A guide to acrylic technique, materials, and fundamentals, including carefully outlined sample projects.

 

Ursula Powell's father convinces the Tiber family,  to commission a huge iron sculpture of a bear for the town. Decades later the strange sculpture--rejected by the townspeople & left to rust on the Powell farm--symbolizes a family's failure & thwarted dreams.

Struggling artist Claude Monet's life was irrevocably changed when he met the beautiful and mysterious Camille Doucieux. Through years of painting, misunderstanding, and love, they carve out a life together, but can Camille ever escape her past?

Crayon allows artists of all skill levels to create beautiful, spontaneous artwork inspired by their surroundings, no matter where they are! Discover how to work with crayon, master basic strokes & drawing techniques, & choose the right colors for your subjects.

Who among us doesn’t simply love to doodle—or, at the very least, doodle to pass the time during long meetings or classes? Now you can learn the fine art of doodling while exercising your creativity at the same time.

An experienced artist and teacher introduces the time-honored, proven principles of good drawing. More than 350 illustrations and comprehensive instructions based on the author's lifetime of practical experience help you master the various techniques.

Tilda Goodnight, one of a long line of art forgers, tries to save her family by going straight, but things become complicated when she tries to steal back a painting she did years earlier and has an encounter in a closet with semi-reformed con man Davy Dempsey.

Myles Connor became one of Boston’s most notorious criminals—a legendary art thief with irresistible charm & a genius IQ whose approached profession with brilliant tactical planning, stunning bravado, brazen disguises, and audaciously elaborate con jobs.

It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist."

The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command.
 

A no-fear, no-experience-required guide to enjoyable painting & happy results. This book covers everything from selecting brushes & setting up your palette to key principles of color & composition, moving you confidently from first strokes to finished paintings.

Everyone knows that a picture tells a thousand words. But what about the elements that make up a picture? Using the tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an example, the author uses boldly graphic artwork to explain how images & their components work to tell a story.