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A fresh new guide to contemporary palette knife painting for
beginner and experienced artists, featuring step-by-step tutorials
on colour mixing, mark making, and a variety of painting techniques
to create your own unique abstract, landscape, and floral
paintings. Publisher's note: regrettably there were some production
problems with the first printing of this title. We have recalled
the affected books and new stock is now available. Author and
artist, Melissa McKinnon, has designed this book to take both the
beginner and experienced artist on a journey into impasto painting.
She begins with an overview of the essential tools and materials
you'll need to get started. Included are detailed instructions to
make your own stay-wet palette and how to combine thickening
mediums with acrylic paint to achieve the ideal consistency. There
are simple practice exercises to get you comfortable using a
palette knife, mixing colours and blending with a brush. Melissa
explains how to sculpt and control the paint to create a variety of
stunning textural effects. She demonstrates several mark making
techniques that you can use alone or in combination to create your
own expressive textured paintings, as well as an introduction to
colour theory and tips on composition. Once you feel confident with
the tools and paint, you'll learn how to create twelve different
textured landscape, floral, and abstract paintings with
step-by-step instructions. This series of paintings was designed to
help you put all of the techniques and colour theory you've learned
into beautiful paintings of your own. Melissa generously shares her
knowledge and expert tips gained from years of experience
developing her unique approach to palette knife painting. She
values experimentation and is always evolving her technique. The
last two projects explore alternative painting methods inviting you
to take your paintings one step further by incorporating new
materials and experimental techniques. Using the instructions in
this book you will become equipped to take your practise further
and continue to develop the skills you need to improve your
artwork. This book will become a trusted resource in your studio,
one that you can refer back to again and again as you grow and
evolve as an artist. When speaking about the book Melissa says:
"Painting with a palette knife can be intimidating even for
experienced artists. My goal is to simplify the process and show
you how easy and enjoyable this technique really is. Textured Art
is is a deep dive into my unique painting process that I've
developed over a lifetime of art making. Designed for both beginner
and experienced artists, I'll teach you step-by-step everything you
need to know to create colourful textured paintings of your own.
I'm confident this book will become a trusted resource in your
studio, one that you can refer back to again and again as you grow
and evolve as an artist."
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Fire
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Prix Pictet
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R1,081
Discovery Miles 10 810
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"It stood out for me for a number of reasons. The first, and by far
the most important to me, being that the composition is absolutely
gorgeous." - Tim Clinch, Amateur Photographer "Packed with
compelling visuals and important discussions around some of the
planet's biggest issues, it's an excellent compendium of some of
the world's best photographers working today." - Amateur
Photographer "As compelling in its visuals as it is in its
messaging, Fire is an unforgettable document." - Jonathan McIntosh,
Royal Photographic Society Journal Fire is the fourth element. It
destroys and creates something new. In its heat, colours, and
magnitude, it provides a terrifying spectacle as much as an
existential threat. Today, it speaks as much to the fragility of
human structures as to the damage wrought on nature: the fire at
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, forest fires from the Amazon to
Australia, and infernos in California so colossal that the sky
turned red. Reason enough for the Prix Pictet, the world's leading
award for photography and sustainability, to dedicate this year's
photo book to the many facets of fire. Selected by photography
experts from around the world, this impressive publication features
100 images from the Prix Pictet shortlist and beyond. As compelling
in its visuals as it is in its messaging, this is an unforgettable
document of an elemental force, and of the increasing extremes of
climate change.
Passionate about the visual arts as she is about the magic of
words, these 52 poems and 13 haikus are some of Bina Sarkar
Ellias's poems responding to images over many years. Her canvas
spans India, the world and beyond and the book evokes encounters
she has had with people, nature, art, photography, politics and
emotions. A tapestry of poetry interspersed with paintings by
classic masters of impressionist, post-impressionist, cubist and
contemporary art, it is woven with perception and sensitivity. In
her Introduction, the British poet Agnes Meadows says, "If art is a
reflection of life, and poetry is a reflection of the breadth of
human emotions, then `When Seeing Is Believing' embraces the whole
spectrum. It is a unique palette of observation and feeling you
will want to savour by reading it more than once, uncovering new
flavours each time you re-read." This book is supported by the
Morarka Foundation and proceeds from its sales will be donated to
the Missing Foundation and their effort to mentor and rehabilitate
survivors of human trafficking.
