Warpaint

$75.00

Warpaint explores the often overlooked history of male self-adornment--a cultural practice through which men have performed identity, projected power, and negotiated their place in society. From the ritual pigments of ancient tribes to the rebellious aesthetics of modern subcultures, the male face and body have long been canvases for transformation, defiance, and desire. As traditional notions of masculinity are redefined and the global male beauty market surges, Warpaint reflects on how appearance becomes a tool of conformity and resistance. Through striking imagery and incisive commentary, it reveals the social, political, and psychological forces shaping how men choose to be seen or disappear. Authored by cultural commentator Joshua Sims, Warpaint reframes these practices not as superficial embellishment but as enduring rituals of expression, subversion, and belonging--essential to the ongoing evolution of masculinity.

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Thainess

$90.00

A new wave of creativity is redefining Thailand. Thainess offers an essential look at the country's cultural vanguard, showcasing the artists, designers, chefs, and tastemakers driving a nationwide creative renaissance. Featuring 40 insightful written profiles, each accompanied by striking imagery, this book explores how "soft power" is becoming Thailand's most exciting export. Framed by a thoughtful preface and introductory essay, Thainess provides a curated insider's view into a culture where innovation and heritage collide.

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Syd Carpenter

$39.95

This retrospective catalogue presents the first comprehensive resource on Syd Carpenter (b. 1953), a nationally recognized Philadelphia-based ceramic artist

Syd Carpenter (b. 1953) is a nationally recognized, Philadelphia-based ceramic artist whose work gives sculptural form to African American farming and gardening traditions. Drawing inspiration from farms, gardens, and the tools and landscapes that sustain them, she transforms clay into abstracted, biomorphic structures that evoke both the natural world and the histories of the people who have shaped it. Carpenter’s art honors the resilience of African American agricultural communities while also advancing the expressive possibilities of ceramics, situating her practice at the intersection of craft, cultural memory, and environmental consciousness.

This retrospective catalogue, accompanying the first major survey of Carpenter’s career, presents the full scope of her achievement. Featuring more than one hundred color reproductions of ceramic sculptures as well as garden projects, it documents the evolution of her visual language over four decades. Essays by leading scholars explore Carpenter’s engagement with African American material culture, the legacies of land stewardship, and the broader histories of contemporary craft and sculpture, including Carpenter’s mutually supportive relationships within a network of Black and women artists. The volume provides the first comprehensive resource on Carpenter’s art, establishing her significance as a major voice in American ceramics and illuminating the enduring cultural resonances of her vision.

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The Art and Technique of Sumi-e

$15.99

Japanese Sumi-e brush painting combines the techniques of calligraphy and ink painting to produce compositions of rare beauty.

This art has its roots in the Zen Buddhist practices of mindfulness and meditation—serving as a means not just for describing wonders of nature, but as a method for training our minds to view the world in its essential grace and simplicity.

This book is the product of many years of study with Ukai Uchiyama—a master Japanese calligrapher and artist. Kay Morrissey Thompson shares the knowledge she gained from this association, presenting a thorough discussion of the artist's work along with a series of practical lessons based on Mr. Uchiyama's instruction.

The informative text is accompanied by over fifty illustrations, many in color, reproducing works by Ukai Uchiyama and enabling aspiring artists to understand how each painting was created.

With a smaller size and new cover, this timeless Tuttle Classic (originally published in 1960), has been reformatted for a new generation of readers.

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The Sound of Victory

$125.00

Considers key socio-political moments and figures that highlight the enduring relationship between music, sound, and sport

The collisions of music and sport are so ubiquitous that they often go unnoticed as cultural phenomena. Yet the integration of sound into sport has become inseparable from the experience itself—from walk-up songs and seventh-inning sing-alongs in Major League Baseball to the halftime spectacle of the Super Bowl, the “California Sound” of surfing culture, and the percussive traditions of Brazilian Capoeira.

The Sound of Victory: Music, Sport, and Society explores these intersections through close examinations of key moments, figures, spaces, and events that reveal the deep socio-cultural significance and historical reverberations of music and sport. Bringing together interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners—filmmakers, journalists, and cultural critics—the volume investigates how sound shapes the ways sport is performed, experienced, and understood across diverse contexts from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Across eighteen chapters organized into four thematic sections, The Sound of Victory positions the links between music, sound, and sport as a generative lens for exploring questions of power, identity, and belonging. Spanning media, technology, politics, and popular culture, contributors trace how the music, sound, and sporting industries have evolved in dialogue with one another. Together, they illuminate an enduring relationship that continues to define the affective and communal power of modern sport.

The Sound of Victory

$35.00

Considers key socio-political moments and figures that highlight the enduring relationship between music, sound, and sport

The collisions of music and sport are so ubiquitous that they often go unnoticed as cultural phenomena. Yet the integration of sound into sport has become inseparable from the experience itself—from walk-up songs and seventh-inning sing-alongs in Major League Baseball to the halftime spectacle of the Super Bowl, the “California Sound” of surfing culture, and the percussive traditions of Brazilian Capoeira.

The Sound of Victory: Music, Sport, and Society explores these intersections through close examinations of key moments, figures, spaces, and events that reveal the deep socio-cultural significance and historical reverberations of music and sport. Bringing together interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners—filmmakers, journalists, and cultural critics—the volume investigates how sound shapes the ways sport is performed, experienced, and understood across diverse contexts from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Across eighteen chapters organized into four thematic sections, The Sound of Victory positions the links between music, sound, and sport as a generative lens for exploring questions of power, identity, and belonging. Spanning media, technology, politics, and popular culture, contributors trace how the music, sound, and sporting industries have evolved in dialogue with one another. Together, they illuminate an enduring relationship that continues to define the affective and communal power of modern sport.

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Video Game Legends Alphabet

$19.95

From Donkey Kong to Johnny Cage, Mario to PAC-MAN, Video Game Legends Alphabet presents a leaderboard of history’s quintessential video game characters. Illustrated with HD graphics and written with a good dose of geek, Video Game Legends Alphabet is sure to educate and inspire the next generation of little gamers.

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Feminist substances

$44.95

Numerous women artists engaged with industrial materials such as plastics in the 1960s and 1970s, contrary to what the discourse of the time would have us believe. As Feminist substances shows, their works offered unique approaches to plastics in art, introducing new material meanings through a feminist lens. With a focus on Europe and Latin America, the book discusses the practices of Carla Accardi, Lea Lublin and Alina Szapocznikow, combining close readings of selected artworks with broader considerations of their social contexts. It explores their use of Sicofoil, plexiglass, plastic inflatables, polyester resin and polyurethane foam to address key concerns of feminist thought in relation to social reproduction, motherhood, memory, desire and illness. Beyond commonplaces of plastics as generic bad materials, Feminist substances considers more complex ways of engaging with synthetic matter, taking into account our messy relationships with these controversial materials.

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Ecology and feminism in performance

$130.00

This book provides a vital new history of feminist performance through an ecological lens. It argues that from the 1960s to the present, artists have used performance to challenge the linked oppression of women and nature. Proposing ‘composting’ as a new method for writing feminist history, the study moves beyond linear narratives to trace regenerative connections between generations of practitioners. It provides sustained analysis of genres from land art to postdramatic theatre, re-evaluating the work of canonical figures while examining how contemporary artists continue to address these urgent themes. By placing ecofeminism in dialogue with feminist new materialism, queer ecology, and transecological thought, this study demonstrates how performance has been a crucial site for imagining more just and sustainable futures in an age of environmental crisis.

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Begin to Draw People

$16.95

From Chris Hart, the bestselling art instruction author of all time, the first in a brand-new series—and the perfect go-to guide for anyone ages 12 and up interested in beginner-level figure drawing. In Begin to Draw People, bestselling how-to-draw author Christopher Hart taps into his vast experience to prove that anyone can depict the human body. Chris has carefully designed his step-by-step instructions so they're accessible to absolute beginners, especially kids 12 and up. His simplified yet detailed guidance covers drawing the head and body for men, women, and children in a wide variety of facial features, expressions, styles, and poses. Learn to capture the many personalities and activities of people in everyday life, from firefighters, doctors, soldiers, and students to swimmers, skateboarders, gymnasts, and even daydreamers. A quick look through this book will make it clear to any aspiring artist: you can learn to draw, quickly and easily—and love every step along the way!

Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Tips & Tricks

$21.99

Level up your skills quick with pro tips that make drawing awesome anime and manga fun and easy

Special features:

Packed with Great Information: 100 essential tips and techniques for everything from how to draw faces, expressions, hairstyles, and anime eyes to poses, attitudes, fashion, and more
Makes Learning Easy: With over 350 step-by-step illustrations, it’s perfect for beginners as well as artists looking for helpful tips; special sewn binding lets the pages lie flat as you follow along
The Perfect Gift: Printed in beautiful full color throughout on quality paper, with a premium paperback binding with flaps, it’s a thoughtful present for the manga/anime lover in your life, all ages and skill levels
Expert Author: Christopher Hart’s books on drawing and coloring anime and manga have sold more than a million copies

Best-selling art instruction author Christopher Hart shares a treasure trove of advice on how to draw outstanding anime and manga characters and scenes. This indispensable guide covers everything you need to know, including how to draw different expressions and hairstyles, shading and coloring your drawings, creating fun poses, and developing your own signature style. And to further up your skills, get the entire series—The Master Guide to Drawing Anime, Amazing Girls, Romance, 5-Minute Characters, and Expressions & Poses—for a one-stop personal library on how to draw incredible anime and manga characters and stories.

Whimsical and Wild

$19.95

From bestselling author Jane Davenport comes the ultimate inspiration for mixed-media artists! Make more time for creativity! In the follow-up to her popular Whimsical Girls, internationally known artist Jane Davenport once again offers her signature fanciful female figures, now accompanied by a menagerie of animal friends: cuddly koalas, noble lions, exotic birds, and more. Inspirational prompts and Jane's stunning illustrations accompany the journal pages, which are printed on a variety of fine-art papers, including coloring paper, marker paper, and watercolor paper, all perforated for easy display. Colorful collage papers and bonus stickers with even more original art and quotations round out this gorgeous package.

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Brush with Fantasy

$22.99

Paint sweet watercolor fantasy characters and scenes, including all skin tones and hair types. Journey to a magical fantasy land! Learn to paint fairies, mermaids, creatures, and their realms with step-by-step watercolor demonstrations. The book includes information and demos on: • Materials and basic techniques • Fairy heads, bodies, and wings • Flower fairies, snow fairies, fairy families, fairy houses, and woodland scenes • Mermaid heads, bodies, and tails • Mermaids, mermaid families, and under-the-sea scenes • Fantasy creatures, including magical owls, rabbits, seahorses, unicorns, bears, cats, and dragons

Manga Mania Blank Book

$7.95

With this high-quality sketchbook, experienced and aspiring manga artists can take what they've learned about drawing manga and create their own manga graphic novels. The opening pages of this sketchbook include information on filling the panels, creating drama with angles, using speech balloons, and creating special effects. After that, the book is divided into six sections, each with a cover template and blank, black-framed panels that allow artists to create different manga stories from start to finish. The possibilities are endless!

