Painting & paintings books

A complete guide to learning how to draw, from just an hour a day to over the course of a weekend. Packed with techniques,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide to watercolor landscape painting, Light and Color in the Watercolor Landscape teaches artists...  Read More >>

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""One of the best books ever written by one painter about another."" -- John Russell, The New York Times  Read More >>

An introduction to Cubism, the most influential art movement of the 20th century.  Read More >>

An introduction to Impressionism, the rebellious 19th century art movement.  Read More >>

The first-ever monograph on painter Helen Marden, covering over forty years of her work. This is the first...  Read More >>

Edward E. Boccia (1921-2012) is a widely collected yet often overlooked American artist whose compelling pictorial...  Read More >>

Published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth, a fresh look at the life and work of John Constable,...  Read More >>

Rupert García: The Making of an American Artist, a Testimonio is a compelling story of a working-class Mexican American...  Read More >>

This revised edition of The Heritage of Namatjira presents the developing art of the Aranda - decoration on wood,...  Read More >>

Paint the splendor of America’s most stunning natural wonders from bestselling author and watercolour artist Kolbie...  Read More >>

This book will take readers to every corner of the globe with beautiful watercolour projects inspired by plants...  Read More >>

Humorous, sensual and reflective, Erb's multilayered visual worlds intertwine motifs from mythology, art history,...  Read More >>

A constellation of Klein's vivid, multilayered abstract paintings Using a kaleidoscopic palette of complementary...  Read More >>

Short on time but bursting with creativity? Learn to paint dynamic watercolour seascapes with these 33 quick-and-easy,...  Read More >>

Create over 100 vibrant watercolour mixes and paint a range of inspiring woodland subjects including trees, fungi, insects...  Read More >>

A richly illustrated mini-monograph on the artist Maeve Gilmore (1917-1983) whose life and work has been overshadowed...  Read More >>

Discover a century of African art, from its emergence to today’s global success, driven by an ancestral vision and...  Read More >>

This authoritative volume offers a new perspective on the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, authored by one of...  Read More >>

Hotspot Leipzig at Drents Museum examines figurative realism from Tübke and Heisig to Neo Rauch’s surreal-realist...  Read More >>

Rediscovering Croatian post-war art This book is the first major study of Edita Schubert's art published outside...  Read More >>

A painter of the French Art de Vivre Born in 1958, Guy de Malherbe lives and works between Paris and his studio...  Read More >>

When looking at a painting of the Madonna with the Christ Child, do you know why Jesus is clutching a goldfinch?...  Read More >>