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The Sketchbook Challenge

Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Achieving Your Creative Goals

by Sue Bleiweiss ...

Have you ever bought a new sketchbook, opened to the first page, and thought, "Now what do I do?" Sue Bleiweiss and the talented minds behind The Sketchbook Challenge are here to help.Imagine a supportive community of artists sharing the innermost pages of their sketchbooks and offering you tips and techniques for overcoming creative blocks. That's what The Sketchbook Challenge is all about, and ... Read more

$8.60 AUD

Have you ever bought a new sketchbook, opened to the first page, and thought, "Now what do I do?" Sue Bleiweiss and the talented minds behind The Sketchbook Challenge are here to help.Imagine a supportive community of artists sharing the innermost pages of their sketchbooks and offering you tips and techniques for overcoming creative blocks. That's what The Sketchbook Challenge is all about, and
... Read more
Watercolour Lessons

How to Paint and Unwind with Tutorials (How to paint with watercolours for beginners)

by Emma Lefebvre ...

A Watercolour How-To Book for the Whimsical Creative"I am brand new to watercolor and this book is exactly what I needed. Highly recommended." —Amazon review#1 Bestseller in Watercolor Painting, Plants & Animals, Mixed Media & DecoratingTake a walk down the path of translucent pastels and delicate wet washes with Watercolour Lessons. Filled with engaging exercises, this vibrant guide contains step ... Read more

$11.87 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Watercolour How-To Book for the Whimsical Creative"I am brand new to watercolor and this book is exactly what I needed. Highly recommended." —Amazon review#1 Bestseller in Watercolor Painting, Plants & Animals, Mixed Media & DecoratingTake a walk down the path of translucent pastels and delicate wet washes with Watercolour Lessons. Filled with engaging exercises, this vibrant guide contains step
... Read more
Your Artist's Brain

Use the right side of your brain to draw and paint what you see - not what you think you see

by Carl Purcell ...

Overcome the obstacles to your artistic expressionImproving your artwork can be as simple as learning how to trust your eyes. Your Artist's Brain shows you how to portray even the most complex subjects by focusing on what you really see - not what you think you see.Expert art instructor Carl Purcell shows you how to overcome dependency on the "intellectual brain" and listen carefully to the more ... Read more

$25.43 AUD

Overcome the obstacles to your artistic expressionImproving your artwork can be as simple as learning how to trust your eyes. Your Artist's Brain shows you how to portray even the most complex subjects by focusing on what you really see - not what you think you see.Expert art instructor Carl Purcell shows you how to overcome dependency on the "intellectual brain" and listen carefully to the more
... Read more
Raw Art Journaling

by Quinn McDonald ...

Meaning in life is made, not found.In a raw-art journal, you don't need to know how to draw; you don't need to know how to write well. You don't need worry about messing up techniques you've never attempted before inside your raw-art journal. You just need to be you because raw art is you and it thrives on creative play, on experimentation and even on making mistakes.Raw Art Journaling will teach ... Read more

$12.76 AUD

Meaning in life is made, not found.In a raw-art journal, you don't need to know how to draw; you don't need to know how to write well. You don't need worry about messing up techniques you've never attempted before inside your raw-art journal. You just need to be you because raw art is you and it thrives on creative play, on experimentation and even on making mistakes.Raw Art Journaling will teach
... Read more
Creating Abstract Art

Ideas and Inspirations for Passionate Art-Making

by Dean Nimmer ...

Celebrate your own nonconformist place in the world of art.Going far beyond standard notions of developing an abstract "style" or particular "look," Creating Abstract Art unleashes the numerous possibilities that abound in your creative subconscious. Familiar obstacles such as "I don't know what to paint" or "How do I know if this is good?" are easily set aside as you explore fun exercises such as ... Read more

$7.42 AUD

Celebrate your own nonconformist place in the world of art.Going far beyond standard notions of developing an abstract "style" or particular "look," Creating Abstract Art unleashes the numerous possibilities that abound in your creative subconscious. Familiar obstacles such as "I don't know what to paint" or "How do I know if this is good?" are easily set aside as you explore fun exercises such as
... Read more
Mixed-Media Mosaics

Techniques and Projects Using Polymer Clay Tiles, Beads & Other Embellishments

by Laurie Mika ...

