Mary Maxwell's Library
Clarksville High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781557987914 | Publication Manual Of The American Psychological Association | American Psychological Association | Covers quality of content, types of articles, manuscript structure, writing style, grammar, quotations, tables, footnotes, proofreading, and journal policies. | Amer Psychological Assn |
| 9780823048144 | Simply Watercolor: Paint Techniques That Work Every Step Of The Way | Joe Dowden | A concise, simple tutorial on watercolor painting covers the materials, techniques, procedures, effects, and applications, providing easy-to-follow instructions for the novice artist, as well as step-by-step explanations of the process of developing an individual painting style and design. Original. | Watson-Guptill |
| 9780876287989 | Survival Kit For The Secondary School Art Teacher | Helen D. Hume | Fresh, imaginative ways to teach basic art skills using a variety of media. This book presents a studio-based secondary school art program that combines art theory, history, and appreciation with how-to-do-it lessons. There are over 75 reproducible student projects that encourage individual creativity. Each includes introductory notes, historical references, lesson variations, and suggestions for further exploration in the media involved. It also covers such specialized subjects as 2-D and 3-D design, drawing, painting, advertising art, ceramics, sculpture, crafts, printmaking, and photography. Also How to plan, mount, and manage a successful school art show. Gain visibility for your art program and sell it to the public with well-designed exhibitions and displays. Boost art school admissions by helping students prepare portfolios of well-photographed and carefully chosen art. Effectively plan, organize, and conduct in-school, outside and overnight art field trips. | Center for Applied Research in |
| T. Mikami's Sumi Painting: Study Of Japanese Brush Painting | ||||
| 9780866515962 | Teaching Tessellating Art: Activities And Transparency Masters | Walter Britton, Jill Britton | A 277-pg paperback teacher's resource for using the wonderful art of M. C. Escher to teach kids how to create tessellations. Through the study of this art form, students are encouraged to learn about symmetry and geometry. | Dale Seymour Publications |
| The Abcs Of Batik: Bernadette Hersk | ||||
| 9780891347446 | The Acrylic Painter's Book Of Styles & Techniques | Rachel Rubin Wolf, Rachel Wolf | Seven painters reveal their techniques in step-by-step demonstrations of tips and tricks to painting with acrylic paints | North Light Books |
| 9780131583450 | The Art Of Seeing | Paul Zelanski, Mary Pat Fisher | This best-selling exploration of traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focuses on art as seen from the artist's point of view, treating artistic techniques and introductory aesthetic principles. It is an engaging, clear, and concise presentation with a multi-cultural emphasis. The careful design of the illustrations, text, headings, timelines, and boxes enhances the relationship between text and illustrations. The book has a four-part organization–Part I lays the foundation for seeing; Parts II and III views two-and three-dimensional art; and Part IV approaches art as it exists in time. Topics cover a broad range of media and traditional and contemporary art, including installation; video and performance art; encaustic; fresco; wood engraving; earthworks; computers and art. For anyone interested in art appreciation. | Pearson College Div |
| 9781402705687 | The Complete Drawing & Painting Course | Overflowing with full-color images that demonstrate techniques and illustrate the correct use of materials, this is an art school in a book. A team of experienced professionals furnishes the budding painter with all the tools to finish a project: invaluable instruction in color theory and composition; the basics of drawing and painting, from strokes to perspective; and meticulous coverage of each medium, from pencil to wax crayon. Detailed exercises cover still lifes, nudes, landscapes, self-portraits, impressionist techniques, and more. | Sterling | |
| 9781841934341 | The Complete Guide To Drawing & Illustration: A Practical And Inspirational Course For Artists Of All Abilities | Peter Gray | This book will use practical exercises in easy stages to help you learn the rules you need to understand. It is not so much a reference volume as a complete and hands-on course in drawing, suitable for beginner and improver alike. The aim throughout The Complete Book of Drawing and Illustration is to demystify the subject and, at every stage, treat drawing as a rewarding activity that encourages observation, experimentation and play. The emphasis is on developing a personal drawing style and the practical application of your growing skills in the comprehensive sections on illustration and cartooning. Once you have mastered all the basics, you will find that you have a new world of creative expression at your fingertips to be employed as you choose.If you have always wanted to excel at drawing, then The Complete Guide to Drawing & Illustration is the book for you. All you need is a pencil, a bit of blank paper, and the expert guidance you will find within these pages. This book is designed to systematically teach you the essentials of drawing and lays the groundwork for you to develop your own personal drawing style. | Arcturus/ Capella |
| 9781560107606 | The Encyclopedia Of Art Techniques | This information-packed visual encyclopedia provides all the information needed to master essential techniques of the most popular drawing and painting media, including charcoal, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and oil. The full-color book presents a wide range of subject matter for each medium--including florals, sill lifes, figures, and landscapes--with instructions and explanations geared for artists of all skill levels. | Walter Foster Pub | |
