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Drawing Realistic Clothing and People with Lee Hammond
Lee Hammond - North Light Books
Format: Print book
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You can do it!If you've always wanted to draw realistic and believable clothing, then look no further! Lee Hammond drawing demystifies the process of drawing clothing through a series of easy-to-follow step-by-step demonstrations that will have you drawing like a pro in no time.With... |
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Wright
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer - Taschen, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed as the "father of skyscrapers," the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an architect of aspiration. He believed in giving cultivated American life its fitting architectural equivalent and applied his idealism to structures across the continent,... |
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The Art of Ballpoint: Experimentation, Exploration, and Techniques in Ink
Matt Rota - Rockport Publishers, 2015.
Format: Print book
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The Art of Ballpoint offers a historical perspective of the pen as an art medium and how it has evolved and grown in popularity. The book features several leading contemporary ballpoint artists who are creating complex and provocative masterpieces. They discuss their methods, the messages... |
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Oil & Acrylic: Acrylic Basics: Discover fundamental techniques for painting in acrylic
Janice Robertson - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Print book
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Perfect for beginning artists, Oil & Acrylic: Acrylic Basics begins with a comprehensive introduction to this evergreen and versatile medium, covering everything from tools and materials to color theory and fundamental techniques. Beginning artists will find helpful information about selecting... |
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The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location
Marc Taro Holmes - North Light Books
Format: Book
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Make the world your studio!Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town.Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed... |
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Lichtenstein
Janis Hendrickson - Taschen
Format: Print book
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The Pop star: When art went Whaam!American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) pioneered a new epoch in American art, bursting onto a scene dominated by Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New York and defining a new art vocabulary for a new era.With his groundbreaking use of industrial... |
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Watercolor 365: Daily Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Leslie Redhead - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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A year's worth of tips, techniques, advice and more! Make watercolor a part of your daily life, turning every day into inspiration for your art. Designed to fit your life, Watercolor 365--the first watercolor book of its kind--provides a complete education in the medium, one bite-sized... |
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Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
TIM LEONG - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback
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Graphic design guru Tim Leong presents Star Wars trivia in an all-new way - through playful pie charts, bar graphs, and other data-driven infographics. From a Venn diagram of Yoda's idiosyncrasies to an organizational chart of the Empire to a line graph of Grand Moff Tarkin's management... |
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Klee
Susanna Partsch - Taschen
Format: Print book
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Thinking eye: A unique language of symbols, literature, and light With meticulous theories and many thousands of paintings, drawings, and watercolors, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is considered one of the most cerebral and prolific leaders of 20th century European art. Though typically small... |
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How to See, How to Draw: Keys to Realistic Drawing
Claudia Nice - North Light
Format: Print book
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Imagine having the ability to draw any subject with precision, detail and expression. With Claudia's help, you can do it! In How to See, How to Draw, you will discover how to tap into your powers of observation, strengthen your hand-eye connection, and draw the world around you with... |
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BODY: A Graphic Guide to Us
Steve Parker - Aurum Pr Ltd
Format: Print book
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BODY: A Graphic Guide to Us is the ultimate visual guide to the human body broken down into thematic sections of the physical, chemical, genetic, sensitive, coordinated, thinking, growing and medical body. Information fathered together by established author Steve Parker, will be beautifully... |
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The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA
Anthony Casillo - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood's most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly... |
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Chinese Landscape Painting Techniques for Watercolor
Lian Quan Zhen - North Light Books
Format: Print book
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Minimum stroke - maximum effectLearn how to make each brushstroke count when painting classically beautiful landscapes using a combination of traditional and modern watercolor techniques.Master artist and teacher Lian Quan Zhen shows how to blend Eastern and Western art theories, materials... |
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Hyper Nature
Philippe Martin - Firefly Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Philippe Martin revolutionized digital nature photography by "stacking" images. To take one photograph, he will shoot a subject hundreds of times, stack the images into a composite, and then clean up the composite image pixel by pixel. The result is a "quasi-3D" photograph... |
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The New Colored Pencil: Create Luminous Works with Innovative Materials and Techniques
Kristy Ann Kutch - Watson-Guptill Publications
Format: Paperback
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Start coloring, relieve stress, and learn to create radiant, original works of art using colored pencils, wax pastels, and watercolor pencils.Add vibrancy to your coloring creations with instruction from best-selling author and teacher Kristy Kutch as she guides you through recommendations... |
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The Inventor's Complete Handbook: How to Develop, Patent, and Commercialize Your Ideas
James L. Cairns - Atlantic Publishing Company Inc
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Touting his book as the best first read for an aspiring inventor, award-winning physicist/oceanographer and life-long inventor Cairns cites that the fundamentals of inventing must be acquired before they can be effectively applied. He begins with the idea: how to get one and what to do when... |
