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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield  
Powells.com Staff Pick Someone finally tells it like it is — you can write that book, you can paint that picture, you can live your dreams. But first you've got to shatter the Resistance that's got you stymied, and that takes (you won't want to hear this) work....
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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 notmade by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially-statistically speaking-there aren'tany people like that. Geniuses get made once-...
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Zen of Seeing (73 Edition)
by Frederick Franck Publisher Comments A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen....
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The Art and Craft of Collage
by Simon Larbalestier Publisher Comments With a wide range of projects and over 160 photographs of examples of professional work, from collage art for walls to collage-decorated screens and boxes, this exciting book features detailed stage-by-stage instructions for the collage enthusiast...
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Artist's Manual: A Complete Guide to Painting and Drawing Materials and Techniques
by Angela Gair Publisher Comments A veritable bible for beginners as well as an invaluable reference for accomplished artists, The Artist's Manual is a hands-on guide to hundreds of techniques for painting and drawing. For anyone who has ever had the urge to create art, this easy-to-use...
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Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera
by Nick Bantock Publisher Comments His internationally best-selling Griffin & Sabine saga is treasured for its blend of lyrical storyline and compelling, imaginative art. Now Nick Bantock gives a short course in visual creativity in Urgent 2nd Class. A tour through the techniques and...
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The Artist's Handbook
by Ray Smith Publisher Comments The definitive, practical guide to all the tools, techniques, and materials of paintings, drawing, printmaking and related visual arts. Over 1,000 illustrations and 175,000 words of text....
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Collage, Assemblage, and Altered Art: Creating Unique Images and Objects
by Dia Maurer Mathison Publisher Comments Collage is more than a pile of snapshots and a glue stick. So much more. Let Collage, Assemblage, and Altered Art lead the way to a whole new way of creating collage! Artist and author Diane Maurer-Mathison begins the book with an overview of collage...
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Drawing from Life: The Art of the Journal
by Jennifer New Publisher Comments Who hasn't, at one time or other, kept a journal? The impulse to record our daily lives on paper is nothing if not universal. Still, only a few of us have the discipline to make it past the first few entries, and fewer still manage to create diaries...
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Composition: Understanding Line, Notan and Color
by Arthur W. Dow Publisher Comments A mentor to Georgia O'Keeffe, Dow literally "wrote the book" on composition. First published in 1899, this manual influenced generations of teachers and students. Relevant to all of the visual arts, it employs a workbook format to impart principles...
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The Education of an Art Director
by Steven Heller Synopsis This provocative anthology provides inspiration on teaching and discussing art direction in the classroom and beyond. Essays, interviews, and images from more than thirty teachers and leaders in the field provide an in-depth view of every facet of art...
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Taking the Leap 1ST Edition Building a Career As
by Cay Lang Publisher Comments Most artists would rather focus on art than struggle with the details of a business plan. Now, they can. Based on artist and teacher Cay Lang's popular seminars, Taking the Leap teaches artists how to succeed in today's complex and competitive art world....
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Artist & Graphic Designers Market (Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market)
by Erika (edt) O'connell Synopsis The ultimate reference guide for emerging artists who want to establish a successful career in fine art, illustration, cartooning or graphic design, this book includes complete, up-to-date contact and submission information for more than 1,900 art...
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The Creative Artist
by Nita Leland Publisher Comments A fun and practical guide -- loaded with exercises and projects -- to help artists unleash their creativity. Activities include contour, tonal and gesture drawing, self-portraits, point-and-shoot photography and more....
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The Starving Artist's Way: Easy Projects for Low-Budget Living
by Nava Lubelski Publisher Comments Follow these tenets of the Starving Artist’s lifestyle to create unique projects that prove that home décor, clothing, gifts, and accessories don’t have to be expensive to be spectacular. Whether you’re an artist or not—if...
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Taking the Leap 2ND Edition Building a Career As
by Susan Lang Publisher Comments Cay Lang's Taking the Leap has helped thousands of artists jumpstart their careers and make real the dream of exhibiting and selling their work. An internationally exhibited photographer and teacher, Lang offers the wisdom of experience, combined with...
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Space Art: How to Draw and Paint Planets, Moons, and Landscapes of Alien Worlds
by Michael Carroll Publisher Comments What is it like to walk through an alien world? Artists have been imagining otherworldly landscapes for hundreds of years—but only in the past few decades have we started to see what other planets and moons really look like. These exciting...
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An Artist's Handbook: Materials and Techniques (Abrams Studio)
by Margaret Krug Publisher Comments Every art studio needs a comprehensive guide to drawing and painting materials and how to use them. Written by contemporary artist and instructor Margaret Krug with today's artist in mind, An Artist's Handbook is just that, complete with demonstration...
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Portfolio Design 2ND Edition
by Harold Linton Synopsis The Design Portfolio is the essential ingredient of a job search, application for graduate school or a grant, or competition in architecture, landscape architecture, or interior design. This new edition of a bestseller that covers every aspect of...
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The Artist's Handbook
by Ray Smith Publisher Comments A richly illustrated encyclopedia of a variety of artistic equipment, materials, procedures, and methods includes a host of step-by-step projects, reproductions of works by master artists, and detailed instruction in creative techniques, covering...
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