This book deals with the seminal surrealist. It explores Dali's
grandiose and grotesque oeuvre. Picasso called Dali "an outboard
motor that's always running." Dali thought himself a genius with a
right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter,
sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one
of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was
rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of
the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis
to the art of painting, approaching the subconscious with
extraordinary sensitivity and imagination. This publication
presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dali. After many
years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Neret finally
located all the paintings of this highly prolific artist. Many of
the works had been inaccessible for years - in fact so many that
almost half the illustrations in this book had rarely been seen.
Take your manga drawings to the next level with amazing outfits and
creative costumes. It just takes two details-wrinkles and shadows.
In How to Draw Clothing for Manga, you'll discover how adding a
tuck here, a gather there, and hiding some areas in shadow will
take your drawings from flat sketches to fantastic illustrations.
What you'll find inside: Basic techniques for drawing a variety of
fabric details, including pulled wrinkles, gathered folds, tucked
shapes, and more! Plus, learn how to express the differences
between stiff, thick fabric and soft fabric with drape. 35+ outfits
shown side by side with modeled photos to easily break down exactly
what to draw for a realistic finished look. From slim-fit tees to
skirts that twirl, every style is covered across all genders.
Practice line art to get you started mastering wrinkles and shadows
before adding details to your own work. With hundreds of sample
illustrations and step-by-step guidance, this is your must-have
guide to drawing clothes and costumes for your manga characters.
What are you waiting for? Grab your supplies and get started
drawing with style!
The ultimate guide to nature drawing and journaling! A potent
combination of art, science, and boundless enthusiasm, this art
instruction book from John Muir Laws (author of The Laws Guide to
Drawing Birds) is a how-to guide for becoming a better artist and a
more attentive naturalist. In straightforward text complemented by
step-by-step illustrations, dozens of exercises lead the hand and
mind through creating accurate reproductions of plants and animals
as well as landscapes, skies, and more. Laws provides clear,
practical advice for every step of the process for artists at every
level, from the basics of choosing supplies to advanced techniques.
While the book's advice will improve the skills of already
accomplished artists, the emphasis on seeing, learning, and feeling
will make this book valuable-even revelatory-to anyone interested
in the natural world, no matter how rudimentary their artistic
abilities.
A deluxe art book showcasing Posuka Demizu's incredible artwork
from the hit manga series. A beautiful hardcover art book featuring
full-color art, sketches, comments, and a Q&A with Kaiu Shirai
and Posuka Demizu about their popular manga series. Featuring
Posuka Demizu's incredible artwork, as well as creator commentary
and interviews, The Promised Neverland: Art Book World is a
beautiful and haunting gaze into the art of one of today's most
popular Shonen Jump manga series.
This richly diverse exploration of female artists and
self-portraits is a brilliant and poignant demonstration of
originality in works of haunting variety. The two earliest
self-portraits come from 12th-century illuminated manuscripts in
which nuns gaze at us across eight centuries. In 16th-century
Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola paints one of the longest series of
self-portraits, spanning adolescence to old age. In 17th-century
Holland, Judith Leyster shows herself at the easel as a relaxed,
self-assured professional. In the 18th century, artists from
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun to Angelica Kauffman express both passion
for their craft and the idea of femininity; and in the 19th the
salons and art schools at last open their doors to a host of
talented women artists, including Berthe Morisot, ushering in a new
and resonant self-confidence. The modern period demolishes taboos:
Alice Neel painting herself nude at eighty, Frida Kahlo rendering
physical pain, Cindy Sherman exploring identity, Marlene Dumas
dispensing with all boundaries. The full verve of Frances
Borzello's enthralling text, and the hypnotic intensity of the
accompanying self-portraits, is revealed to the full in this
inspiring book.