| 9781402703942 | The Encyclopedia Of Sculpting Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide To Traditional And Contemporary Techniques | John Plowman | Cast and carve, weld and mold, model and rivet: whichever method you choose, sculpting is intense and rewarding. From assemblage to brazing, more than 30 techniques unfold in these beautifully illustrated pages. The pleasure begins with a chart of possible materials: the large menu of imaginative options includes clay, plaster, wood, stone, and papier mâché, as well as more unusual suggestions like aerated concrete block, rubber, and found objects. Create an armature for producing a life figure. Form a bird from such surprising items as plastic coat hangers, felt-tip pen caps, and a threaded steel rod. Form a steel fish by melting metal with an acetylene torch and welding pieces together. Finish off by coloring, make repairs when something goes wrong as you work, and find inspiration in photos of magnificent pieces, all arranged by theme. You'll build a solid foundation for your sculpture-making skills. | Union Square & Co. |
| 9780753709085 | The Illustrated History Of Art: Art Through The Ages, Including: Medieval And Early Renaissance Art, The Sixteenth Century, The Baroque Era, Eastern Art | David Piper | 2006 reprint, 538 pages loaded with photos and info. 9 1/4 By 12" | Bounty Books |
| 9781577170143 | The Legacy Of Norman Rockwell | B. Sonder | Ben Sonder Celebrates the life and work of Norman Rockwell. | Todtri Book Publishers |
| 9780823030743 | The Mixed Media Source Book: Techniques For Successfully Combining Painting And Drawing Mediums | Sean Dye | A practical handbook explores the creative possibilities of mixing media, with detailed information on such diverse media as pastels, oils, acrylics, and watercolors, outlining potential combinations, as well as safe handling techniques. Original. | Watson-Guptill |
| 9780874774245 | The New Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain | Betty Edwards | When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times list again. Now Dr. Edwards celebrates the twentieth anniversary of her classic book with a second revised edition.Over the last decade, Dr. Edwards has refined her material through teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars. Truly The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this edition includes: the very latest developments in brain research new material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education instruction on self-expression through drawing an updated section on using color detailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solvingTranslated into thirteen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing-instruction guide. People from just about every walk of life—artists, students, corporate executives, architects, real estate agents, designers, engineers—have applied its revolutionary approach to problem solving. The Los Angeles Times said it best: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is "not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant approach to the teaching of drawing . . . should not be dismissed as a mere text. It emancipates." | Tarcher |
| 9781585421954 | The New Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain Workbook: Guided Practice In The Five Basic Skills Of Drawing | Betty Edwards | Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards. Now, in an essential companion to her bestselling classic, Edwards offers readers the key to mastering this art form: guided practice in their newfound creative abilities.Here are forty new exercises that cover each of the five basic skills of drawing. Each practice session includes a brief explanation and instructional drawings, suggestions for materials, sample drawings, and blank pages for the reader's own drawings. Also provided in this spiral-bound workbook is a pullout viewfinder, a crucial tool for effective practice. While The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain focused primarily on portrait drawing with pencil, this workbook gives readers experience in various subject matter-still life, landscape, imaginative drawing-using alternative mediums such as pen and ink, charcoal, and conté crayon.For all those who are taking a drawing class, who have already received instruction through a book or course, or who prefer to learn by doing, this volume of carefully structured "homework" offers the perfect opportunity to reinforce and improve their skills and expand their repertoire. | Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam |
| 9781581803037 | The Painter's Workshop: Creative Composition & Design | Pat Dews | Make good composition and design the cornerstone of your work - ensuring better paintings from the start. Pat Dews provides 12 hands-on demonstrations and illustrated techniques that make learning fun and creative while putting time-tested design theory into practice.Dews also provides an insightful critique of student work that clearly illuminates the differences between mediocre and eye-catching design. Plus, you'll learn when and how to break the rules of composition and design for the best, most creative results. | North Light Books |
| 9781564963505 | The Paper Jewelry Book | Jessica Wrobel | Rockport Publishers Inc Paperback 1998 2A This book presents visual instructions for fourteen pieces of jewelry made completely from paper. Each project requires little effort, is lots of fun, and produces "I can't believe it's made of paper" results. Four sections demonstrate paper jewelry basics including paper beads, papier-mache, decoupage and photo transfer, and folding and weaving. Within each section, projects include a variety of designs for hairpieces, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and pins, each with its own unique design. | Rockport Pub |
| 9780823039050 | The Pastel Book: Materials And Techniques For Today's Artist | Bill Creevy | Absolutely the most thorough guide to pastel materials and techniques ever assembled in a single volume, this is the book for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists looking to develop more professional skills.Defining the pastel medium broadly—color in stick form to be used for drawing and painting simultaneously—the author creates works of sensuous textures and colors, ranging from subtle to intense. He uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are sophisticated ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels, and oil paint for stunning mixed-media results. | Watson-Guptill |