Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Very Good, . 192 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm.. . Subtitle on jacket: A visual tribute to the lives and achievements of the classic bird illustrators. Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index.. .

The art of bird illustration

Arts & Photography

Maureen Lambourne

History & Criticism

Collins

Painting landscapes in watercolour

Hilder, Rowland

WM. COLLINS

Flower painting is a particularly popular subject among painters and there is a wealth of styles and methods available to them. This book looks at all aspects of painting cottage garden flowers in watercolour, providing the necessary technical knowledge but also encouraging artists from the start to discover and develop their own individual styles. Both traditional and more innovative techniqes are covered ranging from laying a simple wash to using interesting texture-making processes. Advice is also given on using gouache and colourful watercolour inks.

Country Flowers in Watercolor

Blockley, Ann

HARPER/COLLINS

One of a series of books on drawing for beginners, this covers the drawing of horses. It contains step-by-step instructions and sets out to make learning to draw horses as simple as possible.

Learn to Draw Horses: A Step-by-step Guide to Drawing Success (Learn to Draw)

David. Brown

Harpercollins

Drawing is an essential skill for all artsits and this book makes learning to draw dogs as simple as possible. All the basics are covered, to provide a sound foundation in drawing techniques, and step-by-step illustrations show how these are put into practice. The book contains practical information on tools and equipment, character and form, close-up details, texture and markings, and movement and behaviour. It also shows how to work from photographs.

Learn to Draw Dogs (Learn to Draw)

BROWN, DAVID

With an enthusiasm and love for life that is infectious, Hazel Soan will prove that you do not need to be a botanist to paint splendid flowers. Using wet on wet and wet on dry techniques Hazel will teach you how to paint a plethora of flowers such as the lily, Gerbera, Rose, Sunflower, Lysianthus Fuchsia Foxglove Anenome and many more. Find out how to create the hidden depths of flowers that truly capture the viewers interest. Part 2: Hazel puts you on the road to successful flower paintings by showing you ways to create highlights on flowers, not only by leaving the white paper. Having mastered the flowers themselves, backgrounds become the stumbling block so Hazel shows you, with amazing simplicity, how to make a background an integral part of your painting. You'll be astounded by how simple it all becomes with such enthusiastic, knowledgeable and expert instruction.

Watercolour Flower Painting Workshop

Soan, Hazel

The book is divided into four main sections covering the seasons, which are then divided into monthly chapters. Each chapter offers one full step-by-step demonstration plus several projects - some simple, some more ambitious - relevant to the time of year. The range of seasonal subjects, with their varying colours, will ensure that Collins Flower Painting Through the Seasons is a visual treat. Subjects are varied, and include seasonal blossoms, seedheads, fruits, berries, and foliage, as well as plants from the hedgerow, orchard, garden, and conservatory.

Flower Painting Through the Seasons: Practical Projects in Watercolour

Painting

HarperCollins, UK

A narrative history of how Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa came to be the most famous in the world – and one of the most powerful cultural icons of our time.
What has made the Mona Lisa the most famous picture in the world? Why is it that, of all the 6,000 paintings in the Louvre, it is the only one to be exhibited in a special box, set in concrete and protected by two sheets of bulletproof glass? Why do thousands of visitors throng to see it every day, ignoring the masterpieces which surround it?
For nearly 500 years the painting – and the mysterious smile on the face of the sitter – has been a source of mystery, speculation and reverence. In this groundbreaking new book Donald Sassoon describes not only the Mona Lisa and its history, but its mythology, and the processes which combined to raise it to its current unrivalled level of fame. He examines Leonardo’s innovative techniques; the problems concerning the identity of the sitter; what happened to the painting after it left Italy when Leonardo joined King François I’s court in France; the copies made in the 17th century; its celebration by 19th-century intellectuals; its theft and disappearance early in the 20th century; the surrealists’, other avant-garde artists’ and cartoonists’ uses of it; its appropriation by the advertising industry; and the never-ending flood of new and ‘conclusive’ theories about Mona Lisa’s smile.

Mona Lisa: The History of the World’s Most Famous Painting (Story of the Best-Known Painting in the World)

Sassoon, Donald

Reference

For the first time ever, a portfolio of illustrated work from the award-winning artist, John Howe, which reveals the breathtaking vision of one of the foremost fantasy artists in the world. Myth and Magic is arranged into six sections, which looks at the books by J.R.R. Tolkien that have inspired John, as well as a fascinating tour through the paintings that he has produced for some of the finest fantasy authors working today. From the beloved painting of Smaug which decorates The Hobbit, his numerous and bestselling calendar illustrations, the world famous "Gandalf" picture, which is synonymous with the HarperCollins one-volume edition of The Lord of the Rings, this large-format hardback will delight fans of Tolkien, and anyone who has been captured by the imagination of the artist who so brilliantly brings to life the literary vision of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Myth and Magic: The Art of John Howe

Howe, John.

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Focusing on the extraordinary art of self-portraiture, this book examines the lives of artists through their self-portraits. Drawing on art, biography, literature, history and philosophy, it considers the intimate truths and elaborate fictions of self-portraiture.

A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits

Laura Cumming

HarperCollins, Publishers

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