Imagine beautiful mosaic pieces with tiles that you easily create yourself!Mixed-Media Mosaics offers a fresh, new approach to a traditional art form. By making your own tiles from polymer clay, you control the size, shape, color and even the texture, resulting in beautiful finished pieces that include tabletops, boxes, jewelry and shrines.In addition to learning traditional tiling techniques such ... Read more

$17.02 AUD

Imagine beautiful mosaic pieces with tiles that you easily create yourself!Mixed-Media Mosaics offers a fresh, new approach to a traditional art form. By making your own tiles from polymer clay, you control the size, shape, color and even the texture, resulting in beautiful finished pieces that include tabletops, boxes, jewelry and shrines.In addition to learning traditional tiling techniques such
... Read more
Newspaper Blackout

by Austin Kleon ...

Poet and cartoonist Austin Kleon has discovered a new way to read between the lines. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, he constructs through deconstruction—eliminating the words he doesn't need to create a new art form: Newspaper Blackout poetry.Highly original, Kleon's verse ranges from provocative to lighthearted, and from moving to hysterically funny, and undoubtedly ... Read more

$13.99 AUD

Poet and cartoonist Austin Kleon has discovered a new way to read between the lines. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, he constructs through deconstruction—eliminating the words he doesn't need to create a new art form: Newspaper Blackout poetry.Highly original, Kleon's verse ranges from provocative to lighthearted, and from moving to hysterically funny, and undoubtedly
... Read more
Henri Matisse

A Second Life

by Alastair Sooke ...

Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century's greatest artists'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.'Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then ... Read more

$9.99 AUD

Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century's greatest artists'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.'Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then
... Read more
Abstract Art Painting

Expressions in Mixed Media

by Debora Stewart ...

Would you love to take your art in a new direction?In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting to bring structure and depth to your art. In addition you'll begin to understand how to work in a series ... Read more

$17.02 AUD

Would you love to take your art in a new direction?In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting to bring structure and depth to your art. In addition you'll begin to understand how to work in a series
... Read more
Figurative Painting with Collage

by Rod Judkins ...

Collage is an innovative and exciting technique that invigorates the artistic process through unusual associations and dislocated imagery. This practical book shows how collage can be used to portray the figure in new and challenging ways. Written for both novices and experienced artists, it explains the fundamental techniques used to manipulate different paints and collage, whilst encouraging ... Read more

$21.47 AUD

Collage is an innovative and exciting technique that invigorates the artistic process through unusual associations and dislocated imagery. This practical book shows how collage can be used to portray the figure in new and challenging ways. Written for both novices and experienced artists, it explains the fundamental techniques used to manipulate different paints and collage, whilst encouraging
... Read more
Art Journey - Abstract Painting

A Celebration of Contemporary Art

Edited by Jamie Markle ...

Series series Art Journey
An Inspired Collection of the Best of Abstract Art!Abstract art is a visual language--a riot of color, a profound explosion of texture and shape, a quiet collision of forms. Dynamic works of art can showcase pastel painting, showcase watercolor flowers, or even build off pen and ink drawings. Abstract artists are limited only by their imagination. And through instinct, composition and an inspired ... Read more

$23.55 AUD

An Inspired Collection of the Best of Abstract Art!Abstract art is a visual language--a riot of color, a profound explosion of texture and shape, a quiet collision of forms. Dynamic works of art can showcase pastel painting, showcase watercolor flowers, or even build off pen and ink drawings. Abstract artists are limited only by their imagination. And through instinct, composition and an inspired
... Read more
Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting

Fun, Creative and Innovative Techniques

by Jo Toye ...

Discover abstract painting with acrylics!"If you approach your art with a playful attitude you will be more apt to keep making art, and the more art you make, the better your art will be." --pg. 10Like a diving board for creativity, Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting will help you plunge joyfully into artmaking. With the belief that an attitude of playfulness is key to artistic growth, ... Read more

$18.40 AUD

Discover abstract painting with acrylics!"If you approach your art with a playful attitude you will be more apt to keep making art, and the more art you make, the better your art will be." --pg. 10Like a diving board for creativity, Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting will help you plunge joyfully into artmaking. With the belief that an attitude of playfulness is key to artistic growth,
... Read more
The Photographer's Eye (Definitive Edition)

Composition and Design for Better Photos

by Michael Freeman ...

