Art Techniques & Principles

The work of Henri Matisse (18691954) reflects an ongoing belief in the power of brilliant colors and simple forms. Though famed in particular for h...

Silverpoint, and metalpoint more generally, is the practice of marking with soft metal on a specifically prepared drawing surface. Practiced for ce...

Quickly learn the basics of brushwork, color mixing, and how to create gorgeous watercolor images while on the go! Designed for artists who are st...

Take your sketching practice to the next level with this practical and inspiring guide to drawing what you seeand beyond. Sketching from life is cr...

Urban sketching has become one of the biggest art trends of the last decade, with artists preferring to capture a scene on location rather than rel...

Stripes, Grids and Checks considers the nature of lines and assemblies of lines, including stripes and grids, as well as related phenomena such as ...

Learn how to draw a bestiary of supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, and discover their origins as you go.Yokai is a Japanese term for my...

Slow Looking can lead to unexpected and huge rewards. In Book One - Learning to Look Robert Cumming shares his own slow discovery of the pleasures ...

The Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting Techniques in Photoshop: Sci-fi and Fantasy is a step-by-step guide exploring the fundamental aspects of t...

This elegant Fourth Edition of Chip Sullivan's classic Drawing the Landscape shows how to use drawing as a path towards understanding the natural a...

Lisanne Heitel shows how a re-evaluation of coloration by Goethe and other renowned art theorists paved the way for a rediscovery of colours in the...

A passionate and purposeful book on finding real creativity through nature. An essential book for our times and all artists at whatever level. In h...

For the 26th book in his highly successful P&Q series, Kaffe has chosen a bucolic English farm as the inspiration for his new collection of qui...