Art Education and Instruction Books

Enhance your drawing skills with Anatomy for Artists Simplified Forms. Artist and teacher Michel Lauricella focuses on simplifying the body into bas...

In Anatomy for Artists, author Michel Lauricella presents his artistic and systematic methods for drawing the human body. In more than 1000 illustra...

Discover different types of art with Painting & Drawing: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner by the Editors of GMC. This book teaches...

Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings is a complete course in acrylic painting, scaled down to alleviate any creative hangups or feelings...

Translated into more than 17 languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Author — Bett...

A refreshing source of ideas for creating fine art with children, Art Lab for Kids encourages the development of every young artist’s own voice, marks...

Enhance your drawing skills with Anatomy for Artists Skeleton and Bone Reference Points. Artist and teacher Michel Lauricella provides a simplified ...

Explore feathered fliers and winged insects with Learn to Draw Birds and Butterflies. The drawing book combines simple step-by-step instructions wit...

Discover the basics of pen-and-ink drawing in Portfolio: Beginning Pen & Ink. Learn drawing techniques, including stippling, hatching, and crosshatc...

Structured like a traditional drawing class, Drawing School: Fundamentals for the Beginner covers the concepts all serious beginning artists need in o...

Learn to draw a wide array of botanicals, floral forms, plant structures, and more in Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants. This essential vi...

Authored by Gabriel Campanario, founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers, this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within...

With helpful tips and beautiful, inspiring artwork, The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing is the perfect resource for new and intermediate artists ...

Filled with gorgeous color reproductions and packed with fascinating information, 13 Art Movements Children Should Know presents a chronological sampl...

The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques was originally published in 1940, and it has been an invaluable reference for artists and art stud...

The Painter's Handbook: Revised and Expanded by Mark David Gottsegen is a useful resource with information on a wide variety of art materials includ...

Introduce kids to stop-motion animation and animated filmmaking with Animation Lab for Kids and take their art projects to the next level. The book ...

Learn the basics of charcoal drawing with Charcoal: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner by Richard Rochester. This book details the t...

Learn to master the visual language of landscape architecture and urban design drawing with Field Sketching for Environmental Designers. Author and ...

Read up on the romantic idealism of Titian, the gorgeous colors of Cézanne, the graffiti-inspired figures of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more. *13 Paint...

Perfect for beginners, the New Artist’s Guide to Drawing is an all-in-one guide to learn how to sketch absolutely anything! From zoo animals, to lus...

A perfect book for budding artists, How to Draw Almost Every Day challenges and inspires you to draw one simple illustration each day. Each image in...

Now in a revised and expanded edition, Drawing with Children is a perennial best seller and definitive guide for parents and teachers on how to encour...

What's the difference between watercolor and gouache, or between a collage and an assemblage? How are frescoes and mosaics made? Why do different kind...

Lessons in Classical Painting presents aspiring artists with the skills and tools needed to master painting in the atelier style. With a direct, easy-...

The Realism Challenge is a captivating, step-by-step guide that teaches artists how to draw and paint stunningly realistic images of common objects, r...

The Future Architect’s Toolkit encourages aspiring architects by exploring how architects actually work. Architect Barbara Beck expands on the conce...

One of the most famous and popular books on art ever written. The Story of Art presents the history of art as one unfolding narrative, from the earlie...

The most important and best-loved artists of the Pop movement are gathered in Pop Art: 50 Artworks You Should Know, an accessible book filled with pai...

The Surrealist movement that developed in Europe following the devastation of World War I swept energetically through all kinds of media. Surrealism: ...