Arts / Painting

The Crossing Point: Selected Talks and Writings

by Mary Caroline Richards

A stunning example of poetic questioning.

Artist's Journal Workshop: Creating Your Life in Words and Pictures

by Cathy Johnson

Discover the Joy of Art Journaling

An artist's journal is a powerful creative tool, offering you a safe place to experiment, explore, consider and improve. Artist's Journal Workshop provides all the guidance,...

Fast Sketching Techniques: Capture the Fundamental Essence of Elusive Subjects

by Rankin David

It can happen at any moment - A powerful light effect. A telling gesture. A unique posture.

When you're struck by am image or impression you want to use in your art, you must record it - quickly! - before it's...

Calligraphy Magic: How to Create Lettering, Knotwork, Coloring and More

by Cari Buziak

Transform ordinary handwritten pieces into unique, artistic keepsakes, Calligraphy Magic makes the art of decorative lettering fun and achievable—even if you're a beginner.

Take it one simple pen-stroke at...

What Photography Is

by James Elkins

In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. In the...

Indie Rock Poster Book

by Yellow Bird Project & Andy J. Miller

From the authors of the popular Indie Rock Coloring Book, this poster book is a colorful celebration of indie rock music and art. Showcasing original artwork by thirty of today's cutting-edge illustrators—including...

Surface Treatment Workshop: Explore 45 Mixed-Media Techniques

by Darlene Olivia McElroy & Sandra Duran-Wilson

Breaking the Surface

Pondering how to begin a new piece of art? Surface Treatment Workshop has the answer! The authors of Image Transfer Workshop are back to show you 45 stepped-out mixed-media techniques that...

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art

by Gertrude Grace Sill

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Social Works

by Shannon Jackson

'a game-changer, a must-read for scholars, students and artists alike' - Tom Finkelpearl

At a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists...

Perspective Made Easy - A Step-By-Step Method for Learning the Basis of Drawing

by Ernest R. Norling

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Mellencamp: Paintings and Reflections

by John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp is one if the true Renaissance men of popular music. In the public spotlight for over twenty-five years, with a string of number one hits and multiplatinum records side to his artistic talent...

Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education

by New New Museum

For over a decade, Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education has served as the guide to multicultural art education, connecting everyday experience, social critique, and creative expression with classroom...

The Ultimate Guide To Colored Pencil: Over 40 step-by-step demonstrations for both traditional and watercolor pencils

by Gary Greene

With this easy-to-use handbook, best-selling author Gary Greene provides you with instant access to his best tips, tricks and techniques for creating exceptionally realistic colored pencil artwork. Whether you're...

Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)

by Arnold Scaasi

A fascinating read of personal experiences from the famed fashion designer that showcases the lives and contributions of iconic women -- from Jackie Kennedy to Elizabeth Taylor to Laura Bush to Princess Diana...

What Art Is - And Isn't: An Aesthetic Tract

by Donald Knowles Richardson

Synopsis: What Art Is - and Isn't is a fascinating, concise, and cogent explanation of the similarities and differences between art and design, of the role of craft and the computer, and their relationship with...

The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker

by Matthew Diffee & Robert Mankoff

Each week about fifty New Yorker cartoonists submit ten ideas, yielding five hundred cartoons for no more than twenty spots in the magazine. Arguably the most brilliant single-panel-gag cartoonists in the world...

How to See, How to Draw: Keys to Realistic Drawing

by Claudia Nice

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,...

Your Artist's Brain: Use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see - not what you think you see

by Carl Purcell

Overcome the obstacles to your artistic expression

Improving your artwork can be as simple as learning how to trust your eyes. Your Artist's Brain shows you how to portray even the most complex subjects by focusing...

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb

by Robert Jacobs

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future presents an international collaboration of scholars and artists who examine multiple reactions of popular culture and the arts to the advent of nuclear weapons. Featuring...

Jazz: the Basics

by Christopher Meeder

Jazz: The Basics gives a brief introduction to a century of jazz, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style. The heart of the book traces jazz's growth...