It is difficult not to surrender to the magic of pop-up books. Whether we're little or grown up, we cannot fail to be amazed every time we turn a page and suddenly find something that has been built in three dimensions before our eyes. "It must be so...

Drawing is a universal language, but not everybody feels capable of giving it a go. This is a useful and entertaining book about the pleasure of drawing, by showing, with some exercises, that anybody can draw through learning to see first. Based on t...

Illustration is applied imagination. But this book is not only about illustration, though it does contain illustrations – lots of them. But there's more. This book examines the profession of illustrator, from the vexing subject of money to the questi...

"Human Figure Drawing" offers a refreshing perspective on this timeless topic with clear and helpful explanations and around 500 illustrations in b/w and colour. This book shows us how to learn to draw the human figure and regain our ability to obser...

Intended for creative professionals, this book offers 100 tips, resources and techniques for those who want to take their drawing skills to the next level. Through the work of contemporary artists, amateurs and even children, the author gives the bas...

By way of ten different works produced using a wide variety of techniques, the book analyses the process of creation, offering tips, ideas and solutions. Each chapter includes a step by step process and details of all the tools and materials necessar...

After decades of using software as their exclusive work tool, graphic designers today are re-discovering the creative and expressive power of handmade letters: lettering has a distinctive visual and physical effect, and provides endless possibilities...

This original work introduces readers to the hyperrealist movement, a style applied to painting whose techniques aspire to photographic exactitude in drawing. From the first action before viewing the piece – the search for information and reference i...

This richly illustrated new book by Victor Escandell is devoted exclusively to the infinite creative possibilities of drawing and painting in black and white. Traditional and current materials, techniques and applications (Indian ink, pencil, pen, ba...

This book is a practical manual intended specifically for anyone interested in delving into the technique of granting colour to fashion figurine illustrations to give them more life and expressiveness. In a clear and educational way, Tiziana Paci, au...