Manga 100: The Cute Collection

$22.99

Bestselling author and how-to-draw expert Christopher Hart presents an essential guide to drawing the cutest characters in manga from the most popular genres. Cute characters are a hallmark of manga. Whether the genre is romance, fantasy, or adventure, a cute character type is always included in the mix to delight manga fans. In The Cute Collection, Christopher Hart zeroes in on these adorable characters by showing beginning artists how to draw them for any storyline. This is the second book in the new Manga 100 series, promising pages chock-full of at least 100 original characters to draw. Through Chris's approachable, step-by-step instruction, artists of any level will learn to draw all things cute—from the always-popular bubbly schoolgirls and amiable schoolboys to fantasy and adventure characters that all have a certain warm-and-fuzzy appeal. Poses, expressions, clothing, and background tutorials are included to round out the charm. There's even a section on cute robots featuring original artwork from Chris himself! Readers will love being overloaded with all things cute, while learning to draw along the way.

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Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors

$28.99

Outdoor painting tips and more from the best landscape painters working today. Many painters enjoy working outdoors when the weather is good, but they also need to know how to deal with it when the weather changes! This book includes the best instruction on the special challenges of painting landscapes outdoors from a variety of the best plein-air artists working today in all major media—oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, and gouache. It includes: - Materials, site selection, and practical tips - Values, shapes, composition, color, and elements of landscape painting - Bringing outdoor studies back into the studio - Complete start-to-finish demonstrations - Hundreds of gorgeous images - A wealth of knowledge from a variety of instructors

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Draw 100 Things to Make You Happy

$19.95

Step-by-step drawings to nourish your creative self! What makes you happy? Whatever it is, draw it, with the help of Christopher Hart, the world's top-selling author of art instruction books! Whether it's an adorable pet, the trip of a lifetime, or an everyday moment to savor (like your morning cup of coffee or buying a cute pair of shoes), this book celebrates the many things that make you happy—and helps you turn them into fun-filled drawings. An enlightening introduction explains how to create the illustrations and make them come alive: how to use color, change poses, personalize the drawings, add shading, and more.

Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Expressions & Poses

$21.99

Learn figure drawing fundamentals the anime way!

Special features:

The Complete Guide: Covers everything you want to know: figure drawing basics, attitudes and expressions, character design, composing scenes, and more
Makes Learning Easy: Packed with over 330 step-by-step illustrations, it’s perfect for the beginner; special sewn binding lets the pages lie flat as you follow along
The Perfect Gift: Printed in beautiful full color throughout on quality paper, with a premium paperback binding with flaps, it’s a thoughtful present for the manga/anime lover in your life, all ages and skill levels
Expert Author: Christopher Hart’s books on drawing and coloring anime and manga have sold more than a million copies

In The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Expressions & Poses, best-selling art instruction book author Christopher Hart teaches you everything you need to know about figure drawing so you can create your own original anime and manga characters. These essential and easy-to-follow techniques will make your characters come alive, with dynamic poses and expressions that project personality and emotion. All the fundamentals are here, like proportion and posture—along with lessons on how to draw clothing, compose scenes, and much more.
The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Expressions & Poses is your key to learning to draw original anime and manga characters in your own unique style.
And to further up your skills, get the entire series—The Master Guide to Drawing Anime, Amazing Girls, Tips & Tricks, Romance, and 5-Minute Character—for a one-stop personal library on how to draw incredible anime and manga characters and stories.

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You Can Draw Anything!

$19.95

Draw along with bestselling author and artist Christopher Hart as he shows you how to draw...anything! In You Can Draw Anything!, acclaimed drawing instructor and author Christopher Hart leads you through a fun, easy, and informative course in learning to draw. Each lesson teaches you how to create one or more specific drawings, while also sharing important art principles that you can apply to many drawings. In classic Christopher Hart style, the lessons are shown step by step with concise but valuable instruction, captions, and helpful hints. The lessons are grouped into chapters that allow you to explore a variety of subjects, including animals, people, flowers and trees, cute stuff, magical themes, and more. It's like taking a course in art school—from the comfort of your own home!

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Hello, Watercolor!

$19.95

Learn how to paint lovely watercolor flowers, animals, and still lifes the easy way!

Special features:

Perfect for Beginners: Covers all the basic techniques, including wet on wet, dry brush, transparent colors, glazing, charging, and more. With more than 325 step-by-step photos, learning is easy!
A Beautiful Gift: Printed on quality paper in full color, with a premium paperback with flaps cover, and a sewn binding that stays open, making it easy to follow along.
An Expert Author: Author/artist Jeannie Dickson is known for the beautiful watercolors and how-to videos she posts to her popular Instagram page (@jeanniedicksondesigns)

Have you always wanted to learn to watercolor but didn’t know where to start? Hello, Watercolor! will take you on a delightful journey of creative discovery and learning, teaching you the basics of watercolor step by easy step. Artist/author Jeannie Dixon provides you with all the building blocks and basic skills you will need, including:

A primer on color theory
A guide to basic brushstrokes and water control
Washes (wet on wet, gradated, flat, blending)
Special techniques like glazing, charging, lifting, masking
Creating textures (water blooms, salt texture, spattering, dry brush, scumbling)
Brush lettering 101, including the basic strokes, a practice alphabet, and how to make ombre letters

Then move on to 15 watercolor projects that celebrate the natural world, including a rainbow unicorn, transparent blue hydrangeas, and a still life of pomegranates with their blossoms. Each project lists:

the techniques that are used, so you can easily refer back for a refresher
the full color palette
brushes and other supplies

Dickson then takes you through creating the artwork step by step.

Give yourself or someone you love the gift of creativity with Hello, Watercolor!

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See, Think, Draw

$24.99

Learn important drawing skills with 30+ step-by-step demonstrations of favorite subjects. Learning how to draw is fun, so whether you've never drawn before or have been drawing for years, grab a pencil and some paper, and let's have fun drawing together! Each of the 30+ lessons focuses on a different topic, technique, or concept, promoting learning through clear step-by-step demonstrations for successful drawings. No experience necessary! Readers will get creative and have fun learning how to draw with this essential addition to any art-instruction library.

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God Is Love

$11.99

Artist Pamela Thayer creates a beautiful collection of varied images to color while reflecting on inspirational Bible verses.God Is Love provides a peaceful and meditative coloring experience. More than 60 inspirational Bible verses are brought to life through artist Pamela Thayer's lovely illustrations. Peaceful landscapes, delightful flowers, charming birds, flowers, butterflies, intricate mandalas, beautiful crosses, and other evocative images perfectly complement some of the most encouraging and moving verses of the Bible. The entire family will enjoy nurturing their souls and their creative spirits as they fill the pages with glorious color and reflect on God's word.

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Drawing People

$21.99

Best-selling author and veteran art teacher Catherine Holmes teaches readers to draw faces, figures, poses, and more with her easy 15-minute method!

Drawing people might seem complex or daunting, but fear not—this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps, providing techniques and tips to bring your sketches to life.

More than 60 drawing tutorials with easy-to-follow steps using hundreds of hand-drawn images!
Start with the fundamentals, including Catherine’s 15-minute method that will take you from simple shapes to detailed drawings
Learn to draw people from all angles—bodies, heads, and faces in front, profile, and 3/4 views
Practice drawing a variety of diverse people: different ages, body types, faces, expressions, and hairstyles are featured
Take your people-drawing to the next level with chapters on clothing and accessories, as well as poses and movements
Helpful tips and sidebars throughout support the step-by-step lessons and help you improve your art skills

Whether you’re a seasoned artist or beginner new to the world of drawing, this book can help you create expressive, lifelike drawings of friends, family, and anyone you’d like. Author Catherine V. Holmes has years of experience teaching students of all ages and will help you improve quickly and easily.

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101 Drawing Secrets

$21.99

Bestselling author and drawing master Catherine V. Holmes distills a lifetime of drawing knowledge into 101 easy-to-grasp tips for artists who want to improve their drawing. Artist extraordinaire Catherine V. Holmes has written numerous successful step-by-step drawing books.101 Drawing Secrets takes a different spin on the traditional how-to-draw book. Busy artists who are short on time or just want to learn something new easily can dip into the book at any point and pick up a tip or trick they can immediately apply to their own artwork. From quick written tips, to illustrated examples, to simple step-by-step tutorials, the tips provide valuable insight into drawing for anyone wanting to take their art to the next level. Tips include: Draw from different points of view; Draw what you see, not what you think, by drawing upside down; Use a grid system to improve accuracy; Look at negative space to check accuracy; Break the subject down into simple shapes; Sketch daily to improve more quickly; Create an eye-catching focal point; Draw on unusual surfaces; Convert your reference image to black and white to simplify; Draw with one continuous line to strengthen your brain, eye, and hand coordination; Develop your signature style; Draw more realistic teeth; Focus on the process, not the product; Avoid smudging that can ruin your drawings; Crop your artwork to create a more compelling piece.

Manga 100

$22.99

Christopher Hart, the bestselling author and expert on all things manga, brings fans and aspiring artists a brand-new collection of the most popular manga character types.Manga 100 is bursting with the most popular and fun-to-draw characters found in manga and anime, including schoolgirls and boys, humorous kids, fantasy characters, exotic animals, and other fan favorites. The step-by-step projects range from very simple faces and figures to more complex characters and scenes. Many of the characters showcase big emotions, a hallmark of manga, and eye-catching action poses. While drawing these varied and appealing characters, artists will learn important basics of drawing manga faces and bodies, expressions, poses, and even simplified backgrounds. The characters in Manga 100 include: • Essential manga characters: handsome high-school boy, cute teen girl, funny 12-year-old, master villain • Popular school characters: baffled student, tattletale, reliable friend, girl with a grudge, aloof boy • Characters with cool jobs: wedding-dress maker, helicopter pilot, emcee at a manga convention, archeologist, coffee-shop owner • Cosplay outfits: steampunk, space invader, J-pop boy band, warlock • Adorable and huggable creatures • Animal friends: endangered and unusual species • Fantasy characters: samurai girl, boy with a dragon pet, mermaid, boy android • Modern princesses

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How to Journal Like an Artist

$19.99

Jumpstart your creativity with this inspiring guide to transforming your daily journal into an illustrated record of your life, your thoughts, your loves, your goals

Special features:

Perfect for the Beginner: Even if you have never picked up a pencil or marker, author Jane Maday’s encouraging and easy-to-follow instructions will have you drawing in no time.
A Wonderful Gift: Includes over 300 full-color drawings printed on premium quality paper with a sewn binding that allows you to open it flat.
Great Author: Artist and popular Instagrammer Jane Maday is known for the super-cute art she includes in the journal pages she posts every day.
Bonus: Five pages of fully colored original Jane Maday images you can cut out and collage into your own journal

Artist/author Jane Maday is a popular Instagrammer with a large following devoted to checking out the positive and affirming pages she posts daily from her own journal, which are populated with delightful doodles of garden flowers, kittens, cups of tea, and so much more. In How to Journal Like an Artist, Jane shares her how-to-draw process so that you too can add imaginative visual embellishments to your words.

