Art Technique category: 4706 books
Abstract Video
The Moving Image in Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Offering historical and theoretical positions from a variety of art historians, artists, curators, and writers, this groundbreaking collection is the first substantive sourcebook on abstraction in moving-image media. With a particular focus on art since 2000, Abstract Video addresses a longer history...
Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting
Fun, Creative and Innovative Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Discover abstract painting with acrylics!
"If you approach your art with a playful attitude you will be more apt to keep making art, and the more art you make, the better your art will be." --pg. 10
Like a diving board for creativity, Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting...
by Irma A. Richter
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
In this captivating study, an influential scholar-artist offers timeless advice on shape, form, and composition for artists in any medium. Irma Richter illuminates the connections between art and science by surveying works of art from classical antiquity through the Modernist era. Richter shows the conscious...
by Scott Ligon
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
There’s no question that applications like Photoshop have changed the art world forever. Master digital artists already use these tools to create masterpieces that stretch the limits of the imagination—but you don’t have to be a master to create your own digital art.
Whether you’re...
Pencil Art Workshop
Techniques, Ideas, and Inspiration for Drawing and Designing with Pencil
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
In Pencil Art Workshop, well-known artist and illustrator Matt Rota demonstrates several techniques in graphite, then ties it together with an international gallery of artists for inspiration.
The humble pencil is the world’s most flexible and forgiving drawing material. Pencil Art Workshop is...
by Rachel Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This art instruction tome forms the perfect companion to a new set of oil paints. It will be a long time before the prospecting artist need ever find inspiration on what to paint again.An amalgamation of 3 art instruction books: 10 Bite-Sized Oil Painting Projects Book: 1, 2 and 3 means a wealth of...
Creating Art at the Speed of Life
30 Days of Mixed-Media Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
In this inspirational volume, artist and author Pam Carriker offers uninhibited mixed-media play while encouraging you to look at your work with a newly evaluative eye and determine what works for you. Create your own art journal while using a variety of mixed-media techniques and explore seven important...
by Paolo Lopez de Leon, John Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Learn How to Paint Animal Portraits Using Pastels For the Beginner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Materials
Shaving your Pastels
Pastel Storage
Various ways to blend using Pastels
Additional Techniques:
Color Wheel
Tips to Remember
How to render using Pastels with brush
Exercises:
The Wolf
The...
Abstract Art Painting
Expressions in Mixed Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Would you love to take your art in a new direction?
In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting...
The Art of Expressive Collage
Techniques for Creating with Paper and Glue
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
What story will your art express?
There's a dialogue waiting to happen on your worktable. The Art of Expressive Collage will teach you to listen to what paper and glue, ink and paint have to tell you. From the fear of messing up to the excitement of letting things flow, you'll come to see the...
by John Lowry
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Painting and Understanding Abstract Art is a practical book on how to paint abstracts but it also explains how to approach and understand abstract art. It moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level of 'what am I doing when...
Collage Couture
Techniques for Creating Fashionable Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Play dress-up with your art!
Collage has never been so fashionable! In Collage Couture you'll learn how to sketch fashion figures, create stylish dresses from patterned paper and apply a variety of textured backgrounds to your collage pieces. With styles ranging from cute to elegant and sweet...
Beautiful Recycled Art
Skills, Tips and Tricks For Learning How To Create Beautiful Recycled Art, Trash Art and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Arthur Ferrero
by Dover
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2012
This singular collection displays pairs of letters, transforming ornamental initials into Art Nouveau masterpieces. Undulating lines, sensuous curves, writhing vines, and tendrils of leafy flora decorate every two-character combination, from A to Z. Featuring 990 imaginative illustrations, this treasury...