Instructional Books & Materials
Bring the classroom home with you! Find instructional and inspirational books and materials on watercolor, calligraphy, traditional painting techniques, color theory and much more. No matter your age or skill level, we know there's something here for you.
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1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic, and Watercolor
Walter Foster Publishing
$19.95Artists will learn how to mix essential color combinations with these handy reference tools. A detachable, washable acetate color mixing grid allows artists to accurately measure paints. These guides also include information on basic art theory and are...376121$19.95 -
101 Textures in Colored Pencil
Walter Foster Publishing
$16.95101 Textures in Colored Pencil: Practical step-by-step drawing techniques for rendering a variety of surfaces & textures Get a feel for your artliterally! 101 Textures in Colored Pencil teaches you every technique youll need to give your...418548$16.95 -
101 Ways to Draw: A Field Guide to Drawing Mediums and Techniques
Ingram Publisher
$15.99From soft pencils to graphite powder, ballpoint to fibre-tip pens, conté sticks to watercolour pencils, this unique guide covers everything you need to know to begin mastering and combining different media in your drawing. This visual directory...417898$15.99 -
3000 Color Mixing Recipes: Watercolor
Ingram Publisher
$12.993000 Color Mixing Recipes: Watercolor: The ultimate practical reference to watercolor mixes and dilutions Spiral-bound A practical and inspirational manual that shows you a huge range of color mixes in watercolor. The aim of the book is to encourage...417899$12.99 -
Alcohol Ink: Step-by-Step Techniques for Ink-Based Fluid Art
Ingram Publisher
$22.99Make incredible art with ink! Discover the vibrant world of alcohol ink, the creative craze that's the hottest new art trend since paint pouring. Learn everything you need to know about working with this expressive medium and how to create...417901$22.99 -
Artist's Library Series Book - Perspective
Walter Foster Publishing
$9.95This series offers both beginning and advanced artists the chance to expand their creativity, conquer technical obstacles and explore new media. Written and illustrated by professional artists, they're ideal for artists aspiring to reach a new level of...71948$9.95 -
Beginner's Guide to Creating Portraits: Learning the essentials & developing you
Ingram Publisher
$55.99The portrait is one of the worlds oldest artforms, but todays technology and culture mean its time to take a fresh look at how todays portrait artists work outside the realms of realism and elevate their technique. The Instagram-friendly appeal of the...417917$55.99 -
Botanical Drawing in Color: A Basic Guide to Mastering Realistic Form and Natura
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$24.99A thorough immersion into the world of scientifically accurate, three-dimensional, and artistically rendered natural botanical illustration. The step-by-step instructions in this invaluable guide, written by one of the nations leading experts in the...436561$24.99 -
Color-aid Colored Paper Full Set 3"x4.5"
Color Aid Corp.
$60.00This Color-aid full set contains the complete range of 314 matte-finished 3" x 4.5" color sheets. The system consists of 34 vivid hues (saturated colors), 100 tints (clean, light colors), 47 shades (dark, deep colors), 114 pastels (muted, or soft...80487$60.00 -
Color-Aid Colored Paper, Full Set, 2" x 3"
Color Aid Corp.
$44.00This paper is acid-free, with a wrinkle-proof, velvety matte surface that is washable and non-bleeding. It erases easily and readily accepts both wet and dry media. This Color-aid full set contains the complete range of color sheets, a system that...80486$44.00 -
Color-aid Full Set (314 Colors) - 4.5" x 6"
Color Aid Corp.
$100.00Since 1948 Color-aid Corp. has been manufacturing the Color-aid system of colored paper. Initially developed as a backdrop for photographers, Color-aid was soon thereafter discovered by Josef Albers and has since then become an indispensable teaching...307837$100.00 -
Color-Aid Greyscale Set 9"x12"
Color Aid Corp.
