Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition
Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition is a fully revised and updated back-to-basics title, packed with the fundamental concepts, conventions, and theory every beginner artist needs to create successful work. This essential book is written by industry experts who thoroughly address key basics including color and light, composition, perspective and depth, and anatomy in a series of insightful chapters. As well as being the perfect introduction for newcomers, Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition also offers experienced artists the chance to brush up on their theory and discover new tricks, tips, and techniques to advance their art even further. Richly illustrated throughout for optimal learning, each section of the book is specifically designed to guide the reader through the essential yet often challenging elements that make up the foundations of art, no matter which medium or technique is used. As fascinating and illuminating as it is practical and essential, Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition contains the foundations of art, presented, taught, and completely demystified for the today's artist.
How To Tutor
If you want to learn how to become a tutor, then get this "How To Tutor" guide. In this step-by-step guide, you will discover tutoring tips and techniques to make more money and teach your students in a more effective way. - How to tutor students the right way. - How to find your clients. - How to make tutoring lessons effective and fun for students. - How to praise your students the right way. - How to start and build your tutoring business. - How to raise your tutoring fee. - Make an impact in a student's life. - Help students achieve better grades and re-ignite their passions for education and life. - Utilize your talents and gifts to impact the lives of students in a positive way. - And much more! HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.
Mosaic HamsasOriginal Designs and Various Techniques
Hamsas are a type of traditional good luck charm in the shape of an open palm with the fingers close together, meant to bring good fortune and ward off the evil eye.I've decided to focus exclusively on hamsas made with mosaic, each with an original and unique design, through various techniques.In this Book: * A variety of hamsas of original design, in various shapes and sizes* Each hamsa is followed with pictures detailing the work process* Tips for mosaic work* Crafting with assorted media* A unique method of integrating text into mosaics.You can find links to download all examples at the end of the book. I wish you a colorful good time!This is Sigalit Eshet's 8th mosaics book.
Fear No Art
Liven up art workshops for students of any age with Fear No Art. This manual breaks down the styles of many artistic masters into simple step-by-step lessons. Whether you are teaching or studying, Fear No Art wants you to know: You CAN do it!
From Art to Empowerment
A hands-on workbook for self-discovery through artistic expression. In this workbook, art educator and mentor Annette Luycx leads women through twelve dimensions of artistic expression from personal narrative to final exhibition. She encourages women to look inward, find inspiration in personal experiences, and generate their own themes, images and symbols, ultimately discovering what is meaningful to them and learning how to express that visually. Luycx takes women through a step-by-step process using self-reflective thinking, visualizing, journaling, and other creative practices. With twenty-four practical exercises and twelve art assignments, this book guides women in developing self-awareness and personal power through making art. Included are the first-hand experiences of three participating women, reflections about their studio process, and the impact of the workshop on their identity as they learned to trust their life experiences as sources of inspired art-making. From Art to Empowerment is an insightful, hands-on workbook that takes women on an empowering journey of self-discovery through artistic expression. "In the beginning it was difficult for me. Now I let myself. The process has become easier for me. Like I was searching for my own path. That's why these lessons helped me. Because they revealed my way of thinking, my feeling, my path, to me." (Anna) "I go deeper. I touch it more. There is more focus. I go to a deeper level. I saw things in myself that I hadn't realized." (Markella) "I learn, I learn about myself. In all that I learn I also learn about myself. About my sensitivities, my memories, my feelings." (Tina)
Raising GoatsA Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Healthy Goats for Beginners
Discover the best-kept homesteading secrets to raising robust, healthy goats and learn how to leverage your little herd for fresh dairy productsAre you thinking about raising your own goats right in your backyard, but don't know how to begin or are unsure what supplies and daily care they will need? Have you recently started a goat herd and everything seems to be going wrong?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you.Raising goats can seem overwhelming. They are stubborn, impulsive and frustrating if you don't know what you're doing. But it doesn't have to be that way.In this book, Jason Howard uncovers the secrets of raising goats for fun and profit. You'll discover information to help you purchase goats in peak condition, keeping them healthy and a ton of other useful advice to help you maintain a great herd.Here's a tiny snippet of what you're going to learn in Raising Goats Everything you need to get started raising goats in your backyard if you're a beginnerThe 4 absolute best places to purchase your first or next healthy goat3 factors you need to consider before purchasing goats for your herdHow to buy registered goats and why it's important9 extremely important things you need to look out for when purchasing a goatCommon mistakes homesteaders make when trying to purchase a goatHousing and shelter instructions for both baby goats (kids) and young goats8 surefire ways to keep your goats safe from diseases and predatorsProven ways to effectively train your goats without losing your sanity...and much more!Whether you want to raise a herd of milkers for fresh dairy or meat goats for farmer's market, the instructions contained in this guide will help you master the science and practice of raising healthy goats easily and quickly.Scroll to the top of the page and click the "Buy Now" button to get started on your goat rearing adventure today!
