Constance Howard

Highly sought out book of important and creative stitches

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

The practical and inspirational guide for all embroiderers

The Constance Howard Book of Stitches

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Scott Atkinson

Jochen Wierich

Some edge damage, book in very good shape otherwise. Beautiful color images throughout 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Recent art histories cast Homer (1836-1910) as the quintessential American artist. This catalog, which accompanies a loan exhibition, explores two highly productive points in Homer's career. Homer spent the summers of 1873 and 1880 at this Massachusetts seaside retreat. His subject matter during both visits focused on children at play and work, but his sketches and watercolors were rendered in distinctly different styles. Homer's fascination with childhood has been linked to a nationwide yearning for lost innocence during the post-Civil War period. While the excellent essays are aimed at scholars, the handsome color plates will attract a broader audience.

Winslow Homer in Gloucester

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Charles Le Clair

Practically new- an excellent primer on watercolor styles. Artist Lisa Yukusavage credits this book with teaching her how to paint!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Art of Watercolor

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Christopher Riopelle

Charlotte Appleyard

Sarah Herring

Nancy Ireson

Anne Robbins

The National Gallery

Manet to Picasso

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Published in 1956, Drawing the Head and Hands by American illustrator and art instructor Andrew Loomis is a guide to improving figure drawing skills. It covers topics like proportions, facial features, and hand gestures, making it a valuable resource for both beginners and professionals. The book uses a method that involves simplifying the head into basic forms, such as a sphere for the cranium and a block for the jaw and cheek bones. Note: cover has tape on it, inside is very good


Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The art of drawing Heads and Hands

Another from Walter T Foster publishing
Amazing book on perspective . The best one ive ever found 

Ernest Norling
Walter Foster Publishing, Incorporated, 1989 - Art - 32 pages
Perspective is one of the most important concepts for an artist to understand. In this valuable beginnerÆs guide, acclaimed artist Ernest Norling teaches you how to use perspective to create a sense of depth and realism in your artwork. Perspective covers techniques for drawing in one-, tw



Perspective Drawing

Classic book from Walter Foster art series.  Been in my studio for 30+ years! Cover has some vintage wear and tear. A letterer’s bible

Abc of lettering

Kathy Willis

Welcome to the Museum

From perennials to bulbs to tropical exotica, Botanicum is a feast of botanical knowledge. Written by specialist Kathy Willis, and with sumptuous illustrations by Katie Scott, you can discover the bizarre and beautiful plants of the world.

Botanicum

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Robert Finch

John E. Elder

W. W. Norton is pleased to announce that The Norton Book of Nature Writing is now available in a paperback college edition.

The Norton Book of Nature Writing

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Linda Dannenberg

Guy Bouchet

Wonderful book for aspiring french chefs!


Paris Bistro Cooking

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Robert Hume

An important early book for designers using digital tools

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Professional Creative Practice

Fashion and Textile Design with Photoshop and Illustrator is a step-by-step guide to two essential tools for textile and fashion designers. Adobe Photoshop ® and Illustrator ® have eclipsed many specialist textile and fashion systems due to their intuitive design, versatile function, and constant evolution. Designer and educator Robert Hume guides you from novice to expert through eighteen carefully crafted projects. You'll start by mastering layers and custom brushes, and learning about stripes and weaves, before moving on to repeats and colorways, and simple geometry, and finally learning key layout and presentation techniques in both programs. There's also advice on sharing, communication and output, and help with diagnosing and correcting common problems. Files for many of the projects are available from www.bloomsbury.com/hume-textile-design. In addition, seven case studies showcase the work and creative thinking of innovative professional designers. These designers reflect on the appeal of Illustrator and Photoshop and offer insight and inspiration to help you develop your own fun and inventive designs.

Fashion and Textile Design with Photoshop and Illustrator

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Lora Avedian

Botanical-Inspired Embroidery Projects for You and Your Home

Stitch in Bloom

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Mary L. Grossman

This is an amazing book of information. Cover has some shelf wear, book is excellent 

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Two parts include an overview of these birds' habits and habitats, and a field guide and atlas that categorizes the birds of prey genus by genus.

Birds of Prey of the World

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José María Parramón

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Looks at the history of watercolors and introduces useful tools, materials and techniques.

The Big Book of Watercolor

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Randy Halberstadt

A great book for understanding how to play JAZZ

Perspectives from a Jazz Pianist

(Consumer/Jazz). This book is a gold mine of insights into almost every aspect of jazz musicianship, including scale/chord theory, practice strategies, composing techniques, performance psychology and how to create the states of mind that produce the best improvisations. Designed for any level of player, on any instrument, the book provides numerous exercises throughout to help the reader turn these concepts into musical reality. Endorsed by Jessica Williams, Jerry Bergonzi and others.

