A Practical Guide to Cartooning by Ivan Hissey
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
This instructional guide begins with essential techniques - from the effects of varied pencils on different papers to the subtle differences between pen strokes and patterns. The many styles of sketching are also demonstrated in clear and concise exercises. Having outlined the necessary basic techniques ...Show more
How to Paint & Draw by Hazel Harrison
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
This comprehensive book offers a guide to all the materials, techniques and approaches an artist needs to start painting and drawing with confidence. As well as step-by-step instruction for beginners, it offers expert tips, advice and ideas to offer inspiration to more advanced practitioners. Throughout ...Show more
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin
$71.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Māori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze ...Show more
Whatu Kākahu - Māori Cloaks by Awhina Tamarapa
$82.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
The revised edition of this award-winning book opens the storeroom doors of the Te Papa Tongarewa Maori collections once again, illuminating the magnificent kakahu and the art and tradition of weaving itself. More than 50 rare and precious kakahu are specially featured, with glossy colour detail illustr ...Show more
Mastering the Art of Landscapes: A step-by-step course with 30 drawing and painting projects and 800 photographs by Sarah Hoggett
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
Learn how to illustrate a variety of landscapes, from coastal vistas and rolling hills to skylines and summer meadows, in this updated new edition. One of the most popular subjects for artists, landscapes are a constant source of inspiration, making us want to convey their beauty, atmosphere and meaning ...Show more
Let Me Be Frank: Comics, 2010-2019 by Sarah Laing
$38.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Let Me Be Frank brings Sarah Laing's popular autobiographical comic series together for the first time. Sarah Laing began blogging her comics in 2009 as a way to shed light on her fiction writing and to record life before it evaporated. The comics soon had a large audience, eager for the next installmen ...Show more
Seeking Chicago by Miller Tom
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
Chicago started life with a split personality. By the end of the Civil War wealthy Chicagoans and their wives were struggling to prove that their city was as affluent and civilized as its East Coast counterparts, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Mansions rose, an art museum was founded, and music hall ...Show more
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys by Hammond Catherine
$79.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, h ...Show more
Acrylics & Gouache Mastering the Art of Oils by Sidaway Ian
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art
Learning to paint using oils, acrylics and gouache requires training in specific painting skills. This practical guide is an ideal introduction to all three media for beginners, as well as including exercises and projects to challenge more experienced artists. The introduction details the materials and ...Show more
Art Box - How to Draw and Paint by Harrison Hazel
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art
A box set of project books on how to master the use of water paints, oils, acrylics, pencils and pastels, with step-by-step techniques. Hazel Harrison is a highly experienced and respected figure in the world of practical art publishing. She is a practising artist, having studied at the Royal Academy Sc ...Show more
We Go Together by SCHATTNER MARK & GILLIE
$14.95 AUD
Category: Art
Australian artists Gillie and Marcfirst introduced ‘Dogman’ in 2009with their infamous sculptureGood Boy, which made headlinesaround the world because itcombined the ancient mythologyof cynocephaly – the placementof a dog’s head on a human body– with full-frontal nudity.An expression of the canine quali ...Show more
Practical Encyclopedia of Watercolour by Wendy Jelbert
$23.95 AUD
Category: Art
This title features mixing paint - brush strokes - gouache - masking out - glazing - wet into wet - drybrush painting - washes - using resists - sponging - light to dark - sgraffito. It is a complete teaching course of watercolour painting techniques, for beginners to intermediates. Each of the 25 proje ...Show more