Art Skills Art
This book is a fun activity book of many illustrative images that explore the many creations of techniques, occupations, skills and concept designs. Art Skills Art and its series will be a fun and explorative, in the many tactics that are here to engage every audience and viewer.
Lessons in Art
"Lessons in Art" is a fantastic vintage guide to drawing and illustration written by Hume Nisbet. James Hume Nisbet (1849 - 1923) was a Scottish-born artist and novel writer famous for his thrillers set in Australia. Contents include: "Drawing Materials", "Perpendicular, Horizontal and Slanting Lines", "Ornamental Drawing", "Drawing from Nature", "Rules of Perspective", "Measuring Tree- Work, &c", "Proportions of the Human Figure", "On Shading", "Charcoal Drawing", "Pen and Ink Etching", etc. Other notable works by this author include: "The Land of the Hibiscus Blossom: A Yarn of the Papuan Gulf" (1888), "Doctor Bernard St. Vincent: A Sensational Romance of Sydney" (1889), and "Ashes: A Tale of Two Spheres" (1890). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on drawing and illustration.
The Secrets of Coloring 2
Next Level Coloring - Take Your Skills Up Another Notch! ** 36 Tutorials + Mini-Tutorials Will Have You Coloring Like a Pro! **Features: MORE, MORE, MORE Step-By-Step Tutorials! 36 Full Tutorials + Many Mini-Lessons and Color Variations: Rich Black Background; Starry Sky Background; Radial Circle Backdrop; Green Haze; 2 Different Ways to Use Peachy Pink for Backgrounds; Smokey Bokeh; Chocolate Easter Bunny; Foil Egg; Shimmery Candy Cane, Pearlized Lollipop, Transparent Heart Lollipop, Candy Corn, Candy Heart, Gummy Bear, Patent Leather, Leather, Suede, Holiday Gift Box, Bow & Ornaments; Gingerbread Man; Adding Decorative Elements; Sparkly Fabric Overlay; Dark Brown Eye (and Other Combinations); 4 Skin Tone Varieties; Glowing & Theatrical Portrait Tips, Greyscale Glowing Mushroom, Bird of Paradise Flower, Lovely Luna Moth; Beautiful Betta Fish; Dazzling Dragonfly; Lush Lotus Flower; Water DropletsGuest Tutorials by Lilicence and Coloured_By_MeGREYSCALE TipsNEW Ingenious Hacks to Get the Most Out of Your Coloring Books and SuppliesCONVERSION TO PRISMACOLOR PREMIER Charts from 5 of the Most Popular 72+ Budget Brands of Colored PencilsFIFTEEN Single-Sided Practice & Coloring Pages for Use with the Tutorials, Including? Several Toned Paper Coloring PagesSimple Background IdeasColor Scheme SwapsInstruction on Light & Shadow*Limited time* BONUS - FREE GIFT of Downloadable White Versions of Several Toned PagesA Downloadable, Customizable Color-Organizer ChartInformation on Newest Trends Including: Favored Colored Pencils of Colorists and Mixed Media SuppliesThe Elements & Principles of Art & DesignAppropriate for All Ages and Different Skill LevelsMarkers and Gel Pens may Be Used in the Book with Blotter Pages Underneath2017 Amazon Best-Selling Author, Artist and educator, Jennifer Zimmermann knows how to make the complicated simple! In this newest volume, Jennifer walks you through eye-popping yet surprisingly achievable tutorials each step of the way. Have you been trying to find background ideas and money-saving hacks? Perhaps you need further instruction on lighting and shadows? Are you looking to make leather look real or to learn the differences between something matte vs. something glossy? Would you like to know how to color something transparent vs. opaque? Have you been wondering how to color GREYSCALE pages? It's all in the book!Schedule
The Training of the Memory in Art and the Education of the Artist
The Training of the Memory in Art and the Education of the Artist aims to teach the reader how to memorise things like form and colour composition so that they may draw and paint from memory alone. This fantastic guide is highly recommended for all artists, and it would make for a worthy addition to allied collections. The contents include: - The Training of the Memory in Art - Memory of Form - Memory for Colour - Advanced Study - Practical - Applications - A Survey of Art Teaching - Epilogue - Letters to a Young Professor - Drawing and Painting - Notes on Illustrations Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
Hindsight: & All the Things I Can``t See in Front of Me