Got a voice in your head saying, “But I can’t draw”? Jane takes care of that with supportive advice on getting in touch with your creative side and silencing your inner critic. Can’t think of anything to draw? Jane shows you that everything in your life can be an inspiration for your own personal art, whether it be your favorite foods, things that make you happy, or what you did yesterday.

Jane guides you through the basics of drawing faces, bodies, hands, babies, flowers, trees, dogs, butterflies, birds, and more. She also provides you with lettering templates, sample borders and banners, and other ideas for putting the finishing touches on your illustrated pages.

Finally, she provides you with five pages of beautiful fully colored images that you can cut out and use to collage into your own journal, as well as extra pages for you to practice your drawing.

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Figure It Out! Faces & Expressions

$21.99

The enduring Figure It Out! series turns its focus to drawing the face and facial expressions! Christopher Hart's bestselling Figure It Out! books have taught thousands of artists to draw the human figure. His clear step-by-step illustrations and instructions make drawing people accessible, easy, and fun! In Figure It Out! Faces & Expressions, he uses the same approach to demystify the head and facial features. Topics include the basic head types and shapes, facial features, facial hair, hairstyles, and eyeglasses. Hart then shows how to draw more than 25 different common facial expressions, which will bring portraits to life.

Manga Mania Universe

$24.95

With more than 250 characters across all the popular genres, this is the big, must-have book for every aspiring manga artist! Drawing on the mega-success of Christopher Hart's Manga Mania series, Manga Mania Universe combines curated content from each of his previous Manga Mania books (Girl Power!, Romance, and Shonen) into one giant, breathtaking volume. It showcases the best in capturing manga girls, romantic characters and scenes, and action and adventure. Fans will enjoy having such a wide variety of first-rate how-to-draw instruction, along with the dynamic artwork that has made this series so popular.Massive book on drawing manga!

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Drawing Nature

$19.99

Bestselling author and veteran art teacher Catherine V. Holmes teaches readers to draw a wide variety of animals, plants, and landscapes from all around the world, 15 minutes at a time. Author and artist extraordinaire, Catherine V. Holmes goes beyond the backyard with Drawing Nature, a quick and easy guide to drawing animals, plants, and landscapes from across the globe. Step-by-step tutorials break down how to illustrate perennial favorites like eagles and elephants, as well as more exotic subjects like capybaras, baobab trees, and echidnas, in just 15 minutes per project. Readers will work in pencil, oil pastel, and other mediums as they learn about techniques like shading, scumbling, and hatching. From cuddly koalas to hairy tarantulas, Drawing Nature makes it easy for nature lovers of all ages to draw fascinating flora and fauna from every continent.

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Fabulous Figures

$24.95

Start with a heart shape . . . and end with a beautiful finished piece of art!You'll love Jane Davenport's fabulous, fun, and amazingly easy technique for drawing figures. For aspiring artists, drawing people can be intimidating—but it doesn't have to be. Over years working as a fashion illustrator, Jane Davenport devised her own method of creating in-proportion figures. Her clever core technique involves using equal-size hearts to build the body's structure. And Jane's results have been astounding: her students go from "I can't draw a stick figure" to producing gorgeous, well-proportioned illustrations. After laying out the basics, her imaginative guide walks you through working with different mediums; drawing the head, face, clothing, hair, and features; and constructing figures inspired by fashion, fantasy, life drawing, and more.

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How to Draw Your RPG Character: Armor, Weaponry & Creature Companions – Guide to Drawing Clothing, Armor, Swords, and Dragons for Role-Playing Elves, Orcs, Druids, Sorcerers, and More

$24.99

Video game artist Chrissa Barton’s How to Draw Your RPG Character taught you how to draw your fantasy role; now learn to customize your character with story-building details like armor, weapons, accessories, and more!

Special features:

The step-by-step method makes it all so easy! With over 500 step-by-step illustrations and a layflat binding, it’s simple to follow along.

A great gift for the gamer! Full color throughout, with beautiful renderings of suits of armor, a full range of weaponry, creature companions, and more in a premium package with decorative spot varnish and foil stamping on the cover

Learn from an expert author: Artist and popular Instagrammer (@chrissbug) Chrissa Barton has AAA credentials in video game illustration and animation.

Chrissa Barton’s inaugural book How to Draw Your RPG Character covers the basics of drawing the faces and figures of all the different character types and classes of Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games. In Armor, Weaponry & Creature Companions you can level up even further by learning ways to customize your character to make it uniquely your own, whether you are a human, half-orc, elf, gnome, dwarf, tiefling, or halfing. Chrissa covers in step-by-step detail how to draw:

All weights of armor, from light protection for a rogue or druid to full heavy armor suitable for a fighter or paladin
Robes, cloaks, and other clothing
Accessories like boots, a wizard’s hat, different styles of helmets, and gloves
All manner and styles of swords, as well as hammers, bows and arrows, and magic staffs
Symbology to include in the design of clothing, weapons, and armor to communicate lineage or allegiance

There is also a chapter devoted to creature companions that includes how to draw a:

Wyvern
Owlbear
Wolf
Horse and unicorn
Raven

The final chapter shows how to put it all together, with tutorials for fully drawn characters customized with details that pull from all the tutorials included in the book.

With its layflat binding and more than 500 step-by-step illustrations, How to Draw Your RPG Character: Armor, Weaponry, & Creature Companions makes customizing your fantasy character fun and easy!

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Everyday Art Exercises

$19.99

Spark your imagination and kickstart your creativity with on-the-page activities that will have you doodling and drawing every day!

Special features:

Let’s You Let Go and Have Fun: With more than 110 different drawing and coloring activities, it’s a great way to release stress and connect with your artistic side.
All Skill Levels and Ages Are Welcome! Interact with the prompts any way you like!
A Quality Experience: Enjoy the spacious pages, the thick, artist-quality paper (no bleed-through with markers), and special sewn binding that lets you push the pages flat.
The Perfect Author: Artist and popular Instagrammer (@JaneMaday) Jane Maday believes that coloring and doodling can be valuable outlets for self-care and creative discovery.

Everyday Art Exercises is the perfect way to take a minute for yourself, whether to relax or to explore your creative side. With more than 110 on-the-page drawing and coloring activities and prompts, it is a self-contained invitation to open up to your imagination and play. Enjoy the experience of interacting with artist Jane Maday’s original illustrations, whether it’s adding stars and planets to a beautiful twilight blue sky, turning pastel watercolor blobs into whatever you see in your mind’s eye, coloring a garden of flowers, or drawing faces on a field of pumpkins.

It's been shown that engaging in an activity like coloring or drawing can provide tangible mental health benefits that include relaxing and improving the brain’s ability to function, as well as relieving stress and anxiety and increasing focus.

So, dive into Everyday Art Exercises and let your imagination and creativity fly!

How to Draw Dogs & Cats from Simple Templates

$19.95

Learn how to draw your favorite furry friend! With Christopher Hart's simple templates, any pet owner can do it. Whatever your pet, you can capture it in a beautiful drawing! Chris Hart, the world's bestselling art instruction author, has created templates that work for pups and kitties of just about any shape and size—from poodles, dachshunds, and Bernese Mountain Dogs to tabbies, Persians, and Siamese cats.Every template is easy to follow so you'll get adorable results worthy of framing . . . no matter what your skill level.

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Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Amazing Girls

$21.99

Learn how to draw unforgettable female characters doing awesome things and get your girl power on!

Special features:

The Complete Guide: Covers everything you want to know: how to draw faces, expressions, hairstyles, anime eyes, poses, attitudes, fashion, and more
Makes Learning Easy: Packed with over 340 step-by-step illustrations, it’s perfect for the beginner; special sewn binding lets the pages lie flat as you follow along
The Perfect Gift: Printed in beautiful full color throughout on quality paper, with a premium paperback binding with flaps, it’s a thoughtful present for the manga/anime lover in your life, all ages and skill levels
Expert Author: Christopher Hart’s books on drawing and coloring anime and manga have sold more than a million copies

In the world of anime and manga, girls have the most fun, and in The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: Amazing Girls, best-selling author Christopher Hart provides easy-to-follow templates for drawing classic female character types. From dere to genki girls to goddesses and angels, you’ll learn how to draw them all. In addition to mastering how to draw faces and figures, you’ll also get tons of inspiration for putting together fun outfits, scenes, and so much more to create original anime and manga girl characters in your own unique style, whether they are a schoolgirl, adventurer, hero, best friend, or celestial being.

And to further up your skills, get the entire series—The Master Guide to Drawing Anime, Tips & Tricks, Romance, 5-Minute Characters, and Expressions & Poses—for a one-stop personal library on how to draw incredible anime and manga characters and stories.

Blank Comic Book

$7.95

Tell your own story in comic-book form with this blank journal—already formatted with panels!An intro from art instruction superstar Christopher Hart will get you started. Whether they're interested in producing comic strips, manga, or graphic novels, aspiring illustrators can begin their own artistic journey with this specially produced journal. Every page features blank, black-framed panels formatted in the comic-book style, and separate sections throughout allow artists to create several different stories. Those with more experience can use the journal to flesh out their narrative and visual ideas, while beginners can experiment with the format and see where it takes them. The possibilities for self-expression are endless!

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Figure It Out! Simple Lessons, Quick Results

$21.99

The addition to bestselling author Christopher Hart's Figure It Out! series offers essential tips and tricks that simplify the basics of drawing people. This is the easy way to learn how to draw people! Chris Hart offers straightforward instruction designed to solve common figure-drawing problems that aspiring artists encounter. His accessible, practical techniques include focusing on the body's natural curves, as opposed to drawing muscles, and breaking the torso down into three distinct, understandable areas. With this book, anyone can immediately grasp the basics—and create the art to prove it!

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Drawing the Joy of Nature with Colored Pencil

$22.99

Draw colorful subjects with bestselling author Lee Hammond. This book is loaded with fun lessons and projects from popular instructor Lee Hammond on drawing brightly colored nature subjects realistically—more easily than you ever thought possible! The book includes basic colored-pencil drawing instruction on materials, using a grid to transfer a preliminary drawing from a photo, values, color, shadows, blending, and other key lessons for beginners. Twenty+ demonstrations show how to draw subjects from three different viewpoints, and how to draw detail from far away to super close. It includes fruit, flowers, leaves, butterflies, and birds.

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Whimsical Girls

$19.95

Reclaim your creativity with this one-of-a-kind workbook of fabulous females to personalize! It's perfect for coloring enthusiasts and mixed-media artists. This is not your typical coloring book. Created by celebrated artist Jane Davenport, and dedicated solely to images of women, Whimsical Girls is bursting with Jane's signature-style figures, faces, and fanciful drawings to color and customize. The unusual combination of four types of high-quality paper—coloring, marker, watercolor, and kraft paper—encourages users to experiment with a variety of mediums and techniques. Inspirational examples and prompts help allay budding artists' nervousness, while bonus stickers and brilliantly hued collage paper—to cut or tear and glue to the pages—provide added fuel for creativity!

