Instructional Books & Materials

See 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...

See 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...

Design 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...

The 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...

Since 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...

The Standard Set consists of 220 matte-finished colors. An instruction leaflet describing the organization of the colors provides a grid for designating the colors, as these are not printed on the back. The Standard Set was the prevailing system from...

This 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...

A design tutorial by Manuela Brambatti, Versace's chief design illustrator, the book is an idea of couturier Flavio Marconi who, impressed by her drawing style, her unique taste designing fashion collections and the precision with which she...

Drawing 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...

The Color-aid Greyscale Pack includes 17 sheets of varying shades of grey--ranging from very light to very dark with a sheet of black and white bookending the spectrum. This packet includes a instructional sheet, helpful for students, hobbyists,...

Artists 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...

Gouache, 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,...

An 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...

A Modern Approach to Painting Bold Flowers, Plants, and Cacti Relax and dive into the ultimate guide to creating watercolor paintings of your favorite flowers! From bright red roses to deep green cacti, this gorgeous, easy-to-follow book will show...

Inspiring 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...

Make 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...

Making 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...

Oh 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...

A 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...

With 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.

This innovative tool is a 3-1/2" square plastic device that slides open to provide a viewing window to help frame compositions. The square opening is 1-15/16" at its largest point, and has indicators for standard proportions used for framing...

The 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...

Mixing 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...

Create beautiful paper flowers with this easy origami guide, with 10 tutorials and 400 pages of high-quality origami paper for you to fold straight away. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding, and what better subject to fold than flowers,...

From 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...

Draw the cutest kawaii pictures every day for a whole year and never be bored again! This fun book for the young, and young at heart, covers the widest range of kawaii motifs ever 365 of them no less! In the kawaii universe, everything is small and...

The Speedball Textbook is the superlative resource for artists and letterers of all ages and skill levels. A celebration to the 105th year anniversary of the first edition's debut, the 25th edition of The Speedball Textbook represents the vision of the...

Whether you are just beginning or revisiting various techniques, this book is a chance to expand creativity, conquer technical obstacles and explore new media. Written and illustrated by professional artists, it is ideal for artists aspiring to reach a...

The You Can Draw Manga Chibi Books show young artists how to draw in the chibi style using simple steps and easy-to-find art tools. Each book also includes tips and techniques for designing your own chibi characters in several poses and angles...

A visual guide to color mixing that illustrates color relationships through a series of windows and color tones on a moveable wheel. This wheel provides the user with information such as harmony within color relationships, complementary colors,...

Artists 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...

This 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...

Artists 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...

This folding version of the color wheel illustrates the result of mixing colors, tints, tones, and shades. Small enough for a pocket or an artist's workbox, this unique color chart gives a quick guide to colors produced by mixing two colors in...

An invaluable tool for artists, teachers and students, the Gray Scale and Value Finder allows users to identify the value of blacks, whites and colors in all media. Ten swatches, from 10% black to 100% black, are each accompanied by a cut-out shape...

Twenty-four page book covering the basic alphabets, drafting alphabet and manuscript. By Ross F. George.