Books on Art
North Light Celebrate Your Creative Self Celebrate Your Creative Self
Retail: $28.99 (16% off!)
Celebrate Your Creative Self helps you act upon your artistic inspirations and joyfully appreciate the creative process. You'll develop the skills you need to express yourself and explore your favorite media.
Dover Painters on Painting Painters on Painting
Retail: $10.95 (17% off!)
From Boticelli's thoughts on his conflicts with church ideology to Holbein's impressions of the court of Henry VIII and Dali's definition of surrealism, this fascinating compilation features the opinions of the most celebrated painters of the Western world, from the 13th century
Watson-Guptill Drawing a Likeness Drawing a Likeness
Retail: $19.94 (24% off!)
This is a basic, practical book for anyone who has ever tried to draw or paint a portrait - students, amateurs, professionals and teachers. The volume is divided into three parts.
Watson-Guptill Painting Better Landscapes Painting Better Landscapes
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This book will provide practical information to help you "proofread" your paintings and make final adjustments so you can experience the "sweet smell of success.
Barron's All About Techniques in Oils All About Techniques in Oils
Retail: $26.99 (9% off!)
This book begins with advice on choosing pigments, canvas, and equipment, then shows you how to use brushes, knives, and other artists' tools.
Dover Great Portrait Drawings and Prints Great Portrait Drawings and Prints
Retail: $12.95 (17% off!)
Choice, original collection of 101 stunning portraits (16 in color) by a select group of world-famous artists, among them Peter Paul Rubens' Young Woman with Crossed Hands, Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Aurea Catena (Portrait of Mrs.
Chronicle Books Make Your Mark Make Your Mark
Retail: $24.95 (15% off!)
So many people want to explore the artist within, but don't know where to start. Make Your Mark is the answer.
Putnam Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors Color
Retail: $17.95 (8% off!)
Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards' bestseller The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Now, much as artists progress from drawing to painting, Edwards moves from black-and-white into color.
Chronicle Books Art Up Close From Ancient to Modern Art Up Close
Retail: $22.95 (15% off!)
Send children on a search for tiny details hidden in full-color reproductions of some of the world's most celebrated works of art. Lift-the-flap keys reveal the solutions to each puzzle and the fascinating stories behind the works that helped art develop throughout the ages.
Watson-Guptill Color Mixing Bible Color Mixing Bible
Retail: $24.95 (20% off!)
All You'll Ever Need to Know About Mixing Pigments in Watercolor, Pastel, Crayon, Acrylic, and Oil Mixing colors accurately may be an art unto itself. In fact, many artists are discouraged by the time and expense it takes to mix and match colors, and achieve the right results.