Art Techniques & Principles

Rendering Tips for the Costume Designer: Simple Steps for Better Drawing and Painting is a guide for students and costume designers who want to imp...

Anatomy for 3D Artists is an essential teaching guide for sculpting human anatomy. Non-software specific, it is packed with everything today's 3D a...

"Charming book for creative types who find a blank page a little too overwhelming." - The Guardian"In her charming journal-cum sketchbook, Matilda ...

Imaginarium: The Process Behind the Picturesis a compendium of practicaladvice and information covering thephotographic process-from ideacultivatio...

"Zak Sally grabs you by the eyes and drags you headlong into a vision of earnest struggle and serial revelation."--Jim Woodring "Zak Sally's Sammy...

The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both tradition...

"Magnificent! The best how-to manual ever published." - Kevin Kelly, Cool Tools Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1...

Learn how to confidently draw the human form from head to toe with this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide. Expert drawing instructor and stor...

As far as is known, Theophilus's was the only treatise on almost all the major arts that was produced during the thousand years of the Middle Ages....

You love to letter and you have a favorite alphabet. Now, let your calligraphy skills shine and take your talent to the next level! Discover ways t...

Motorisch-mechanische Zeichentechniken wie Pause, Abklatsch und Cut&Paste gehören zu den elementaren Werkstattpraktiken der Vormoderne. Sie wur...

Learn to Draw Dragons is a treasure trove of dragon designs offering over 50 original patterns to use across a variety of arts and crafts. It conta...

This text provides a complete step-by-step course in painting techniques, from getting started to achieving excellence. 50 full-scale projects, spe...

With his mythical depictions of demons and fabulous creatures, the Austrian graphic artist and illustrator Alfred Kubin (1877- 1959) was an early r...

The rules of composition have changed. Discover the new ideas that shape the art we make today. Art has changed beyond recognition since the princi...

Explores cities of exile from different perspectives and presents different methods and sources for exile and urban studies. The essays are written...

Explores cities of exile from different perspectives and presents different methods and sources for exile and urban studies. The essays are written...

Die thematisch breit gefächerte Reihe umfasst Schriften zur Kunst- und Bildwissenschaft, Kulturgeschichte und Philosophie.

Opens with several first-person anecdotes about the author’s life as a practicing artist and a discussion of the intellectual lineage of his vision...

Living Histories is a collection of new scholarship that explores histories of art education through a series of international contexts. The first ...

This volume brings together performance texts from nine productions by the experimental theatre company Lightwork and one playtext from Lightwork’s...