This is a book that every student of architecture should keep in his or her backpack. It's also a book students may want to hide from their professors, for it explains many esoteric classroom subjects in a clear, simple, and often humorous way. 128 pages.

Written and illustrated by artist and instructor Kit White, this book strikes a perfect balance between technical advice and sage concepts. It considers the issues all artists confront — yet it is no simple handbook. It is better viewed as a guide for using art as a medium for thought. 224 pages.

This book presents work by a group of the world's most esteemed young contemporary artists and designers in a medium they've previously not explored — retro 3D. Paperback. 224 pages with 100 3D illustrations.

In this charming children's picture book, Pieter Breugel's painting The Hunters in Snow provides the basis for a heartwarming story about a young girl and the bird she nurses back to health. Hardcover. 32 pages.

Showcasing the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of 18th century Neapolitan Baroque angels and crèche figures, this book tells the story of the Nativity through 125 gloriously reproduced images of angels, townspeople, kings, grand ladies, shepherds, and their flocks. Hardcover. 128 pages.

These fun and educational Art Games teach through updated versions of classic games. A special set of art cards are used to play "Go Fish" and "Concentration" while the companion book explains the story behind each painting featured.

Both beginning and experienced painters alike can create more powerful works using Kane’s special techniques for mixing paints, applying brushstrokes that maximize the power of a composition, and enhancing watercolors with ink, acrylic, and gouache. Paperback. 128 pages.

A fun, wide-ranging survey of the international graffiti movement, Graffiti 365 delivers the first real insider's view into the contemporary graffiti and street-art scenes, as well as their antecedents. Hardcover. 744 pages (with 644 color photographs).

Graphic Europe is a guide to 31 of the hippest cities across Europe, written and illustrated by illustrators and designers living in those cities. Cutting right to the heart of their hometowns' eclectic arts scenes, the designers reveal their favorite restaurants, shops, galleries, and hotels.

Author Susan Waggoner shows how to create a tempting array of decorations, with step-by-step instructions for making cellophane wreaths, glittered glass ornament balls, beaded bell garlands, tinsel-bedecked treat cups, and more. Hardcover. 144 pages.

This is a book that can help artists at all skill levels gain confidence and enhance their creativity. It contains a gallery of hundreds of inspiring examples by artists ranging from R. Crumb to Maya Lin. Expert instruction plus over 40 exercises.

The story concludes with Degas' own painting, and an introduction of this classic work to young readers. An appealing book to any child interested in dance, this story of a young ballerina is a wonderful tale for young dancers everywhere. Hardcover. 32 pages.

Pantone, the worldwide color authority, invites you on a rich visual tour of the trends, radical shifts, and resurgences in color, encompassing 100 transformative years. Hardcover. 208 pages. Authors ? Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker.

During the 16th century in Europe the Old Masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. This is the first book in many years to so comprehensively cover the concepts and techniques of traditional portraiture.

This complete international history of poster design from the Art Nouveau to the present covers all of the significant developments in poster design, and every important type of poster, from wine and war to rock and rebellion.

This book demonstrates the myriad ways that shonen manga characters and background scenes can be personalized, adapted, and customized, and reveals the secrets of manga storytelling, pacing, and panel and page composition.

From the legendary creator of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man - WOW! - Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics is the ultimate guide to the world of creating comics.

Film historian Ira M. Resnick shares the best of his superb, never-before-published movie poster collection in Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood, which features vivid reproductions of 250 images from a golden age of Hollywood — 1912 to 1962.

Beginning to intermediate painters seeking a traditional education in oil painting can find it here with this foundation course. Written by Gage Academy of Art instructor, Michael Friel, readers are led through a progression of still life lessons.

Created in partnership with Asia Society Museum in conjunction with a major retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of art superstar Yoshitomo Nara. It assembles 20 years of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and drawings.