 Ireland's Painters (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) (Hardcover)
by A Crookshank
Price: £38.00
This illustrated survey of the history of Irish painting encompasses the entire span from the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century. The volume includes both well-known and virtually unknown artists, Irish artists who worked abroad as well as in Ireland, and major foreign artists who came to Ireland and worked there for extended periods. Among the more than 350 works reproduced in colour are many paintings from notable private collections which have not been exhibited to the public. Drawing on the combined experience of leading Irish art authorities Anne Crookshank and the Knight of Glin, the book presents a roll call of important Irish painters, from the talented Garret Morphy of the Restoration period to William Scott and Louis LeBrocquy of our own time.
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 The New Acrylics: Complete Guide to the New Generation of Acrylic Paints (Paperback)
by Rheni Tauchid
Price: £10.26
The acrylics of today have grown into the most adaptable art material of the modern age. Focusing on a popular art medium that has been around for over 50 years, The New Acrylics illustrates how artists can create lush textures, colour, and lustre with the modern acrylics readily available in any art supply store. These are non-toxic, environmentally sound, and exist in the most dazzling array of chemical formats - from the most fluid to the highly viscous. Not only do artists paint with acrylics these days, they can create rich metallic effects, or even 3-Dimensional sculptures. Traditional technique based books on acrylics cover traditional methods of painting. However, The New Acrylics is geared towards more non-conventional ways in which to manipulate modern-day acrylics, and demonstrates new applications such as glazing, textured effects, soft sculpture effects, or staining, thus reinventing the old way of handling acrylics, and revealing a fabulous new artistic medium. The underlying theme of this dazzling and sophisticated book is to encourage artists to interpret and handle acrylic paints in a vibrant, fresh, and above all, individualistic style.
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 Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice (Hardcover)
by Juliette Aristides
Price: £12.65
Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier, Juliette Aristidess first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. The educational process begins as students copy masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. The many artists at every level who learned from Classical Drawing Atelier have been clamouring for more of this sophisticated approach to teaching and learning. In Classical Painting Atelier, Aristides, a leader in the atelier movement, takes students step-by-step through the finest works of Old Masters and todays most respected realist artists to reveal the principles of creating full-colour realist still-life works, portraits, and figure paintings. Rich in tradition, yet practical for todays artists, Classical Painting Atelier is ideal for serious art students seeking a timeless visual education.
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 Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens (Spiral-bound)
by Lena Corwin
Price: £10.78
A talented designer explains how to create a wide variety of unusual and innovative hand-printed fabrics, furnishings, accessories, and paper crafts by using stencils, master stamps, and screen printing, using step-by-step instructions to teach crafters the fundamentals of hand printing and offering an array of ingenious projects, from screen-print
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 David Bellamy's Complete Guide to Watercolour Painting (Hardcover)
by David Bellamy
Price: £11.49
With well over 300 step-by-step illustrations, masses of tips, instructions and finished paintings, this complete guide is just that - a truly inspirational guide to watercolour and a great reference book for any artist wanting to brush up their skills, or learn new ways of applying traditional techniques. A master of atmosphere and mood, David Bellamy includes some excellent demonstrations, featuring instructions on how to paint not just landscapes with mountains and crags, rivers, beaches and pastoral scenery, but many other disciplines.Features of this title include: the chapter on still life will provide a firm grounding in painting detail and developing your watercolour techniques in a controlled environment; the one on flowers ranges from indoor arrangements to painting in gardens and flowers and plants in the landscape; and, buildings, towns and harbours that are covered, with figures ranging from painting life models and the clothed figure, to including people in your landscapes and townscapes. Many of these areas of working are covered for the first time in a book by David. This book is a must-have for all aspiring artists. David is generous with his knowledge and more experienced artists will also gain a lot from his love and understanding of this versatile medium.
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 The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self (Paperback)
by Julia Cameron
Price: £8.73
With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive 12-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.
This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practising the exercises it contains.
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