Fashion: The Definitive Visual History
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, what we wear says who we are. This is the definitive visual guide to everything ever worn. From the extravagance of Ancient Egypt, through the legendary houses of Chanel and Dior, to today's catwalk sensations, this gorgeous, carefully curated collecti ...Show more
Step-by-Step Portraits from Simple Shapes: A Beginner's Guide to Drawing Faces and Figures in Proportion by SATYAJIT SINARTY
$52.99 AUD
Category: Art
Feel the fear and draw faces anyway! Many beginner artists feel intimidated by drawing portraits - getting faces and anatomy in proportion can seem really difficult. But it doesn't have to be! This book alleviates all those anxieties by training the eye to look for simple forms first, and to use this fo ...Show more
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
$64.99 AUD
Category: Art
William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created many individual paintings of various species that appealed to him, especially birds of paradise, cockatoos and hornbills. These paintings were often large with a broad techn ...Show more
Contemporary Paper Marbling - Design and Technique by Lucy McGrath
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
An illustrated introduction to an increasingly popular art form. The art of paper marbling is having a revival. Contemporary paper artist and author Lucy McGrath specializes in paper marbling and shares her skill and passion for this beautiful craft. Her book is a wonderful introduction to the craft fo ...Show more
Australian Abstract: Contemporary Abstract Painting by Amber Creswell Bell
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
'There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.' ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition of abstract art. It makes no attempt to represent reality; instead it has its own visu ...Show more
Lives of Rembrandt by JOACHIM VON SANDRART
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
Never before available complete in English, the three major contemporary sources for the life of Rembrandt. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (c.1606-1669) was the most talked-about painter of the seventeenth century and quite possibly of the following centuries too. His prodigious talent, extraordinary emot ...Show more
Drawing Manga Tell Exciting Stories with Amazing Characters and Skillful Compositions (With Over 1,000 illustrations) by Naoto Date, Kiyoshi Nitou
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art
Bring your manga to life with awesome action, powerful poses, body basics: IT'S ALL HERE!Learn the essentials of manga drawing from professional Japanese illustrators, and let them show you how to tell better stories with your manga art. Start with anatomy and body structure to create compelling charact ...Show more
Everyone Can Draw by Fifi Kuo
$22.99 AUD
Category: Art
Here is a unique book that celebrates the artist within each and every child--including YOU! Some people enjoy drawing characters, while other people prefer to draw scenes. Some love color, others choose black and white. Award-winning illustrator Fifi Kuo explores the many ways all children can create ...Show more
Book of Earth: A Guide to Ochre, Pigment, and Raw Color by Heidi Gustafson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
Art meets science in this guide to creating color with earth's extraordinary pigments and exploring their fascinating uses today and throughout historyPart anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a naturally occurring mineral used to make ...Show more
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art by Penny Olsen
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia — from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers, n ...Show more
Classic Calligraphy for Beginners: Essential Step-by-Step Techniques for Copperplate and Spencerian Scripts by Younghae Chung
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art
Classic Calligraphy for Beginners introduces the fundamental techniques for mastering two classic calligraphic scripts, Copperplate and Spencerian, plus easy-to-follow exercises and fun, modern projects. Guided by instructions and illustrations by noted calligraphy artist and teacher Younghae Chung, yo ...Show more
The Art of Drawing Manga: A guide to learning the art of drawing manga--step by easy step by Talia Horsburgh
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Collector's Ser.
With everything needed to start in the world of manga, The Art of Drawing Manga is the ultimate guide to creating characters and developing original manga books and stories. Explore more than 500 tips, tricks, and step-by-step how-tos for creating a variety of manga characters, animals, and scenes acros ...Show more