An Instant New York Times Bestseller"I can't help that my music shows who I am in this moment, what I'm drawn to, what I'm wondering about. I don't want to help it. What you hear in the words, what you feel in those songs--that's what I was feeling when I wrote them. I want you to see me, just like I want to see you." -- Justin TimberlakeIn his first book, Justin Timberlake has created a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid images from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses many aspects of his childhood, including his very early love of music and the inspiration behind many of his hit songs and albums. He talks about his songwriting process, offering the back story to many of his hits. He muses on his collaborations with other artists and directors, sharing the details of many performances in concert, TV comedy, and film. He also reflects on who he is, examining what makes him tick, speaking candidly about fatherhood, family, close relationships, struggles, and his search to find an inner calm and strength. Living a creative life, observing and finding inspiration in the world, taking risks and listening to an inner voice--this is Justin Timberlake.
Integrating Art into the Inclusive Early Childhood Curriculum
Integrating Art into the Inclusive Early Childhood Curriculum
The Water Age Children’s Art & Writing Workshops
The water you drink has been through the bladder of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and many other places. The water on Earth is 4.4 billion years old and came here from outer space. The octopus has three hearts and its eyes can look in two separate directions.What other facts can we find out about the behaviour of water?What can we learn about aquatic flora and fauna?What imaginative ideas can we have about living with more water?The Water Age Children's Art and Writing Workshops is a book for teachers, artists and writers who are working with children aged 8-11. The workshops focus on water and contemplate a possible future when we are living with more water. The art workshop suggests drawing and painting waterscapes, building waterscapes in the classroom or playground, designing and making models for water living, creating simple films about water living. The writing workshop helps to develop a story about a future watery world, and suggests performing and recording a story, creating an exhibition or broadcast, or turning a story into a book.
Creating Stylized Characters
Creating Stylized Characters gives readers a valuable insight into the popular art of character design. Professional illustrators, animators and cartoonists, well versed in creating characters for video games, comics and film, guide the reader through accessible tutorial projects packed with images and advice. Any budding artist will soon be able to draw characters of all ages, shapes and sizes! This entertaining, beginner-friendly book is applicable to both digital and traditional media, and delves into many essential aspects of the character development process, from real-world research, to sketching gestures and poses, to exploring different genres, personalities and styles.
Landscape Problems and Solutions
A no-nonsense trouble-shooting guide to improving watercolour and drawing techniques by artist, Trudy Friend. This book includes an introduction to essential techniques and materials that help to sharpen the skills of the aspiring artist. The unique problem-and-solution format is easy to follow and designed to help tackle any landscape subject with confidence.
Watercolor Workshop
Learn to paint gorgeous contemporary art by practicing watercolor technique directly in this instructional sketchbook. Through 100 different experiments, artist Sasha Prood teaches you traditional techniques like wet-on-dry, wet-on-wet, and flat washes, and also encourages you to play with the paint through colorful ombr矇s, unique bloom textures, and added elements like salt and sponging. Each experiment is accompanied by Sasha's beautifully painted examples and space to practice your skills on the thick pages of the sketchbook. Sasha makes watercolors accessible by setting you up to paint a series of practice swatches before attempting to make final art and she emphasizes experimentation with color and technique so that you can learn to enjoy and embrace all the unique qualities of watercolor.
Where Else but the Streets
From 2010 to 2013 Los Angeles (specifically the well-trafficked area of Melrose Avenue between Fairfax and LaBrea) was the center of the street art world. Taking their cues from the Arab Spring and Operation Wall Street, famed and infamous artists such as Shepard Fairey, Morley, Mr. Brainwash, and even Banksy took to the streets and painted, postered, and stenciled their witty, politically engaged works on billboards, lampposts, utility boxes, even the sidewalks. "Where Else But The Streets" not only captures the vibrant renaissance in Los Angeles street art, but also chronicles the stories from the artists themselves, getting inspired, getting started, getting famous, and becoming outlaws. FEATURING: Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Ron English, Alec Monopoly, Free Humanity, Lydia Emily, Teachr, Skullphone, Morley, WORDSMITH, Thrashbird, Thank You X, Gregory Siff & more!
