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Perspective Made Easy: Step by Step Drawing Lessons

Robbie Lee · IMPACT
Format: Print book

Understanding perspective is within reach!With Perspective Made Easy A Step-by-Step Guide, readers of all skill levels can learn how to draw the world around them- everything from cars, rooms, and landscapes to rockets, furniture, and pants- with realistic and convincing depth. The book...
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Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.

BEVERLY BOND · Atria / 37 INK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the founder of the mentoring organization and awards show Black Girls Rock! comes an inspiring and beautifully-designed tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world, featuring moving entries from icons like Kerry Washington, Angela Davis, Misty Copeland,...
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The Compendium of Fantasy Art Techniques: The Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Fantasy Worlds, Mystical Characters, and the Creatures of Your Own Worst Nightmares

Rob Alexander · Barron'S
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Artists interested in graphic novels, comic book illustration, or computer game graphics will find a veritable course load of instruction in this mega-fantasy art manual. Combining the best of three of Barron's top fantasy art titles, The Compendium of Fantasy Art Techniques presents easy-to...
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Impressionist Painting for the Landscape: Secrets for Successful Oil Painting

Cindy Salaski · North Light Books
Format: Hardcover

Learn to see, think and paint like an Impressionist master!Monet. Renoir. Van Gogh. Redfield. Garber. These beloved Impressionist masters continue to inspire with their rich and vivid artistry. Their styles and methods are alive and thriving today in the work of contemporary master George...
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Acrylic Painting for Encaustic Effects: 45 Wax Free Techniques

Sandra Duran Wilson · North Light Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Explore encaustic painting without wax!Discover 45 innovative ways to use acrylic paints, mediums and a variety of mixed-media art supplies to achieve the look of encaustic without the wax or the heat usually required. Compose and create intriguing works of art with fun techniques that...
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Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting: Fun, Creative and Innovative Techniques

Jo Toye · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Discover abstract painting with acrylics! "If you approach your art with a playful attitude you will be more apt to keep making art, and the more art you make, the better your art will be." --pg. 10 Like a diving board for creativity, Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting...
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Eyewitness to World War II: Unforgettable Stories and Photographs From History's Greatest Conflict

Stephen Hyslop · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Eyewitness to World War II brings you closer than ever before to the greatest challenge a generation of Americans had ever faced. The unforgettable story of World War II is told through the words of those who lived it--both on the battlefield and the home front--creating a dramatic tapestry...
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Finger Painting Weekend Workshop: A Beginner's Guide to Creating Brush-Free Works of Art

Iris Scott · Race Point Pub, 2015.
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Working with rich oil colors, Iris Scott will show you how to create a simple, brush-free impressionist painting just using your fingers!Leave your brushes behind! Iris Scott's revolutionary finger-painting courses are designed for everyone, especially beginners. Watch your paintings...
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The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic: Master techniques for painting stunning still lifes in acrylic

Varvara Harmon · Walter Foster
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Packed with beautiful illustrations and expert instruction, The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic is a comprehensive and indispensable resource for all aspiring painters.Designed for beginners and intermediate artists, The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic offers valuable drawing...
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The Art of Creative Lettering: Calligraphy Techniques, Projects and Alphabets: Includes 12 Complete Alphabets And Over 50 Step-By-Step Projects Shown In 1000 Photographs And Artwork

JANET MEHIGAN · Southwater
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Explains techniques and materials, with beautiful ideas to create and calligraphic alphabets to copy.
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Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

Joel Selvin · Dey Street Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic...
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Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined

Ron Miller · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

How have actual spaceships influenced the design of fictional ones like the Millenium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise? Did a fiction series in Collier's magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS? How have our depictions of space travel developed...
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The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture

David Bordwell · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert were three of America's most revered and widely read film critics, more famous than many of the movies they wrote about. But their remarkable contributions to the burgeoning American film criticism of the 1960s and beyond were deeply influenced...
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Heritage of Music

Michael Raeburn
Format: Book

This handsome new reference is an encyclopedic record of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present day. With a lively text and copious illustrations, each volume is a complete survey of the period it covers; together the four volumes present a history of Western music as
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