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Mitchell Smith's classic 1941 work presents a series of lessons
covering all aspects of the art of caricaturing. [Facsimile
reprint]
Presents paintings and drawings of Jewish Lithuania with
introductory articles. The artist's subjects are the poor people
that live where Jews once lived, synagogues and churches. The
captions explain the story of a lost community.
Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna (1638-1665) was one of the most
innovative and prolific artists of the Bolognese School. Not only a
painter, she was also a printmaker and a teacher. Based on
extensive archival documentation and primary sources — including
inventories, sale catalogues and her work diary — Elisabetta
Sirani provides an overview of the life, work, critical
fortune and legacy of this successful Baroque artist. Placing her
within the context of the post-Tridentine society that both
inhibited and supported her, Modesti examines Sirani's influence on
many of the artists studying at Bologna's school for professional
women artists, as well as her significance in the
professionalisation of women’s artistic practice in the
seventeenth century. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Elisabetta
Sirani focuses on women’s agency. More specifically, it
explores Sirani’s identity as both a woman and an artist,
including her professional ambition, self-fashioning and literary
construction as Bologna’s pre-eminent cultural heroine.
This book is a full-length study of the British novelist, poet, and
illustrator Stevie Smith (1902-1971). It draws on extensive
archival material to offer new insights into her work, challenging
conventional readings of her as an eccentric. It reveals the
careful control with which she managed her public persona,
reassesses her allusive poetry in the light of her own conflicted
response to written texts, and traces her simultaneous
preoccupation with and fear of her reading public. William May
considers the influence of artists such as George Grosz and Aubrey
Beardsley on her apparently artless illustrations and explores her
use of fiction and book reviews as a way of generating contexts for
her poetry, offering readers a fascinating in-depth study that not
only radically alters our understanding of Smith and her work, but
provides new perspectives on British twentieth-century poetry and
its reception.
The Practice and Science of Drawing is a work by English painter
Harold Speed, which includes different drawing techniques,
including chalk etc. H. Speed died in 1957.
Mitchell Smith's classic 1941 work presents a series of lessons
covering all aspects of the art of caricaturing. [Facsimile
reprint]
Zentangle Basics introduces you to today's hottest trend in drawing
meditation. Using only pencil, pen and paper, you'll learn how to
draw 25 original tangles and discover inspiring ideas for
incorporating these designs into your art. This expanded workbook
edition includes a bonus section where you can get started with
warm-up exercises, practice tangling, and experiment with strings
and shading. With benefits including stress relief, inspiration and
improved self-esteem, Zentangle can be done anywhere and no special
'artistic' talent is required. Tangles can be used to decorate
wearables and home decor objects as well as cards, scrapbook pages
and journals. Best of all, you can tangle even if you have never
drawn anything before.
THE SEQUEL TO THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLER DRAWING ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE BRAIN From the author of the world's most popular
drawing instruction manual Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain,
this new book helps you discover a new way of drawing and problem
solving. Betty Edwards reveals the role our dominant eye plays in
how we perceive, create, and are seen by those around us. Research
shows that much like being right-handed or left-handed, each of us
has a dominant eye, corresponding to the dominant side of our brain
- either verbal or perceptual. Once you learn the difference and
try your hand at the simple drawing exercises, you'll gain fresh
insights into how you perceive, think, and create. You'll learn how
to not just look but truly see. Generously illustrated throughout,
Drawing on the Dominant Eye offers a remarkable guided tour through
art history, psychology, and the creative process; a must-read for
anyone looking for a richer understanding of our art, our minds,
and ourselves. Praise for Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side
of the Brain: 'Hands down the best and most life-enhancing thing
I've done in lockdown' India Knight 'A guide to enhancing
creativity and artistic confidence' Independent
Arthur Wesley Dow taught at major American arts training
institutions for 30 years including Teachers College, Columbia
University; the Art Students League of New York; Pratt Institute;
and his own Ipswich Summer School of Art. His ideas were quite
revolutionary for the period, he taught that rather than copying
nature, art should be created by elements of the composition, like
line, mass and color. He taught many of America's leading artists
and craftspeople, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles J. Martin,
two of the Overbeck Sisters and the Byrdcliffe Colony.
One of the most popular drawing guides ever published, The Art of
Drawing has been an informative and thorough guide to several
generations of aspiring artists. For fifty years, Willy Pogany has
given the main principles of drawing in a simple, constructive way.
By following the sequences laid out in the lessons, students
quickly master the art of drawing. As a further aid, Pogany gives a
complete anatomical description of the body for each section,
including a list of all bones and a description of the muscles and
their uses. The Art of Drawing provides a complete drawing system
and includes hundreds of illustrations.
-- Whether you're embellishing field notes or learning a new skill,
you'll appreciate the easy directions in this guide
-- The clearest, easiest method yet for learning to draw Florida's
birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals
-- Shows the basic shapes of every type of Florida bird
-- Plants, trees, and landscapes also included
-- Each section includes a partially finished drawing for you to
complete
-- Lists the simple tools and materials you'll need
-- A great gift for budding artists or naturalists, adults and
children alike
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