art instruction

Hardcover. US, Titan Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artists' works, including some that have been published and others not originally intended for publication, such as sketchbooks and personal projects. Additional illustrations show behind-the-scenes working processes of the cartoonists and particular works by others that have influenced or inspired them. Through the eyes of these artists, we see with a new clarity the achievement of contemporary cartoonists and the extraordinary possibilities of comic art.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artists' works, including some that have been published and others not originally intended for publication, such as sketchbooks and personal projects. Additional illustrations show behind-the-scenes working processes of the cartoonists and particular works by others that have influenced or inspired them. Through the eyes of these artists, we see with a new clarity the achievement of contemporary cartoonists and the extraordinary possibilities of comic art.

Softcover. New York, Pantheon Graphic Library, reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with light edgewear to cover wrapper. Color comics throughout by Chris Ware. Clean, tight copy. This first book from Chicago author Chris Ware is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally-impaired "everyman" (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth), who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time. An improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890's Chicago and 1980's small town Michigan, the reader is helped along by thousands of colored illustrations and diagrams, which, when read rapidly in sequence, provide a convincing illusion of life and movement. The bulk of the work is supported by fold-out instructions, an index, paper cut-outs, and a brief apology, all of which concrete to form a rich portrait of a man stunted by a paralyzing fear of being disliked.

Softcover. np, self-published, 1st, 2003, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Gray and b&w illustrated wraps with black lettering. 82 pages. B&W and color illustrations. "This catalogue includes the graphic works of Josef Jackerson made during the 1975-1983 period, categorized into series by theme or manner of execution. Light wear, musty odor.

Hardcover. Tokyo/NY, Kodansha International, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 256 pages. Nineteen kata ("forms") of karate, the art of self-defense without weapons, are presented here in complete detail. They are the ones selected by the great master and teacher, Gichin Funakoshi, to give comprehensive training in Karate-do, the way of karate. Fully illustrated demonstrations by the translator cover not only every technique of the kata but also the fundamentals and applications: how to make a fist; the correct form of the open hand; preliminary training in blocking, striking and kicking; the seven stances; and sparring. The author presents, besides kata that he himself originated, beginning and advanced kata from both the Shorei school and the Shorin school, the former remarkable for their forcefuless and development of strength, the latter characterized by their gracefulness and lightning swiftness. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Tokyo/NY, Kodansha International, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 119 pages, b&w illustrations. Karate-do Nyumon literally means a passage through the gates of the Karate way--in other words, an introduction to the world of Karate. Karate-do Nyumon is the result of Master Funakoshi's wish to clarify Karate thought and practice for those who know nothing about it. It comprises unpublished writings from the years before his death in 1957, together with simplified kata--sequences of movements--synthesized by Funakoshi from the traditional Okinawa Karate-do kata, for beginners.Master Funakoshi begins by exploding some of the myths of Karate- "Karate-do is a noble martial art, and the reader can rest assured that those who take pride in breaking boards or smashing tiles, or who boast of being able to perform outlandish feats like stripping flesh or plucking out ribs, really know nothing about karate. They are playing around in the leaves and branches of a great tree, without the slightest concept of the trunk." Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Henry Regnery, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. A comprehensive guide to lacemaking, patterns and techniques, as well as a profusely illustrated history of this exquisite, enduring craft. Whether you want to make lace, learn to appreciate it as a connoisseur, or only contemplate its loveliest examples in the splendid photos, you will find it in this book. The author has included design notes, beautifully drawn diagrams, and clear, complete instructions for lacemaking in four categories: network, needle laces, bobbin laces, and mixed laces. These instructions will enable you to realize the ornate and flowery patterns of the past no less than the free-flowing forms of modern art. Clean copy.

Softcover. Argentum, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 126 pages in color. Critically acclaimed photographer David Ward explores the essential attributes of a successful landscape photograph--simplicity, ambiguity, and beauty--in this intriguing companion to his first book, Landscape Within. David discusses how the notion of beauty has been viewed by artists and psychologists and how, despite various modifications over the centuries, the concept of beauty remains relevant. David suggests that all photographers' work either poses a question or seeks to impose the photographer's viewpoint, and he goes on to investigate how photography affects our interpretation of the world around us. Accompanied by a selection of David's stunning, large-format landscape images, this is an elegant and insightful look into the nature of photography. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Berlin, Julius Springer, reprint, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in dark brown, 337 pages. Illustrated with 500 text drawings and 6 2-color plates in rear. A detailed study of perspective. GERMAN TEXT. light stamping to endpaper, title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Watson-Guptill, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards with a gray cloth spine. The practice of drawing distilled to its essential elements. The companion DVD enclosed inside, beautifully filmed in Florence, Italy, provides real-time drawing lessons so that any gaps in the learning process are filled in with live instruction.  In this elegant and inspiring primer, master contemporary artist and author Juliette Aristides breaks down the drawing process into small, manageable lessons; introduces time-tested principles and techniques that are easily accessible; and shares the language and context necessary to understand the artistic process and create superior, well-crafted drawings. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold , 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 174 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Yellow cloth covers, dark yellow dust jacket, 207 b&w illustrated figures. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, light edgewear to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, white, red & blue decorative cloth covers, no dust jacket. Clean copy. The bible of French cooking for the American chef.

