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Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland Publisher Comments "This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards Publisher Comments When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Time list... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer Staff Pick The young Lehrer's keen portraits make for a winning read. Using Woolf, Stravinsky, Cézanne, Whitman, and a handful of others, he shows how art has given us as much insight into the human mind as science has.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm About the Author Jack Hamm is one of the best-selling authors of art instruction books. With nearly a million copies sold, his books have helped aspiring artists of every age and level of ability learn to draw and improve their technique.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cartooning the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm Publisher Comments THE QUESTION: Are there new ways of opening the field of cartooning to any one who likes to draw? THE ANSWER: Yes! Here are tried and proven methods that explain, simplify and teach every one, regardless of age, the art of cartooning. Step by step... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes by Jack Hamm Publisher Comments The how-to handbook that exactly explains and illustrates the step-by-step processes for drawing complete, succesful landscapes and seascapes and teaches the fundamentals of good composition as well as the separate picture elements. This guide combines... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Drawing With Children, 10TH Anniversary Edition (Rev 96 Edition) by Mona Brookes Publisher Comments Now in a revised and expanded edition, this perennial best-seller is the definitive guide for parents and teachers on how to encourage drawing. Mona Brookes' easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson approach to drawing has yielded astounding results with... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Keys to Drawing: Bert Dodson's Successful Method of "Teaching Anyone Who Can Hold a Pencil" How by Bert Dodson Publisher Comments Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw. In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system - fifty-five keys that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner. These keys, along with dozens of practice... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mannerism (67 Edition) by John Shearman Review "It is to John Shearman's credit that he has cut through the detritus of psychological guesswork, shown that the word mannerism has a precise meaning in its own time...Manierismo was the extreme consciousness of elegant style for its own sake, a passion... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oil Painting Book by Bill Creevy Publisher Comments Without equal anywhere in print today, this is the most complete guide to oil painting materials, and how to use them to derive best results from the medium.... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Complete Guide To Watercolor Painting (01 Edition) by Edgar A. Whitney Publisher Comments Comprehensive, popular guide by renowned artist and teacher presents a full course of watercolor painting, from basics to creating landscapes; painting portraits and figures; drawing; following design principles; and matting, framing, and selling... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Complete Printmaker : Techniques, Traditions, Innovations (Rev 90 Edition) by John Ross Publisher Comments The most comprehensive up-to-date guide to printmaking on the market today, the revised, expanded, fully illustrated edition of this classic, containing 40 color plates and 600 black-and-white illustrations, covers every aspect of fine printing.... (read more) List Price $41.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sketch Book for the Artist (05 Edition) by Sarah Simblet Publisher Comments Covering a wide range of themes from portraits to plant studies and still life, and showing how to tackle each subject in a variety of different ways, the Sketch Book for the Artist aims to widen the reader's understanding of drawing and to inspire them... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Color : Natural History of the Palette (02 Edition) by Victoria Finlay Publisher Comments In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist's palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten Publisher Comments A useful simplification and condensation of Johannes ltten's major work. The Art of Color, this book covers subjective feeling and objective color principles in detail. It presents the key to understanding color in ltten's color circle and color... (read more) List Price $53.25 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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Artists in Times of War (Seven Stories' Open Media Book) by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments "Political power," says Howard Zinn, "is controlled by the corporate elite, and the arts are the locale for a kind of guerilla warfare in the sense that guerillas look for apertures and opportunities where they can have an effect." In his new book... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Keys to Drawing with Imagination: Strategies and Exercises for Gaining Confidence and Enhancing Creativity by Bert Dodson Publisher Comments Draw with Confidence and Creativity Creativity occurs in action: It is not a trait; it is something you do. To be creative, you need to engage in the art-making process. When you are in the flow, you shift out of the future and into the present, making... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Spiral/comb
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Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (95 Edition) by Charles Baudelaire Publisher Comments This last article, for all its brevity and incompleteness, develops views hardly more than touched on in Baudelaire's other writings.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides Publisher Comments Great for the beginner and the expert, this book offers readers exercises to improve their work.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Design Graphics (3RD 11 Edition) by Peter A. Koenig Publisher Comments Design Graphics: Drawing Techniques for Design Professionals, Third Edition, combines–in a single volume–simple techniques and skills related to sketching, design-development, and the schematic or preliminary phase of design presentation... (read more) List Price $61.70 Your price: $50.00 Used - Trade Paper
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