Art History & Techniques

The essential guide to the most important masterpieces in history, revised and fully updated for 2018.

A practical and inspirational manual that shows you a huge range of color mixes in watercolor. Use the book as a handy reference when you want to know how to mix a specific color, or as a catalog of inspiration when seeking ideas to try in your work. The handy color viewing card included can be used to view each color swatch in isolation.

A draw-in, write-in journal to nurture creativity and mindfulness

Demonstrates the influence of photographs on culture and society, presenting some of the most important landmarks in the history of photography. This book focuses on images which are described and analyzed in aesthetic, historical, and artistic contexts.

does drawing make one 'see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still', as Hockney suggests? What significance do different media - from a Lascaux cave wall to an iPad - have for the way we see? What is the relationship between the images we make and the reality around us? This title deals with these questions.