Insanely Intricate Entangled Landscapes
Picture yourself in a panorama of giant flowers, mushroom-shaped houses, grinning suns and snoozing moons, with spaceships soaring between the stars. Then let your imagination run wild as you color these 31 fabulously detailed fantasy landscapes. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Insanely Intricate Entangled Landscapes and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.
Where Else but the Streets
Los Angeles (specifically the well-trafficked area of Melrose Avenue between Fairfax and La Brea) was the center of the street art world. Taking their cues from the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, famed and infamous artists such as Shepard Fairey, Morley, Mr. Brainwash, and even Banksy took to the streets and painted, postered, and stenciled their witty, politically engaged works on billboards, lampposts, utility boxes, even the sidewalks. "Where Else But The Streets" not only captures the vibrant renaissance in Los Angeles street art, but also chronicles the stories from the artists themselves, getting inspired, getting started, getting famous, and becoming outlaws. FEATURING: Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Ron English, Alec Monopoly, Free Humanity, Lydia Emily, Teachr, Skullphone, Morley, WORDSMITH, Thrashbird, Thank You X, Gregory Siff & more!
Create With Artists
Sometimes visiting the atelier of an artist gives us answers about the methods and stories behind a piece. Or even about the reason it exists in the first place. With this book you can take the next step in the ladder towards being an active do-it-yourself art enthusiast. You can be part of this fascinating project where you enter the minds of a selective anthology of creators as they take you along the process and techniques to transform their idea into your own art. From the famous workshops of the Stedelijk Museum of Contemporary Art comes the opportunity of gathering (sometimes) random materials you have in your house and use them in a way you couldn't conceive before you were exposed to the imagination and creativity inside this minds. Also it will difficult not to raise some questions inside your own head that you never thought were there. This book offers the most inspiring workshops the Stedelijk Museum of contemporary art in Amsterdam has organized for young people over the past decade. Now everyone can do these fun workshops--created by renowned contemporary artists and designers--at home, at a party, at a community center, or at school. Finally there is a book about creativity that was actually made with artists, that does not to tell you how you should do it but actually stimulates you to be creative yourself. This book was missing in schools, families and when young people who like to have fun and to explore come together. This is what museums of modern art can do to get closer to how artists think and work.
Mandalas Color by Number
Offering unlimited opportunities for shading and color choices, mandalas can be among the most challenging designs to color. This helpful book offers lightly printed numbers that correspond to a color key: use them for guidance or strike out on your own! 46 illustrations. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Mandalas Color by Number and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.
Inter-art Journey
In recent years, inter-medial studies have attracted increasing attention in arts theory. The notion of 'inter-mediality' presupposes that each established art such as theatre, painting, and cinema indicates the existence of a particular medium, which preserves its distinct features in translations from art to art and, especially, in its combinations with others in single works. Nonetheless, this field of research is presupposed already in the traditional studies of ekphrasis', which focus on the verbal accounts of nonverbal works of art; and in Wagner's notion of Gesamtkuntswerk. This renewed interest generated new fields of research, such as (a) the likelihood of the arts reflecting common grounds; (b) the necessity of a shared metalanguage; (b) the possibility of inter-medial translation; and (d) the inter-medial coexistence within a single work of art, without hindering the reading, interpreting and experiencing abilities of receivers. In honor of Eli Rozik, Ph.D., professor emeritus, former head of the Department of Theatre Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Tel Aviv University, this collection provides overviews of all these theoretical issues, and tackles the contemporary practical questions that arise from attempts to transgress the boundaries between the established disciplines of arts studies. Considering first the theoretical aspects of inter-art, inter-mediality, and nonverbal literacy, Exploring the Common Grounds of the Arts goes on to discuss by means of performance analysis; dialogues between the arts within a single work; and correspondences between visual and auditory stimuli in musical contexts. It concludes with a discussion of practical examples of inter-mediality in religious representations, official processions, and public performances.
Getting In!
If you are passionate about Getting In! to the world's leading art schools, being awarded scholarships to attend, and succeeding while you are there, this book is your ideal guide.
