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...

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...

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...

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

Create depth and dimension in your artwork with Success in Art: Mastering Perspective by Andy Fish. This instructional book for intermediate-level a...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Drawing: Animals in Colored Pencil by Debra Kauffman Yaun teaches beginning aritsts step-by-step techniques like hatching, burnishing, layering, and b...

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...

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...

Learn the fundamentals of watercolor with Painting: Watercolor Basics by Deb Watson. This instructional paperback is designed for beginner-level artis...

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 ...

Explore the rainbow in Colors: True Color. This introduction to color covers warm and cool shades, color wheels, and color name origins. It includes...

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...

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...

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

In Drawing Secrets Revealed, author Sarah Parks shares the basic techniques that enable artists to draw anything and everything they see. Follow along...

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...

Master the art of acrylic painting with guidance from Painting: Acrylic Basics by Janice Robertson. This helpful book for beginning to intermediate pa...

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...

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...

Find your happy place with Mindful Thoughts for Artists: Finding Flow and Creating Calm by Georgina Hooper. Inside are 25 insights on art and mindfu...