ART BOOKS

Curious Creatures Colouring Book - Millie Marotta. Lose yourself in a riot of colouring and drawing as you bring the exotic creatures and plants in Millie Marotta's tropical wonderland to life.

Format: Paperback

Number of pages: 96

Illustrations: 80

Author: Millie Marotta

Dimensions:150x150 mm

Tropical Wonderland Colouring Book - Millie Marotta. Lose yourself in a riot of colouring and drawing as you bring the exotic creatures and plants in Millie Marotta?s tropical wonderland to life.

Format: Paperback

Number of pages: 96

Illustrations: 80

Author: Millie Marotta

Dimensions:150x150 mm

Mind Melt: Extreme Art Mazes to Color and Confound Extreme Art Mazes to Color and Confound features 25 colorful brain-stimulating mazes to solve as well as black-and-white versions to colour.

Oil Painters Bible - Marylin Scott Oil paint is such a responsive and versatile medium that no two painters need use it in exactly the same way and since its invention in Renaissance times it has never lost its popularity with artists. Amateurs also find it appealing both because it is enjoyable to use and because mistakes can be so easily rectified. This compact book explains all the materials techniques and different approaches to painting with oils. Step-by-step sequences show how to paint a range of themes from still life to portraits and landscapes with advice on more difficult subjects. There are also suggestions for presenting your finished paintings and how to go about getting your work seen and exhibited. Author: Marylin Scott

Painting with Bob Ross With artwork created by Bob Ross himself using his specially formulated oil paints brushes basecoats and other tools—introduces artists and Bob Ross fans to the basics of painting landscapes. Everyone will enjoy Painting with Bob Ross as his “happy accidents” approach makes this challenging subject matter enjoyable for all ages regardless of skill level and materials used.

Papercutting is a perfect craft for beginners, as you can achieve amazing results with the most basic of materials a pencil, eraser, craft knife or scalpel, a piece of paper and a cutting surface.

Pure Watercolour Painting A tour-de-force in the use of watercolour in its purest form. If you have ever wanted to produce watercolour paintings filled with light and radiance this inspirational and easy-to-follow guide will show you how. Learn how to use traditional watercolour techniques to produce beautiful contemporary paintings that are full of light colour and life. Packed with inspirational finished paintings and step-by-step projects this engaging book teaches you how to use watercolours in their purest form without the addition of any other media to create art that has a radiancy and luminosity that cannot be achieved in any other way. Author: Peter Cronin

Ready To Paint Watercolour Flowers Keen to paint. but your drawing skills let you down? This book provides pull-out tracings for five beautiful floral paintings, along with full step-by-step instructions for how to bring them to life with watercolour paint. Author: Wendy Tait

Ready To Paint Watercolour Landscapes People who want to learn to paint without relying on drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Terry's clear no-nonsense instructions show how to create beautiful watercolour landscapes using outlines provided as pull-out tracings. Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs. Five easy to follow projects. Six reusable tracings to pull out. Author: Terry Harrison

Sketch Your Best Self Book A fun how-to sketchbook for drawing portraits and selfies! Sketch Your Best Self is a quirky guide to drawing all kinds of faces starting with your own! The book is split into four sections covering the basics how to draw faces building bodies and selfie style. This comprises how to draw features how to create different expressions drawing bodies and limbs and lots of fun stuff including how to create a selfie in pop art style full colour monochrome and retro classics style. Edition: BC Paperback

A clear, comprehensive guide to colour mixing for the artist using oil paints. It begins with simple colour theory and a colour wheel, with a template provided so that readers can paint their own; a vital step towards understanding colour.

There is vividly illustrated guidance on complementary, warm and cool colours, colour tone, using a limited palette, dull and bright colours and factoring in local colour. There follows an array of essential colour mixes using widely available Winsor & Newton colours. A beautifully presented and practical guide to understanding and mixing colours.

Renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy, shares his invaluable expertise in this complete reference book for artists, including essential advice on painting still life, flowers and plants, landscapes, buildings, people and coastal scenery.

Packed with information and advice David Bellamy's Complete guide takes you through seven easy-to-follow demonstrations featuring over 250 step-by-step photographs and dozens of inspiring paintings.