Kaleidescope Adult Coloring Book (31 Stress-Relieving Designs)
Remember, as a child, the magic of kaleidoscopes? Bring back a bit of that wonder as you immerse yourself in this wonderful whirl of patterns.Color 31 full-page complex yet relaxing designs.Heavyweight paper is superior to that of other coloring books.Designs are printed on only one side of a page -- no bleed-through.Each page is micro-perforated for ease of removal and display of your artwork.Acid-free paper helps preserve your work.Short-circuit the stress and let creativity flow freely as you color these meditative patterns!Book measures 9-1/2 inches wide by 9 inches high (24.13 cm wide by 22.86 cm high).Binding lies flat for ease of use.For artists and colorists of all levels.
Joyful Designs Adult Coloring Book (31 Stress-Relieving Designs)
Color your world! Set your inner artist free as you immerse yourself in this exuberant Studio Series Joyful Designs Artist's Coloring Book! A collection of irresistible images by illustrator Joy Ting, these complex yet relaxing floral patterns, doodles, and designs range from playful to intricately elegant.Enjoy coloring 31 full-page designs in a wide variety of styles and patterns.Acid-free art-grade paper helps preserve your work.Designs are printed on only one side of a page -- no bleed-through.Each page is micro-perforated for ease of removal and display of your creative masterpiece!Each Artist's Coloring Book measures 9-1/2 inches wide by 9 inches high (24.13 cm wide by 22.86 cm high).Binding lies flat for ease of use.For artists of all levels.
Graphic L.A.
Graphic L.A. is part practical instruction, part guided meditation on the importance of color values and objects in art. The reader is led by the professional instruction of Robh Ruppel; instructor at the Art Center College of Design, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and Concept Art Academy. He is also a multiple award-winning art director of video games. By reducing environments down to basic shapes and colors (or "symbols"), Robh builds astounding images. Robh documents the progression of building an image while referencing basic techniques. By using color with surprisingly bold brushstrokes, he produces images of incredible depth with intricate handling of light and shadow. It is a rare exploration into simplicity without resorting to minimalism. Readers will be certain to take away both a sense of admiration for Robh Ruppel's work and a greater understanding and appreciation for the importance of color value relationships in all forms of art.
Storyboarding Essentials
A comprehensive guide to visual storytelling from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), one of the world's leaders in sequential arts instruction. Storyboarding is the process of graphically organizing a project--a motion picture, animation, motion graphic, or interactive media sequence--in order to translate artists' ideas from story to screen. Whether you're a filmmaker, animator, ad director, writer, or video-game artist--storyboarding is a skill that is absolutely critical. Storyboarding Essentials covers everything students and working professionals need to master the art of writing and formatting scripts, creating frames, and following visual logic to create a cohesive narrative.
Art Lab for Little Kids
Developed for the younger set (4-6 year olds) and targeting one of the most critical developmental periods for children, Art Lab for Little Kids is the perfect book for both parents and teachers who are seeking enriching and unique experiences to offer this age group. As in Susan Schwake's first book, Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012), the Labs can be used as singular projects, or used to build up to a year of hands-on fine art experiences. Each Lab also features the work of a prominent artist for inspiration. The book begins with an introduction on materials and setting up a space for making art. The lessons that follow are open-ended to be explored over and over - with different results each time. They are geared for children being taught or guided by adults and are successful on all levels of experience and age. They do not result in "cookie cutter" end products, but are a method of learning something new each time they are used. This motivational book stands out as a unique reference for creating fine art with children through finding the student's own voice, marks and style and with playful lessons that result in significant skill building. Gorgeous photography shows different results from different people using the same lesson, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist's personal style. Art Lab for Little Kids is a fresh source of creative activities for families and community groups or will work as lesson plans for both experienced and new art teachers in home school, preschool, and kindergarten environments.
Making Geometry
Following on from his successful Drawing Geometry, Jon Allen explores the creation of the many-sided three-dimensional forms known as the Platonic and Archimedean solids. Based on patterns of equally spaced points on a sphere, these polyhedra have been the fundamentals of geometric exploration for millennia. Many professionals find they need to be able to build three-dimensional shapes accurately, and understand the principles behind them. This unique book shows them how to make models of all the Platonic and Archimedean solids, as well as several other polyhedra and stellated forms. It provides step-by-step instructions for constructing the three-dimensional forms, as well as showing how to draw out accurately the geometry of the paperfold nets. Beginners and experienced artists and designers alike will find this book a source of practical guidance, as well as delight and inspiration which will amply repay the careful attention needed to construct the models.
