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1	Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals more books like this by Edward R Emberley Caldecott medalist Ed Emberley shows readers how to draw a menagerie of different animals--from polliwogs to gorillas--by using the simplest of shapes. The book will provide budding young artists with hours of art-full entertainment. Full color. see all copies from $2.96! new only from $3.65! \| SVS
2	The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican more books like this by Benjamin Blech, Rabbi, Roy Doliner Two top scholars reveal the secret messages of protest that Michelangelo had hidden in his Sistine Chapel masterpiece, encouraging travelers to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of the time. 16-page color photo insert. see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Shell Seekers more books like this by Rosamunde Pilcher Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London and Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children - and learned to accept them as they are. Yet she is far too energetic and independent to settle sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Gods and Generals more books like this by Jeff Shaara This is the interweaving story of four men. On the Union side, Joshua Chamberlain and Winfield Scott Hancock both became heroes at Gettysburg. For the Confederacy, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a failure at the Virginia Miltiary Academy, and Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest leaders of all time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling more books like this by Ross King In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He had been strongly advised against doing so. At 12,000 square feet, the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted; and the thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! more books like this by Karen Beaumont, David Catrow (Illustrator) A dab of blue here, a splash of red there, a goopy smear of green . . . "everywhere." To the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," one creative kid floods his world with color, painting first the walls, then the ceiling, then "HIMSELF! Before this feisty artist is through, he'll have painted his head, back, hands, legs, feet, and . . . Oh no- ... see all copies from $2.48! new only from $7.71! \| SVS
7	Draw 50 Animals more books like this by Lee J Ames A title in the acclaimed "Draw 50" series, this volume teaches budding artists to draw both furry and feathered friends. Other titles in the series include "Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft and Spacecraft", "Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks & Trains", "Draw 50 Cats", "Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies", "Draw 50 Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals", and "Draw 50 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.19! \| SVS
8	Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks & Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium more books like this by Nancy Reyner "Acrylic Revolution" will show readers everything they need to know to be successful in their acrylic painting projects. With over 101 of the most popular, interesting, and indispensable tricks for working with acrylic - each with its own step-by-step demonstration - there is literally page after age of acrylic instruction and inspiration for ... see all copies from $20.49! new only from $20.49! \| SVS
9	Squiggles: A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book more books like this by Taro Gomi This is no ordinary coloring book Following the enormously successful "Scribbles" and "Doodles," Taro Gomi invites kids of all ages to not only color, but paint, draw, and imagine. Playful drawings and fun-to-follow instructions make this book easy to start but hard to put down. Artists young and old will be inspired to break out their brushes ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $8.80! \| SVS
10	Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents more books like this by Nicholas Ganz A thorough and comprehensive treatment of graffiti as an art form, this book contains an historical account of the medium, profiles of and interviews with prominent artists, analysis of different styles and trends, and more. see all copies from $18.00! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Concerning the Spiritual in Art more books like this by Wassily Kandinsky Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Making Color Sing more books like this by Jeanne Dobie Through easy-to-follow exercises, this manual seeks to stimulate new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allowing artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readers are shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; how the push and pull of warm and cool colours ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $20.55! \| first editions
13 view cover	Carlson's guide to landscape painting more books like this by John F Carlson The whys and hows of the various aspects of landscape painting: angles and consequent values, perspective, painting of trees, more. 34 black-and-white reproductions of paintings by Carlson. 58 explanatory diagrams. see all copies from $6.22! new only from $7.52! \| SVS
14 view cover	Creating Textures in Watercolor: A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur more books like this by Cathy Ann Johnson Silken strands of hair. Water tumbling over rocks. Dazzling reflections in glass or metal. The textures of these elements make watercolour paintings come alive. They make the viewers feel as if they could "step right into" the scenes an artist has created. Here, expert Cathy Johnson shows them how to create these textures without creating a muddy ... see all copies from $11.56! new only from $22.18! \| first editions
15 view cover	Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book more books like this by Edward R Emberley Broken down into easy step-by-step diagrams, this book shows children how, with a few simple lines, they can transform their own thumbprint into a shaggy dog, a scaly fish, a funny frog, a scary spider, an angry face, a surfer, or even a halloween witch. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Painting flowers on rocks more books like this by Lin Wellford Providing full-colour photographs and simple line drawings artists can copy on their own rocks, this book shows how to turn ordinary rocks into various different flowers. No special skills are needed - just some acrylic paint.' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
17 view cover	Problem Solving for Oil Painters: Recognizing What's Gone Wrong and How to Make It Right more books like this by Gregg Kreutz This tutorial identifies the most common trouble spots in oil painting and helps artists to correct and avoid those mistakes. see all copies from $11.26! new only from $13.55! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Great American Pin-Up more books like this by Dr. Charles G Martignette, Louis K Meisel This illustrated text tells the story of the American pin-up as a genre as utterly American as the paintings of Edward Hopper. It describes the genre's origins and development, showcasing the most important artists. see all copies from $22.00! new only from $22.05! \| first editions
19 view cover	History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture more books like this by Frederick N Hartt Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture and architecture in Renaissance Italy from, this book focuses on works of art, their creators and the circumstances affecting their creation. The book is organized, chronologically, with individual chapters dedicated to developments in different ... see all copies from $3.21! new only from $62.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters more books like this by David Hockney David Hockney takes us on an enthralling intellectual and visual journey as he rewrites the story of how the great drawings and paintings of the last six centuries were created. He demonstrates for the first time how artists as far back as the 15th century used mirrors and lenses to project colour images onto flat surfaces and then captured these ... see all copies from $22.17! new only from $22.17! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics more books like this by Burton Silver, Heather Busch In 1994, WHY CATS PAINT took the art world and animal world by storm with its unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity. Following in its multicolored pawprints, WHY PAINT CATS ruffled fur in 2002 with its scholarly study of a controversial art movement that treats cats as canvas. Those seminal books in feline aesthetics are now offered ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Forgery of Venus more books like this by Michael Gruber Gruber creates a fascinating world of secrets, genius, and conspiracies and combines it with brilliant storytelling, complex characterizations, and sterling prose to produce this spellbinding novel. see all copies from $2.80! new only from $11.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting more books like this by Ian Roberts All elements of composition are covered. Readers will learn how to use a viewfinder to determine cropping and framing to create the best relationship of value masses. They will also learn to analyse paintings in terms of colour shapes of value, hue and intensity (also colour temperature) - the elements that make a painting. Roberts uses master ... see all copies from $15.92! new only from $16.24! \| SVS
24 view cover	Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice more books like this by Juliette Aristides In "Classical Painting Atelier", Aristides, a leader in the atelier movement, takes students step-by-step through the finest works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists; revealing the principles of creating full-colour realist still-life works, portraits and figure paintings. Rich in tradition, yet practical for today's artists ... see all copies from $26.49! new only from $26.49! \| SVS
25 view cover	Painting with Your Artist's Brain: Learn to Paint What You See - Not What You Think You See more books like this by Carl Purcell In order to effectively communicate the artist's spirit in our paintings, it is important that we listen carefully to what Carl Purcell calls our intuitive "visual brain". His decidedly clear and easy-to-understand illustrations bring out the visual aspects of painting immediately, but bring more pleasure into the painting process. His bulleted ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS

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