Free Fall by Ben Quilty
Category: Art
'This series, titled "Free Fall", was heavily influenced by American realist George Bellows' early 20th-century boxing series. Where Bellows looked to boxing, the premier bloodsport of his age, Quilty has turned to the modern phenomenon of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC). Looking back on Quil ...Show more
The Colour Bible: The definitive guide to colour in art and design by Laura Perryman
Category: Art
An essential source for graphic designers, artists, interior designers, fashion designers, illustrators and creatives of any kind who work with colour.Colour is intrinsic to the human experience; it guides us with subconscious visual cues throughout our lives. Get it right in your design or art and you ...Show more
Emily Kam Kngwarray by Kelli Cole, Hettie Perkins, Jennifer Green (eds)
Category: Art
A comprehensive and richly illustrated publication celebrating the timeless art of Emily Kam Kngwarray - a pre-eminent Australian artist and one of the most significant painters of the 20th century. An Anmatyerr woman from Central Australia, Kngwarray devoted the last decades of her life to new artist ...Show more
Marimekko: The Art of Printmaking by Marimekko, Laird Borrelli-Persson
Category: Art
Marimekko held their first fashion show in 1951, where the clean lines and bright patterns made waves on the Scandinavian fashion scene. By 1960, Jacqueline Kennedy was wearing Marimekko, and the brand established itself as a global presence, frequently being featured in Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar ...Show more
Impressionism by Ralph Skea
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
It is often forgotten just how provocative and unsettling impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. Critics, professional artists, and gallery visitors alike were shocked to encounter the unorthodox paintings on display, with their seemingly unfinished surfaces and lack of an ...Show more
Mr Guilfoyle's Shakespearian Botany by Edmée Cudmore; Diana Hill
Category: Art
'What's in a name? That which we call a RoseBy any other name would smell as sweet.'William ShakespeareThe great William Guilfoyle, credited as the architect of Melbourne's Royal Botanic gardens, was an eminent landscape designer, botanist and writer. Here are his collected writings on the dozens of pla ...Show more
How to Draw Cool Stuff Stroke-by-Stroke: Simple, Step-by-Step Lessons for Drawing 3D Objects, Optical Illusions, Mythical Creatures and More! by Jonathon Stephen Harris
Category: Art
A fresh and exciting drawing guide for young artists who seek projects that are out of the ordinary. Are you tired of drawing the same boring stuff? Artist and author Jonathan Stephen Harris shows you how to draw almost anything with 40 fun and exciting projects that are anything but boring. You'll ...Show more
Kaffe Fassett in the Studio: Behind the Scenes with a Master Colorist by Kaffe Fassett
Category: Art
World-renowned artist and textile designer Kaffe Fassett provides a window into his creative process, offering readers new patterns, new ideas, and new inspirationWith successes like Bold Blooms and Dreaming in Color, the latest book from Kaffe Fassett brings together all the best elements of his work a ...Show more
Ellis Rowan: A Life in Pictures by Christine Morton-Evans
Category: Art
Ellis described the fungi:Growing, they look like dolls dressed up in fluted lace petticoats … Some are apple green, others mauve; one is black, and another has a scarlet cap. They stand high on long white stems, and the fungus closely resembles exquisite lace. In her 70s, artist and naturalist Ellis Ro ...Show more
The Singing Bones: Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales by Shaun Tan
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Wicked stepmothers, traitorous brothers, cunning foxes, lonely princesses: There is no mistaking the world of the Brothers Grimm and the beloved fairy tales that have captured generations of readers. Now internationally acclaimed artist Shaun Tan shows us the beautiful, terrifying, amusing, and downrigh ...Show more
Great Works: Encounters with Art by MICHAEL GLOVER
Category: Art
Every Saturday for the best part of a decade, thousands of people have been turning to the pages of the British newspaper The Independent to read Michael Glover's thoughts about a particular piece of art. Pithy, astute, erudite, often humorous, and always engaging, these enormously popular essays are fi ...Show more
Wabi Sabi For Artists Designers Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren
Category: Art
An updated version of the classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.