A Visual Guide to Classical Art Theory for Drawing and Painting Students
Eric Mantle presents the basics of classical theory in a clear and concise manner for all beginning drawing and painting students. His book features diagrams that illustrate every concept. Students will see the complexities of color theory and understand how to create the illusion of volume and depth on a 2-dimensional surface. "As an art student," Professor Mantle recalls, "I was frequently frustrated by instructional books that gave lengthy verbal descriptions of visual concepts and then showed small and/or unclear diagrams of those concepts. As an art teacher, I found that my students would gain a clearer understanding of a visual concept if my verbal explanation was combined with a diagram of that concept."A Visual Guide to Classical Art Theory is great for both traditional and non-traditional media. Each page, theory and diagram represents a different tool for the artist to use. Through their use, the artist will find an infinite number of solutions. Artists also may use the book to create a trompe-l'oeil effect in graffiti art or the illusion of volume and depth on the computer. A Visual Guide to Art Theory is presented in a unique, non-verbal format that clearly illustrates the effect of perspective on color, light and shade.
The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression
Artists love this book, the definitive guide to capturing facial expressions. In a carefully organized, easy-to-use format, author Gary Faigin shows readers the expressions created by individual facial muscles, then draws them together in a section devoted to the six basic human emotions: sadness, anger, joy, fear, disgust, and surprise. Each emotion is shown in steadily increasing intensity, and Faigin's detailed renderings are supplemented by clear explanatory text, additional sketches, and finished work. An appendix includes yawning, wincing, and other physical reactions. Want to create portraits that capture the real person? Want to draw convincing illustrations? Want to show the range of human emotion in your artwork? Get The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression!
Mastering Composition
Create Better Compositions by Design The path to better painting begins with Mastering Composition. This effective guide blends clear, visual instruction with 5 step-by-step demonstrations to show you how to plan and paint your best work yet. Composition is the key, and here you'll learn to design paintings with new skill and confidence. It all begins with the armature or structure of the picture plane. Every great painting has one, and you'll see through several famous examples exactly how the Old Masters used armatures to create movement, narrative, harmony and fluidity. Based on these examples, you'll practice what you've learned following a series of hands-on demonstrations. Once you understand the basic principles of design, you'll be amazed at how quickly and effectively your compositions come together. Soon you will be painting more boldly and confidently than ever before with less reworking and overworking. Whether you're a beginner looking for basic instruction or a more advanced painter troubleshooting a specific problem, the proven methods in this book will work for you. Ideal for all mediums, Mastering Composition gives you the knowledge you need to create powerful paintings out of every subject.
Painting Trees & Landscapes in Watercolor
Join noted watercolorist Ted Kautzky as he shares his wisdom on painting the infinitely wonderful details of trees and landscapes. Beginning with the fundamentals of good composition, value arrangement, balance, rhythm, and basic brushstrokes, the book explores ways of painting such important landscape components as trees, roads, puddles, rain, plant life, and fog. Individual chapters are devoted to painting forests, and different types of trees are amply illustrated, from the lush willow to the stately Lombardy poplar. Beautifully presented and filled with valuable insight, this book will be warmly welcomed by art students, landscape architects, commercial artists, and anyone familiar with the author's other popular books.
How to Draw Cars Like a Pro
In this long-awaited follow-up to the best-selling first edition of How to Draw Cars Like a Pro, renowned car designer Thom Taylor goes back to the drawing board to update his classic with all-new illustrations and to expand on such topics as the use of computers in design today. Taylor shares his artistic insights and techniques for creating captivating renderings of any kind of automobile. From information on how to draw from a photo or from observing a vehicle in real time, the step-by-step instruction covers all you need to know to become a master at drawing cars. The comprehensive advice includes: Selecting the proper tools and equipmentPerspective and proportionSketching and cartooningVarious mediaLight, shadow, reflectionColorAnd even interiors. Written to help enthusiasts at all artistic levels, his book also features more than 200 examples from many of today's top artists in the automotive field. This edition has also been updated to include computerized illustration techniques.
