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Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy - Paperback

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by Robert Farris Thompson (Author)This landmark book shows how five African civilizations--Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande and Cross River--have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic, social and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil and other places in the New World.Front JacketThis book reveals how five distinct African civilizations have shaped the sp...

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by David Wiesner (Author)The Caldecott Honor-winning adventure of a young boy and a mischievous cloud in a funny, touching story about art, friendship, and the weather by three-time Caldecott Medalist David Wiesner. Only the person who gave us Tuesday could have devised this fantastic Caldecott Honor-winning tale, which begins with a school trip to the Empire State Building. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector...

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by David Dernie (Author)Today exhibitions have to compete in an increasingly sophisticated leisure market. Consequently, the way in which the contemporary exhibition is designed is changing fast; previously aloof cultural institutions are making use of technologies and techniques more commonly associated with film and retail. Exhibition-making is now synonymous with image-making, communication, and the creation of a powerful experience. Exhibition Design features examples of a wide variety of...

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The Official Outlander Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Diana Gabaldon (Author)This spectacular adult coloring book features forty-five all-new illustrations THE WORLD OF OUTLANDER AWAITS From the lush green of the Scottish Highlands to the military red of a British soldier's coat or the vibrant hues of a tartan kilt, the colorful world of Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser is now yours to explore. Featuring gorgeous natural landscapes, detailed drawings of Claire's medicinal herbs, depictions of the books' most beloved scenes and c...

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by Tomie dePaola (Author)Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. How the wise art teacher finds a way to give Tommy the freedom to create and stay within the "rules" makes a wonderfully perceptive picture book about growing up and keeping one's individuality. Tomie dePaola is the author and illustrator of many ...

Eric Carle's Animals, Animals - Hardcover

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by Eric Carle (Author)Fish that fly, butterflies that dance, camels that "trollop along," a tiger that has swallowed the sun--Animals Animals! In this commemorative volume, created especially for sharing, Eric Carle celebrates the broadest, liveliest cast of animals yet, illustrating a distinguished collection of poetry and lyrical pieces from sources as diverse as the Bible, Shakespeare, Japanese haiku, African Pygmy, Pawnee Indian, Eugene Field, Lewis Carroll, D. H. Lawrence, Rudyard Kiplin...

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by Eric Carle (Author)This is a story of an artist who, from his earliest years, draws. The artist draws a star Then, the tree, house, flowers, clouds, rainbow, and night. In drawing, he discovers not only his art, but his life. Holding on to his star, he creates a world of light and possibility. With his brilliant collage, poignant and powerful in its simplicity, Eric Carle creates an unforgettable story that celebrates imagination and the artist in us all.Author BiographyEric Carle is accl...

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El Artista Que Pintó Un Caballo Azul - Board Book

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by Eric Carle (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator)From the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar comes a brilliant new Eric Carle board book for the artist in us all. Every child has an artist inside them, and this vibrant picture book from Eric Carle will help let it out. The artist in this book paints the world as he sees it, just like a child. There's a red crocodile, an orange elephant, a purple fox and a polka-dotted donkey. More than anything, there's imagination. Filled with some of the...

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The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse - Board Book

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Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter - Hardcover

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by Kathy Whitehead (Author), Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)A picture book biography of the remarkable folk artist Clementine Hunter. Can you imagine being an artist who isn't allowed into your own show? That's what happened to folk artist Clementine Hunter. Her paintings went from hanging on her clothesline to hanging in museums, yet because of the color of her skin, a friend had to sneak her in when the gallery was closed.With lyrical writing and striking illustrations, this picture book biog...

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Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art - Hardcover

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by Eric Carle Museum Pict Bk Art (Author), Eric Carle (Introduction by), Eric Carle (Illustrator)This gorgeous collection of art (and the artists behind it) includes work by some of the world's most renowned children's book illustrators--Mitsumasa Anno, Quentin Blake, Ashley Bryan, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola, Jane Dyer, Mordicai Gerstein, Robert Ingpen, Steven Kellogg, Leo Lionni, Petra Mathers, Wendell Minor, Barry Moser, Jerry Pinkney, Alice Provenson, Robert Sabuda, Ma...

