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The Art of Paint Pouring: Tips, techniques, and step-by-step instructions
Art DepartmentLearn the creative, innovative technique of making art by pouring paint with The Art of Paint Pouring.Featuring easy step-by-step projects, practic...
View full detailsHand Printing Studio Book
Stash By C&THand Printing Studio by Betsy Olmstead - Fabric, glass, wood, metal, humans...print on almost anything! Try your hand at DIY printing with 15 color...
View full detailsSurfaces & Supports (Artist Toolbox)
Walter FosterArtist and author Glyn Macey is irrepressible, enthusiastic and filled with innovative ideas for using acrylics effectively. His deep love for pa...
View full detailsDrawing: Beginning Still Life (Draw & Paint)
Walter Foster PublishingBeginning Still Life teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started in drawing with graphite pencil. From choosing paper...
View full detailsDiscover Oil Painting: Easy Landscape Painting Techniques
North Light BooksDiscover Oil Painting is a complete course on painting landscapes in oils. This fun and easy guide is loaded with time-honored methods, techniques ...
View full detailsPlein Air Painting with Oils: A Practical & Inspirational Guide to Painting Outdoors
Haidee-Jo SummersLearn the techniques and inspiration of painting outdoors with this award-winning artistExplore the world of painting with oils en plein air and e...
View full detailsCreativity Through Nature: Foraged, Recycled and Natural Mixed-Media Art
BatsfordA passionate and purposeful book on finding real creativity through nature. An essential book for our times and all artists at whatever level. In h...
View full detailsThe Organic Painter: Learn to paint with tea, coffee, embroidery, flame, and more
Carne GriffithsBored with the same old paints? The Organic Painter introduces innovative techniques for using non-traditional "paint" derived from materials like...
View full detailsFabulous Figures (I Heart Drawing)
Jane DavenportFor aspiring artists, drawing people can be intimidating—but it doesn’t have to be. Over years working as a fashion illustrator, Jane Davenport dev...
View full detailsDraw Like the Masters
Art Department LLCSince the very first artists began creating masterpieces, students have been hoping to learn the secrets of their craft. Copying drawings by the ma...
View full detailsCool Cats Magnetic Bookmarks
Chronicle BooksGalison's Cool Cats Magnetic Bookmarks feature a delightful collection of whimsically illustrated feline friends. The six die-cut magnetic clips ho...
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 detailsHow to Draw Fashion Figures
Mark BerginThe How to Draw series takes a highly visual and practical approach to drawing, featuring step-by-step instructions for each art project.This compr...
View full detailsHow to Draw Dogs and Puppies
Mark BerginThis comprehensive drawing handbook covers all aspects of drawing dogs and puppies, including essential concepts such as perspective, materials, an...
View full detailsThe Beginner's Guide to Decorating Pottery
Emily ReinhardtJoin ceramic artist Emily Reinhardt to learn how to decorate pottery surfaces with glazes, gold luster, patterns and marks, inlay designs, dimensio...
View full detailsGel Plate Printing for Mixed-Media Art
Schiffer PublishingGel plate printing, an accessible but often-overlooked tool, gives artists of any level a way to add exceptional qualities to their work. Here, mix...
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 detailsCreative Acrylics: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide
Art Departmentearn about tarot reading, and then paint your own colorful deck! This step-by-step guide includes card stock at the back with 80 blank cards you ca...
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 detailsOil Painting Essentials
Gregg KreutzFrom the author of the classic Watson-Guptill best seller Problem Solving for Oil Painters comes an essential guide demonstrating the universal oil...
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...
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