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Wayne White: Maybe Now I'll Get The Respect I So Richly Deserve
Todd Oldham - AMMO Books
Format: Print book
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Design guru and art collector Todd Oldham shines the spotlight on the clever and warped world of artist Wayne White. From Wayne's early days as a production designer and puppet maker for the iconic TV show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" to his unmistakable and exquisitely rendered... |
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1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor: Achieve precise color when painting landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more
William F Powell - Walter Foster Publishing; Spi edition
Format: Hardcover
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Just when you thought there was no hope of ever finding a comprehensive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists, along comes the 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor, a collection of Walter Foster's bestselling Color Mixing Recipes books, including... |
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Sketch!: The Non-Artist's Guide to Inspiration, Technique, and Drawing Daily Life
France Belleville-Van Stone - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback
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Drawing activities, art instruction, and advice for artists and non-artists alike. Urban sketching--the process of drawing on the go as a regular practice--is a hot trend in the drawing world. It's also a practical necessity for creatively minded people in a busy world. In this... |
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Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State
Indiana Bicentennial Commission. - M. T. Publishing Company, Inc., 2015. ©2015
Format: Hardcover
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This book is the official bicentennial book by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission. Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State is a patchwork quilt of images, prose and poetry commemorating our bicentennial. Incorporating a wide variety of Hoosier voices-individual, yet bound together... |
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No Excuses Watercolor Animals: A Field Guide to Painting
Gina Rossi Armfield - North Light
Format: Print book
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Experience the freedom of watercolor painting and let go of fear! You'll have no excuse not to paint when you follow Gina Rossi Armfield as she shares her intuitive and inspirational approach to sketching and painting animals. Watercolor is the perfect medium for capturing the flowing... |
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Painting in Acrylics: The Indispensable Guide
Lorena Kloosterboer - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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The technical secrets of a professional painter for the best results and more room for creativity. Painting in Acrylics: The Indispensable Guide provides comprehensive guidance for painters of all experience. Realist painter Lorena Kloosterboer, known for her exceptional technical skill,... |
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Queen - Easy Piano Collection
Queen. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Easy Piano Personality) . Ten top tunes from glam rock gods Queen arranged for easy piano: Another One Bites the Dust * Bohemian Rhapsody * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Don't Stop Me Now * Killer Queen * Somebody to Love * Under Pressure * We Are the Champions * We Will Rock You * You're... |
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Case Study Houses
Elizabeth A T Smith - Taschen
Format: Hardcover
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Modernism to the masses: Pioneering designs for affordable postwar homesThe Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with... |
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Illustration Now! Portraits
Julius Wiedemann - Taschen
Format: Print book
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Perfect likeness: Portraiture today, from caricature to realism The field of illustration has flourished over the last decade, with professionals working both by computer and by hand. In illustration, the single most challenging and captivating subject has been the portrait, frequently... |
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Bauhaus
Magdalena Droste - Taschen
Format: Print book
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Designs of the time: The most famous art school of modernity In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germany s Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideals for the future, the school developed apioneering fusion of fine... |
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Digital Photography Masterclass
Tom Ang - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Featuring tutorials, image analyses, assignments, and step-by-step image manipulation exercises, Digital Photography Masterclass explains how to see the world with a photographers eyes. Stunning images and stylish design make this book a great tool for anyone looking to learn about the technical... |
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Pop Art
Klaus Honnef - Taschen, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Whaam! When the kitschy, banal, and mass-market became art Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of the artist, and of what constituted... |
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The Complete Book of Guitar Scales: For Rock, Blues, Jazz, Fusion, Metal, Country, and Beyond
Phil Capone - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book
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Learn all the essential scale types in every key by reading the clear, easy-to-understand fingering diagrams and by listening to them on the accompanying CD, which also contains backing tracks that will allow you to practice, improvise, and write melodies using scales.Whether your musical... |
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John Wayne: The Life and Legend
Scott Eyman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more than 100 interviews with the actor's family, co-stars, and close associates, this revelatory biography shows how both the facts and fictions about Wayne illuminate his singular life.John Wayne... |
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Japanese Tattoos: History * Culture * Design
Brian Ashcraft - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? "Japanese Tattoos" is an insider's look at the world of Japanese "irezumi" (tattoos) . "Japanese Tattoos" explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid... |
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Black: A Celebration of a Culture
Deborah Willis - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Tucked away in the dusty halls of the Smithsonian archives and nearly forgotten by most historians, black culture is a vast, complex, interconnected web of different people, trends, and lifestyles. Deborah Willis has dug through the archives and hunted down the remnants that tell the wonderful... |
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Gaud
Maria Antonietta Crippa - Taschen, 2015.
