Learn to Paint Gorgeous Colorful LetteringThis is the first book to combine popular brush pen lettering styles with modern watercolor artwork. Readers will learn how to create exquisite hand lettered
Creative Watercolor offers beginners a fun, modern, and practical approach to a timeless medium with instructions on how to paint simple motifs and lettering and embellish projects beau
The latest title in the Art for Modern Makers series, Creative Drawing: Symbols and Sacred Geometry takes readers on an inspired journey that explores the beautiful imagery and fascinating themes of sacred geometry while demonstrating compass drawing and exploring colored pencils, watercolor, inks, and other mediums. Learn simple step-by-step techniques for drawing and embellishing the exciting, inspiring, and beautiful motifs of sacred geometry.In Creative Drawing: Symbols and Sacred Geometry, artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon takes you on an inner voyage of creative discovery.Learn how sacred geometry has been practiced and celebrated by cultures all over the world and influenced artists throughout history, including Leonardo da VinciStart with the essentials―compass drawing with graphite pencils on paper―then explore the featured mediums for embellishing, including colored pencils, watercolor, inks, and other easy-to-use mediumsTake a step-by-step look at fundamen
Learn the art of modern hand lettering, and create adorable banners, with By Hand: A Modern Lettering Kit!This kit includes:Miniature watercolor brush.Two pots of watercolor paint.10 miniature banner
Inking Animals guides aspiring illustrators and drawing enthusiasts with a fun, interactive learning experience that demonstrates how to use traditional inking techniques to create whimsical, original illustrations of their favorite animals. This dynamic guide is ideal for beginners, as well as traditional artists who want to explore pen and ink on a more playful level.Talented artist Sova Hůová instructs art enthusiasts in drawing, inking, and coloring techniques, in addition to exploring abstraction for expressive artwork, enhancing illustrations digitally with easy-to-follow instruction, and much more. Beginning with an introduction to tools and materials, artists will find helpful tips for working with inks, pens, and even watercolor. Inking Animals features a wide range of creative and fun inking techniques and unique projects that are simple and engaging, while Hůová’s valuable tips and tricks, and creative prompts and exercises will encourage artists to experime
Learn to use colored pencils and watercolor pencils to create vibrant, exciting works of art!Modern Colored Pencil delves into all the basic techniques and concepts required to create fresh, colorful
The Hong Kong Urban Sketching Artbook is a collection of artworks of travel artist Evgeny Bondarenko. It contains 72 black-and-white illustrations, and also 18 colorful, showing scenes of Hong Kong. This collection of artwork is intended to encourage travel, discovery, and artistic expression. It offers a way to enjoy a beautiful scene without the distraction of the background noise, while also inspiring the viewer to pay attention to smaller details when exploring a new city. The illustrations were drawn on location by pencil or ink and then colored with watercolor or gouache paint.Enter a unique landscape for each painting: the heart and soul of traditional Chinese culture and modern urban life. Evgeny was inspired by the architecture, cultural icons, and community scenes that make Hong Kong such a dynamic city. Evgeny Bondarenko is a Russian travel artist who has been sketching life experiences in cities around the world since 2010. When he first started these trips, traveling to si
Modern-day passion, tangible tradition, and striking creativity: trace how tattooing continues to evolve in the follow up to Forever. From the fluidity of watercolor to the meticulous nature of dotwor
This stylish compilation features 125 watercolor and ink renderings of designs from the house of Worth, the first couturier establishment and founder of the modern fashion industry. Sent to one of the
A lush new volume devoted to the best works by beloved American Impressionist and portraitist John Singer Sargent, whose dazzling use of light and color depicts modern subjects with arresting intimacy.An ideal introduction to the painter’s work, Sargent: The Masterworks features 100 of his most beloved paintings. Illustrating all aspects of his diverse oeuvre—portraits, landscapes, mural commissions—in oil and watercolor, this handsome new book includes works from both private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s infamous Madame X.Author Stephanie L. Herdrich draws on a wealth of new research to provide both an essential overview and a more nuanced understanding of the great American painter. Richly illustrated, the book’s three chapters cover the artist’s career from his childhood and early years in Paris, to his mid-career portraits made in England and United States, and his later years painting out of doors. An illustrated chronology
Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers teaches beginning and aspiring artists the basics of color theory and color mixing, and includes step-by-step watercolor painting projects featuring beautiful florals.Explore the basics of color theory and color mixing, and then apply your new skills to create your own beautiful floral watercolor paintings, step by colorful step.Color theory and color mixing are essential topics for all artists to know, and Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers covers both in an easy-to-follow way with simple, actionable steps that any artist can do. Learn how to:Mix paint colorsAvoid “dirty” mixes (those that look too brown, for example)Create your own color wheelCreate neutral colors and pastelsMix vintage colorsAnd much moreThis book is ideal for all skill levels and ages, and while it focuses on watercolor, the same tips and techniques can be applied to other media as well, including acrylic, oil, and gouache.Once you’re familiar with color theo
Effortless Watercolor allows artists to create simple, accessible watercolor paintings with easy, step-by-step techniques and just a few brushes and paints―a perfect choice for the absolute beginner.Learn to create simple, colorful works of art using easy, step-by-step watercolor painting techniques that require minimal time, effort, and only the most basic supplies.An ideal "first book" for absolute beginners, 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolor uses large brushstrokes and minimal, colorful palettes to help budding artists create light, carefree paintings in practically no time at all. After a quick overview of the basic tools and materials, including papers, brushes, and paints, and a brief introduction to choosing and mixing colors, Effortless Watercolor demonstrates how to use just a few brushstrokes to create lively works of art in a simple, modern style.From vibrant birds and florals to expressive landscapes and still lifes, follow along with these step-by-step projects to
