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Books for Artists

Expressive photography: the Shutter Sisters' guide to shooting from the heart by Tracey Clark

Donna Kooler's encyclopedia of quilting by Kooler, Donna

Water, paper, paint: exploring creativity with watercolor and mixed media by Heather Smith Jones

Extreme perspective! for artists: learn the secrets of curvilinear, cylindrical, fisheye, isometric, and other amazing systems that will make your drawings pop off the page by David Chelsea

Polymer clay 101: a workshop in a book by Angela Mabray and Kim Otterbein

Paper cuts: 35 inventive projects by Taylor Hagerty

Creative nature & outdoor photography by Brenda Tharp

Start with scraps by Carol Loessel

Collage, colour and texture in painting by Mike Bernard and Robin Capon

A practical masterclass and manual of drawing & pastels, pencil skills, penmanship and calligraphy: expert tuition on how to use pencils, pens, charcoal, and pastels — from lively sketches to impressive full-scale drawings and beautiful calligraphic lettering by Ian Sidaway

Jun 20, 2011