Miro Basic Art by Janis Mink
$30.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
Assassinator of painting. The artist who upset the establishment. Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanish painters of the twentieth century. His early work clearly shows the influence of Fauvism and Cubism. The Catalan landscape also shapes the themes and treatment of these initial ...Show more
Modern Calligraphy Workshop - The Creative Art of Pen, Brush and Chalk Lettering by Imogen Owens
$33.00 NZD
Category: General
Learn how to create beautiful, hand-lettered stationery, art, and other decorations with Modern Calligraphy, a sophisticated, interactive book full of exquisite sample alphabets, fun exercises, and simple step-by-step projects. From modern calligraphy in ink to hand lettering in chalk on blackboard and ...Show more
Mona Lisa in 3000 Dots by Thomas Pavitte
$26.00 NZD
Category: General
From the same graphic talent that brought you the best-selling 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book now comes a poster that is entertaining as it is unique. Before his first book was published, Thomas Pavitte won international renown for his experimental dot-to-dot interpretations of Leonardo da Vinci's masterwork: now ...Show more
My Town: An Artist's Life in London by David Gentleman
$65.00 NZD
Category: General
David Gentleman, an iconic British illustrator and designer, has lived a lifetime in London. Drawing from over sixty years of engagement with this most well-known capital city, My Town presents London as it was and as it is today. His beautiful and intricate work - of the Thames, Hampstead Heath, Camden ...Show more
Oceania by Peter Brunt, Noelle Kahanu, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Sean Mallon, Michael Mel, Anne Salmond, & Nicholas Thomas
$139.00 NZD
Category: General
250 years after Cook's voyage to the South Pacific, the dazzling and diverse art of Oceania, from the historic to the contemporary. From the remote shores of Rapa Nui to the dense rainforest of Papua New Guinea, the islands of the Pacific are home to some of the most culturally diverse populations on th ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
$35.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu ...Show more
Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy
$30.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: Read This Ser.
This book demystifies the art and practice of drawing. Through fifty drawings by great masters past and present, the techniques and ideas behind their master sketches will put you on the path to making your own great drawings. The entries also feature exercises with step-by-step instructions as well ...Show more
Robin White: Something Is Happening Here by Sarah Farrar; Nina Tonga; Jill Trevelyan
$70.00 NZD
Category: General
Robin White: Something is happening here is the first book to be devoted to Robin White's art in 40 years. Its assessment of her remarkable 50 years as an artist includes fresh perspectives by 24 writers and interviewees from Australia, the Pacific, and Aotearoa New Zealand and celebrates her status as ...Show more
Seeds And Pods: 24 Postcards by THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
$25.00 NZD
Category: General
This beautifully designed book of 24 postcards showcases the exquisite colors, textures, and shapes of seeds through rare botanical art. Gardeners, artists, and lovers of the natural world will delight in this collection of rare botanical portraits of seeds: their elegantly designed pods, patterns, pack ...Show more
Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton
$30.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. Sarah Thornton's shrewd and entertaining fly-on-the-wall narrative takes us behind the scenes of the art world, from art school to auction house, showing us how it works, and ...Show more
Slim Aarons: Women by Aarons, Slim
$130.00 NZD
Category: General
"Slim Aarons: Women" explores the central subject of Slim Aarons s career the extraordinary women from the upper echelons of high society, the arts, fashion, and Hollywood. The book presents the women who most influenced Aarons s life and work and the other remarkable personalities he photographed along ...Show more
Steal Like an Artist 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon (Artist)
$34.99 NZD
Category: General | Series: Austin Kleon Ser.
You don't need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That's the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illu ...Show more