Hardcover. Chicago, Scott, Foresman and Company, Reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Keith Ward and Eleanor Campbell. "Public School 201, 155 St. & 65 Avenue, Flushing, N. Y." stamped at top right left corner of title page. Light rubbing, surface soiling to covers. Clean, unmarked pages.

Softcover. London UK, Winsor & Newton Ltd., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 20 page booklet, light gray wrappers. First published in 1892 it covers all technical aspects and chemistry of the manufacturer's oil and watercolor paints. No date, probably 1970s.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a plain tanned dust jacket with just the title and author printed on spine. Navy blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine. 214 pages, many b&w diagrams including one fold-out. A lauded scholar of art history and theory as well as a prominent art collector, Denman Waldo Ross earned his bachelors and Ph.D. at Harvard where he served as a lecturer on art and design. Copyright page states 1912, no date on title page so probably an early reprint. Light pencil notations to blank pages in rear, owner's name on front fly leaf. Otherwise a bright copy.

NY, Harper and Brothers, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustration of a stern male teasher looking down on a laughing boy. Art by Chas. A. MacLellan. Approx. 10 X 13".PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Exhausted man resting with eager boy hikers, art by John Clymer. 10 x 13.5", very good. Mailing label. Clymer first studied art through an Art Instruction School correspondence course. Then he attended the Vancouver School of Art and the Ontario College of Art and Design's summer school. He spent eight years illustrating for Canadian magazines. He moved to Connecticut and studied under N.C. Wyeth and Harvey Dunn. He established his career as an illustrator for American magazines, including Argosy, The Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Day and Field and Stream. Clymer created over eighty covers for The Saturday Evening Post. In 1976, Clymer received the Prix de West from the Academy of Western Art. His oils and charcoal drawings earned him awards from the Cowboy Artists of America. He was named Western Artist of the Year by the National Wildlife Art Collectors Society.

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1st American Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, spine straight. Decorated cover boards, red quarter cloth, white title on spine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition. Combines practical advice and fascinating narrative to teach the aspiring artist how to paint the nude.

Hardcover. New York, Praeger, 1st US, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Introduction and Translation by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. Dust jacket with chunk of paper missing at top of spine, some additional lesser chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Hardcover. New York, Watson - Guptill, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. Illustrated with black & white examples of pen and ink drawing and brush techniques. Previous owners signature on front endpaper and bookplate on inside front cover. Light wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Nieuwkoop , B. de Graaf, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering, 159 pages with b&w diagrams and illustrations. Subjects include: The base of perspective illussions, third dimension, euclid, anamorphoses, the concave surface of the retina, Schickhardt's problem, eccentric positions of the observer's eye, rotations of the eyeball, visual size, pleudo-perspective, axial construction, rebirth of central perspective, Leon Battista Alberti, Paolo Uccello, the oblique position, Piero della Francesca etc.

Hardcover. NY, InterVisual, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Eight intricate and highly designed pop ups engineered by James Diaz. This book takes everyday paper and creates origami that pops! Imagine legal paper transformed into a paper bird orgiami and then it pops off the page.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2006, Hardcover, 64 pages. The dapper Quincy tells all in this lighthearted introduc-tion to the art of photographing dogs. He's generous with helpful hints, like "You can stop to smell the roses, but dogs don't hold their poses," and mindful of the smallest details, such as allowing the subject to sniff the camera. To top it off, Quincy shares his favorite snaps from the field in a quirky slide presentation. In his inimitable style, J. otto Seibold delivers a book over-flowing with heart, humor, and four-footed friends. Part silly picture book, part off-the-cuff instruction manual, Quincy, the Hobby Photographer is an ideal gift for dog lovers and for photo enthusiasts of all ages.