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Oil Painting 101: Pocket Guide
Rocky NookLearn to paint anywhere with Oil Painting 101 Pocket Guide! Perfect for artists, students, and beginners, this beautifully designed mini guide mak...
View full detailsPlein Air Painting: Pocket Guide
Rocky NookQuickly learn the basics of creating gorgeous paintings outside with the Plein Air Painting Pocket Guide! Painting “en plein air” is the art of ca...
View full detailsCrap Hound - Cats
LiartownUSAEdited and designed by Sean Tejaratchi, Crap Hound is the seminal mixture of social commentary and somewhat overindulgent graphic design. Sean de...
View full details(sale) Mark Crilley's Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands
Mark CrilleyDiscover the simple secrets to drawing amazing hands, from popular YouTube instructor Mark CrilleyWhether you’re drawing superheroes, manga an...
View full detailsHow to Draw Hands and Feet
Mark BerginThough the structure of human hands and feet are complex, drawing them can be simple. Using step-by-step instructions for each project, this guide ...
View full detailsExplorations with Collage!
Schiffer PublishingA digital collage technique layers together virtual images into a new piece of art, ready for mixed-media and collage makers to use as an eye-openi...
View full detailsGuild of Master Craftsman Cross Stitch Book
Texas Bookman12 projects to make are colorful, inspiring, and make great gifts for loved ones or additions to your own home. Designs include: buttons, badges, h...
View full detailsDIY Tie-Dye: 35 Easy Projects For Everyone Book
Texas BookmanGet ready to master the classics, but also go beyond the basics to discover new patterns, techniques, and possibilities for DIY home decor, clothin...
View full detailsTiny Stitches: Buttons, Badges, Patches, and Pins to Embroider
Texas BookmanDiscover the magical world of Irem Yazici’s embroidery. Flowers, moons, and UFOs are just a few of the 50 motifs presented in Tiny Stitches. Wear y...
View full detailsFresh Paint: Discover Your Unique Creative Style Through 100 Small Mixed-Media Paintings
Art DepartmentDiscover and deepen your creative style through the process of creating 100 small mixed-media paintings.In Fresh Paint, creative influencer, worksh...
View full detailsThe Art of Paint Pouring- Swipe, Swirl, Spin
Art DepartmentLearn even more paint pouring techniques with The Art of Paint Pouring: Swipe, Swirl & Spin.In The Art of Paint Pouring, you learned the basics...
View full detailsMixed Media Color Studio: Explore Modern Color Theory to Create Unique Palettes and Find Your Creative Voice
Quarry BooksDiscover innovative painting and mixed-media art techniques the most inspired way possible: through rainbows of color! In Mixed Media Color Studio,...
View full detailsCreative Alcohol Inks: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Amazing Effects
Quarry BooksPour and paint your way to stunning fluid effects. In Creative Alcohol Inks, artist and Instagrammer Ashley Mahlberg of @inkreel shares step-by-ste...
View full detailsA Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020
Elise, EnglerAn extraordinary illustrated chronicle of 2020 that captures this indelible year in America in all its tragic, surreal, epic, and (sometimes) comed...
View full detailsPainting Land & Sea: Master the Art of Painting in Oil (How to Draw & Paint)
Walter Foster PublishingVernon Kerr invites you into his artistic world and shows you how to recreate an array of beautiful seascapes and landscapes in oil, with tips on c...
View full detailsProphet against Slavery
David LesterThe revolutionary life of an 18th-century dwarf activist who was among the first to fight against slavery and animal cruelty.Prophet Against Slaver...
View full detailsPicket Line
Breena WiederhoeftBefore you pick a side, you have to draw a line. Picket Line is the Xeric award-winning graphic novel by Breena Bard (published as Breena Wiederhoe...
View full detailsMarch: Book Three
Top Shelf ProductionsWelcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one ofthe key ...
View full detailsPaint Alchemy: Exploring Process-Driven Techniques through Design, Pattern, Color, Abstraction, Acrylic and Mixed Media
Ms. Eva Marie Magill-OliverExperience wonder and excitement as you mindfully take your painting technique to the next level: It’s Paint Alchemy.Part of the new Alchemy series...
View full detailsArtists' Letters: Leonardo da Vinci to David Hockney
Michael BirdA treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their li...
View full detailsThe Ultimate Fluid Pouring & Painting Project Book: Inspiration and Techniques for using Alcohol Inks, Acrylics, Resin, and more
Jane MonteithDiscover and master the fun, creative, and colorful methods of fluid pouring and painting with 10 projects, customizable to your personal vision an...
View full detailsI Know an Artist: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists
Susie HodgeDiscover the fascinating connections between the world's greatest artists. I Know an Artist introduces some of the most inspirational stories of fr...
View full detailsPaint Like The Masters: An excellent way to learn from those who have much to teach
Art Department LLCCopying the works of the great painting masters is not a simple exercise in mimicry. It is a formative practice for artists of all levels who desir...
View full detailsArt of the Western World
Art Department LLCIn this magnificently illustrated and comprehensive book, readers will take one of the most beautiful journeys our world has to offer: an explorati...
View full detailsPicasso and the Painting That Shocked the World
Art Department LLCWhen Picasso became Picasso: the story of how an obscure young painter from Barcelona came to Paris and made himself into the most influential arti...
View full detailsStamp It!
Art Department LLCWant to create a stylish, hand-printed look on your crafts—but find traditional printmaking intimidating? Then stamp it! Ten top designers, each wi...
View full detailsBecoming Andy Warhol
Art Department LLCCelebrated during his lifetime as much for his personality as for his paintings, Andy Warhol (1928–87) is the most famous and influential of the Po...
View full detailsThe Painter's Workshop: Creative Composition and Design
Art Department LLCMake good composition and design the cornerstone of your work - ensuring better paintings from the start. Pat Dews provides 12 hands-on demonstrati...
View full detailsCreative Foundations: Scrapbook and Mixed Media Techniques
Art Department LLCInternationally recognized artist and teacher Vicki Boutin takes the all mystery out of those scrapbook and mixed-media techniques you thought you ...
View full detailsCrafty Birds by Kristy Conlin, editor
Art Department LLCYou'll be as proud as a peacock to make these enchanting projects! Freedom, grace, happiness, simplicity--all are traits associated with the humble...
View full detailsCanvas Remix by Alisa Burke
Art Department LLCLooking to add a little bit of sophistication to your projects? Take your mixed-media art to the next level with Canvas Remix. In this funky yet wh...
View full detailsArt of Layers by Ronda Palazzari
Art Department LLCLayer, play and have fun with Art of Layers! 50 fabulous and simple step-by-step techniques that will be valuable for all crafters, from beginner ...
View full detailsModern Acrylics by Patti Mollica
Art Department LLCOver the past decade, manufacturers have made drastic improvements to acrylic paint that make it wonderfully appealing to the fine artist. An exten...
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