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How to Draw Your RPG Character

$24.99

Level up your gaming experience and learn to draw your RPG character!

Special features:

Beginners Welcome! Even if you’ve never drawn before, the author’s step-by-step method, with over 450 illustrations, is incredibly easy to follow.
Comprehensive Reference: Learn to draw everyone in your fantasy world—humans, halflings, gnomes, elves, and more—portrayed in a wide range of classes.
Great Gift for the Gamer: Features premium paper with a layflat binding, printed endpapers, and color foil stamping on the cover.
Expert Author: Popular Instagrammer Chrissa Barton (@chrissabug) has AAA credentials in video game illustration and animation.

With more than 450 step-by-step illustrations, How to Draw Your RPG Character by fantasy illustrator and video game artist Chrissa Barton teaches you how to create your own custom character even if you have no idea how to draw. She starts with a super-easy-to-follow primer on basic drawing techniques, then takes you through how to draw different body types, facial features, and hairstyles.

In the final section, Chrissa puts it all together, with detailed tutorials on how to draw the character types and classes you’ll find in role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. You’ll learn how to draw elves and half-elves, gnomes, humans, halfings, half-orcs, dragonborns, and tieflings as fighters, wizards, barbarians, druids, warlocks, monks, and more.

So kick up your next campaign a notch by bringing your character to life!

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How to Draw Super Cute: Adorable Stuff Step by Step

$17.99

This ultimate step-by-step guide from popular Instagram artist Jane Maday makes drawing incredibly simple and crazy cute!

Special features:

Perfect for Beginners: Includes a quick-start chapter on drawing basics and easy-to-follow step-by-step visual directions for how to draw 270 cute things.

A Wonderful Gift: Over 1,200 drawings printed on premium quality paper with a sewn binding that allows you to open it flat to follow along.

Bonus! 29 thematic worksheets with even simpler step-by-steps that include a space for you to give it a try!

How to Draw Super Cute makes drawing super simple. If you can pick up a pencil, you can be drawing adorable doodles in minutes. Author and popular Instagrammer Jane Maday is a master of breaking cute images down into extremely easy steps that start with shapes (like circles) that are simple to draw, perfect for beginners.

Jane gets you started right with a chapter on basic drawing techniques. Then pick your category of cuteness and dive in, with her short-and-sweet tutorials on drawing flowers, woodland and farm animals, birds, pets, and all the other things in life that bring happiness and make us smile.

The book also includes quick-draw thematic worksheets (Pretty Posies, Little Critters, Mushrooms & Toadstools). Each contains 5 super easy step-by-steps with a final blank space for you to try your hand at it!

Whether you are a daydreaming doodler who wants to up their game, a creative journaler who wants to add images to words, or simply a cute-a-holi,

How to Draw Super Cute will have you covered in cuteness and drawing in no time!

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Master Guide to Drawing Anime: 5-Minute Characters

$21.99

This curated master class from the best-selling Master Guide to Drawing Anime series will have you creating your own anime and manga characters in minutes

Special features:

Instant Gratification! Super simple lessons, techniques, and drawing templates to follow
Makes Learning Easy: Packed with over 380 step-by-step illustrations, it’s perfect for the beginner; special sewn binding lets the pages lie flat as you follow along
The Perfect Gift: Printed in beautiful full color throughout on quality paper, with a premium paperback binding with flaps, it’s a thoughtful present for the manga/anime lover in your life, all ages and skill levels
Expert Author: Christopher Hart’s books on drawing and coloring anime and manga have sold more than a million copies

The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: 5-Minute Characters pulls together easy-to-learn characters and techniques from the series and from the best-selling Manga Fashion Bible—perfect for the anime beginner! You’ll learn:

how to draw anime heads and figures using simple-to-follow templates
tips on drawing different facial features, hairstyles, and outfits
how to draw dozens of the most popular anime character types and the over-the-top emotions, attitudes, and fashions that make them so much fun
how to compose simple scenes

You can work your way through the book to build skills or pick and choose your favorite anime characters to draw. Either way, your drawing ability and confidence will soar!
And for a deeper dive into skill building, get the entire series—The Master Guide to Drawing Anime, Amazing Girls, Tips & Tricks, Expressions & Poses, and Romance—for a one-stop personal library on how to draw incredible anime and manga characters and stories.

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Color Workshop

$15.95

Put yourself in the hands of renowned artist Rachel Reinert—and take your coloring to the next level! The basics of coloring seem simple: choose colors and stay within the lines. But with Rachel Reinert's techniques, anyone can go beyond to create vivid, awe-inspiring works of art. Her accessible tutorials teach readers everything they need to know about color theory, shading, burnishing, cross-hatching, and so much more. Coloring enthusiasts will appreciate her easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions as they apply her methods to creative projects. Inspirational images of Rachel's colored illustrations provide eye-opening examples of the beauty that can be achieved with the simplest of materials—and 24 pages of black-and-white line art allow artists to practice their newfound skills. .

Marvelous Mermaids

$24.95

Internationally known illustrator and bestselling author Jane Davenport takes artists on a journey through the mysterious world of mermaids, explaining everything from accurately drawing the figure to creating convincing habitats with mixed-media techniques. Make a magical mermaid splash! Following her bestselling I [Heart] Drawing: Fabulous Figures, Jane Davenport dives deep into the ocean to explore the wondrous world of mermaids. She shows how to draw and paint these sensuous sirens, with their perfectly proportioned figures, shimmering scales, and all. Jane's evocative instruction touches on every aspect of this fantasy realm: •Oceans of Color: Paint beautiful backgrounds in which your mermaids can dwell.•Go with the Flow: Convincingly draw these sinuous creatures in undulating poses.•Mermaid Hair Don't Care: Paint the flowing tresses that are every mermaid's trademark.•Keep Urchin Up: Depict mesmerizing facial features.Jane also provides unique suggestions for making an "upscale" mermaid art journal, gives a month's worth of creative prompts for Mer-May (or any day), and offers ideas for stunning collages.

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How to Draw Cute Mochi Animals

$15.99

The newest way to draw cute! Transform simple mochi shapes into adorable animals!

Special features:

So Many Ways to Draw Cute! Learn to draw over 100 different mochi animals step by step.
Perfect for Beginners: Don’t know how to draw? No problem! The simple mochi shape combined with over 500 drawings will have you drawing cute animals in minutes.
Great as a Gift! Printed on quality paper in full color with a durable sewn binding that will stay open, making it easy to follow along.
From America’s Best-Selling How-to-Draw Author: Christopher Hart has written more than 100 art instruction books with over 8 million copies sold in more than 20 languages.

Kawaii, chibi, now mochi! Learn to draw more than 100 crazy cute mochi animals. How to Draw Cute Mochi Animals kicks off with a quick tutorial on transforming these easy-to-draw blobs into adorable animals with just a few strokes of the pencil or marker. Then it’s on to a menagerie of mochi to master, from a coterie of kawaii cute kitties to sweet little chipmunks, bunnies, and hedgehogs, from lovable adorable beasties like hippos, pandas, armadillos, and tigers to plump pups and charming critters like koalas, sloths, and baby bears.

The step-by-step directions are simple to follow and include a final step for coloring each mochi, upping their cute quotient to the stratosphere!

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15-Minute Artist

$19.95

From all-star sneakers to elephants, you can learn how to draw anything . . . in just 15 minutes! If you want to learn to draw but think you don't have the time —or feel too intimidated to start–15-Minute Artist invites you to jump in. Bestselling author of how to draw books Catherine Holmes (How to Draw Cool Stuff) provides more than 60 step-by-step drawing prompts for depicting animals, food, plants, household items, and more—and you can complete each one in just 15 minutes. Her drawing lessons break the process down so you can achieve quick, satisfying results. In addition to pencil renderings, Catherine demonstrates techniques for working with charcoal, pen, and colored pencil, and provides tips and sidebars on blending, texture, perspective, and shading. With its easy-to-follow step by step instructions, The 15-Minute Artist is the perfect introduction to drawing for beginners. Fans of Holmes's How to Draw Cool Stuff series in search of more drawing books for artists will find everything they need here, as will anyone searching for how to draw books for adults that are appropriate for all ages. .

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Caricature Drawing Made Easy

$17.99

A structured, creative course for the comic artist and the wider Fan Art community.

features both digital and analogue art techniques
coaches the artist to develop fun, engaging artworks of friends, family and the famous
guidance on going professional and for commercial gain at corporate events or shows
includes profiles and insight from leading caricature artists from all around the world

Packed with expert tips and step by steps, you too can learn to draw quickly and develop your Fan Art skills.

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Learn to Draw in an Hour a Day

$17.99

The complete guide to learning how to draw at your own pace, from just an hour a day or over the course of a weekend.

Packed with techniques, exercises and practice project
Boost your creativity and artistic skills at your own pace
Written by Richard Taylor, a prolific author and art tutor, well-known for his tutorial style and artistic ability

Give your creativity a boost with a complete drawing course that can be achieved in just an hour a day!

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The Vietnam idea

$130.00

The Vietnam idea examines how Vietnam became a potent symbol for global movements fighting colonialism, racism, and imperialism during the American War and its aftermath. Rather than focusing on Vietnam as a place, Brynn Hatton explores how artists and activists around the world used the idea of ‘Vietnam’ to express political identification and solidarity through posters, films, protest actions, exhibitions, and conceptual art. Drawing on international archives, the book reveals how diverse visual works helped shape the political imagination of the global left, and continue to influence how we see identity, conflict, and solidarity today.

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Borderline bodies in art and visual culture

$140.00

Borderline bodies offers original interpretations of visual representations of human bodies as bounded and unbounded, fortified and permeable, mobile and static—subject to borders and able to traverse and challenge them. It also takes as its focus images and objects that might be considered ‘borderline’ because they sit at the intersection of disciplines or sit outside accepted notions of what constitutes serious ‘art.’

By mapping the ways human bodies traverse borders and straddle—even dismantle—categories, this volume’s essays approach afresh the relationship of bodies to traditional modes of representation, especially in art and medicine, and encourage us to think anew about how we understand the relationship between human corporeality, identity and place. Critical transdisciplinary and transnational analyses of objects and images from a range of geographies shed new light on the themes of: bodies and identity; typologies of the body; racialised bodies; ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ bodies; encounters between bodies; bodies in transition; bodies and mobility; and the bounded and unbounded human body. The outcome is a fresh approach to depictions of the human body produced for the purposes of artistic and medical education, aesthetic edification, and scientific and professional advancement, which disrupts assumptions about the normative human body perpetuated through Western image-making traditions.