Expert comic book and manga artist Yishan Li shows you how to achieve amazingly adorable drawings in just a few simple steps

Learn how to paint stunning watercolours filled with colour and light in Jean Haines' loose and expressive style.

If you love painting with watercolour and are ready to experiment with something different, then the versatile medium of gouache could be just the thing for you. This guide covers all the materials and tools required and has a comprehensive techniques section that includes overlaying colours, colour blending and troubleshooting.

In this book, Daniel reveals the surprisingly simple techniques used for creating incredible works of art on wood. There is advice on essential tools and materials, six stunning step-by-step projects and a gallery of basic patterns and borders. For those who want to take their skills further, there is guidance on working with spheres, gourds, antique wood and leather; and design ideas including birds, animals and fairies for decorating wooden items such as platters, stools and cutting boards.

In this inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

There is expert guidance on tools and materials, working from life, observation, and drawing and painting techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and colour and colour mixing. With numerous step-by-step studies, close-up photographs and examples of Billy's exquisite paintings, this book is not only packed full of invaluable advice and information but also a visually stunning showcase for the work of this amazing artist.

This exquisite book by the founders of the studio May &Berry shows you how to create beautiful messages through the combination of hand lettering and watercolour. Broken down into easy-to-follow stages you will soon learn how to use different pens and inks to produce gorgeous lettering embellished with simple yet stunningly effective watercolour motifs.

This practical book guides you gently through the materials and tools you need to get started and sets you on your hand-lettering journey with some simple exercises. There are then ten pretty step-by-step projects for you to try after which you'll be confidently creating your own handwritten artworks that you can display on your wall send as notecards to loved ones or use to decorate your journals and scrapbooks.

At the back of the book there is a treasure trove of gorgeous botanical-style motifs and borders along with four delightful alphabets created by the authors in a variety of scripts - perfect for gently encouraging beginners and inspiring more experienced hand-lettering artists to play with new designs and styles. This is followed by six handy worksheets on which to practise your letter-writing technique.

You'll soon find that hand lettering with watercolour is quick and fun to learn and a wonderful skill that will bring you joy for many years to come.

Authors: Sue Hiepler &Yasmin Reddig

Tangle Magic - Colouring Book by Jessica Palmer Discover 80 pages of spellbinding hand-drawn pictures with a magical theme for you to colour in. Each page includes a 'hidden charm' to be found within the design. Author: Jessica Palmer Format: Paperback Pages: 80 Size: 250 x 250 mm

The Art of Paint Pouring Tips techniques and step by step instructions for creating colourful poured art in acrylic. Author: Amanda Vanever

The Big Book of Tiny Art A modern inspirational guide to the art of the miniature. Author: Karen Libecap

A complete step-by-step guide to key colouring techniques using coloured pencils, with an inspirational gallery?showing how artists use them. An indispensable guide for anyone keen to learn coloured pencil techniques, or for the experienced artist who would like to build on their existing skills. Filled with information on the basic characteristics and colour ranges of the main kinds of?coloured pencil, and step-by-step visual demonstrations of key techniques from blending, blocking in and burning to sgraffito, stippling and impressing. The reader will not only discover how professional artists use imaginative and dynamic styles to interpret a wide range of subjects, but they will also be inspired by the 150-plus full-colour illustrations to create brilliant artworks of their own.

A new, up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive encyclopedia?of?oil painting by professional and award-winning artist, Jeremy Galton. A new, up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive encyclopedia by professional and award-winning artist, Jeremy Galton. Ideal for artists of all skill levels, this A-Z reference covers a multitude of topics concerning oil painting. The book is divided into two sections: the first provides step-by-step demonstrations that guide artists through a variety of techniques, from basic colour mixing through to creating special effects such as peinture a lessence and sgraffito. The second part focuses on themes, illustrating how individual artists tackle a number of common subjects, including landscapes, buildings, portraits, still life, skies and water. This resource provides a wealth of stimulating ideas to help artists ??? both amateurs and veterans ??? develop their own oil-painting style.

The Kew Book of Botanical Illustration A chapter on travel drawings gives a flavour of the author's passion and worldwide experience. There is a helpful section on suitable subjects for beginners and a glossary of terms. The text is highly illustrated throughout with beautiful paintings. Author: Christabel King