Belas Artes

The best thing about rules is that you can break them: here are over 100 mantras for anyone interested in creating great art. What can we learn from great artists?  When we hold their pract …

Art historian Catherine Mc Cormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives. Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster—women have been bound so long by these …

This book, A New Approach to Drawing, is based on thirty years of teaching visual art in a small college in Duluth, Minnesota, located on the shores of Lake Superior. My intention in writing this boo …

Beginning and advanced artists alike have experienced “artist’s block” at some point in their endeavors. Now artists can turn to this book in their time of need. Artist’s Block Cured! provides a stim …

Packed with the signature can-do attitude that makes beloved artist Danny Gregory a creativity guru to thousands across the globe, this unique guide serves up a hearty helping of inspiration. For asp …

As a guiding principle of Eastern art and design, Notan (a Japanese word meaning dark-light) focuses on the interaction between positive and negative space, a relationship embodied in the ancient sym …

The gifts given to one should not be lost but transferred to all others in support of the Highest our Lord and Savior. This artistic ability was provided by God to be passed along to others. …

The watercolor sketches and poetic meditations in Postcards from the Border document the sometimes poignant, sometimes joyful, always profound encounters with the land and its inhabitants that author …

Learn how to confidently draw the human form from head to toe with this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide.   Expert drawing instructor and storyboard artist Tom Fox knows exactly …

‘Highly recommended as one of the very few books on the subject worthy of being used an an authoritative guide.’ — Design ‘Illustrators, sculptors, and taxidermists who draw or model animals will we …