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MICHAEL FREEMAN - COMING JULY 2025With 30% new content and never-before-seen images, Michael Freeman brings his ground-breaking book, The Photographer's Eye, up to date with a fresh look and the latest developments in digital photography.Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful ... Read more

$24.99 AUD

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MICHAEL FREEMAN - COMING JULY 2025With 30% new content and never-before-seen images, Michael Freeman brings his ground-breaking book, The Photographer's Eye, up to date with a fresh look and the latest developments in digital photography.Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful
... Read more
Acrylic Painting for Encaustic Effects

45 Wax Free Techniques

by Sandra Duran Wilson ...

Explore encaustic painting without wax!Discover 45 innovative ways to use acrylic paints, mediums and a variety of mixed-media art supplies to achieve the look of encaustic without the wax or the heat usually required. Compose and create intriguing works of art with fun techniques that include creating crackles, carving with stencils, making wax-like elements, adding image transfers and so much ... Read more

$15.73 AUD

Explore encaustic painting without wax!Discover 45 innovative ways to use acrylic paints, mediums and a variety of mixed-media art supplies to achieve the look of encaustic without the wax or the heat usually required. Compose and create intriguing works of art with fun techniques that include creating crackles, carving with stencils, making wax-like elements, adding image transfers and so much
... Read more
Art Journal Freedom

How to Journal Creatively With Color & Composition

by Dina Wakley ...

Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom!Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal?It's true, art journaling has no "rules" and is a safe place for free expression of your one-of-a-kind life. But knowledge is ... Read more

$23.55 AUD

Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom!Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal?It's true, art journaling has no "rules" and is a safe place for free expression of your one-of-a-kind life. But knowledge is
... Read more
Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor

by Claudia Nice ...

Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color-a mixture of mediums and techniques-to suggest:• glass• cast iron• adobe and brick• sunrise and sunset• driftwood• leaf ... Read more

$24.05 AUD

Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color-a mixture of mediums and techniques-to suggest:• glass• cast iron• adobe and brick• sunrise and sunset• driftwood• leaf
... Read more
Burning Man

Art on Fire

by Jennifer Raiser, Sidney Erthal, Scott London, Leo Villareal ...

Every August, tens of thousands of participants gather to celebrate artistic expression in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert. This vastly inhospitable location, called the playa, is the site of Burning Man, where, within a 9-mile fence, artists called Burners create a temporary city devoted to art and participation. Braving extreme elements, over two hundred wildly ambitious works of art are ... Read more

$37.02 AUD

Every August, tens of thousands of participants gather to celebrate artistic expression in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert. This vastly inhospitable location, called the playa, is the site of Burning Man, where, within a 9-mile fence, artists called Burners create a temporary city devoted to art and participation. Braving extreme elements, over two hundred wildly ambitious works of art are
... Read more
Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso's & Husain's Paintings. (Part 1)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, #1

by Dr. Harpal Sodhi ...

Series Book 1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso’s & Husain’s PaintingsBy: Dr. Harpal SodhiThe book, “Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso’s and Husain’s Paintings”, is a projection of master minds in the field of art. It reveals about the creative works of art that are not just show pieces to adorn rich homes, museums and art galleries but to bring awareness about human attitude and cultural heritage. The ... Read more

$12.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso’s & Husain’s PaintingsBy: Dr. Harpal SodhiThe book, “Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso’s and Husain’s Paintings”, is a projection of master minds in the field of art. It reveals about the creative works of art that are not just show pieces to adorn rich homes, museums and art galleries but to bring awareness about human attitude and cultural heritage. The
... Read more
Les liaisons mijotées entre l'art du collage et la gastronomie

by Pierre Jean Varet Pierre Jean Varet ...

Les liaisons mijotées entre l’art du collage et la gastronomie.par Pierre Jean Varet (fondateur du musée Artcolle)L'appel de la colle et de la casserole ...Existerait-il un lien, même infime, entre la pratique de l'art du collage et celle de la cuisine, voire un état d'esprit commun entre le collagiste et le faiseur de cuisine ?Cette interrogation, libre et hors de tous préjugés et d’académisme, a ... Read more

$6.99 AUD

Les liaisons mijotées entre l’art du collage et la gastronomie.par Pierre Jean Varet (fondateur du musée Artcolle)L'appel de la colle et de la casserole ...Existerait-il un lien, même infime, entre la pratique de l'art du collage et celle de la cuisine, voire un état d'esprit commun entre le collagiste et le faiseur de cuisine ?Cette interrogation, libre et hors de tous préjugés et d’académisme, a
... Read more
Alpha Bet A Test: Language in The Act of Disappearing • The Eye Am Eye Asemic Anthology

by Paul A. Toth ...

