ISBN: 1633221725 | 2016 | EPUB | 190 pages | 49 MB
The Everything Art Handbook is an all-inclusive, go-to resource for artists of any skill level.A refreshing, accessible compendium of materials and techniques, The Everything Art Handbook is the perfect all-inclusive resource for beginning artists wanting to experiment and play with a variety of art mediums and techniques. The Everything Art Handbook is divided into sections focusing on different art mediums, such as drawing, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, oil, calligraphy, mixed media, color, composition, and more. Each section includes a basic overview of the technique, instructions for selecting and working with the right tools and materials, step-by-step sample artwork, and helpful sidebars with advice from professional artists. Using clear, informative explanations and tips for selecting the right tools and achieving the best results, The Everything Art Handbook is an approachable reference guide for contemporary artists of any skill level.
by Caroline Casey and Chris Fischbach
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1566894115 | 185 Pages | True PDF | 0.8 MB
"Coffee House Press, a major nonprofit publisher, recently launched a Kickstarter for a book examining the Internet's cat video fetish. The book, if the Kickstarter campaign reaches its $25,000 goal, will be titled Cat is Art Spelled Wrong, and examine themes like what makes something art, whether art is good or bad, and how taste develops. In other words, cat videos can actually be … pretty serious." — The Washington Post
London Summer Capital of Art 2016
English | 72 pages | True PDF | 31 MB
What is included:
Decorative & Ornamental Scroll Saw Patterns
Sterling | 2005 | PDF | ISBN: 1402727062 | 134 pages | 25 Mb
- Compiled by master craftsman Patrick Spielman, this compilation offers the finest selection of decorative patterns and ideas for scroll-saw cutting. Woodworkers will derive inspiration from well over 100 projects originally created by Dirk Boelman, America's leading scroll-saw pattern designer. There's something for everyone and every taste: Halloween and Christmas ornaments; three-dimensional birds that look as if they're about to take flight; marching animals; man-in-the-moon earrings; a Victorian doll table and chair; and more. All the items make wonderful gifts and are perfect for selling at shops and crafts fairs.
Name: Better Figure Drawing | Author: Cecile Hardy | Format: PDF
Matthaus Merian, "1300 Real and Fanciful Animals from Seventeenth-Century Engravings (Dover Pictorial Archive)"
ISBN: 0486402371 | 1998 | EPUB | 144 pages | 44 MB
Unusual and imaginative illustrations, carefully arranged into 4 major divisions - quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects - include realistic and fanciful depictions of virtually every real animal, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons, and basilisks. Indispensable volume of royalty-free graphics for immediate use by commercial and graphic artists.
- PREFACE: The following pages were written during the year 1895. A somewhat wrong impression having been taken up in one or two instances regarding the illustrations to ' In the Valley of the Khone,' it may be well to state that the following illustrations were drawn especially for ' The Eomance of Spain,' and have not appeared, and will not appear, in connection with any other work.
The Renegades of Madison Avenue and the Golden Age of Advertising
2012 | PDF | 224 pages | English | 0762440902 | 7.3 Mb
Advertising is a business rooted in art, an art rooted in business, and it reached its peak in a specific place at a specific time: New York City at the end of the 1950s and through the ’60s.
AMC’s award-winning drama Mad Men has garnered awards for its portrayal of advertising executives. This engaging, insightful narrative reveals, for the first time, the lives and work of the real advertising men and women of that era. Just as portrayed in the series, these creative people were the stars of the real Madison Avenue. Their innate eccentricity, vanity, and imagination meant their behavior and lifestyle was as candid and original as their advertising.
160 pages | Tarcher (October 10, 2002) | 1585421952 | PDF | 130 MB
Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards. Now, in an essential companion to her bestselling classic, Edwards offers readers the key to mastering this art form: guided practice in their newfound creative abilities.