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Cezanne
(Hardcover)
Ulrike Becks-Malorny
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R476
R394
Discovery Miles 3 940
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In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside
near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), busily plied his
brush to landscapes and still lifes that would become anchors of
modern art. With compact, intense dabs of paint and bold new
approaches to light and space, he mediated the way from
Impressionism to the defining movements of the early 20th century
and became, in the words of both Matisse and Picasso, "father of us
all." This fresh artist introduction selects key works from
Cezanne's oeuvre to understand his development, innovation, and
crucial influence on modern art. From compositions of fruits and
pears to scenes of outdoor bathers, we trace his experimentation
with color, perspective, and texture to evoke "a harmony parallel
to Nature," as well as the very process of seeing and recording.
Along the way, we discover Cezanne's celebrated Card Players, his
layering of warm and cool hues to build up form and surface, and
the geometric rigor of his landscapes from the vicinity of
Aix-en-Provence, as bright with the light of southern France as
they are bold with a radical new rendering of dimensions and depth.
About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has
evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published.
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed
chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist,
covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise
biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
American artist, Joan Jonas' experimental projects in the late
sixties and early seventies were essential to the development of
contemporary performance, video, and conceptual art. Born in New
York in 1936, she is regarded as a pioneer of video art and
performance. Her work fuses video, dance, theatre, sculpture,
drawing. Her projects have included collaborations with dancers
like Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer and composers like Alvin
Lucier. She investigates space, perception and time, ritual
gestures, symbolic objects and stereotypes (especially female
cliches), and the magical role of the narrator who conveys a drama
in each action.
Scissors and glue stick at the ready... inject a wealth of
botanical beauty into your creative projects with this sumptuous
collection of images from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew archive.
Whether you're looking for vintage botanical ephemera to enhance
your journal or scrapbook pages, want to make your own collage art,
or simply have a range of botanical elements at your fingertips for
gift-wrapping, card-making, vision-boarding and more - this
stunning collection will give you over 500 images to cut out and
create with, in whatever way you choose. Featuring over 500 images,
this book presents a wide variety of botanical art across a range
of chapters - from flowers to cacti, fruit and vegetables, and even
fungi. The images are printed on one side only so that all images
can be used, and each page is backed with lovely botanical patterns
that can also be used as paper elements, so no scrap is wasted.
Botanical art is as popular today as it has ever been, perhaps even
more so, as we all realise the importance of connecting with nature
in an increasingly fast-paced world. It has been scientifically
proven that even looking at pictures of plants can have a calming
effect on the mind, lowering stress levels and supporting
relaxation. The same is true of making things by hand - away from
screens and digital distractions - and so combining the traditional
craft of collage with botanical art is an immensely mindful
activity that will benefit all who have a go. Alongside the 500
images, you will find guidance on how to use the book, with collage
ideas and tips and tricks for getting the most from this absorbing
art form. Cut it up, stick it down and watch your creative projects
blossom before your very eyes with this bumper book of botanical
illustrations from Kew.
A Christmas-themed mix-and-match rubber stamp set for adults to
create endless festive combinations. Jingle Stamps is a jolly
collection of twenty-two shapes and textures waiting to be mixed
and matched into any festive Christmas scene you can dream up.
Triangles become santa hats or, when stacked vertically, evergreen
trees. Dots and squares become wrapped gifts. The pieces of a
candle can be repurposed into a decorative ornament. An assortment
of shapes and textures offer infinite combinations and endless fun.
Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of
color, explorer of image and perception-for six decades, David
Hockney has been known as an artist who always finds new ways of
exploring the world and its representational possibilities. He has
consistently created unforgettable images: works with graphic lines
and integrated text in the Swinging Sixties in London; the famous
swimming pool series as a representation of the 1970s California
lifestyle; closely observed portraits and brightly colored,
oversized landscapes after his eventual return to his native
Yorkshire. In addition to drawings in which he transfers what he
sees directly onto paper, there are multiperspective Polaroid
collages that open up the space into a myriad of detailed views,
and iPad drawings in which he captures light using a most modern
medium-testaments to Hockney's enduring delight in experimentation.