$25.00The Gray Set consists of 17 grays plus black and white. An instruction sheet is included.376865$25.00 -
Creative Lettering and Beyond
Walter Foster Publishing
$19.95Creative Lettering and Beyond combines the artistic talents and inspirational tips and tutorials of four professional hand letterers and calligraphers for a dynamic and interactive learning experience. After a brief introduction to basic tools and...417849$19.95 -
Creative Polymer Clay: Over 30 techniques and projects for contemporary wearable
Ingram Publisher
$19.99Discover a world of creative and colourful jewellery making from the comfort of your own home. In this comprehensive guide to modern polymer clay techniques, artist and designer Heidi Helyard reveals the simple techniques that can be used to create...417913$19.99 -
Creative Resin: Easy techniques for contemporary resin art
Ingram Publisher
$22.99Resin craft is an exciting way to make jewellery and other accessories. Learn how to create everything from earrings to key rings with this definitive guide to resin craft. This collection of techniques will get you started on your resin journey even...417914$22.99 -
Drawing Animals
Watson Guptill
$21.99With the aid of black and white illustrations, this paperback book teaches you how to draw many kinds of wild and domestic animals. Details of surface anatomy, skeletons, muscles and action poses are all included.376150$21.99 -
Drawing Animals Made Amazingly Easy
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$19.95Christopher Hart, Americas best-selling author of art instruction books, tosses all that aside to make drawing animals truly amazingly easy, by simplifying animal anatomy so that artists can get the poses they really want. What does that animal look...437815$19.95 -
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook - The Definitive, Updated 2nd Edition
Watson Guptill
$25.00This essential companion to Dr. Betty Edwards' best-selling classic, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, offers readers the key to mastering this art form with guided practice in their newfound creative abilities. Here are 40 exercises that cover...376127$25.00 -
Dynamic Anatomy Book Revised and Expanded Edition by Burne Hogarth
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$29.99Dynamic Anatomy presents a comprehensive, detailed study of the human figure as artistic anatomy. This time-honored book goes far beyond the factual elements of anatomy, providing generations of new artists with the tools they need to make the human...72216$29.99 -
Dynamic Drawing Series: Drawing Dynamic Hands by Burne Hogarth
Watson Guptill
$23.99Aspiring comic artists and illustrators will definitely benefit from adding this title to their bookshelves. Drawing on the expertise of Burne Hogarth, the author and creator of the Tarzan character, this paperback book teaches how to render the...311685$23.99 -
En Plein Air Watercolor
Walter Foster Publishing
$19.99The En Plein Air Series introduces beginning artists and fine-art lovers alike to the core concepts of painting on location, including expert tips on what to pack and how to maximize time outdoors. Each title shows how to choose a subject on-site and...417854$19.99 -
Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique
Ingram Publisher
$26.99Drawing is vitally important for the fashion industry. Fashion Illustration represents a designer's point of view and Anna Kiper's aim is to contribute to the revival of this unique art form. Every illustration lesson in the book presents a...417905$26.99 -
Figure Drawing for all it's Worth
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$39.95The illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered among artists - including comics superstar Alex Ross - for his mastery of figure drawing and clean, Realist style. His hugely influential series of art instruction books have never been bettered, and...455429$39.95 -
General Color Mixing Recipes
Walter Foster Publishing
$9.95Artists will learn how to mix essential color combinations with these handy reference tools. A detachable, washable acetate color mixing grid allows artists to accurately measure paints. These guides also include information on basic art theory and are...417848$9.95 -
Handy Dad: 25 Awesome Projects for Dads and Kids
Chronicle Books
$24.95Skate ramps, zip lines, go-carts, and more! In this super-fun book, Todd Davisextreme sports athlete and host of HGTV's Over Your Headpresents 25 awesome projects for dads to build with their kids. Busy dads can choose projects that range from...351137$24.95 -
How to Draw and Paint Series Book - Drawing: Faces
Walter Foster Publishing
$8.95The How to Draw and Paint series features titles organized by medium and specially written to encourage and motivate the beginning artist. Each book is chock-full of essential information in an easy-to-follow format and is lavishly illustrated with...368355$8.95 -
How to Make Books
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$25.00This book was created for paper crafters of all skill levels, book enthusiasts, users of blank books and journals and anyone who is intrigued by the simple, traditional art of bookmaking. From zines you can fold in a minute to luxurious leather...346699$25.00 -
Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$19.95From head to toe, the human form, in all its complexities, is visually simplified to such a degree in this remarkable workbook that even complete beginners will soon be able to draw accurate, well-proportioned faces and figures every time they try...431969$19.95 -
