Books

An Artist's Handbook: Materials and Techniques by Margaret Krug
An Artist's Handbook: Materials and Techniques
Margaret Krug

A practical reference book that explores the drawing and painting processes and discusses encaustic, egg tempera, fresco, oil, watercolour and acrylic techniques.

N/A Paperback
August 2007
Colour Painting: Using the Full Palette by Diane Edison
Colour Painting: Using the Full Palette
Diane Edison

A dynamic new method of teaching painting to beginners, involving using the full range of colours on the palette from the very first lesson.

N/A Paperback
February 2008
Colour: A Workshop for Artists and Designers by David Hornung
Colour: A Workshop for Artists and Designers
David Hornung

A richly illustrated guide for both students and professionals to the application of colour to graphic design, illustration, painting and textile art.

N/A Paperback
August 2004
Drawing By Seeing: Using Gestalt Perception by John Torreano
Drawing By Seeing: Using Gestalt Perception
John Torreano

John Torreano uses a technique of demonstration, questions and answers to explain how to translate a three-dimensional object, landscape or figure in front of you onto the two-dimensional plane of a piece of paper.

N/A Paperback
June 2007
Drawing: Mastering the Language of Visual Expression
Keith Micklewright

A visual handbook for artists and designers who need to express ideas through drawing, with a wealth of drawings by the great masters of the medium.

N/A Paperback
August 2005
Foundations of Art & Design (2nd edition) by Alan Pipes
Foundations of Art & Design (2nd edition)
Alan Pipes

An ideal book for students embarking on courses in graphic design, fine art and illustration as well as allied courses, with a wide range of illustrations drawn from all areas of art and design.

N/A Paperback
August 2008
Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes by Bill Fick and Beth Grabowski
Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes
Bill Fick and Beth Grabowski

Introduces the student to fundamental printmaking techniques including relief, intaglio, collagraph, lithography, screen print and monoprint and shows how they can be used to achieve cutting-edge results

N/A Paperback
July 2009
The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Handbook (4th edition) by Susan Peterson and Jan Peterson
The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Handbook (4th edition)
Susan Peterson and Jan Peterson

Widely considered the most comprehensive introduction to ceramics available, with step-by-step illustrations of ceramic techniques and profiles of key ceramists.

N/A Paperback
November 2003
Working With Clay (3rd edition) by Susan Peterson and Jan Peterson
Working With Clay (3rd edition)
Susan Peterson and Jan Peterson

This introductory book describes the basic processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mould making, decoration, glaze application and firing techniques in a simple, easy-to-follow narrative

N/A Paperback
January 2009

How to Use Images
Lindsey Marshall and Lester Meachem
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Architecture: An Introduction
Geoffrey Makstutis
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This Means This, This Means That: A User's Guide to Semiotics
Sean Hall
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Digital Textile Design
Melanie Bowles and Ceri Isaac
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Exhibition Design (Portfolio)
Philip Hughes
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Copywriting: Successful Writing for Design, Advertising and Marketing
Mark Shaw
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Art Direction Explained, At Last! by Véronique Vienne
Steven Heller and Véronique Vienne
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Animation in Process
Andrew Selby
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Methods & Theories of Art History
Anne D'Alleva
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Drawing for Interior Design
Drew Plunkett
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