 ...
	WORKMAN PUBLISHING The Joy of Origami   The Joy of Origami wonderfully reinvents the traditional origami book. Margaret van Sicklen, author of the Origami Page-A-Day® Calendar, brings a delightfully fresh twist to the ancient art of paper folding. With 100 sheets of paper featuring bold, often whimsical patterns specially designed to complement the models, it’s a jazzy, ...
	WRITER'S DIGEST Helen Van Wyk's Color Recipes   Delicious color mixing "recipes" for capturing the dewy look of roses, barns in early morning light, delicate skin tones, and 80 other favorite subjects! Each "color recipe" is delivered on one or two pages and illustrated with Helen Van Wyk's vibrant paintings, covering such subject matters as flowers, landscapes, ...
	YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS Interaction of Color   Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color is a masterwork in twentieth-century art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this timeless book presents Albers’s unique ideas of color experimentation in a way that is valuable to specialists as well as to a larger audience. This ...