Werner's Nomenclature of Colours - Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts by Patrick Syme
$36.99 AUD
Category: Art
A taxonomic guide to the colors of the natural world, with 13 palettes and 110 color swatches, cherished by artists and scientists for more than 2 centuries "Before Pantone, there was Werner's Nomenclature of Colours"--Architectural Digest This beautiful pocket-size facsimile is a charming artifact from ...Show more
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper
$64.99 AUD
Category: Art
William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created many individual paintings of various species that appealed to him, especially birds of paradise, cockatoos and hornbills. These paintings were often large with a broad techn ...Show more
Contemporary Paper Marbling - Design and Technique by Lucy McGrath
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
An illustrated introduction to an increasingly popular art form. The art of paper marbling is having a revival. Contemporary paper artist and author Lucy McGrath specializes in paper marbling and shares her skill and passion for this beautiful craft. Her book is a wonderful introduction to the craft fo ...Show more
Australian Abstract: Contemporary Abstract Painting by Amber Creswell Bell
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
'There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.' ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition of abstract art. It makes no attempt to represent reality; instead it has its own visu ...Show more
Lives of Rembrandt by JOACHIM VON SANDRART
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
Never before available complete in English, the three major contemporary sources for the life of Rembrandt. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (c.1606-1669) was the most talked-about painter of the seventeenth century and quite possibly of the following centuries too. His prodigious talent, extraordinary emot ...Show more
Drawing Manga Tell Exciting Stories with Amazing Characters and Skillful Compositions (With Over 1,000 illustrations) by Naoto Date, Kiyoshi Nitou
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art
Bring your manga to life with awesome action, powerful poses, body basics: IT'S ALL HERE!Learn the essentials of manga drawing from professional Japanese illustrators, and let them show you how to tell better stories with your manga art. Start with anatomy and body structure to create compelling charact ...Show more
Everyone Can Draw by Fifi Kuo
$22.99 AUD
Category: Art
Here is a unique book that celebrates the artist within each and every child--including YOU! Some people enjoy drawing characters, while other people prefer to draw scenes. Some love color, others choose black and white. Award-winning illustrator Fifi Kuo explores the many ways all children can create ...Show more
Book of Earth: A Guide to Ochre, Pigment, and Raw Color by Heidi Gustafson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
Art meets science in this guide to creating color with earth's extraordinary pigments and exploring their fascinating uses today and throughout historyPart anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a naturally occurring mineral used to make ...Show more
The White Road: A Pilgrimage of Sorts by Edmund De Waal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art
"Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first" A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white. Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de W ...Show more
Creature: Paintings, Drawings and Reflections (HB) by Shaun Tan
$64.95 AUD
Category: Art
A collection of Shaun Tan’s artwork from the past 25 years.The drawings and paintings in the book come from his work in picture books and other works including films and graphic novels. Others were created for no specific purpose beyond the desire to see what something looks like, or just to follow a sk ...Show more
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art by Penny Olsen
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia — from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers, n ...Show more
The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Imaginarium by Odd Dot
$46.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: The\Antiquarian Sticker Book Ser.
Delight in the pages of The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Imaginarium, a compendium of over 1,000 gorgeous stickers that will capture your imagination. Here, dreamlike collages, inspiring quotations, and vintage ephemera are illuminated in sticker form. This charming, gorgeously curated sticker book is ...Show more