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Photographic afterlives

$130.00

Photographic afterlives explores the cultural, social and political contexts in which photographs from the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) emerge in contemporary art and photobooks. It situates these practices against the backdrop of the wider archival turn in the humanities and the ongoing debates about archives in Algeria. Tracing the movement of historical photographs across multiple spaces, the book unravels the subsequent layers of meaning accrued by these images. It argues that as much as archival contemporary art performs an inquiry into the past, it equally speaks volumes about the distinct and ever-shifting needs of the present. Focused on the work of artists and photographers who excavate side-lined histories of the war, remediate well-known narratives and imagine histories that cannot be recovered from archives, Photographic afterlives shows the great potential of archives of decolonisation.

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Confessions of monuments

$130.00

Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, an emerging nation state built a particular relationship with the Ottoman past. In its simultaneous disavowal and inheritance of it, this was the new Republic of Turkey, founded in 1923. Nation-states are areas of ideological contestation. However, they are equally visible and tangible. This is thanks to the making of a new world of artefacts in build or print that represent and commemorate them in many, often contradicting ways through design practices. This book offers a thorough account of this new Turkish material world through the trajectories of commemoration; from public monuments, print media, and festive illumination to temporary and permanent architecture from the onset of the 1908 Young Turk revolution to the demise of Turkey’s founding single-party regime in the late 1950s. If objects are silent actors of history, their confessions await.

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Walking with the enemy

$140.00

This book is about artists and activists who have embraced mimicry as a subversive tactic. Bringing together the contributions of seventeen writers, it addresses the ways in which artists have responded to power and ideology by imitating its outward forms. These contributors address in particular the current age of fantasy and political deception, and they consider the work of artists who have reacted by using dissimulation and make-believe themselves. Chapters include discussions of mimicry in reference to a number developments and debates: the post-truth era, the neoliberal consensus, the politics of race and gender, online subcultures, and the rise of the new right.

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The picture politics of Sir Francis Carruthers Gould

$36.95

This is the first major study of Britain’s pioneering graphic satirist, Sir Francis Carruthers Gould (1844–1925), the first staff political cartoonist on a daily newspaper in Britain, and the first of his kind to be knighted. Written by the distinguished media historian, Colin Seymour-Ure, it is essential reading for anyone interested in cartoons, caricature and illustration and will also be welcomed by students of history, politics and the media. It examines Gould’s career in Fleet Street until his retirement after the First World War. It also discusses his illustrations for magazines and books and there is an analysis of his use of symbolism and literary allusion to lampoon such eminent politicians as Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain. As Lord Baker says in his Foreword, this book is ‘a major contribution to our knowledge of British cartooning.’

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Gestures

$51.95

Gestures: A body of work is a cross-disciplinary collection of feminist approaches to ‘gesture’ that considers the term’s complex registers across embodied, aesthetic and political scenes. Attending to gestural movements, languages, feelings and communications, the book argues that gestures can unsettle gendered, sexed and racialised relations, norms and affects. Contributors activate the lens of gesture to offer innovative readings of art and literary works from the 1960s onwards and in transnational contexts. Experiments in art writing and autotheory reflect on the entanglement of the body, gesture and feminist practice. The book proposes that gesture be rethought as a mode of feminist practice that includes art, writing, performance and theory. Mixing disciplines, forms, genres and voices, these contributions and the book’s gestural structure offer a bold intervention into the conventions of critical writing.

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Mexican muralist, international Marxist

$36.95

David Alfaro Siqueiros was perhaps the most important communist painter of the twentieth century. This book, the first sustained engagement with Siqueiros’s work in the English language, focuses on the artist’s late murals, which are both aesthetically innovative and politically provocative. It places Siqueiros in an international context, revealing that the dogmatism he has been charged with was in reality a complex phenomenon. It provided a foundation for – rather than an obstacle to – his efforts to create an art embedded in the day-to-day concerns and theoretical debates of the world-wide mass movement he saw himself as a part of.

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Cases of citation

$44.95

Cases of citation presents a history of artists who incorporated literary references into their work from the 1960s onwards.

Through a series of object-focused chapters that each take up a singular ‘case of citation’, the collection considers how literary citation emerged as a viable and urgent strategy for artists during this period. It surveys nine artworks by a diverse group of artists – including David Wojnarowicz, Lis Rhodes, Romare Bearden and Silvia Kolbowski – whose citations draw on literary works with authors ranging from Gertrude Stein to Jean Genet.

The book also features an interview with pioneering feminist artist Elaine Reichek that discusses her career-long commitment to working with text. Together, the artworks and cited texts are approached from various critical angles, with each author questioning and complicating the ways in which we can ‘read’ textual citations in art.

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Taking place

$44.95

Taking place examines feminist and queer alternative art spaces across Canada and the United States from the late-1960s to the present. It looks at how queer and feminist artists working in the present day engage with, respond to and challenge the institutions they have inherited. Through a series of regional case studies, the book interrogates different understandings of ‘alternative’ space and the possibilities the term affords for queer and feminist artistic imaginaries.

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Origami Cranes Note Cards- 12 Cards

$12.99

Send a special message in these lively Origami Crane cards!

With 12 cards and 6 unique designs, receiving a handwritten note in one of these will make your friends and family smile! Blank inside, these cards convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

6 UNIQUE DESIGNS: Each box includes 6 different Origami Crane Illustrations— 2 cards of each design. With bright colors and bold designs, these cards feature fun designs for friends and family.
12 BLANK, FOLDED CARDS: Whether you're sending a card for a wedding, graduation, or birthday, these 12 blank cards allow you to personalize your own message. Each card measures 4.5 x 3.75 inches and opens either horizontally or vertically.
13 ENVELOPES: With 13 sealable envelopes simply slip your handwritten card in; address and add a standard USPS stamp. The envelopes measure at 5 x 4 inches, which meets the U.S. Postal Service requirements for mailing with a standard stamp.

Pair with the matching Tuttle Origami Cranes Gift Wrapping Paper for a colorful and cohesive gift!

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Digital Manga Composition & Perspective

$18.99

Learn to apply basic principles of composition and perspective to make your artwork more powerful!

In this unique book, author and illustrator Rui Tomono provides detailed case studies showing you how to create more compelling illustrations using the time-honored principles of composition and perspective. Follow Rui's examples, notes and tips as you learn to create dynamic compositions that will thrill readers and keep them turning the page.

When you use the right perspective, framing and focal points, you lead the viewer's eye and communicate your stories in a clear and engaging way. Rui also explains how to add color to your B&W sketches to create spectacular finished artworks.

The in-depth case studies in this book show you how to:

Establish the point of view of an illustration correctly
Position elements in a balanced way using the rule of thirds, the golden ratio, and more
Express a sense of dynamic flow for moving subjects
Create clearly defined foregrounds and backgrounds
And much more!

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Chiyogami Japanese, 16 Note Cards

$14.99

These classic and colorful note cards feature 16 Japanese chiyogami designs. Blank inside, these cards will convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3.75 x 4.5 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
16 unique designs
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)

Pair with the matching Tuttle wrapping paper—24 sheets of Chiyogami Patterns Gift Wrapping Paper—for the perfect gift!

Chiyogami patterns are known for saturated colors and graphic patterns. They represent Japanese traditional style and are often inspired by Kimono fabric. Originally printed by woodblock, Japanese artists began to silkscreen Chiyogami designs by hand in the twentieth century, and continue to do so today.

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How to Draw Animals

$19.99

A one-of-a-kind visual reference with sketch studies for 100 different animals.

Loaded with hundreds of tips and examples, this sourcebook contains sample sketches of a hundred different animal species—including mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles and fish. In addition to notes, sidebars and anatomical diagrams, there are step-by-step drawing exercises, watercolor painting tutorials and an artist's gallery containing the author's own artworks that will surprise and inspire you to further develop your own drawing skills.

This unique reference work includes creatures from all branches of the animal kingdom:

Land Mammals including cats, dogs, monkeys, bears and horses
Amphibians & Reptiles including komodo dragons, lizards and crocodiles
Marine Mammals including dolphins and whales
Birds including eagles, owls, cranes, parrots and penguins
And dozens of others!

Author Sadao Naito is a leading wildlife illustrator who has won numerous awards for his detailed and expressive animal drawings and paintings. He is a member of the World Wildlife Fund, the Wild Bird Society of Japan and the international Society of Animal Artists.

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A Complete Guide to Chinese Brush Painting

$19.99

Paint the classic subjects that inspired ancient Chinese masters.

This book introduces the venerable art of painting with ink on rice paper using traditional techniques developed over a thousand years ago. It is ideal for a beginner hoping to practice a large variety of techniques and subjects.

With this practical guide, you will learn to paint:

Towering landscapes
The elegant Four Gentlemen
Plants like bamboo, orchids, plum blossoms, and chrysanthemums
Five animals from the Chinese Zodiac
The basic strokes used in calligraphy
And more!

Known as a "soft martial art," brush painting is as meditative as it is artistic. As you move through the lessons and exercises, you'll gain insight into and appreciation for the symbolism, historical context, techniques, and mindfulness associated with this ancient art form.

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Romantic Roses, 16 Note Cards

$14.99

These elegant notecards feature 8 watercolor illustrations of brightly painted roses with bold and beautiful colors, and a range of floral variety.

Blank inside for your own message, these cards are perfect to convey a heartfelt message for any occasion!

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3.75 x 4.5 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)
8 painted rose designs—2 cards of each design

Receiving a handwritten note in one of these will make your friends and family smile!

16 Thank You Cards, Roses

$14.99

This beautiful set of Thank You cards features painted roses, perfect for expressing love, gratitude, and care for anyone in your life.

High-quality and elegantly illustrated, these cards are the perfect addition to a little gift, or to mail to someone special. The set includes:

16 folded blank note cards: 4.5 x 3 inches (114 x 76 mm)
16 envelopes: 5 x 3.5 inches (127 x 89 mm)
8 charming artworks (2 cards of each design)
All contained in a keepsake box!

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Vintage Kimono, 16 Note Cards

$14.99

These vintage notecards feature 8 designs sourced from Japanese Kimono Fabrics popular in the 1900s. From retro rainbows to floral motifs this set showcases traditional symbols through vibrant prints.

Blank inside for your own message, these cards are perfect to convey a heartfelt message for any occasion!

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3.75 x 4.5 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)
8 designs from 1900's Vintage Japanese Kimono Fabrics—2 cards of each design

Pair with the matching Tuttle Vintage Kimono Gift Wrapping Paper for a colorful and cohesive gift!

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Drawing Manga Faces & Expressions

$18.99

Learn to draw expressive faces to communicate thoughts, feelings and emotions!

Drawing characters with realistic facial expressions is a challenging and critical skill for every manga artist and storyteller. Drawing Manga Faces & Expressions is an invaluable practical guide for illustrators who wish to bring their drawing skills to the next level!

This book contains over 175 detailed step-by-step lessons and 1,200 drawings, with practical advice and helpful tips on every page.

