Whether you work outdoors or in, understanding the effects of light and shadow is key to making your art lifelike and engaging. Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all recipe for painting light, this book shows ...

The New Acrylics by Rheni Tauchid Today's acrylics are the most adaptable art materials of the modern age, with a remarkably permanent and abundant palette. This sophisticated book shows how to handle acrylics and ...

Jean-Paul van Boxtel combines his talents as an artist and a photographer in this sumptuously illustrated guide to painting with acrylics. Covering all the latest trends in materials and techniques, this ...

New Directions in Printmaking - the technical side by Nik Semenoff This DVD can only be played on a computer (PC or Mac) using Adobe Reader version 9 or higher. It is full of tips for safer and easier printmak ...

Masterful Color: Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer By Layer by Arlene Steinberg By starting with an underpainting of complementary colors and gradually building layer upon layer, your final colors will be ...

Expressive Portraits: Creative Methods for Painting People by Jean Pederson. Contrast is the secret of Jean's powerful contemporary portraits - the play of round shapes against square, light against dark, ...

Discover how to create luminous landscapes using layers of soft pastel with renowned artist M. Katherine Hurley in this artistsnetwork.tv workshop. Start by learning about soft pastels, paper, and fixative, then ...

Bold Strokes: Dynamic Brushwork for Oils and Acrylics Bold Strokes: Dynamic Brushwork for Oils and Acrylics by Mark Christopher Weber Loosen up, load your brush and see how to paint thick, exuberant strokes ...

All the information you need to express your creativity in the most popular painting mediums-watercolor, acrylic, oil, colored pencil and pastel. Learn how to choose materials, orchestrate color and value for ...

Michelle Scragg is a renowned watercolor artist who reveals the secrets of her stunning paintings and fabric designs. Practical guidance including valuable step-by-step instructions shows how Michelle develops her ...

The techniques in this book are simple enough for beginners, yet the theme of the pieces - featuring pretty figures in fashionable poses - offer something new to the seasoned mixed-media artist. In addition to ...

Meaning in life is made, not found. In a raw-art journal, you don't need to know how to draw; you don't need to know how to write well. You don't need to worry about messing up techniques you've never attempted ...

Many of us want to learn “how to draw.” But as artist Anthony Ryder explains, it’s much more important to learn what to draw. In other words, to observe and draw what we actually see, rather than what we think we ...

New Acrylics: Essential Sourcebook by Rheni Tauchid. This in-depth resource explores the vast array of acrylic paints and mediums available today. It documents many paint and medium combinations, showing how such ...

Abstract Painting , by Vicky Perry Illustrated with work by more than sixty 20th-century and contemporary masters, this book discusses materials and specific techniques for creating successful abstract ...

This DVD will help you learn techniques to ge tthe most out of your Copic Sketch markers. Follow along as we make simp ...

In this in-depth look at the book as art, you will be guided through not only a wide variety of binding techniques and structure styles, but you will also learn a variety of mixed-media applications to create ...

Many artists find the move into abstraction a difficult and uncertain one because they lack the proper guidance needed to take this bold step. In this inspirational work ...

500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form The books chosen by publisher and teacher Steve Miller to appear in this richly illustrated volume capture the exciting diversity of the craft today. ...

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 ...