Secondhand Art Books

Designed for the serious beginner, this volume offers step-by-step advice on painting in oil pastels. Lessons progress simply from easy subjects and techniques to the more difficult and complex. First,...

learn how to use pastels with step-by-step techniques and projects to follow, in 180 colour photographs

The urban sketcher's ultimate guide to drawing buildings! Whether it's a suburban street scene or a vast city skyline, learn all the skills you need to improve your sketches and...

Aimed at those who wish to paint urban scenes, this book covers the basics of materials, equipment, perspective and composition, and goes on to discuss the variety of light, colour...

Taking a refreshingly objective look at Duchamp's real contribution to modern art, this gorgeous hardbound volume explores his myriad personal relations, his creation of major works, his passion for chess...

Of all the ornamental applications of Celtic art, the decorated letter is perhaps the richest. This wonderful collection of 16 complete alphabets, created by Aidan Meehan from his deep knowledge...

Learn to Paint Pen and Wash is a new title in the bestselling Learn to Paint series. Wendy Jelbert explains all the basic techniques for using inks and watercolour together...

A total of 20 pastel artists to demonstrate the versatility of pastels in this book. It provides step-by-step instructions on a wide range of pastel painting techniques. The author argues...

Absolutely the most thorough guide to pastel materials and techniques ever assembled in a single volume, this is the book for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists...

Arata Iozaki is one of the most prolific and creative personalities in contemporary architecture. The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, arguably the architect's masterwork, was the first in a line...