Format: Print book
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God s architect: Gaudi s ravishing symbiosis between built environment and natural world From the towering Sagrada Familia to the shimmering, textured facade of Casa Batllo and the enchanting landscape of Park Guell, it s easy to see whyAntoni Gaudi (1852 1926) gained the epithet God s architect... |
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Botanical Line Drawing: 200 Step-by-Step Flowers, Leaves, Cacti, Succulents, and Other Items Found in Nature
Peggy Dean - Pigeon Letters, The
Format: Paperback
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Line Drawing is an easy art form featuring illustrative, doodle-like designs. It's used widely among artists of many types with both fine and bold lines, creating different variations. This book walks through drawing very simple doodles, into more elaborate, delicate illustrations,... |
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Ultimate Star Wars
Ryder Windham - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover
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Become an expert on the Star Wars galaxy!Ultimate Star Wars is an in-depth visual feast exploring the characters and storylines from the Star Wars galaxy. This is a beautifully illustrated guide that is structured chronologically and packed full of information about key characters and storylines... |
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Mixing Secrets for
Mike Senior - Focal Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Discover how to achieve release-quality mixes even in the smallest studios by applying power-user techniques from the world's most successful producers. Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio is a down-to-earth primer for small-studio enthusiasts who want chart-ready sonics in a hurry.... |
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Life Is Like a Musical: How to Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star
Tim Federle - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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A Self-Help Guide--with Jazz Hands! Life is Like a Musical features 50 wry, witty tips on getting ahead in life and love--all learned in the showbiz trenches. "Hilarious, wise, and one-of-a-kind. This book is so damn brilliant I'm surprised it didn't already exist." -- Sarah... |
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Love What Matters: Real People. Real Stories. Real Heart.
LoveWhatMatters - Red Seat Ventures
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Humans of New York comes a collection of authentic, emotional, and inspiring stories about life's most important moments, as curated by the editors at Love What Matters."90% of the reads bring me to tears.... |
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Hopper
Rolf G. Renner - TASCHEN
Format: Hardcover
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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, half a century after his death,... |
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The Recording Engineer's Handbook
Bobby Owsinski - Cengage Learning PTR; 3 edition
Format: Paperback
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Bobby Owsinski's The Recording Engineer's Handbook has become a music-industry standard, and this fully updated edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the art of audio recording. Written with special emphasis on today's technology and the evolving... |
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The Mixing Engineer's Handbook
Bobby Owsinski - Thomson Learning
Format: Print book
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Thanks to the revolution in affordable recording and mixing technology, more music is being written, produced, and mixed today than ever before. The mixer's art is now a unique blend of time-tested principles and skillful technique using the latest high-tech tools. If you're ready... |
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One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
Alan Paul - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth... |
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Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Mark Harris - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most legendary directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed forever by itIn Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark... |
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Digital Photography Complete Course
David Taylor - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Digital Photography Complete Course will help you build your photography skills step-by-step, with an independent photography course that guides you through every aspect of digital photography. Digital Photography Complete Course uses a combination of tutorials, step-by-step... |
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El Greco
Michael Scholz-Hänsel - Taschen
Format: Print book
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16th-century modern: The unique El Greco visionTo his contemporaries in late 16th-century Venice, El Greco (1541-1614) was a contrary fellow, an innate artist blessed with extraordinary talent, but stubborn in the pursuit of his own path. Throughout his career, as he progressed from Crete... |
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Painting Party: Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Anna Bartlett - North Light Books
Format: Print book
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Shiny happy paintings you can complete in an evening! Simply follow the steps to fun, beautiful paintings! Anna Bartlett has led hundreds of enthusiastic new painters through paint-alongs in her studio. It's a fun, stress-free way to experience the joy of painting while completing an original... |
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The Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels
Dan Cooney - Barron's
Format: Print book
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Written for art students and beginners who want to illustrate for comics and graphic novels, this book provides a thorough grounding in drawing the human form. Explains how to pose and photograph models, and then use photos as reference for finished drawings Describes the essentials... |
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Chinese Watercolor Journeys With Lian Quan Zhen
