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
Landscapes in Watercolour: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner by LOIS DAVIDSON
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art
Landscapesin Watercolour breaksdown ten progressively more challenging paintings into easy-to-achieve steps for theabsolute beginner. A variety of landscape paintings, from a midwinter farm and a sunny woodland to acoastal waterfront and boats in an estuary are featured. Each watercolor isbroken dow ...Show more
Ellis Rowan by National Library of Australia
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Artists of the National Library of Australia Ser.
'Petite, plucky and always immaculately dressed in the constraint of Victorian finery...throughout her life she was acclaimed internationally, winning 29 medals, and accolades from leading art critics. Her work was also collected by royalty, including Queen Victoria.' — Patricia Fullerton, 2002Ellis Row ...Show more
Paris in Ruins: Love, War and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee
$36.99 AUD
Category: Art
Impressionism--its dramatic depiction of light, its lovely evocation of the transience of everything--remains wildly popular. Crowds flock to exhibitions by its greatest artists--Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro. But as Sebastian Smee show ...Show more
Harold Cazneaux by National Library of Australia
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Artists of the National Library of Australia Ser.
'[Cazneaux’s] work is what matters, its place in the history of Australian photography and its influence on past, present and future generations of photographers.' — Max Dupain, 1978Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) is widely considered the greatest Australian photographer of the early twentieth century. In p ...Show more
Figure Drawing Without a Model by Ron Tiner
$52.99 AUD
Category: Art
A new edition of a classic title from a master artist! From the basics of drawing from life, to drawing the human figure from memory, Figure Drawing without a Model is the perfect introduction to the technique of drawing accurate and evocative figures without a life model. Author Ron Tiner offers a co ...Show more
Art Class: Flowers and Foliage: Creating Contemporary Botanical Art by Sarah Hankinson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Art Class Ser.
"Tap into your inner artist and create botanical art with this beginner-friendly guide. This book makes the beloved style of botanical art accessible to all. Starting with simple exercises like drawing with your non-dominant hand and timed sketches, artist Sarah Hankinson breaks down botanical art into ...Show more
Drawing for the Soul: Simple Drawing Projects for Beginners, to Calm, Soothe and Restore by ZOE INGRAM
$47.99 AUD
Category: Art
Learn how to use drawing to soothe your soul with this beginner's guide to drawing for relaxation. So many drawing books focus on the result of your drawing, but this fresh approach looks first at the process of drawing as a means to de-stress and unwind. Many people love the idea of drawing but hold th ...Show more
The New Book of Optical Illusions by Georg Ruschemeyer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art
The New Book of Optical Illusions is a mind-bending collection of 150 of the most significant optical phenomena, loosely grouped into 33 chapters according to particular visual effect. An optical illusion has two elements. One is the perceived illusion, what you see. It may be merging lines, moving shap ...Show more
From Angels to Werewolves: Human-Animal Hybrids in Art and Myth by PHILIP F. PALMEDO
$85.00 AUD
Category: Art
An abundantly illustrated, cross-cultural exploration of a near-universal category of mythical beings. The alluring mermaids sighted by lonely mariners. The winged angels, by turns avenging and comforting, that abound in Christian art. The fearsome Minotaur of Greek mythology. Animal-headed deities, fro ...Show more
Happy Flower Painting for Beginners - Sweet and Simple Instructions for 20 Beautiful Blooms by Bethany Adams
$44.99 AUD
Category: Art
First-time artists and flower lovers will unlock their creative potential with this beginner-friendly guide to painting! Budding artists will learn to paint 20 beautiful blooms with the expert instruction of professional painter and licensed artist Bethany Adams. From classic roses and hydrangeas to ch ...Show more