Metaphors for the Musician

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Thw Complete Jazz Keyboard Manual with CD

Intermediate Jazz Piano

Naomi Beckwith

Valerie Steele

Ekow Eshun

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Seeing

Fashion world leader Duro Olowu applies his creative process and cosmopolitan eye to a major exhibition drawn from Chicago's great art collections. Nigerian-born British fashion designer Duro Olowu is internationally renowned for his womenswear label launched in 2004 that speaks to a cosmopolitan sensibility informed by his international background and a confident eye for visual disciplines from art to film to popular culture. Olowu's global viewpoint has translated into wildly popular platforms and projects from Instagram postings to revelatory curatorial projects in London and New York that position him at the transcultural crossroads of art, culture, and fashion. Now Olowu turns his gimlet eye on Chicago to curate a show drawn from that metropolis's public and private art collections, anchored by the MCA's holdings. Published on the occasion of Olowu's largest curatorial project, Duro Olowu: Seeing elucidates the designer-cum-curator's creative process as he imagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography: Naomi Beckwith illuminates Olowu's curatorial process, driven by a voracious appetite for contemporary art and culture brought together in sharp juxtapositions. Valerie Steele situates Olowu's designs within the contemporary fashion world. Ekow Eshun focuses on Olowu's role within Britain's black and Afro-Caribbean creative community. Thelma Golden interviews Olowu about his work as designer, curator, and chronicler of culture and style across the worlds of museums and fashion. And Lynette Yiadom-Boakye creates new fiction for this volume. Publishing with Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Duro Olowu

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Ingrid Monson

Jazz Improvisation and Interaction

Saying Something

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Heather Darcy Bhandari

Jonathan Melber

Everything You Need to Know (And Do) as You Pursue Your Art Career

The most comprehensive guide of its kind, Art/Work gives artists of every level the tools they need to make it in an art world so competitive one dealer likens it to "The Sopranos, except nobody gets killed." Whether you're an art school grad looking for a gallery, a mid-career artist managing a busy studio, or someone just thinking about becoming a professional artist, this indispensable resource will help you build your career and protect yourself along the way.

Unlike other creative professionals, visual artists don't have agents or managers. You have to do it all yourself, at least until you find gallery representation -- and even then, there are important business and legal issues you need to understand to stay in control of your career and ensure you're being treated fairly. Heather Darcy Bhandari, a gallery director, and Jonathan Melber, an arts lawyer, walk you through these issues so that you can essentially act as your own manager and agent.

No matter what kind of artist you are -- or want to be -- this book will help you. Art/Work covers everything you need to know to succeed, saving you from having to learn it all the hard way -- and letting you spend more time making art.

Art/Work

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Wendy Hitchmough

An in-depth study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group expressed their liberal philosophies and collective identity in visual form "[Fascinating and wide-ranging. . . . Will be enjoyed by both Bloomsbury aficionados and newcomers alike."--Lucinda Willan, V&A Magazine The Bloomsbury Group was a loose collective of forward-thinking writers, artists, and intellectuals in London, with Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, and E. M. Forster among its esteemed members. The group's works and radical beliefs, spanning literature, economics, politics, and non-normative relationships, changed the course of 20th-century culture and society. Although its members resisted definition, their art and dress imparted a coherent, distinctive group identity. Drawing on unpublished photographs and extensive new research, The Bloomsbury Look is the first in-depth analysis of how the Bloomsbury Group generated and broadcast its self-fashioned aesthetic. One chapter is dedicated to photography, which was essential to the group's visual narrative--from casual snapshots, to amateur studio portraits, to family albums. Others examine the Omega Workshops as a design center, and the evidence for its dress collections, spreading the Bloomsbury aesthetic to the general public. Finally, the book considers the group's extensive participation in 20th-century modernism as artists, models, curators, critics, and collectors.

The Bloomsbury Look

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Jennifer Lewis

Sketch, Paint, and Doodle Towards One Creative Goal

How satisfying would it be to complete 100 drawings? With 100 Days of Drawing, author Jennifer Orkin Lewis (@augustwren) sets you up for success. A practitioner of daily drawing for four years straight, Lewis divides this sketchbook into 25 of her favorite subjects and techniques. Doodle faces on objects, patterns on tea cups, animals in outfits, people in fanciful headdresses and much more; each new theme is fun and rewarding, regardless of your skill level. Lewis also nudges you past the blank page by providing creative prompts and interesting backgrounds to draw on and shows you how to experiment with markers, gel pens, and colored pencils. Your own interpretation of her prompts will make your sketchbook completely unique. Just like her first book, Draw Every Day, Draw Every Way, this sketchbook has a removable jacket and an exposed binding that lies perfectly flat.

100 Days of Drawing (Guided Sketchbook)

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Errol Morris

Fascinating book from esteemed author and filmmaker Errol Morris on the nature of truth in photography. Must read if photography is your wheelhouse 

Observations on the Mysteries of Photography

In Believing is Seeing Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris turns his eye to the nature of truth in photography. In his inimitable style, Morris untangles the mysteries behind an eclectic range of documentary photographs, from the ambrotype of three children found clasped in the hands of an unknown soldier at Gettysburg to the indelible portraits of the WPA photography project. Each essay in the book presents the reader with a conundrum and investigates the relationship between photographs and the real world they supposedly record. With his keen sense of irony, skepticism, and humor, Morris reveals in this investigations how photographs can obscure as much as they reveal and how what we see is often determined by our beliefs.

Believing Is Seeing

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Munro Leaf

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls.

The Story of Ferdinand

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John Lewis

Andrew Aydin

A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.

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