Lian Quan Zhen - North Light Books
Format: Hardcover
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Take a journey with the master, Lian Quan Zhen!From landscapes and architecture to people and animals, Lian Quan Zhen has painted it all. Inside Chinese Watercolor Journeys with Lian Quan Zhen, you will see beautiful paintings in both the Chinese and Western styles. Filled with tips and stories,... |
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Modern Calligraphy Workshop: The Creative Art of Pen, Brush and Chalk Lettering
Imogen Owen - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Learn how to create beautiful, hand-lettered stationery, art, and other decorations with Modern Calligraphy, a sophisticated, interactive book full of exquisite sample alphabets, fun exercises, and simple step-by-step projects. From modern calligraphy in ink to hand lettering in chalk on blackboard... |
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The Complete Drawing Course: Your Step by Step Guide to Drawing and Sketching in Pencil, Ink, Charcoal, Pastel, or Colored Pencil
David Poxon - Chartwell Books, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2015. 2015.
Format: Print book
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Learn to sketch beautifully and effortlessly, just like the professionals!This book features 40 lessons, 14 side by side demonstrations where two different artists explore the same subject, and a wealth of exercises, all aimed at helping you learn skills with the maximum of enjoyment.With... |
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The Art of Zentangle: 50 inspiring drawings, designs & ideas for the meditative artist
Penny Raile - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Print book
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Zentangle® is a meditative process of creating art, wherein simple shapes and lines combine to make a complicated and interesting final piece of artwork. The focus of Zentangle is on the process of creation, rather than the end result. The beauty of Zentangle is that there is no right... |
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Underwater Babies
Seth Casteel - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Babies as youve never seen them before, from New York Times bestselling author and photographer Seth CasteelSeth Casteels innovative underwater photography has won him fans around the world. Now Casteel has turned his camera toward the only subjects who could rival his bestselling portraits... |
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Expressionism
Norbert Wolf - Taschen
Format: Print book
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This visceral life: Seeing the world through Expressionist eyes |
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Creative Colored Pencil: Easy and Innovative Techniques for Beautiful Painting
Gary Greene - North Light
Format: Print book
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New, easy & fun colored pencil techniques! In Creative Colored Pencil, you will find secrets for amazing new and never-before-seen techniques that will turn your everyday colored pencils (both traditional wax-based and water-soluble into liquid pencils! Whether you want to learn... |
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Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D For Dummies
Julie Adair King - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Get up to speed on your camera's settings Shoot with auto mode or explore manual settings Discover the keys to better images The fast way to better photos Get ready to start taking photos worth bragging about. Your Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D offers major photography power along with... |
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Magical Musical Tour: Rock and Pop in Film Soundtracks
K J Donnelly - Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Format: eBook
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The popular music industry has become completely interlinked with the film industry. The majority of mainstream films come with ready-attached songs that may or may not appear in the film but nevertheless will be used for publicity purposes and appear on a soundtrack album. In many cases,... |
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Music
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Produced in association with the Smithsonian and including images from The National Music Museum in South Dakota, Music: The Definitive Visual History guides readers through the progression of music since its prehistoric beginnings, discussing not just Western classical music, but music... |
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Texture in Colored Pencil: Techniques for Capturing Soft Realism
Kullberg Ann. - North Light
Format: Print book
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Create beautifully textured details in colored pencil--it's easier than you think! New in paperback! In Texture in Colored Pencil (formerly known as Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil) , learn to render lovely background and foreground elements in your colored pencil artwork with... |
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National Geographic The National Parks: An Illustrated History
Kim Heacox - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of Americas National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographics photographs, combined with an expertly told... |
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Dal
Gilles NeÌret - Taschen GmbH,
Format: Print book
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Lobsters and lunacy: The zaniest Surrealist of them all Painter, sculptor, writer, film-maker, and all-round showman Salvador Dal (1904-1989) was one of the twentieth century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. One of the first artists to apply the insights of Freudian psychoanalysis... |
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World War I in 40 Posters
Ann P Linder - Stackpole Books
Format: Print book
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Published during the war's centennial, this is the story of the First World War through forty propaganda posters. Essays explain each poster, unpacking the visual imagery and setting the poster within the military, political, social, and cultural history of the war.Informative, provocative,... |