Hyper Realistic Drawing: How to create photorealistic 3D art with coloured penci
Ingram Publisher
$22.99Learn how to create realistic 3D art with this collection of step-by-step techniques and tutorials for creating hyperrealistic art using coloured pencils. The trend for hyper realistic artworks featuring high shine subjects is inspiring a new...417906$22.99 -
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
F+W Media
$22.99This popular volume contains 48 exercises, reviews and self-evaluations that will help artists learn to sharpen their observation skills. Written by Bert Dodson and published by North Light Books. You'll learn how to: Restore, focus, map, and...360273$22.99 -
Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$35.00In this book, Mitchell Albala shares his concepts and practices for translating nature's grandeur, complexity and color dynamics into convincing representations of space and light. Concise, practical and inspirational, it focuses on the greatest...414615$35.00 -
Lessons in Classical Drawing
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$29.99Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time, and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. The classical Atelier art training method is based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master...414616$29.99 -
Magic Palette - Color Matching Guide
The Color Wheel Company
$19.99A full palette of paint colors, tints and shades in a handy little guide. This color guide helps artists identify, match and select the colors they need for their paintings. It includes 36 pure artists' tube colors printed on individual cards with...350641$19.99 -
Magic Palette Color Mixing Guide - Personal Mixing Guide
The Color Wheel Company
$14.99Mixing the right color just got easier! The Magic Palette Mixing Guides take the guesswork out of mixing beautiful, luminous colors. Each guide features a comprehensive easy-to-read grid that shows the resulting color when 2 colors are combined. An...333613$14.99 -
Making Murals
Ingram Publisher
$22.99Making Murals: A practical handbook for wall painting and mural art to enhance your home This practical guide to mural painting explains all the key techniques and design styles you need so that you can get creative in your own home and start...417907$22.99 -
Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$30.00In this color mixing book, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion first walk you step by step through the basics of watercolor pigments, paper, and color mixing techniques. Using just 11 colors, youll learn to bring more variety to your primary colors,...414630$30.00 -
Morpho: Fat & Skin Folds
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$14.95The must-have guide for all artists who draw the human figure! In Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw the human body. The typical approach to teaching anatomy and the...414621$14.95 -
Morpho: Joint Forms & Muscular Functions
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$14.95Morpho: Joint Forms and Muscular Functions - The world's best-selling series of anatomy drawing books. Artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a mechanical view of the human body. In the same way that paleontologists work, we can deduce the...414618$14.95 -
Morpho: Skeleton & Bone Reference Points
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$14.95The must-have guide for all artists who draw the human figure! This book provides a simplified and practical vision of the human skeleton to help all artists in their drawing studies. Here you will find the most common and useful approaches to the...414620$14.95 -
Oh My Gouache!
Ingram Publisher
$22.99Oh My Gouache!: The beginner's guide to painting with opaque watercolour Welcome to the wonderful world of painting with gouache, with the creative guidance of popular artist and illustrator Zoe Ingram. In this comprehensive beginner's guide,...417909$22.99 -
Oil Painting Secrets from a Master
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$24.95Artist and teacher, David Lefel from the Art Students League shares his secrets for making professional quality paintings in this 144-page, paperback book. Topics covered include massing values, chiaroscuro, color and value and handling edges.343360$24.95 -
Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner by Claire Watson Garcia
Watson Guptill
$21.99This book starts at the beginning, helping new painters find what works for them while providing information on all the necessary tools, tips and techniques they will need to create a representational painting. The chapters follow a progressive...430544$21.99 -
Pantone CMYK Color Guide Set - Coated & Uncoated
PANTONE INC.
$207.00Design with confidence, knowing your colors are achievable on almost any conventional or digital press. Pantones refreshed CMYK Guide contains a whopping 2,868 CMYK colors, chromatically arranged for more intuitive color browsing and selection. Colors...411601$207.00 -
Pantone Coated Combo Set
PANTONE INC.
$324.00**Updated for 2023!** Own the ultimate guides for matching, comparing, communicating, and sharing colors. Now available in a cost-saving bundle, the Pantone® Coated Combo pairs the coated Pantone Formula Guide with the coated Pantone Color Bridge...413125$324.00 -
Pantone Color Bridge Guide - Coated
PANTONE INC.
