Art Techniques & Principles

The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca artThe most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic mad...

A major reassessment of the methods and meaning of impressionismAt pivotal moments in his career, Claude Monet would go out with a fellow artist, p...

A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of printIn process and technique, printmaking is an a...

Landscapes in Watercolour is the perfect introduction for anyone who wants to start painting the world around them. Ten different landscape painti...

This third title in the highly popular Artist Master Series from 3dtotal Publishing offers a comprehensive guide to using perspective and depth suc...

The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists. Full of beautiful, intricate handpainted colour wheels and practical advice on using a...

A Cultural History of Color in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to the present, a time of extraordinary developments in colour science, philos...

A Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400. The medieval age saw an extraordinary burst of color - from illumina...

A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity covers the period 3000 BCE to 500 CE. Although the smooth, white marbles of Classical sculpture and archit...

Experiment with the modern and colourful aesthetic of this versatile and simple craft. Suminagashi, which translates simply as ink floating, is th...

The must-have guide for all artists who draw the human figure! This small, portable book presents a unique perspective on the head, face, and neck ...

A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920, when the world embraced color like never before. Inventions, suc...

Delve into the fascinating world of visual identities with Identity Designed: The Process, an essential resource by renowned graphic designer David...

A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800. From the Baroque to the Neo-classical, color transformed ar...

A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transformation. Innovations in color...

You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love. In this practical guide, professional artist Lisa Congdon reveals the...

A stunning and inspiring new exploration of how color can be expressed through fashion. Color consultant and curator Lauren Wager, author of the b...

Forces elude perception. Since antiquity, however, perception itself (aisthesis) has been considered a force (dynamis). Thinking about perception m...

This book explains the basic sketching techniques and decisions more in depth and provides much more step-by-step example drawings, which makes it ...

Charlotte Ribeyrol presents a fascinating (book)case study exploring the story of an extraordinary object, William Burgess (18271881) Great Bookcas...