Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

From impossible shapes and Penrose objects to three-dimensional sketches and trick art, you won't believe your eyes as you learn to draw unbelievable optical illusions in graphite and coloured pencil. Perfect for beginning artists, it begins with a basic introduction to optical illusions and how ...

Drawing Poses for Beginners combines step-by-step pencil lessons and additional graphite portrait examples to demonstrate how to accurately render the human form in hundreds of realistic poses. With a wealth of illustrated graphite portrait references and step-by-step pencil lessons, Drawing Pose...

This beautiful, fully illustrated book presents a compendium of artworks throughout history which have been inspired by myth, fantasy and the unreal. Artists have explored imaginary worlds and fantastical creatures for centuries, expressing the unreal and impossible, the mystical and mythical, vi...

Here is a captivating visual exploration of fashion and modern style as seen through the eyes of artists across the globe. Since the emergence of the seasonal fashion industry in the nineteenth century, Western artists have been engaging with fashion's impact, meaning and forms in their artwork. ...

The Updated and Expanded edition of The Art of Feminism charts the birth of the feminist aesthetic and its development over two centuries that have seen profound and fast-paced change in women's lives across the globe. Including over 350 remarkable artworks, ranging from political posters and gra...

The art of forgery explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned the public and the art establishment alike.