$254.00See side-by-side comparisons of how Pantone Spot Colors look when printed using CMYK on coated paper stock. Confidently manage and visualize color expectations when printing across platforms. Guide also includes HTML and RGB equivalent values for...397516$254.00 -
Pantone Color Bridge Set - Coated & Uncoated
PANTONE INC.
$436.00See side-by-side comparisons of how Pantone Spot Colors look when printed using CMYK, helping you to convert CMYK to Pantone, and vice versa. Set includes guides printed on coated and uncoated paper stocks. Confidently manage and visualize color...397518$436.00 -
Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors Color Guide Book
PANTONE INC.
$260.00Featuring 315 NEW inspiring on-trend colors. The Fashion, Home + Interiors (FHI) Color Guide puts 2,625 market relevant colors in the palm of your hand! Displayed in two portable, color-on-paper fan decks, and arranged by color family for optimum...416219$260.00 -
Pantone Formula Guide Set - Coated & Uncoated
PANTONE INC.
$180.00When it comes to graphics and print, Pantones Formula Guide is the absolute, worldwide standard for choosing and matching colors. Whether youre a designer looking for inspiration or a print provider needing to match colors, this color matching tool and...411602$180.00 -
Pantone Formula Guide Set - Coated & Uncoated 2023
PANTONE INC.
$217.00Updated with 224 new colors for 2023!417020$217.00 -
Pantone Metallics Guide
PANTONE INC.
MSRP: $184.00Now: $163.00Was: $184.00The Pantone Graphics System presents a complete collection of 655 Metallic colors for print and packaging, including 54 new trend- and market-relevant colors, plus a new Rose Gold base ink. Pantone Metallics provide economic color options that are easy...451782MSRP: $184.00Now: $163.00Was: $184.00 -
Pantone Pastels & Neons Guide - Coated & Uncoated
PANTONE INC.
$128.00The Pastels & Neons Guide offers designers additional Pantone Spot Colors for creating eye-catching, market-driven designs. Perfect for packaging, logos and branding, and print and marketing materials when soothing shades or bright colors are desired...386576$128.00 -
Pantone Solid Chip Set - Coated & Uncoated
PANTONE INC.
MSRP: $539.00Now: $477.00Was: $539.00Access the largest color gamut in the Pantone Graphics system in two convenient books. Browse, share and reference any of the 2,390 Pantone Spot Color Chips in the Formula Guide, now updated with 224 new trend-defining colors. The ring-bound book...411821MSRP: $539.00Now: $477.00Was: $539.00 -
Pantone Solid Guide Set
PANTONE INC.
$466.00294 new colors added in 2019 Access 3,026 Pantone Matching System colors with all four of our solid color guides. This cost-saving bundle gives designers our Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated), Pastels & Neons, and Metallics guide. Use this set for...416220$466.00 -
Rediscovering Gouache: A New Approach to a Versatile Technique for Contemporary
Ingram Publisher
$24.95Gouache, a classic painting and drawing technique used by Turner, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Gris, Braque, Matisse and Miró, among many others, acquires in this volume a new dimension by offering a bolder approach for contemporary artists,...417921$24.95 -
Speedball - Elementary Alphabets Book - Elementary Alphabet Book
Speedball Art Products
$5.20Twenty-four page book covering the basic alphabets, drafting alphabet and manuscript. By Ross F. George.1173860$5.20 -
Speedball Textbook, 24th Edition
Speedball Art Products
MSRP: $15.99$14.40The Speedball Textbook Centennial Edition has a wire-bound construction that will allow pages to lay flat easily during reference and practice. The new orientation allows for greater visual impact. There are 20% more pages of instruction containing...413840MSRP: $15.99$14.40 -
Ten-Step Drawing Book - Animals
MACPHERSON'S
$16.99Designed for aspiring illustrators, doodlers and art hobbyists, the fun and approachable books in the Ten-Step Drawing series encourage new artists to get acquainted with the basic principles of drawing so they can learn to create art with confidence...415929$16.99 -
Ten-Step Drawing Book - Manga
MACPHERSON'S
$16.99Designed for aspiring illustrators, doodlers and art hobbyists, the fun and approachable books in the Ten-Step Drawing series encourage new artists to get acquainted with the basic principles of drawing so they can learn to create art with confidence...415935$16.99 -
Ten-Step Drawing Book - People
MACPHERSON'S
