Watson Guptill imprint: 167 books
by Christopher Hart
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Focusing on the charming and adorable pets and animals that enrich manga stories, Supercute Animals and Pets teaches readers how to draw animals from a fox, to a cow, to a penguin, all in the style of manga. After an introduction to basic body constructions, faces, tails, legs, and more, readers will...
Oil Painting Essentials
Mastering Portraits, Figures, Still Lifes, Landscapes, and Interiors
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
An essential guide to the oil painting techniques that will allow artists to master a variety of subjects, including figures, portraits, still life, landscapes, and interiors.
Many painters limit themselves to one type of subject matter, but in Oil Painting Essentials, artist and art instructor...
by Tom Bancroft
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within...
Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy
The Ultimate Reference Guide for Comic Book Artists
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
This drawing tutorial from best-selling author Christopher Hart shows artists how to draw exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses.
Manga Mania Chibi and Furry Characters
How to Draw the Adorable Mini-Characters and Cool Cat-Girls of Manga
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Everyone loves chibi, the newest, hottest manga style out of Asia. Chibis—characters that range from hypercute miniature people to bizarrely sexy furry characters—come in all varieties, all roles, including chibi teenagers, faeries, schoolgirls, nurses, mermaids, devils, angels, and everything...
Learn World Calligraphy
Discover African, Arabic, Chinese, Ethiopic, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Russian, Thai, Tibetan Calligraphy, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Learn World Calligraphy has something for everyone. Whether you want scholarly insight, artistic inspiration, classroom projects, or a theme for your next party, this comprehensive, unparalleled full-color book will guide you on a virtual trip around the globe. Covering nearly all of the world’s...
Facial Expressions
A Visual Reference for Artists
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
All artists are tired of persuading their nearest and dearest to look sad…look glad…look mad…madder…no, even madder…okay, hold it. For those artists (and their long-suffering friends), here is the best book ever. Facial Expressions includes more than 2,500 photographs of 50 faces—men and...
by Gary Faigin
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
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,...
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
45th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
A book whose sales have not diminished but rather increased dramatically since its publication 45 years ago, this bestselling classic is the ultimate manual of drawing taught by the late Robert Beverly Hale, who’s famed lectures and classes at New York City’s Art Student League captivated artists...
The Artist's Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure
A Complete Resource on Rendering Clothing and Drapery
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
In order to effectively draw clothing and drapery, an artist must recognize the basic shapes of clothing and how the principles of physics act upon those shapes.
Beginning with the basic shapes of clothing and the anatomy of folds, and progressing to final rendering techniques of both sculpted and...
Classic Human Anatomy in Motion
The Artist's Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
This essential companion book to the bestselling Classic Human Anatomy provides artists and art students with a deeper understanding of human anatomy and different types of motion, inspiring more realistic and energetic figurative art.
Fine-art instruction books do not usually focus on anatomy...
Anatomy Lessons From the Great Masters
100 Great Figure Drawings Analyzed
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This classic book, whose foremost author was one of the great artistic anatomy teachers of the twentieth century, is an invaluable instructor and reference guide for any professional, amateur, or student artist who depicts the human form.
Revealing the drawing principles behind one hundred...
The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted
Guided Lessons for Beginners and Experienced Artists
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Everything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren’t afraid—maybe you just didn’t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted**,** author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step lessons...
Draw 50 Endangered Animals
The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Humpback Whales, Giant Pandas, Gorillas, and More Friends We May Lose...
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Draw 50 Endangered Animals teaches artists of all levels how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step examples. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames has brought together an assortment of animals whose numbers are threatened, including classic favorites such as the giant panda, the humpback whale,...