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Watercolors in a Weekend - Flowers (Watercolours in a Weekend)
Jill Bays
David & Charles
David & Charles
This book teaches complete beginners how to paint a beautiful floral watercolour in just one weekend by practicing the technique exercises on Saturday, then following them through to paint a picture on Sunday. It starts by introducing materials,...
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Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian
Rona Goffen
Yale University Press
Yale University Press
This enthralling book views the lives and greatest works of the Renaissance masters through the prism of their ardent rivalry. Rona Goffen, one of the most highly respected scholars of the Italian Renaissance today, brings Michelangelo, Leonardo,...
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Mr. Marshal's Flower Book
Alexander Marshal, The Royal Collection
Studio
Studio
A dazzling rendition of the seventeenth-century horticulturist’s famed watercolors . Alexander Marshal’s Florilegium , or flower book, is one of the most exquisite and fascinating historic works of botanical art. The only surviving compilation of...
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Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
Steven Naifeh
Woodward/White, Incorporated
Woodward/White, Incorporated
Jackson Pollock was more than a great artist, he was a creative force of nature. He changed not only the course of Western art, but our very definition of "art." He was the quintessential tortured genius, an American Vincent van Gogh, cut from the...
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Susan Seddon Boulet: The Goddess Paintings
Michael Babcock
Pomegranate Communications
Pomegranate Communications
Psyche, Athena, Gaia and forty-two other goddesses from diverse cultural traditions come to vibrant life through the luminous brush of Susan Seddon Boulet. Insightful text by writer Michael Babcock offers cultural and historical context for the work.
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Space (Creative Painting Series)
Gemma Guasch, Josep Asuncion
Barron's Educational Series
Barron's Educational Series
Titles in the distinctive “Creative Painting” art instruction series focus on creating highly finished, professional quality paintings, and are intended mainly for use by advanced art students. This volume concentrates on the widely divergent...
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Marvelous Murals You Can Paint
Gary Lord
North Light Books
North Light Books
With these completely illustrated, step-by-step techniques, anyone can paint spectacular murals for the home. Master muralists Gary Lord and David Schmidt present 15 magnificent projects - from mountains, woodlands and waterfalls to musical "swing"...
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Franz Kline
Harry F. Gaugh
Abbeville Press
Abbeville Press
Franz Kline spent years struggling to find a style for himself and then achieved "overnight success" with his dramatic black-and-white abstractions. They were in fact, so successful that they overwhelmed every other aspect of Kline's art, and as a...
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Drawing: Horses (HT11)
Walter T. Foster
Walter Foster
Walter Foster
With assistance from Michele Maltseff, artist Walter T. Foster shows you how to render a variety of different horse breeds in pencil, with tips on adding touches with charcoal, crayon, and brush and ink. In this step-by-step book, he explains not...
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