The tutorials covered in this comprehensive guide include:

How to draw realistically consistent faces from every possible angle
How to draw attractive eyes, noses, mouths, ears and hairlines for any age or gender
How to apply shading to make your characters' faces appear three-dimensional
How to express emotions like joy, anger, fear, surprise, sadness, wonder, confusion and calm
And so much more!

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How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories

$17.99

Dress up your drawings any way you like using this complete all-in-one style guide!

Have you ever struggled to get the drape of a dress or the look of a jacket just right? Maybe you've mastered the human form but your drawings lack a sense of fashion? Or perhaps you're a budding fashionista who loves decking your characters out in elegant, outrageous or cutting-edge outfits? No matter how you wish to clothe your creations, in traditional togs or casual fashions, How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories is the perfect tutorial for you!

Fashion meets form in this essential style guide to dressing up your drawings. Drape your manga creations in the wardrobe of your dreams, while learning techniques and tips used by professional illustrators to realistically draw clothing and accessories of all types—from blouses and T-shirts to button downs, sweaters, coats, pants, skirts and shorts. And what about the accessories? Boots, belts, shoes and sandals are all included as well, along with detailed coverage of satchels, purses and backpacks.

How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories is the fashion bible used by manga artists in Japan. It presents more than 900 drawings by twelve accomplished illustrators, covering a broad range of fashions. Detailed, in-depth instructionals show you how to render not just the garments themselves, but the folds, creases and wrinkles that give them a sense of realism and movement.

Other books in the series include How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions, How to Create Manga: Drawing the Human Body and How to Create Manga: Drawing Action Scenes and Characters.

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How to Draw Anything Anytime

$14.99

Author and artist Kamo is back with her ever-popular doodles!

Cute, funny and simple drawings—alongside step-by-step instructions—are sure to inspire readers of all ages to sit down and start doodling. Begin with a line or squiggle, and then turn it into a face, animal or anything else that your imagination conjures up. The point is just to draw—anytime, anywhere, anything—and, most of all, to have fun while you are doing it!

With more than 1000 examples to trace or make on your own, How to Draw Anything Anytime includes:

People of all ages
Animals from sea otters to giraffes and sloths to turtles
Food and drinks including coffee, popcorn, sushi and lots of other appetizing treats
Transportation, whether traveling by submarine, UFO or bus
Astrological signs and zodiac animals
Japanese and latin alphabet lettering
Clever borders for decorating edges

The adorable images throughout the book provide inspiration. Whether doodling digitally or on paper, use your drawings to decorate bookmarks, office supplies, bags, cards, invitations, notebooks, mobiles, window hangings and more. Sample cartoon strips show you how to incorporate your doodles into a bigger project.

Fans of Kamo's other doodle books love her instantly recognizable style. Unlike serious art books, there are no rules to follow and no classes to take. All that's needed is a free hand and a free spirit—follow your lines and see where they take you.

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Cool Blue Note Cards - 12 Cards

$12.99

Send a special message in these charming Blue & White designed cards!

With 12 cards and 6 unique designs, receiving a handwritten note in one of these will make your friends and family smile! Blank inside, these cards convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

6 UNIQUE DESIGNS: Each box includes 6 different Cool Blue designs— 2 cards of each design. With deep blues and elegant white these cards feature a variety of motifs, from fish to flowers and abstract designs.
12 BLANK, FOLDED CARDS: Whether you're sending a card for a wedding, graduation, or birthday, these 12 blank cards allow you to personalize your own message. Each card measures 4.5 x 3.75 inches and opens either horizontally or vertically.
13 ENVELOPES: With 13 sealable envelopes simply slip your handwritten card in; address and add a standard USPS stamp. The envelopes measure at 5 x 4 inches, which meets the U.S. Postal Service requirements for mailing with a standard stamp.

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Kingdom of the Sun

$40.00

Filled with over 170 classical Indian works of art and expert commentary, Kingdom of the Sun is a welcome addition to the field of Indian art history.

Few regions of India have so excited the imagination as has the princely state of Mewar, which has been celebrated as the most heroic and illustrious of the Rajput states. Despite this, relatively little writing has been devoted to the innovative artists whose work helped to establish the state's reputation. Kingdom of the Sun: Indian Court and Village Art from the Princely State of Mewar addresses that deficiency by gathering some of the finest works of Indian art.

The pieces range from the early sixteenth century to the twentieth century. At the core is a selection of works that dramatically conveys the brilliance of Mewar painting. The exhibition brings to life some of the great individual Mewari painters—especially Bakhta (1760-1810) and Chokha (1799-1824)—who previously have been largely relegated to anonymity.

For his book, original essays were commissioned from leading scholars—these essays represent a significant advancement in scholarship related to Mewar. Exhibition curator Joanna Williams has also written detailed entries for each of the objects on display. The result is a book that gives an intimate sense of an extraordinary place and the remarkable people who created a legacy there, one that continues to fascinate to this day.

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Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji

$39.99

The full set of 46 glorious prints of Mt Fuji by Japan's most famous artist!

This beautiful Japanese-bound volume presents the complete set of prints Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, one of the most famous series created by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), including ten prints he added to the series at a later date. Mt Fuji is magnificently represented by the master thanks to his highly personal conception that combines the sacred dimensions of the mountain with earthly views representing many different human activities. Each print is accompanied by a technical explanation that helps the reader to understand the image, with descriptions where possible of the actual places depicted.

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Japanese Washi, 16 Note Cards

$14.99

These fun and colorful note cards feature 16 Japanese designs. From cheerful cherry blossoms to stylized koi fish, this set showcases traditional symbols through vibrant prints.

Blank inside, these cards will convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3.75 x 4.5 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)
16 unique designs

These designs are inspired by those of Japanese washi paper—a traditional handmade paper. In Japanese, wa means 'Japanese' and shi means 'paper.' Having been made for 1400 years, the craft of making washi paper is a registered UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.

Pair with the matching Tuttle wrapping paper, Japanese Washi Gift Wrapping Papers 12 Sheets, for a colorful and cohesive gift!

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Marbled Patterns Note Cards - 12 Cards

$12.99

Send a special message in these groovy Marbled Pattern cards!

With 12 cards and 6 unique designs, receiving a handwritten note in one of these will make your friends and family smile! Blank inside, these cards convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

6 UNIQUE DESIGNS: Each box includes 6 different Marbled Patterns— 2 cards of each design. These lively designs feature marbled swirls, overlapping layers of beautiful colors, and the liquid texture of an acrylic paint-pour.
12 BLANK, FOLDED CARDS: Whether you're sending a card for a wedding, graduation, or birthday, these 12 blank cards allow you to personalize your own message. Each card measures 4.5 x 3.75 inches and opens either horizontally or vertically.
13 ENVELOPES: With 13 sealable envelopes simply slip your handwritten card in; address and add a standard USPS stamp. The envelopes measure at 5 x 4 inches, which meets the U.S. Postal Service requirements for mailing with a standard stamp.

Pair with the matching Tuttle Marbled Patterns Gift Wrapping Paper for a colorful and cohesive gift!

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Origami Paper 500 sheets Japanese Folk Prints 6" (15 cm)

$12.99

This paper pack contains 500 origami papers printed with designs from traditional Bingata folk fabrics.

These paper packs make an excellent resource for all different kinds of folding, crafting and scrapbooking projects. The package includes folding sheets as well as a booklet with instructions so that folders can start right away.

This origami paper pack includes:

500 sheets of high-quality origami paper
Double-sided color (pattern on one side and a solid color on the other side)
6 x 6 inch (15 cm) sheets
Introduction to origami basics and folding techniques
Instructions for 5 easy origami projects

The designs featured in this set are inspired by Bingata Fabrics—traditional designs from Okinawa Japan with Chinese cultural influence. Bingata is made with a variety of techniques and natural dyes, providing an excellent textile design for these unique origami papers.

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Japanese Cats - 12 Blank Note Cards

$14.99

These charming blank note cards feature art from the beautifully illustrated children's book Japanese Traditions by author & illustrator Setsu Broderick

The 6 carefully selected images are an intricately illustrated romp through the childhood reminiscences of Broderick, each celebrating a different month of the year. On the back of each card is a brief history or meaning of each fun, lighthearted scene.

High-quality and beautifully illustrated, these cards are the perfect addition to a little gift, or to mail to a special someone just because. The set includes:

12 folded blank note cards: 6 x 4 inches (152 x 102 mm)
12 envelopes: 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches (160 x 108 mm)
Features 6 charming artworks (2 cards of each design) selected from the beautifully illustrated children's book Japanese Traditions by author/illustrator Setsu Broderick
All contained in a keepsake box!

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Bamboo in China

$16.95

An exploration of Chinese art and culture, Bamboo in China shines a light on this relatively unknown craft.

The noted British scholar Joseph Needham concluded from his thorough study of the history of Chinese science and technology that the "East Asian civilization is none other than a bamboo civilization" and China is just the cradle of that bamboo civilization. Since bamboo has been used for thousands of years in China and in many aspects of daily life, it became an influential part of the Chinese culture. With the tributes to bamboo and the extolling of its strengths, it was further blended into China's Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist thinking to give birth to a cultural phenomenon uniquely Chinese that has since spread far and wide. This beautifully illustrated book presents a vivid history of bamboo in China:

The uses of bamboo in daily life, production, musical instruments, transportation, architecture and landscaping, hydraulic engineering and the military
Traditional treatments of bamboo by Chinese artisans, including two main artistic processing techniques.
Bamboo wares with a unique Chinese flavor such as fans, oilpaper umbrellas, and mats and curtains

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Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide

$19.99

A color science expert's must-have coloring guide for manga and anime artists!

Author Teruko Sakurai, Japan's leading colorist, applies her expert knowledge of color to drawing effective anime and manga. Starting with the basics, Sakurai shares her secrets on how to provide your characters and scenes with the right colors to accurately express their moods and actions. This all-in-one guide allows you to become a skilled colorist in just a few easy lessons.

Here are just some of the key topics presented in this all-in-one handbook:

How to select the right hair and eye colors to express the personality and mood of a character
The basics of color theory and how to match the color palette of a scene with the story being told
Color's role in conveying emotion— and the essential colors used to capture a particular mood
Hundreds of palette color combinations and swatches with CMYK and RGB percentages

This book shows you how to become a skilled digital colorist just by following a few simple guidelines—and how to refine your illustrations further using professional-level digital shading and coloration techniques. With hundreds of tips and sample palettes to refer to, Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide is a book every manga and anime artist will want to have!

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Japanese Shibori, 16 Note Cards

$14.99

These classic and colorful note cards feature 16 Japanese shibori designs. Blank inside, these cards will convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3.75 x 4.5 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
16 unique designs
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)

Pair with the matching Tuttle wrapping papers—Japanese Shibori Gift Wrapping Papers 12 Sheets—for colorful and cohesive gift giving!

Shibori is a hand-dyeing technique from Japan that typically involves folding, twisting or bunching cloth to create a unique pattern—sort of like an ancient form of tie-dye.

