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Painter and illustrator Edward Bawden's five scrapbooks, assembled
over a period of more than 55 years, contain everything from
stamps, photographs, cigarette cards, Christmas cards and letters
to newspaper cuttings, drawings and autographs, amongst other
fascinating ephemera. Beautifully designed and illustrated with
over 250 images taken from these books, Edward Bawden Scrapbooks
reveals this wonderful and at times eccentric collection and
provides a new insight into one of the most popular artists of
20th-century Britain. The pages illustrated provide an alternative
window into Bawden's world, showing his very conscious awareness of
both Surrealism and the work of other contemporary designers and
typographers. But it is not only aficionados of Bawden who will be
beguiled by these scrapbooks: perusing them is like trawling
through an almanac of art, design and literature of the inter- and
post-war years and the work of other key artists of the era such as
Ben Nicholson, David Jones, Evelyn Dunbar, Eric Ravilious and Hugh
Casson also appears. Some pages are beautiful, some instructive and
others simply baffling but when taken in conjunction with Bawden's
watercolours, prints, illustrations, murals and other designs, the
scrapbooks are the closest thing we have to an autobiography of one
of the 20th-century's most reclusive and English of artists.
This gorgeous, fully illustrated handbook tells the story of
sketchnotes--why and how you can use them to capture your thinking
visually, remember key information more clearly, and share what
you've captured with others. Author Mike Rohde shows you how to
incorporate sketchnoting techniques into your note-taking
process--regardless of your artistic abilities--to help you better
process the information that you are hearing and seeing through
drawing, and to actually have fun taking notes.
The Sketchnote Handbook explains and illustrates practical
sketchnote techniques for taking visual notes at your own pace as
well as in real time during meetings and events. Rohde also
addresses most people's fear of drawing by showing, step-by-step,
how to quickly draw people, faces, type, and simple objects for
effective and fast sketchnoting. The book looks like a peek into
the author's private sketchnote journal, but it functions like a
beginner's guide to sketchnoting with easy-to-follow instructions
for drawing out your notes that will leave you itching to attend a
meeting just so you can draw about it.
Unicorns have appeared in mythological and religious texts for
thousands of years. Often the case of a mistranslation, or mistaken
identity, these mystical creatures have built a legendary history
that now revels in the landscapes of modern fantasy fiction, novels
and popular culture in general. This beautiful new book contains a
huge range of gorgeous unicorns, painted in many different styles
by modern artists, but all treated with the respect and wonder such
a creature deserves. See the magical forests, and the life-giving
rivers of the elven realms, the flowing tresses of the princesses
and white witches who tend the unicorn, see the young and the old,
the white and the black unicorns, and submit to this joyful
celebration of a mythology brought to life.
Delve into the art of menswear illustration and learn what it takes
to create professional, praiseworthy fashion sketches. With over
300 color examples, illustrator and educator Lamont O'Neal uses a
mixture of watercolor, marker, pencil and digital tools to help you
master fundamentals such as anatomy and proportion. Later chapters
focus on garment drawing, the principles of balance and movement as
well classic poses and how they can highlight a design. There's
also a guide to the history of menswear illustration, with
introductions to some of the most influential practitioners and
discussion of how to develop your own individual style by using
hand drawing as an expression of individual style and creativity.
There are also reference photographs showing how sketches and
illustrations relate to the finished garment, making this the
ultimate guide to drawing and rendering the male fashion figure.
Profiles: Cody Cannon, Carlos Aponte, Mengjie Di, Brian Lane, Ryan
McMenamy, Emee Mathew, Francisco Cortes Key topics: Drawing the
Male Fashion Figure, Movement, Drawing the Clothed Figure, Drawing
the Garment, Rendering Techniques, Digital Art
Magical realism is an international art movement characterized by
sublime fantasy worlds and creatures, executed in a highly detailed
technical style reminiscent of the Old Masters. This showcases over
200 color paintings from some of the best in the field. The work of
David Bowers, Claus Brusen, Gil Bruvel, Patrick Woodroffe, Kinuko
Craft, Daniel Merriam, and others is featured--several paintings
each--along with biography and commentary. Includes the Spectrum
Award-winning Petar Meseldzija, Americas Michael Parkes and British
Master of Fantasy Patrick Woodroffe, who's books have been printed
in third and forth editions and are still sold out, some are sold
second hand for very high prices.
Once a week a multitude of artists, comic drawers, graffiti
writers, alcoholics and workmen gather at a local restaurant to
drink beer and to create collective drawings. They call it Open
Book. Each picture grows randomly when up to 30 people send the
drawings between them. Everyone's lines are significant to the
final drawing, and you can not make mistakes. Amateurs participate
on the same conditions as professionals. The result is as weird as
wonderful.
From the 1950s through today, here is the "complete" visual history
of the rock concert poster: the funkiest bills advertising Elvis,
B.B. King, and Howlin' Wolf; the multicolored psychedelic
hallucinations promoting the Grateful Dead, Dylan, and the Doors;
the deliciously tasteless art for the Sex Pistols, Crime, and the
Clash. From the Red Dog Saloon in San Francisco, where the
psychedelic scene started, to CBGB, New York's punk Mecca, and
beyond. 1,500 images searched out world-wide from clubs, attics,
and bedrooms--as well as more formal collections--are reproduced in
their original blazing colors.
Replete with firsthand history--including exclusive interviews with
scores of insiders, poster artists, musicians, and promoters--this
is the ultimate high for the rock music fan, required reading for
the poster collector, a treasure trove for the graphic artist, and
a riotous feast for anyone who digs pop culture.
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