1001 Full-Size Patterns, Projects & Ideas - Better Homes & Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens | 2003 | PDF | ISBN: 0696216248 | 266 pages | 65 Mb
Season after season, you will have 1001 pattern, projects and ideas to craft just about everything your creative side can imagine. Whether you love to paint, sew, decoupage, snip, fold or glue -- you will find a variety of pattern styles to personalise your project. And with all the projects in this book, you will be tempted to try out a new technique or two -- ones you will master in no time! Features: full-size patterns, step-by-step project.
Woodwork: A Step-by-Step Photographic Guide to Successful Woodworking
DK Publishing | 2010 | ISBN-10: 0756643066 | 400 Pages | PDF | 71 MB
In the machine age there is a particular pleasure in working with wood, which Woodwork celebrates, both in the easy-to-follow instructions for mastering the core skills and in the projects at the end of the book that demonstrate them.
Publisher: U•X•L | ISBN: 1414404409 | edition 2006 | PDF | 634 pages | 22,3 mb
Grade 6 Up—Following the recent boom in the graphic-novel industry, and the growing acceptance of the genre in schools, this excellent work is the next logical step in reference publishing. Focusing on 75 authors and artists, it provides a solid resource for research, emphasizing influential masters of the field and those who create graphic novels primarily for youth. While not comprehensive, the essays feature a variety of creators, including a number of popular manga artists. Most include a photograph, biographical information, a sidebar listing the subject's best-known works, and a short bibliography of books, periodicals, and Web sites. Entries are written in a straightforward, lively voice that students will enjoy for both research and personal reading. The work downplays the adult materials by individual creators and is clear when materials mentioned are controversial. Also included are a short history of graphic novels, an essay on manga, and an annotated list of graphic-novel publishers
Publisher: Anova | 2007 | ISBN-10: 1843404230 | 272 pages | English | JPG | 51.5 Mb
Offering clear, concise knitting instructions, this series has served as a classic reference for handcrafters for more than thirty years. Lace can lend sophistication to any knitted project, and this updated guide features 250 lace and eyelet designs to delight knitters of all skill levels. From Butterfly Lace to Knotted Openwork to Open Diamonds with Bobbles, each swatch is accompanied by a helpful photograph and easy-to-follow instructions. Both new and classic yarn varieties are covered, and insider tips designed to facilitate personalization are featured throughout. Practical and simple to use, this all-in-one handbook even fits in a knitter’s travel bag.
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 0857292234 | edition 2010 | PDF | 330 pages | 18.2 mb
What is ‘design creativity’? It is impossible to answer this question without considering why human beings can – and do – ‘design’. Design creativity is instrumental in not only addressing social problems faced across the world, but also evoking an innate appreciation for beauty and a sense of personal contentment.
Design Creativity 2010 comprises advanced research findings on design creativity and perspectives on future directions of design creativity research. The papers included were presented and discussed at the first ICDC (International Conference on Design Creativity), which was held at Kobe, Japan, in 2010. Design Creativity 2010 encourages readers to enhance and expand their activities in the field of design creativity.
Publisher: A rchit ectu ral Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0750636327 | PDF | 320 pages | 16.1 MB
Public Places - Urban Spaces is a holistic guide to the many complex and interacting dimensions of urban design.
The discussion moves systematically through ideas, theories, research and the practice of urban design from an unrivalled range of sources. It aids the reader by gradually building the concepts one upon the other towards a total view of the subject.
Publisher: American Psychological Association | ISBN: 1591471206 | edition 2004 | PDF | 232 pages | 12.6 mb
Who is creative...and why? And what does it mean to be creative? Is a creative individual a master-of-all trades or a master of one? In other words, is creativity a generalized attribute or is it a domain-specific attribute? In Creativity: The Psychology of Creative Potential and Realization, authors ponder these questions and discuss the attributes that lead people to be creative in various fields such as the arts and letters, the sciences, and business. The emphasis of this volume is on the theoretical issue of whether the attributes that lead to creativity in one domain are the same as those that lead to creativity in another domain. Researchers and students alike will find these discussions delightfully intriguing. The study of creativity is burgeoning and multidisciplinary, in that it involves approaches of social, personality, cognitive, clinical, biological, differential, developmental, and educational psychology. The book will be of interest a wide range of psychologist, researchers and students