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Emerald Cities

$49.00

This lavishly illustrated catalogue of artworks from Thailand and Burma provides an introduction to one of Asia's richest and least known artistic traditions.

Focusing primarily on decorative and religious objects from the nineteenth century (along with some earlier and later works), the art book brings to light the lively, yet often strained, interchange between the regions of central and northern Thailand (Siam) and Burma.

Thailand and Burma are neighboring countries that are approximately the same size in area and population and have many cultural features in common. Yet they have traditionally been adversaries. This book explores some of the elements that have both drawn the countries together and driven them apart. It contains incisive essays by leading scholars as well as detailed entries relating to nearly 150 spectacular works of art—on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco from October 23, 2009, through January 10, 2010—many of which have never before been on public display in the West.

While representing the latest art historical scholarship, the book is intended for the general public. It will be of interest to anyone intrigued by such luxuriant and spectacular artworks as gilded and mirrored ritual vessels, black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture, and vibrant, colorful paintings. To many, these objects will convey something of the exotic and exuberant ambiance captured in romantic travel books and films such as The King and I. To browse these pages is to be transported, by artworks that are by turns opulent, reverent, and whimsical, to a lost time and place, one unlike any other.

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Japanese Mingei Folk Crafts

$24.99

"In an age when so much of our time is spent staring at screens, it is easy to understand why the warmth, intimacy and idiosyncrasies of hand craftsmanship should seem alluring…the term Mingei describes useful, unobtrusive, beautifully crafted objects." —Alice Rawsthorn, The New York Times

The Mingei Folk Crafts movement, founded by philosopher and art historian Soetsu Yanagi and potters Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro in the early 20th century, celebrates the utilitarian designs in functional objects hand-crafted by village artisans throughout Japan. This book offers an illustrated guide to Japan's rich folk craft traditions and shows why the Mingei philosophy is even more relevant today than it was a century ago. Folk crafts have become associated with the Slow Life movement and the Wabi Sabi philosophy which values simple and imperfect items above the bright and shiny mass-produced objects of our modern culture.

This book introduces 34 fascinating Japanese folk craft traditions—ranging from popular, widely-known ones to many lesser-known crafts that are equally exquisite but rarely seen. The crafts covered here include:

Aizome Hand-dyed Indigo Textiles which use the leaves of the indigo plant to produce a rich, deep-blue color
Bizen, the unique unglazed pottery with an earthy, rustic appearance—and simple, charming designs
Chochin Lanterns made of handmade washi paper stretched over a bamboo frame, found outside restaurants and temples, including the famous example at the entrance to Tokyo's Sensoji Temple
Edo Furin Wind Chimes made of delicate hand-blown glass, one of the iconic symbols—and sounds—of the hot and humid Japanese summers
Inuharuko Papier Mache Toy Dogs, adorable pups that have acted as good-luck symbols since the Edo period
Maneki Neko Beckoning Cats, one of the most popular folk crafts in Japan, with their right paw raised to bring in money and good luck
Tenugui Cloths, dyed using the chusen method to provide delicate color gradations and used as kitchen cloths, for wrapping or to wear as a scarf, as well as for framing since they are so beautiful!

Author Manami Okazaki describes each craft in loving detail and interviews nine talented folk artists specializing in unique crafts like Koginzashi Needlework, Bingata Dyed Fabrics and Warazaiku Rice Straw Crafts.

This beautifully-illustrated book will be treasured by folk art collectors and enthusiasts worldwide. It features 400 color photographs and a comprehensive guide to buying Japanese folk crafts both inside and outside Japan.

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Japan Journeys

$19.95

Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations.

This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hundred Japanese woodblock prints depicting scenic spots and cultural icons that still delight visitors today. Many of the prints are by masters such as Utagawa Hiroshige, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Utagawa Kunisada, and currently hang in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide. Katsuhika Hokusai, the artform's most celebrated artist, is also well represented, with many prints from his "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series and "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series, including his world-renowned "Great Wave" print.

In addition to prints showcasing Japan's natural beauty, this carefully curated selection depicts roads and railways; favorite pastimes, such as blossom viewing and attending festivals; beloved entertainment, such as kabuki theater; the fashions they wore, and the food they ate. Author Andreas Marks is a leading expert on Japanese woodblock prints, and his Illuminating captions provide background context to the scenes depicted.

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The Beginner's Guide to Chinese Calligraphy Semi-cursive script

$13.95

Perfect for beginners, this calligraphy book teaches over 100 Chinese paintings and calligraphies along with historical and cultural information.

Chinese calligraphy is a unique visual art form that can be appreciated regardless of having previous knowledge of Chinese characters. While modern Chinese calligraphy consists of five styles, this book focuses on the semi-cursive script, a practical style that emphasizes the transition and structure between strokes.

The Beginner's Guide to Chinese Calligraphy Semi-Cursive Script teaches how to write the practical and artistic semi-cursive script. Based on the style of Zhao Mengfu, a master of semi-cursive script, you will learn the distinct features of the script and what exemplifies the semi-cursive style. This guide, with step by step illustrations, reduces the difficulty for beginners to learn Chinese calligraphy and is truly a must for Chinese calligraphy amateurs.

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The Complete Guide to Drawing Manga & Anime

$19.99

The complete manga, anime and video game "art school" course for beginners!

The Complete Guide to Drawing Manga & Anime offers a structured 13-week lesson plan that is typically found in professional drawing classes. With 65 detailed lessons arranged into 13 weekly topics, it's simple to learn the essentials and then progress to higher levels. You can create your own personalized learning experience as the structured lessons can be followed in sequence on a strict daily schedule or as an easy learn-at-your-own-pace course. With a hybrid focus this book offers skills for both digital and traditional artists learning to create manga and anime.

This book's unique progressively structured lessons offer:

Essential basic instructions on drawing bodies, clothes, facial expressions, movements and poses with 3D composition for animation
Hundreds of sample illustrations and full-color examples that make it easy to learn
Detailed lessons that teach poses, dress styles and life-like expressions that match each character's personality
Star ratings for each lesson that indicate difficulty and allow the aspiring artist to follow and understand their own learning progress
Professional tips and tricks that make learning fun and memorable
Free downloadable practice materials, templates and guides

The Complete Guide to Drawing Manga & Anime offers all the essential information needed to acquire basic drawing skills—creating a solid foundation for future learning!

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The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

$19.95

Containing hundreds of the Asian Art Museums finest paintings, sculptures, jewelry, textile and furniture, this art book is an informative guide to one of the world's greatest collections.

The character of the art in this book is broad, inventive, original, and stunning in its compass. For the arts of Asia are as vast as humankind, and as complex and remarkable. While they conform to little of what Western artists know or knew, these arts are born of grand traditions, nurtured talents, and splendid ideas. The arts of Asia originate in the largest of Earth's continents and represent the oldest continuum of civilized activity in this world.

This book presents a selection by the curators of the highlights of the Asian Art Museum collections. It is, therefore an introduction to the subject, but it is also an invitation for the reader to investigate further, to visit the museum, and to see at first hand the arrayed masterworks of Asian art installed in the galleries.

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Modern Japanese Painting Techniques

$18.99

This book makes it easy to create and admire wonderful Japanese-style paintings and portraits!

Modern Japanese-style paintings are recognizable by their restrained use of three-dimensionality and perspective, reliance upon expressive lines, and the bold use of color to direct the viewer's eye. There are other ways that artists imbue their work with Japanese- inspired attributes, including through the skillful use of shape, texture, and facial expression.

Author Shinichi Fukui introduces readers to 7 notable modern Japanese artists (Kazuo Kawakami, Chiaki Takasugi, Miho Tanaka, Ryohei Nishiyama, Jose Franky, Ryohei Murata, and Keiji Yano) who specialize in shin hanga-style portraiture of Japanese women. He then presents instructions to create 21 different original paintings—from sketching models, preparing and mixing paints, blocking in color, and rendering fine details.

Using these techniques, and a bit of acrylic paint, readers will be able to create eye-catching works of art that express a timeless Japanese aesthetic.

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Rainbow Patterns, 16 Note Cards

$12.99

These fun and vibrant note cards feature 16 rainbow designs. Blank inside, they will convey a heartfelt message for any occasion.

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
16 unique designs
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)

Pair with the matching Tuttle wrapping paper—24 sheets of Rainbow Patterns Gift Wrapping Paper—for a colorful and cohesive gift!

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Tie-Dye, 16 Note Cards

$12.99

These fun and colorful note cards feature 16 tie-dye designs.

Tie-dye is making a big comeback—from clothing and home accessories to office and school supplies. Share this feel-good trend with loved ones and make them smile! Blank inside, these cards will convey a heartfelt message no matter the occasion.

This note card set includes:

16 folded blank note cards—3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (9.5 x 11.5 cm)
17 sealable envelopes (meet US Postal requirements for mailing with a standard stamp)
16 unique designs

Pair with the matching Tuttle wrapping paper—24 sheets of Tie-Dye Gift Wrapping Paper—for a truly vibrant gift!

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Shodo

$34.95

In this beautiful and extraordinary zen calligraphy book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the art of Japanese calligraphy through the power and wisdom of Zen poetry.

Single-line Zen Buddhist koan aphorisms, or zengo, are one of the most common subjects for the traditional Japanese brush calligraphy known as shodo. Regarded as one of the key disciplines in fostering the focused, meditative state of mind so essential to Zen, shodo calligraphy is practiced regularly by all students of Zen Buddhism in Japan. After providing a brief history of Japanese calligraphy and its close relationship with the teachings of Zen Buddhism, Sato explains the necessary supplies and fundamental brushstroke skills that you'll need. He goes on to present thirty zengo, each featuring:

An example by a skilled Zen monk or master calligrapher
An explanation of the individual characters and the Zen koan as a whole
Step-by-step instructions on how to paint the phrase in a number of styles (Kaisho, Gyosho, Sosho)

A stunning volume on the intersection of Japanese aesthetics and Zen Buddhist thought, Shodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy guides both beginning and advanced students to a deeper understanding of the unique brush painting art form of shodo calligraphy.

Shodo calligraphy topics include:

The Art of Kanji
The Four Treasures of Shodo
Ideogram Zengo
Students of Shodo

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Modern Japanese Painting Techniques

$7.99

This book makes it easy to create and admire wonderful Japanese-style paintings and portraits!

Modern Japanese-style paintings are recognizable by their restrained use of three-dimensionality and perspective, reliance upon expressive lines, and the bold use of color to direct the viewer's eye. There are other ways that artists imbue their work with Japanese- inspired attributes, including through the skillful use of shape, texture, and facial expression.

Author Shinichi Fukui introduces readers to 7 notable modern Japanese artists (Kazuo Kawakami, Chiaki Takasugi, Miho Tanaka, Ryohei Nishiyama, Jose Franky, Ryohei Murata, and Keiji Yano) who specialize in shin hanga-style portraiture of Japanese women. He then presents instructions to create 21 different original paintings—from sketching models, preparing and mixing paints, blocking in color, and rendering fine details.