Eye Am Eye Books presents an astounding collection of asemic works with an Introduction by David Nadeau and Publisher's Foreword by Paul A. Toth. Featuring the works of Francesco Aprile, Ian S. Cross, Christopher Skinner, Cecil B. Lee, Ed Baker, Tatiana Roumelioti, Amanda Earl, Ali Znaidi, Gheorghe Marian Negutu, Gregg Simpson, Nico Vassilakis, Laura Dimitrova, Anneke Baeten, billy bob beamer, ... Read more

$6.99 AUD

Eye Am Eye Books presents an astounding collection of asemic works with an Introduction by David Nadeau and Publisher's Foreword by Paul A. Toth. Featuring the works of Francesco Aprile, Ian S. Cross, Christopher Skinner, Cecil B. Lee, Ed Baker, Tatiana Roumelioti, Amanda Earl, Ali Znaidi, Gheorghe Marian Negutu, Gregg Simpson, Nico Vassilakis, Laura Dimitrova, Anneke Baeten, billy bob beamer,
... Read more
The Ultimate Guide to Epoxy Resin Art for Beginners

Tips and Techniques to Mixing, Pouring, and Crafting Unique Epoxy Resin Art Pieces

by Valerie D. Hering ...

Are you seeking an innovative and entertaining approach to exhibit your artistic side?Epoxy resin art is the only thing you need!This innovative new media offers countless opportunities for unique and magnificent works, making it ideal for novice and seasoned artists.Author and artist; Valerie D. Hering walks you through the ins and outs of working with epoxy resin in "The Ultimate Guide to Epoxy ... Read more

$8.31 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you seeking an innovative and entertaining approach to exhibit your artistic side?Epoxy resin art is the only thing you need!This innovative new media offers countless opportunities for unique and magnificent works, making it ideal for novice and seasoned artists.Author and artist; Valerie D. Hering walks you through the ins and outs of working with epoxy resin in "The Ultimate Guide to Epoxy
... Read more
Art For Hotels

by Relja & Vida Penezic ...

ART FOR HOTELS paints a stunning picture of a migrant mind, through a unique and innovative blend of art and story-telling. Word HOTELS in the title is not used literally but as a symbol of a place where one stays when one is not at home. “A collection of 108 images and 4 written pieces,” explain the authors in the Introduction, “the book is a series of visual and narrative meditations on ... Read more

$10.55 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

ART FOR HOTELS paints a stunning picture of a migrant mind, through a unique and innovative blend of art and story-telling. Word HOTELS in the title is not used literally but as a symbol of a place where one stays when one is not at home. “A collection of 108 images and 4 written pieces,” explain the authors in the Introduction, “the book is a series of visual and narrative meditations on
... Read more
101 Top Techniques for Artists

Step-by-step art projects from over a hundred international artists

by SAA ...

101 Top Techniques for Artists is a colourful compendium packed full of practical tips and techniques by 101 of today’s most popular leading artists. Each technique is presented in clear, simple step-by-step instructions that describe how to complete the project yourself, including a full list of materials and detailed images to guide you along the way.Divided into seven chapters that cover ... Read more

$19.00 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

101 Top Techniques for Artists is a colourful compendium packed full of practical tips and techniques by 101 of today’s most popular leading artists. Each technique is presented in clear, simple step-by-step instructions that describe how to complete the project yourself, including a full list of materials and detailed images to guide you along the way.Divided into seven chapters that cover
... Read more
Night Animals

by Yusef Komunyakaa ...

Series series The Quarternote Chapbook Series
The poems in Night Animals, by Yusef Komunyakaa, climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we read them with an uncanny shiver of recognition. Without ever fully abandoning his human skin, Komunyakaa inhabits both the outer and inner lives of these creatures. The images are a brilliant match for the poems, each of Rachel Bliss’s surreal animals ... Read more

$18.31 AUD

The poems in Night Animals, by Yusef Komunyakaa, climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we read them with an uncanny shiver of recognition. Without ever fully abandoning his human skin, Komunyakaa inhabits both the outer and inner lives of these creatures. The images are a brilliant match for the poems, each of Rachel Bliss’s surreal animals
... Read more

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