Art:

Pastel Painting Atelier
Essential Lessons in Techniques, Practices, and Materials
Written by Ellen Eagle

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $35.00

Revel in the luminous and vibrant qualities of pastel with Ellen Eagle’s essential course in the history, techniques, and practices of the medium. In this comprehensive yet intimate guide, Eagle explores pastel’s rich but relatively unexamined past, reveals her own personal influences and approaches, and guides you toward the discovery and...

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The Age of Insight
The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present
Written by Eric Kandel

Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $40.00

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner
Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $21.95

Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic... Read more >

The Artful Parent
Simple Ways to Fill Your Family's Life with Art and Creativity--Includes over 60 Art Projects for Children Ages 1 to 8
Written by Jean Van't Hul

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $21.95


Bring out your children’s creativity and imagination with more than 60 kids' art activities from the creator of www.ArtfulParent.com. 

Art making is a wonderfully fun way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening their fine motor skills and developing... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner Kawaii
How to Draw the Supercute Characters of Japanese Comics
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $21.99

Kawaii—so cute it hurts!

You probably know this already, but the superpopular manga genre of Kawaii is everywhere! From Hello Kitty to Pokémon, these supercute Kawaii creatures are taking over. These characters are intensely cute, simple to draw, and colorfully graphic. The Kawaii genre puts its supercute stamp on a variety... Read more >

Van Gogh
The Life
Written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith

Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $25.00

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner Shoujo
Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Most Popular Style of Japanese Comics
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $21.99

The ultimate guide to creating the most popular form of manga--shoujo!

If you’re reading this, you already love shoujo. But now you’ll be able to take the next step and actually write and draw your very own. The teen characters that populate the genre are outrageously cool, including magical girls, demon gals... Read more >

The Lady in Gold
The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
Written by Anne-Marie O'Connor

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $15.99

The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century Vienna that shaped it; and... Read more >

Manga for the Beginner Chibis
Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Super-Cute Characters of Japanese Comics
Written by Christopher Hart

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $21.99

The ultimate guide to creating chibis!

They populate manga with chunky bodies, oversized heads, and huge expressive eyes. They're schoolgirls and schoolboys, magical girls and mad scientists, fairies and fighter princesses, cyborgs and sci-fi secret agents, bikers and bad samurais, robots and rebel leaders. They've even got chubby pets and zany monster... Read more >

Colored Pencil Painting Bible
Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color and Ultrarealistic Effects
Written by Alyona Nickelsen

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $25.99

Groundbreaking new techniques for a favorite medium



• Dazzling colors, incredible realism—with simple you-can-do-it processes!

• Author is a top colored-pencil artist

Radiant color . . . painterly finishes . . . incredible realism. With colored pencils! Artists everywhere will be dazzled by the amazing new techniques created by Alyona Nickelsen and presented in... Read more >