Using these techniques, and a bit of acrylic paint, readers will be able to create eye-catching works of art that express a timeless Japanese aesthetic.

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In the Moment

$35.00

Filled with over 100 vivid works of art and insightful essays, In the Moment is an extensive work, featuring several Japanese art forms and crafts.

Inspired by an early love of Japanese aesthetics, tech entrepreneur and avid art collector Larry Ellison has assembled an impressive collection of Japanese art spanning some eleven hundred years of history. The current selection, which introduces the collection to the public for the first time, is organized into four areas: sculpture, painting, lacquer, and metalwork.

Highlights include a remarkable wood figure of Shotoku Taishi at age two, dating to the late 1200s or early 1300s; painted screens showcasing the use of classical Japanese and Chinese themes by Kano school artists in the late 1500s and early 1600s; and whimsical paintings of animals by innovative masters active in Kyoto in the 1700s.

The catalogue also features lacquers representing the Rinpa and Ritsuo traditions of craftsmanship and design; examples of the Japanese armor maker's art; and bronze vases and objects from the Meiji (1868–1912) and Taisho periods (1912–1926).

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The Complete Guide to Drawing Dynamic Manga Sword Fighters

$19.99

The legendary Samurai, and the sharp-edged katanas they mastered, are the point of this thrill-seeking guide to drawing swordfights, battle scenes and skirmishes.

The Complete Guide to Drawing Dynamic Manga Sword Fighters provides a highly detailed series of lessons—ideal for digital artists—starting with the body, the fighter's stance and the various ways your characters can be twisted, torqued and turned into powerful poses. No detail is overlooked: from the grip on the weapon to the intense look on your character's face. Also included is an entire chapter devoted to the various razor-sharp weapons your characters can come armed with.

This invaluable manga drawing guide then concludes with a gallery of full-color scenes, poses and anime stills showing important, aspirational details: captivating scenes, compelling characters and powerful weapons at the ready.

With this book, intermediate artists of all ages can refine their style and add intensity, authenticity and drama to their stories. Enjoy as your characters slash, fence and fight their way through your own custom-designed action manga.

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Sumi-e

$39.95

In this Japanese ink painting book renowned Japanese master Shozo Sato offers his own personal teaching on the beautiful art of sumi-e painting.

Sumi-e: The Art of Japanese Ink Painting provides step-by-step, photo-by-photo instructions to guide learners in the correct form, motions and techniques of Japanese sumi-e painting.

Featuring gorgeous images and practical advice, it includes guided instructions for 35 different paintings. From waterfalls to bamboo, learners paint their way to understanding sumi-e—a style of painting that is characteristically Asian and has been practiced for well over 1,000 years. Although it's sometimes confused with calligraphy, as the tools used are the same, sumi-e instead tries to capture the essence of an object or scene in the fewest possible strokes.

This all-in-one resource also provides a timeline of brush painting history, a glossary of terms, a guide to sources and an index—making it a tool to use and treasure, for amateurs and professionals alike. This sumi-e introduction is ideal for anyone with a love of Japanese art or the desire to learn to paint in a classic Asian style.

All media content is alternatively accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.

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A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting

$19.99

An easy introduction to the enjoyable art of watercolor sketching!

A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting is the perfect book for anyone who wants to experience the spontaneity of watercolor sketching with a water brush pen—a rewarding hobby that enables you to paint anytime, anywhere with very simple materials. The beginner-friendly lessons in this book contain all the information you need—detailed tips and instructions along with step-by-step photos to walk you through the process of painting everything from still life to portraits and landscapes.

The 15 lessons in the book show you how to paint the following popular subjects:

Lifelike fruits and vegetables such as zesty lemons, sweet cherry tomatoes and crisp sugar snap peas
Beautiful flowers like brilliant yellow sunflowers, pastel pink roses and stunning floral bouquets
Adorable pets like friendly calico cats and fluffy Shibu Inu dogs
Tasty treats including indulgent strawberry shortcakes, coffees and teas
Charming buildings and landscapes such as quaint canal-side buildings and exotic tiered pagodas
And much more!

Each lesson opens with a reference photo and suggested color palette, followed by the step-by-step process of creating an underdrawing and applying brilliant watercolor paints. This handy book is the perfect companion for vacations and weekends. Toss it into your bag with your paper, paints and brushes—and go out and capture interesting subjects in the world around you!

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Japanese Tattoos

$17.95

Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? Japanese Tattoos is an insider's look at the world of Japanese irezumi (tattoos).

Japanese Tattoos explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid getting ink they don't understand or, worse, that they'll regret. This photo-heavy book also traces the history of Japanese tattooing, putting the iconography and kanji symbols in their proper context so readers will be better informed as to what they mean and have a deeper understanding of irezumi. Featured tattoos range from traditional tebori (hand-poked) and kanji tattoos to anime-inspired and modern works—as well as everything in between. For the first time, Japanese tattooing is put together in a visually attractive, informative, and authoritative way.

Along with the 350+ photos of tattoos, Japanese Tattoos also features interviews with Japanese tattoo artists on a variety of topics. What's more, it contains interviews with clients, who are typically overlooked in similar books, allowing them to discuss what their Japanese tattoos mean to them. Those who read this informative tattoo guide will be more knowledgeable about Japanese tattoos should they want to get inked or if they are merely interested in Japanese art and culture.

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Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits

$18.99

The ability to capture a realistic likeness requires expert guidance!

Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits provides the professional guidance and all of the expert tips and techniques you need to succeed at creating beautiful, realistic watercolor portraits. With 48 step-by-step lessons covering tools, techniques, sketching, painting and finishing, this book makes learning fun and effective. It will take you through each step of the watercolor portrait process, from choosing a paper size and sketching your subject to layering in the colors and rendering the fine details. Author Hiroko Shibasaki provides expert guidance on the best materials to use along with many insightful tips that every artist should know.

The portraits presented in the 12 comprehensive painting tutorials express a distinctively Japanese aesthetic. The subjects in the foreground are rendered in exquisite detail, while the backgrounds are only subtly suggested. This technique places the emphasis on the masterful portraits, leaving it to the viewer's imagination to fill in the peripheral details.

The lessons in this book cover all the key topics, including:

Working with a model
Completing the sketch
Preparing and mixing paints
Blocking in skin tones
Rendering details such as facial features, hairstyles and clothing
Blending and shading the colors
And much more!

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Hokusai Prints Sticker Book

$22.99

The 160 stickers of woodblock prints and iconic art in this book span the full range of Hokusai's subjects—from serene landscapes and intricate nature studies to lively scenes of Kabuki actors, Samurai in battle and Yokai monsters and demons. These stylish stickers are perfect for decorating journals, scrapbooks, note cards, and adding an elegant touch to gifts of any kind!

Katsushika Hokusai's works are celebrated for their dynamic compositions, vibrant colors, and innovative use of perspective. His most famous series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," includes the iconic "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," showcasing his mastery in capturing the power and beauty of nature. Hokusai's oeuvre spans a wide range of subjects, from serene landscapes and intricate nature studies to lively scenes of daily life and detailed portraits of kabuki actors. Blending traditional Japanese techniques with Western influences, Hokusai's art remains influential and admired worldwide.

The dramatic Hokusai subjects included in this deluxe hardcover volume are:

"Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" — Hokusai's greatest work, featuring unusual views of Japan's sacred mountain, including the iconic "Great Wave off Kanagawa"
"A Tour of Japan's Waterfalls" — Depicting Japan's scenic mountain waterfalls in dramatic compositions
"Snow, Moon, and Flowers" — Sensual beauty and natural landscapes including
"Kabuki Actors" — Leading actors of the day, depicting iconic characters from Japanese history
Plus many more!

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Botanical Drawing & Painting

$19.99

Bring the glory of the outdoors into your home with colorful, stylish, frame-worthy paintings!

In this lushly illustrated book, master painter and art teacher Hidenari Kobayashi provides step-by-step instructions to show you how to create attractive drawings and paintings in the popular French botanical style. He details all the tools and materials needed, describes the techniques you'll use, and walks you through the creative process of drawing and painting 18 different botanical subjects.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Botanical Drawing & Painting provides everything you need to learn this charming style of artistic expression—from first sketch to final brushstroke!

Detailed step-by-step lessons show you how to draw and paint a wide variety of subjects, including:

Lovely flowers, such as velvety roses, satiny tulips, frilly hydrangeas, exotic lilies and festive wildflowers
Familiar vegetables, fruits and nuts such as red onions, green peppers, lemons, kumquats and walnuts
Various other interesting botanical subjects, including pine cones, holly leaves and berries, succulents and various types of leaves

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Sketching Men

$19.99

In Sketching Men, veteran art instructor Koichi Hagawa, PhD explains how to quickly capture the dynamic male form through two distinct styles of sketching:

Very rapid (1-3 minute) line drawings that capture the essence of the subject's posture and movement—perfect for recording athletic action poses in the moment
More finished tonal drawings, which take a bit longer to render (7-10 minutes), but fill in lots of interesting texture and wonderfully realistic details and nuances, including the play of light and shadow, three-dimensional form and a sense of mass and balance

Learn to sketch the following:

Individual body parts and their bones and muscles
Objects held in the hands and with both arms
Standing and sitting poses
Transitions from prone and sitting poses to a standing pose
Bending, reaching and leaning poses
Pushing, throwing and dancing poses
Folds, gathers and drape of clothing

This book contains hundreds of detailed studies and helpful examples. Your sketches will improve rapidly as you learn all about how human anatomy—the skeleton, muscles and posture—all come together to express the uniquely male form. When you hone your line and tonal drawing skills with this book, all of your artwork will improve as a result, no matter the application: storyboarding, cartooning and graphic novels, illustration, formal drawings, painting and more!

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How to Create Manga: Drawing Action Scenes and Characters

$17.99

Learn the skills to set any scene or capture any mood. With this book, your manga drawings will spring to life and leap off the page!

Drawing Action Scenes and Characters is most suited to digital artists, but the tips and techniques in this book are applicable to illustrators of all schools and persuasions. No matter where you're at in your development as a manga master, this companion volume helps bring your skills to the next level. Follow along through the forty mini-lessons, created and guided by experts tapping into years of experience in the Japanese animation and entertainment industries.

Open new pathways to your visual storytelling possibilities as your characters find themselves in increasingly complex and compellingly rendered scenarios.

Tuttle's How to Create Manga series guides users through the process of reaching a professional-looking final drawing through actual sketch progressions, practical tips and caution on common missteps to avoid. Other books in the series include How to Create Manga: Drawing the Human Body, How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions and How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories.

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Vegetables and Fruits

$12.95

Anyone interested in traditional Chinese painting will find these four volumes useful for self-study. Each of the four volumes teach amateur brush painters to execute the intricacies of Chinese brush painting. Beginning with the separate parts and then progressing to the composition, these volumes feature exquisite illustrations that will enable the learner to pick up the basics as if in a classroom setting.