$16.99Designed for aspiring illustrators, doodlers and art hobbyists, the fun and approachable books in the Ten-Step Drawing series encourage new artists to get acquainted with the basic principles of drawing so they can learn to create art with confidence...415934$16.99 -
Textured Art: Palette knife and impasto painting techniques in acrylic
Ingram Publisher
$22.99A fresh new guide to contemporary palette knife painting for beginner and experienced artists, featuring step-by-step tutorials on colour mixing, mark making, and a variety of painting techniques to create your own unique abstract, landscape, and...417911$22.99 -
The Art & Science of Drawing
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$29.95Drawing is not a talent, it's a skill anyone can learn. This is the philosophy of drawing instructor Brent Eviston based on his more than twenty years of teaching. He has tested numerous types of drawing instruction from centuries old classical...414624$29.95 -
The Artist's Guide to Drawing People
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$24.95An essential guide for all artists with more than 600 images to show how to draw realistic people with examples of movement, faces, and hands. Anatomy charts and rules of proportion will also allow users to accurately represent any human subject...414626$24.95 -
The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting: Techniques for Rendering Sky, Terrain, T
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$35.00A landscape painting guide for oil painters that breaks landscapes down into component elements from nature, and showcases tools and techniques used by classic and modern oil painters for bringing these scenes to life. Landscape painting is one of...465714$35.00 -
Walter Foster - Artist's Library Series Book - Pencil Drawing
Walter Foster Publishing
$9.95This series offers both beginning and advanced artists the chance to expand their creativity, conquer technical obstacles and explore new media. Written and illustrated by professional artists, they're ideal for artists aspiring to reach a new...71952$9.95 -
Walter Foster How to Draw and Paint: Drawing: How to Draw 1
Walter Foster Publishing
$10.95This book is specially written to encourage and motivate the beginning artist. Taking up a medium for the first time can be intimidating - this How to Draw and Paint book takes the mystery out of it! Pick up essential information in an easy-to-follow...411749$10.95 -
Walter Foster Portfolio Series: Beginning Colored Pencil
Walter Foster Publishing
$21.95What medium is as immediately relatable as the colored pencil? Vibrant, versatile, and familiar, the simple colored pencil is the proverbial first step on your journey to becoming an artist. Beginning Colored Pencil is an inviting and approachable...408891$21.95 -
Walter Foster Portfolio Series: Beginning Watercolor
Walter Foster Publishing
$21.95Beginning Watercolor teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in watercolor. This helpful resource begins with a basic introduction to the essential tools and materials artists need to get started, including...408888$21.95 -
Watercolor Portraits: 15 step-by-step paintings for iconic faces in watercolors
Ingram Publisher
$22.99Painting expressive portraits of iconic faces has never been easier with this unique approach to watercolor painting. In this fresh and super-accessible approach to modern portraiture, artist Nelli Andrejew removes any barriers to painting instantly...417912$22.99 -
Watercolor Snacks
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$24.95Inspiring Lessons for Sketching and Painting Your Favorite Foods Watercolor Snacks is for food lovers, beginning artists, and anyone who wants to explore the world of watercolors through easy and accessible prompts and exercises. In Watercolor Snacks,...414629$24.95 -
Watercolor With Markers
ROCKY NOOK PUBLISHING
$24.95Go beyond lettering and learn to use your brush pen markers to create vibrant, colorful watercolor paintings! In this easy-to-follow guide, noted artist Jessica Mack teaches all the techniques you need to get started and practice through a series of...414627$24.95 -
Watson-Guptill - How to Draw What You See
RANDOM HOUSE/WATSON-GUPTILL
$19.99Containing 250 black and white illustrations, this book teaches you that you can draw still lifes, landscapes and figures by being able to identify the different basic shapes - cube, cylinder, cone or sphere, that compose an object.346709$19.99