Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

A complete course on acrylic painting, covering classic approaches and new innovations for a medium that's widely embraced by both beginners and experienced artists for its versatility, quick-drying properties and non- toxicity. Noted artist and School of Visual Arts instructor James Van Patten s...

Make it a December to remember! At last, it's nearly Christmas! Enjoy the 24 days of Advent that lead up to the big day, sharing these delicious recipes, fun crafting projects, made-by-you gifts and simple yet stunning decorations with friends and family. Slow down, spend time with loved ones and...

The first monograph on this acclaimed Australian child artist prodigy. Melbourne-based artist Aelita Andre (born 2007) began experimenting with paint at nine months old and has since exhibited worldwide to great critical acclaim. Her abstract compositions break away from the conventions of contem...

Bright and bold and found everywhere in fin-de-siecle Paris, the poster was a brilliant fusion of art and commerce. New printing methods made it possible to distribute and post vivid full-colour prints spurring both artists and advertisers to take advantage of these public canvases. During its go...

Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage. Today, African artists work outside the confines of limiting categories and outdated perceptions; they produce art that is as much a reflection of Africa's tumultuous past as it is a vision of its ...

Through the 1880s the very essence of representation, meaning and process in Western art were profoundly interrogated. Plausible representations of the external world were cast aside in favour of non-naturalism expressed in varying degrees, from modest distortions of reality to pure abstraction. ...