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Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt - Paperback

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by Patricia McKissack (Author), Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)This collection of poems that tell the story of the quilt-making community in Gee's Bend, Alabama, is now available as a Dragonfly paperback. For generations, the women of Gee's Bend have made quilts to keep a family warm, as a pastime accompanied by sharing and singing, or to memorialize loved ones. Today, the same quilts hang on museum walls as modern masterpieces of color and design. Inspired by these quilts and the women who m...

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by David Lynch (Author), Kristine McKenna (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family"Insightful . . . an impressively industrious and comprehensive account of Lynch's career."--The New York Times Book Review In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of h...

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse - Hardcover

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by Eric Carle (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator)A brilliant new Eric Carle picture book for the artist in us all Every child has an artist inside them, and this vibrant picture book from Eric Carle will help let it out. The artist in this book paints the world as he sees it, just like a child. There's a red crocodile, an orange elephant, a purple fox and a polka-dotted donkey. More than anything, there's imagination. Filled with some of the most magnificently colorful animals of Eric Carle's ...

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El Artista Que Pintó Un Caballo Azul - Hardcover

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by Jennifer L. Holm (Author), Matthew Holm (Illustrator)Watch out, Big City Babymouse is on a field trip without a chaperone in the third book in the Babymousetastic, highly illustrated Babymouse: Tales from the Locker series. Babymouse's art class is headed to a museum in the Big City. And now that they're middle schoolers, she and her friends will be totally unsupervised She can't wait to check out all the world-famous art...that is, until she overhears Felicia Furrypaws planning to ditch...

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Drawing the Head and Figure: A How-To Handbook That Makes Drawing Easy - Paperback

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by Jack Hamm (Author)A how-to handbook that makes drawing easy. Offers simplified techniques and scores of brand-new hints and helps. Step by step procedures. Hundreds of illustrations.Author BiographyJack Hamm is one of the best-selling authors of art instruction books. With nearly a million copies sold, his books have helped aspiring artists of every age and level of ability learn to draw and improve their technique. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.49 x 10.82 x 8.1 IN Illustrated: Yes Pu...

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by Jack Hamm (Author)Simple, clear instructions for drawing animals with more than a thousand step-by-step illustrations. Basic fundamentals for the beginner, new principles and techniques for the professional. A detailed guide for everyone who enjoys--or wants to enjoy--drawing.Author BiographyJack Hamm is one of the best-selling authors of art instruction books. With nearly a million copies sold, his books have helped aspiring artists of every age and level of ability learn to draw and impr...

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Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes - Paperback

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by Jack Hamm (Author)The how-to handbook that exactly explains and illustrates the step-by-step processes for drawing complete, succesful landscapes and seascapes and teaches the fundamentals of good composition as well as the separate picture elements. This guide combines the simplest kind of scenery sketching with the most complex renderings to give every artist, beginner or professional, essential scenery drawing techniques.More than 900 diagrams, pictorial explanations, and picturesAuthor...

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Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe - Paperback

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by Jo Watson Hackl (Author)11 days. 13 clues. And one kid who won't give up. Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe is "part treasure hunt, part wilderness adventure, and all heart" (Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee). How far would you go to find something that might not even exist? All her life, Cricket's mama has told her stories about a secret room painted by a mysterious artist. Now Mama's run off, and Cricket thinks the room might be the answer to getting her to come ba...

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by Dr Seuss (Author), Andrew Joyner (Illustrator)This #1 New York Times bestseller is the perfect gift for the young artist in your life A never-before-published Dr. Seuss non-fiction book about creating and looking at art Based on an unrhymed manuscript and sketches discovered in 2013, this book is like a visit to a museum--with a horse as your guide Explore how different artists have seen horses, and maybe even find a new way of looking at them yourself. Discover full-color photographi...

Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-Five Paintings to Change the Way You Live - Paperback

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by Christophe Andre (Author)A book to help you achieve mindfulness and practice meditation while looking at the world's greatest works of art. Psychiatrist and leading meditation practitioner Christophe Andr guides you through the art of mindfulness, beginning with art itself. Looking at Mindfulness collects classic and esoteric paintings, from Rembrandt to Hopper to Magritte, and offers a lucid commentary on the inner workings of each. Andr describes the dynamic on the canvas, and turns to...

