Bad Boy
My Life On and Off the Canvas
Written by Eric Fischl and Michael Stone

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $12.99

In Bad Boy, renowned American artist Eric Fischl has written a penetrating, often searing exploration of his coming of age as an artist, and his search for a fresh narrative style in the highly charged and competitive New York art world in the 1970s and 1980s. With such notorious and controversial... 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 >

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

Format: eBook, 976 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $15.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable... Read more >

The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted
Guided Lessons for Beginners and Experienced Artists
Written by Kathleen Staiger

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2013
Price: $12.99

Everything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren’t afraid—maybe you just didn’t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted, author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step lessons that build to reinforce learning. Brush... Read more >

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: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $17.99

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 >

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

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 2, 2012
Price: $16.99

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 >

Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics
From the Legendary Creator of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X -Men, and Iron Man
Written by Stan Lee
Illustrated by Jack Kirby, John Romita, Sr., Neal Adams and Gil Kane

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2011
Price: $18.99

In Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics, Stan Lee reveals his secrets for:
 
* Costumes * Penciling, Inking & Coloring * Lettering & Word Balloons
* Digital Advances * Perspective & Foreshortening * What Makes Great Action * Page & Panel Layout * Covers * Creating a Portfolio * Getting Work

When it... Read more >

The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin

Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.99

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >

Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner

Written by Claire Watson Garcia

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $14.99

Based upon the author’s own successful workshops, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner helps new artists create competent, often eloquent drawings. A series of progressive lessons demonstrates such essential skills as recording edges, creating dimension, adding accuracy, developing value, balancing compositional elements, and drawing the human face, both frontal and... Read more >

Watercolor Painting
A Comprehensive Approach to Mastering the Medium
Written by Tom Hoffmann

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $17.99

The beauty of a watercolor painting lies in its diaphanous layers, delicate strokes, and luminous washes. However, the very features that define the beauty of the medium can make it difficult to master. This complete guide to understanding the relationships between color, value, wetness, and composition unravels the mysteries of watercolor... Read more >