Art Technique Books & Art Guides

A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there. It is also the story of how it was the crucible for the evolution most extraordinary species on Earth - Homo sapiens.

Whether you're an absolute beginner or advanced pastelist, this is the book you have been waiting for. Pastel painting secrets are revealed with explanations of techniques, demos, & diagrams.

Whether you're an absolute beginner or advanced pastelist, this is the book you have been waiting for. Pastel painting secrets are revealed with explanations of techniques, demos, & diagrams.

of a boreal sea. is a poetry collection grounded with deep reverence for nature, endearment of love, and respect for the intertwining of life and death. The narrative is peppered with gritty observations of the human condition and balanced by contemplative and spiritual elements of our relationships with each other and Mother Earth. of a boreal sea. is a personal, heartfelt vignette touching on themes of love, death, and nature that so many of us are inspired by and find solace within.

Have you ever come face to face with the devil? In a tapestry of sports, business, and dating, there is an evil presence that is not quite visible to anyone: The Bedroom Strangler. A serial killer that scales fifteen storey buildings, enters through the balcony, and stealthily slithers under the bedroom bed, with the sole intent of raping and murdering innocent women in their sleep. He has been classified as the worst serial killer in Ontario history and Canada's most dangerous criminal ever, o

I've designed this book so that every artist from ages 4 to 104 can have fun, play with color and allow their imagination to take hold. Each drawing is subjective, and with that, everyone sees something different. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. A percentage from the net proceeds of this book will go towards Mental Health initiatives.

Making and Collaboration covers a single year's creative studio journey by Hugh Merrill and a collaboration with artist and poet Jeanette Powers. The work Merrill created covers a number of themes and ideas moving from the fluidity of geometric forms in space, to political works about his family concerning race and power, on to drawings related to Gorge Grosz's Ecce Homo and more. When asked about the exhibition Merrill responded " at its base is creativity, creativity as content, embedded in a

Enthusiastic photographers of all levels aspire to take good quality photographs that capture their subject's spirit, reflecting what they felt and remembered about the experience. To create memorable photographs, one needs to start with the basics. With ten essential and easy to understand tips, this book explains how to use your digital camera and take better photos of your favourite subjects. If you are like many aspiring photographers overwhelmed and confused by technical terms and your

LOVE, LIFE, LOSS, AND LONGING is a poetry anthology separating poems about the philosophies of the world, or main aspects of reality, into four categories. Each of these categories serves in the text as a chapter, herein called books. The first section, LOVE, talks about the good. The second section, LIFE, discusses what is. The third section, LOSS, deals with the bad. The fourth section, LONGING, touches on what isn't. Together, all four make up what our emotions tap into w

Born into a family of artists across two generations on the maternal side and of avid lovers of nature and photography on the paternal side, Elan started to immerse in an artistic life since a very early age. Elan paints every day and she plays the piano too. When she gets shy, she often finds herself curled up in the couch watching episodes of My Little Pony. Her motto is "make life full of art and happiness", apparently conveyed down the lineage by her mom. Elan enjoys nothing more than her m

Marco Tad Polo is an ambitious tadpole who falls in love with Mariposa, a jaded monarch butterfly. The scandal forces the two to flee where they land in a vineyard where Marco decides to sell his soul to remain a tadpole while Mariposa is compelled to migrate to Mexico.

In December 2017, Steven M. Johnson saw he was getting upset by the daily antics of the U.S. President. He announced a "creativity counterattack" on Facebook. In this book, he shares the first 100 days of creating unplanned line and color experiments, and unique comics. Selected panels are enlarged as full pages in black and white for coloring.