Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun (Lab Series)
ISBN: 1592536131 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Carla Sonheim Publisher: Quarry Books Number of Pages: 144
Carla Sonheim is an artist and creativity workshop instructor known for her fun and innovative projects and techniques designed to help adult students recover a more spontaneous playful approach to creating Her innovative ideas are now collected and elaborated on in this unique volume Carla offers a year's worth of assignments projects ideas and techniques that will introduce more creativity and nonsense into your art and life Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists offers readers a fun way to learn and gain expertise in drawing through experimentation and play There is no right or wrong result yet the readers gain new skills and confidence allowing them to take their work to a new level
ISBN: 0316071706 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 1 Author(s): The (NY) Metropolitan Museum of Art Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Number of Pages: 60
Museum ABC is a unique and colorful picture book that introduces children to more than a hundred works of art using the alphabet Adults and children alike will love the visual and cultural richness of this alphabetical tour through the Metropolitan Museum's collection
ISBN: 0131955411 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3rd Author(s): Marilyn Stokstad Publisher: Prentice Hall Number of Pages: 608
This book an introduction to the history of art that features excellent scholarship takes a global approach with an emphasis on the Western tradition in art It reflects new interests and issues expanding the topic to include women and minorities and showing media and techniques other than painting sculpture and architecture Written in clear standard English without art historical or aesthetic jargon Art: A Brief History is visually appealing as well as intellectually stimulating This comprehensive survey of world art is based on the most recent scholarship and includes coverage of arts inspired by all the major religions the contribution of women and minorities and contains discussions of all the arts including ceramics glass metal enamel and the fiber arts This book serves as an introduction to the history of art and a ready reference for people working in the arts including museum docents and art gallery employees owners and managers
ISBN: 1590514637 Binding: Paperback Edition: Original Author(s): Jan-Philipp Sendker Publisher: Other Press Number of Pages: 336
A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might beuntil they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her fathers past Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship resilience and passion that will reaffirm the readers belief in the power of love to move mountains
ISBN: 1595827684 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Various Publisher: Dark Horse Number of Pages: 184
The Mass Effect series is a groundbreaking epic that has immersed gamers in one of science fiction''s richest universes Now BioWare and Dark Horse are proud to invite fans deeper than ever into the Mass Effect saga with The Art of the Mass Effect Universe Featuring concept art and commentary by BioWare on the games'' characters locations vehicles weapons and more - Mass Effect 3 - The Art of the Mass Effect Universe is the most complete companion available to gaming''s most compelling series
ISBN: 1842297406 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Dan Green Publisher: Top That! Kids Number of Pages: 48
Simple step-by-step line illustrations make it easy for children to draw with confidence Each title contains 101 different images in all manner of shapes sizes and poses
ISBN: 0679434488 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 1st Author(s): N/A Publisher: Random House Number of Pages: 95
These fabulous whimsical paintings created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public show Geisel (aka Dr Seuss) in a whole new light Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings the paintings use a dazzling rainbow of hues not seen in the primary-color palette of his books for children and exhibit a sophisticated and often quite unrestrained side of the artist 65 color illustrations
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
ISBN: 0143120530 Binding: Paperback Edition: Reprint Author(s): Joshua Foer Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number of Pages: 320
The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memoryAn instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes" He draws on cutting-edge research a surprising cultural history of remembering and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that in every way that matters we are the sum of our memories
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): Howard Fast Publisher: Open Road Number of Pages:
Bestselling author Howard Fasts straightforward introduction to Zen meditation Howard Fast began to formally practice Zen meditation after turning away from communism in 1956 The Art of Zen Meditation originally published by the antiwar political collective Peace Press in 1977 is the fruit of Fasts study: a brief and instructive history of Zen Buddhism and its tenets written with a simplicity that is emblematic of the philosophy itself Fasts study of Zen also inspired his popular Masao Masuto mystery series about a Zen Buddhist detective in Beverly Hills which he published under the pseudonym E V CunninghamThe Art of Zen Meditation is illustrated with twenty-three beautiful photographsThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the authors estate
Art, Mind, And Brain: A Cognitive Approach To Creativity
ISBN: 0465004458 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Howard E. Gardner Publisher: Basic Books Number of Pages: 400
In a provocative discussion of the sources of human creativity Gardner explores all aspects of the subject from the young childs ability to learn a new song through Mozarts conceiving a complete symphony