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Drawing Secrets Revealed - Basics: How to Draw Anything
Sarah Parks - North Light Books
Format: Book
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Learn to draw anything you see!Discover the artists' "secrets" that make drawing accessible for everyone. Sarah Parks shares with you her favorite materials and the basic techniques that make it possible. Follow along as she guides you through 20+ demonstrations: You'll... |
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Simple Songs for Ukulele: The Easiest Tunes to Strum & Sing on Ukulele
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. - Hal Leonard Corporation
Format: Print book
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(Ukulele) . 50 favorites for standard G-C-E-A ukulele tuning, including: All Along the Watchtower * Burning House * Can't Help Falling in Love * Don't Worry, Be Happy * Folsom Prison Blues * Ho Hey * I'm Yours * King of the Road * Lava * Rude * Stand by Me * Sweet Home Alabama... |
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How to Read Music: Beginner Fundamentals of Music and How to Read Musical Notation
Erich Andreas - Createspace
Format: Print book
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Have you ever wanted to quickly learn how to read music? Today you will begin to read How to Read Music. This book will have you on your way to reading all types of music for guitar and piano. How to Read Music: Beginner Fundamentals of Music and How to Read Musical Notation is written... |
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The Louvre: All the Paintings
Erich Lessing - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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An historic publishing event! Endorsed by the Louvre and for the first time ever, every painting from the worlds most popular museum is available in one stunning book. All 3,022 paintings on display in the permanent painting collection of the Louvre are presented in full color in this striking,... |
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Oil & Acrylic: Oceans & Seascapes
Martin Clarke - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Book
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Capture breathtaking oceanic scenes in oil and acrylic with Oceans Seascapes After being introduced to the basic tools and materials needed to begin painting artists will learn specific techniques for painting realistic waves rocky shores and other seaside elements Filled with step-by-step... |
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Victoria
Helen Rappaport - Harper Design
Format: Print book
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The official companion to the Masterpiece presentation on PBS, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England's greatest monarchs. From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria follows... |
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Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print
Victoria Sancho Lobis - The Art Institute of Chicago
Format: Print book
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In the last decade of his life, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) undertook a printmaking project that changed the conventions of portraiture. In a series later named the Iconography, he portrayed artists alongside kings, courtiers, and diplomats - a radical departure from preexisting conventions.... |
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Degas
Bernd Growe - Taschen
Format: Print book
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Dance class: The master of bodies in motionMost commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834 1917) in fact defied easy categorization and instead developed a unique style, strongly influenced by Old Masters, the body in motion,... |
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Dadaism
Dietmar Elger - Taschen
Format: Print book
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Anti-meaning: Absurdity against the establishment Emerging amid the brutality of World War I, the revolutionaryDadamovement tookdisgust with the establishment as its starting point. From 1916 until the mid 1920s, artists in Zurich, Cologne, Hanover, Paris, and New York posed a radical assault... |
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Downton Abbey - A Celebration: The Official Companion to All Six Seasons
Jessica Fellowes - St. Martin's Press, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book
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"Downton Abbey set a new standard, and it's probable that in 20 or 50 years critics will look back and say that this was period drama at its very best, often imitated but never bettered." -- The Daily MailSince the moment we first entered Downton Abbey in 1912,... |
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The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space
David H. Devorkin - National Geographic Society
Format: Hardcover
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To celebrate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its 25 years of accomplishments, let The Hubble Cosmos fill your mind with big ideas, brilliant imagery, and a new understanding of the universe in which we live. Relive key moments in the monumental Hubble story, from launch through major... |
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You can draw! : simple techniques for realistic drawings
Leonardo Pereznieto - Sixth&Spring Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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"From the artist and international YouTube sensation Leonardo Pereznieto, his first-ever book teaching how to draw the highly realistic surfaces and textures that earned him millions of YouTube views"-- |
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Extreme Worlds
Francis Tsai - IMPACT; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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This is a highly practical guide for budding artists who want to create their own extreme sci-fi worlds. Core elements of sci-fi art are taught through ingenious exercises and eleven detailed step by step projects. Subjects covered include aliens, robots, space ships, weapons, space stations... |
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