69 BOOKS WATERCOLOUR By Tom Shepherd £15.99 9781800923164 Search Press This fresh, colourful painting course is ideal for all aspiring watercolour artists: gain confidence with your brush, experiment through guided exercises and discover your own style. Tom’s simple yet inspiring approach can take any painter’s work to the next level, and can be applied to any subject. We say: The ultimate practical guide to expressive watercolour painting, from the master of loose washes and vibrant atmosphere: popular artist and teacher, Tom Shepherd. Watercolour DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ARTIST’S JOURNAL By Tom Babbey £19.99 9781446316863 David & Charles The first official Dungeons and Dragons guided sketchbook for artists of all skill levels on how to draw the characters, creatures, and landscapes of the world’s greatest roleplaying game. The compact ‘sketchbook’ format allows you to practice while you travel or wherever you choose to work from. Learn about anatomy and proportion, light and shade, texture and detail to bring a greater sense of realism to your artwork We say: A beautifully bound book, the Artist’s Journal is the must-have companion to creating your world of characters from the Forgotten Realms. Drawing Papercrafts CHRISTMAS MARKET CREW: PAPER CRAFT COLORING BOOK By Ashley Regina Lucas 9780764371967 Schiffer Kids This adorable Christmas Market– themed colouring book features thick paper and perforated pages so colouredin masterpieces easily become stand-up dolls and scenery, note cards, bookmarks, a garland, and more! Use crayons, markers, coloured pencils, and paint to colour 30+ fun, purposeful paper crafts for playing, sharing, and displaying. Cozy, holiday-themed art features cute characters, cookies and cocoa, and other wintery treats! We say: With charming art from Ashley Regina Lucas, this Colour & Punch Fun paper craft colouring book offers hands-on, screen-free, creative fun for children ages five to nine. 50 WAYS TO BREAK THE RULES IN OILS By Haidee-Jo Summers £15.99 9781800923195 Search Press This book, from best-selling and award-winning author HaideeJo Summers, is the perfect gift for artists of all abilities. It contains 50 fresh, lively ideas for challenging conventional artistic wisdom showing that you can create something really, really right, even when you do everything wrong! Packed with 50 rule-breaking practical techniques, tricks and approaches to unlock your creativity, this is the ultimate guide to creating truly innovative art. ‘Don’t use black.’; ‘You mustn’t lead the eye out of the painting.’; and ‘Never put your subject slap-bang in the middle!’ Maybe you’ve heard one, two or all of these ‘golden rules’ But why? As Picasso put it, you should: “learn the rules like a pro so that you can break them like an artist”. We say: Stop following the rules and start writing your own. Painting
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