Art and Design

Taking the top lessons, methods, and instruction from the best-selling Artist's Manual and Art Class, plus all-new material, The New Artist's Manual is a veritable bible for beginners as well as an invaluable reference for accomplished artists. This is the definitive hands-on art volume, covering the ins and outs of equipment and hundreds of techniques for painting and drawing. Comprehensive and easily referenced, The New Artist's Manual clearly explains all the artist's essential tools and materials how to choose them, how to use them, and how to care for them and includes detailed instructions on working with media ranging from watercolor to acrylic and from pencil to pastels. Packed with information on myriad techniques, from color use and composition to subject choice, numerous tips from professional working artists, plus a whopping 1300 color photos and illustrations, The New Artist's Manual is everything painters and illustrators need to begin, develop, and perfect their craft making it the definitive studio companion.

What is tempera? What is foreshortening? What is fresco? These terms—and more than 100 others—are explained and illustrated in Looking at Paintings.

Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time—and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. Classical Drawing Atelier is an atelier in a book—and the master is Juliette Aristides, a classically trained artist. On every page, Aristides uses the works of works of Old Masters and today’s most respected realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and inspiring, Classical Drawing Atelier is a serious art course for serious art students.

A brilliant guide to painting for those who want to understand their materials, the Painter's Studio Handbook enables painters who have limited time or money to get started or develop their skills without needing too much equipment, using basic good techniques.

What is the difference between etching and engraving, or between aquatint or mezzotint? What is bodycolour? And what exactly does it mean to say a work is ‘ascribed’ or ‘attributed’ to an artist? With the aid of generous illustrations, this essential reference guide defines and explains the techniques, processes and materials used in works of art on paper. Updated and expanded to include many more colour pictures as well as new entries on digital printmaking, copies, reproductions and fakes and a new appendix on the care of works of art on paper, it will be invaluable not only to all those wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of prints, drawings and watercolours, but also to anyone who is thinking of starting a collection.