This special edition has been newly assembled from the two volumes
of the David Hockney: A Bigger Book monograph to celebrate
TASCHEN's 40th anniversary. Hockney's life and work is presented
year by year as a dialogue between his works and voices from the
time period, alongside reviews and reflections by the artist in a
chronological text, supplemented by portrait photographs and
exhibition views. Together they open up new perspectives, page
after page, revealing how Hockney undertakes his artistic research,
how his painting develops, and where he finds inspiration for his
multifaceted work. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started
our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become
synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the
world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia
at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible
books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents
new editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
Whether your favourite medium is digital, traditional, or a mix of
both, Stockholm-based Feefal will have used it to explore her
unique world of anthropomorphised figures, animals in dream-like
settings, and cool-girl magic. Her spooky-cute style has been a
constant throughout her career, amassing 870K dedicated Instagram
followers who not only adore her art, but are always keen to know
the stories and inspiration behind it. Now for the first time,
Feefal has written a beautifully produced book, her work printed on
high-quality paper, providing the chance to not only show what she
does, but also how. 3dtotal Publishing excels at helping artists to
communicate both the motivations behind their unique creativity,
and the technical tips and tricks they use. Feefal shares the early
influences that put her on the path to becoming the professional
character designer she is today, including those of her
Swedish-Japanese upbringing. In doing so, the ideas behind
paintings such as Lamp Shade Lady, Understanding the Hahahaki
Disease (a fictional ailment caused by unrequited love) and Momento
Mori are explained. With galleries of curated classics intertwined
with step-by-step tutorials and fascinating insights into her
creative process, Feefal's work is as intriguing as it is
spellbinding.
Margaret Bloom's book introduces us to over 60 peg doll characters
to keep hands busy. This series of delightful craft projects will
inspire all the family to make and play creatively.
This charmingly illustrated book is an ideal guide to the art of
botanical drawing and painting. You should never hesitate to pull a
flower apart to understand how it fits together, to turn the
subject round until you are satisfied with its position, or to do
pencil sketches of it in various positions. From sketching basic
shapes and making volumes to creating textures and visualising the
colour spectrum, this book is here to teach you how to look and
observe, since you can only properly transcribe what you
understand. Through step-by-step demonstrations and with colourful
illustrations, Agathe Ravet-Haevermans teaches you how to recognise
and draw a wide variety of flowers and leaves, and covers the
textures and structural elements of a range of different plants
including succulents, vegetables, trees and grasses. Practical as
well as beautiful, The Art of Botanical Drawing is a necessary
addition to the bookshelves of anyone interested in botanical art.
This second volume from Titan Books is a collection of
world-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique paintings
captures breath-taking, otherworldly vistas on a massive scale. The
Art of John Harris II: Into the Blue is the third collection
(second collection published by Titan) of world-renowned visionary
artist John Harris' unique paintings that capture future worlds on
a massive scale, from vast landscapes and towering cities to
breath-taking vistas. Readers will get a unique insight into the
creative process behind the worlds depicted in the paintings as
Harris takes them on a journey from sketch to finished painting, as
well as his striking covers for a variety of esteemed science
fiction authors, including John Scalzi, Ben Bova, Jack McDevitt,
Orson Scott Card, Ann Leckie and many more.
As his personal circumstances move in constant flux, Ai Weiwei
remains a cultural magnet. Renowned for his political activism and
social media activity almost as much as for his social
interventions, contemporary approach to the readymade, and
knowledge of Chinese traditional crafts, Ai's fame extends
throughout and beyond the art world. Drawn from TASCHEN's limited
Collector's Edition, this monograph explores each of Ai's career
phases up until his release from Chinese custody. It features
extensive visual material to trace Ai's development from his early
New York days right through to his recent practice. Focus moments
include his international breakthrough in the early 2000s, his
porcelain Sunflower Seeds at the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern,
his response to the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, and his police
detention in 2011. With behind-the-scenes studio pictures,
production shots, and numerous statements derived from exclusive
interviews with Ai, we gain privileged access to the artist's
process, influences, and importance. The book includes texts from
Uli Sigg, Ai's longtime friend and former Swiss ambassador to China
and Roger M. Buergel, who curated the 2007 documenta and hosted the
artist's Fairytale piece. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we
started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has
become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms
around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and
aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of
incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40
series presents new editions of some of the stars of our
program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized
with the same commitment to impeccable production.
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