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Wonderland: A Coloring Book Inspired by Alice's Adventures - Paperback

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by Amily Shen (Author)Follow the White Rabbit into this imaginative adult coloring book inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring intricate pen-and-ink drawings by acclaimed artist Amily Shen. Meet the Cheshire Cat, attend the Mad Hatter's tea party, and play croquet with the Queen of Hearts in this evocative tale that invites you into a strange and beautiful new world of coloring.Author BiographyAMILY SHEN is a renowned Taiwanese artist. She had worked as a cust...

Animals of a Bygone Era: An Illustrated Compendium - Hardcover

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by Maja Säfström (Author)A beautifully illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about extinct animals. In the past, amazing and strange animals roamed the earth, including giant sea scorpions, tiny horses, enormous sloths, and fierce "terror birds." These and many more fantastic extinct animals are illustrated in this whimsical collection by Swedish artist Maja Säfström.Author BiographyMAJA SÄFSTRÖM is a Stockholm-based illustrator and architect, and the author of Th...

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The Night Voyage: A Magical Adventure and Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Daria Song (Author)A little girl delivers gifts across the world with the help of her toy train's conductor in this gorgeous coloring book for all ages--the third installation of the magical Time series It's the night before the little girl's birthday, and she's surrounded by gifts--but there are too many! Suddenly, she's swept away by her toy train conductor, who has come to life to help the little girl give her presents away to children around the globe. From evocatively illustrated pape...

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The Gift of Calligraphy: A Modern Approach to Hand Lettering with 25 Projects to Give and to Keep - Hardcover

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by Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls (Author)An easy-to-follow guide to learning the art of calligraphy, with 25 gorgeously photographed projects that use calligraphy to make beautiful gifts and home d cor. Calligraphy and hand lettering have surged in popularity as people rediscover traditional handicrafts as a creative outlet and way to relax. Unlike other hand lettering books, The Gift of Calligraphy shows you how to use your calligraphy skills to create invitations, wall art, wrapping paper, a tote ...

A Charm of Goldfinches and Other Wild Gatherings: Quirky Collective Nouns of the Animal Kingdom - Hardcover

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by Matt Sewell (Author)"Most groups of wildlife can be described as a flock, herd, or shoal--but where is the fun in ending there?" -- from the Introduction Whether you're an animal lover or a grammar geek, illustrator Matt Sewell has the perfect menagerie of beasts (and beast-related terms) for your reading pleasure. Along with fifty-five gorgeous color illustrations, Sewell presents the unexpected collective nouns used to describe groups of animals on land, in the air, and in the water. Dis...

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Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home - Hardcover

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by Jessica Marquez (Author)An exquisite, full-color guide to sashiko, a simple Japanese stitching technique that uses stunning patterns to decorate or repair clothing, accessories, and home textiles. Requiring no special equipment other than a sewing needle and thread, Make and Mend introduces the incredibly simple technique of sashiko--a striking hand-sewing method using a running stitch to form pleasing geometric patterns. Sashiko is traditionally used to mend and repair clothing and textil...

Dare to Sketch: A Guide to Drawing on the Go - Hardcover

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by Felix Scheinberger (Author)An inspirational, instructional, and visually stimulating guide to sketching and drawing. Dare to Sketch is filled with practical tips about which materials to use, a variety of subject matter ranging from easy to more challenging, and wisdom about overcoming creative blocks and fear of making mistakes. A whimsical beginner's guide to sketching, covering all of the important basics: what kind of notebook to buy, what drawing materials to use, ideas for subject ...

What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky - Hardcover

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by Kelsey Oseid (Author)A richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar system, with stories and information about constellations, planets, comets, the northern lights, and more. Combining art, mythology, and science, What We See in the Stars gives readers a tour of the night sky through more than 100 magical pieces of original art, all accompanied by text that weaves related legends and lore with scientific facts. This beautifully packag...

Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days - Paperback

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by Jenna Rainey (Author)A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists who want to improve their watercolor skills, and visual creatives. From strokes to shapes, this book covers the basics and helps painters gain confi...

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Color Index XL: More Than 1,100 New Palettes with Cmyk and Rgb Formulas for Designers and Artists - Paperback

$29.99

by Jim Krause (Author)This updated, expanded, and oversized inspirational resource presents 1,100 color palettes, with light, bright, dark, and muted varieties for each one, making it the most expansive palette selection tool available. Color Index XL provides aspiring designers, artists, and creative individuals working with color with an indispensable, one-stop method for reviewing and selecting current, up-to-date color palettes for their creative projects. Designer and lecturer Jim Kraus...