Wall And Piece-塗鴉教父Banksy官方作品
Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of New York City's major art museums, he's also "hung" his work at London's Tate Gallery and adorned Israel's West Bank barrier with satirical images. Banksy's identity remains unknown, but his work is unmistakable--with prints selling for as much as $45,000.
Creating Textures In Pen & Ink With Watercolor
Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color--a mixture of mediums and techniques--to suggest: - glass - cast iron - adobe and brick - sunrise and sunset - driftwood - leaf textures - basketry - surf and ocean waves - enamelware - rainbows - wood grain - distant trees - eggs and onions - animal hair - and dozens of other textures! You'll learn how to use materials, from technical pens to paint brushes, colored inks to liquid acrylics. You'll discover ways to blot, spatter, stamp and otherwise alter and combine ink and watercolor for exciting texturing effects.
Chinese Brush Painting
This comprehensive guide shows the aspiring artist how to master Chinese brush painting techniques and attitudes. Intended as a "how to" manual, it takes students step by step through the creative process. The heart of the book is devoted to detailed methods for painting such simple subjects as bamboo and plum blossoms and then moves on to more ambitious subjects: a bird, fish, and landscapes. Numerous illustrations and paintings, many in color, complement the text. Additional chapters show how to adapt Chinese brush painting to Western subjects.
Cartooning, Caricature and Animation Made Easy
Written by an experienced teacher of cartooning, this volume combines The Secrets of Cartooning, the author's first and more elementary book, and The Art of Cartooning, his follow-up, in which he answered questions raised by readers of his earlier book. Each volume in this double edition is complete in itself as a series of lessons. The first part focuses on such basics as drawing the head, hands, and clothing; creating expressions; conveying motion; and obtaining shading effects. The second section presents a series of lessons in anatomy, followed by advice about drawing caricatures and detailed instructions for creating images for animated features and political cartoons.
Drawing Animals
An expert guide by a well-known teacher and artist offers sound advice on methods and techniques for artists at all levels. Step-by-step instructional drawings of 26 animals, wild and domestic, appear with a text that focuses on understanding animal anatomy and behavior as a key to creating natural, expressive drawings.
Animal Drawing and Anatomy
Unlike painters of the human figure, artists reproducing images of animals have to "snatch" their opportunities, notes the author of this excellent how-to guide. He advises beginning artists to take advantage of moments during which the subject is at rest. Acquiring a certain knowledge of anatomy and characteristics of various animals is also essential to perfecting artistic renderings. Explanatory text is accompanied by the author's 233 accurate drawings depicting the relative proportions of a heavy draught horse and a horse trained for fox hunting; as well as studies of cows, dogs, birds, and other wild animals. Students of art will find this book essential in their studies of animal and bird forms.
Sacred Smoke
Harvest McCampbell explains the practice of smudging, the burning of herbs, which is an integral part of traditional Native American life. You'll learn how to create your own personal healing rituals. Listed are 18 of the author's favorite plants commonly used for smudging, which are easily available either by gathering in the wild or as herbal products to purchase. Each plant has information on its spiritual use, medicinal properties, growing tips and gathering tips, along with any cautionary notes around its use. Emphasis is also placed on how to communicate with and be respectful to plants.
Modern Artists on Art
This rich, readable anthology contains 17 unabridged essays by some of the 20th century's leading artistic innovators. Chosen for their intrinsic quality and documentary value by editor Robert L. Herbert -- Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Mount Holyoke College -- the essays are presented in their entirety to allow the fullest possible expression of their authors' ideas.Ranging in tone from questing to contentious, the pieces encompass a broad spectrum of forceful artistic opinion and theory -- from Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger's 1912 presentation of Cubist theory to Henry Moore's three brief essays, three decades later, on sculpture and primitive art. Among other contributions are the reminiscences of Kandinsky; Le Corbusier and Ozenfant on Purism; Klee on modern art; Mondrian on plastic art; and Beckmann describing his painting. Essays by Kurt Schwitters, Max Ernst, El Lissitzky, and Fernand L矇ger, added to this second edition, have expanded the anthology considerably and extended its range to include Dada, Surrealism, and the "machine esthetic."Described by the Canadian Forum as "an excellent collection of carefully selected essays by some of the most significant spokesmen among Modern artists," these challenging essays not only will provide much food for thought for art historians and theorists but also will be a smorgasbord of continuing inspiration for all artists and art students -- whether or not they are devotees of "modern" art.
