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Drawing & Painting
Parramon Handbooks These highly educational handbooks form an outstanding series of reference titles on artistic themes. Conceived as a collection of pocketbook-sized fact files, each individual volume is lavishly illustrated and easy to use. Containing valuable information on the most significant artistic movements and periods in Art History, and backed up by full-colour examples of works
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• 96 PAGES • 130 220 mm • FLEXIBLE HARDBACK
of art, these handbooks are aimed at everyone who is interested in the theory and practice of drawing and painting.
TITLE: ACRYLICS
TITLE: MIXING COLOURS-
ISBN: 978-84-342-2981-5
WATERCOLOUR ISBN: 978-84-342-3334-8
TITLE: DRAWING
TITLE: MIXING COLOURS-OILS
ISBN: 978-84-342-2984-6
ISBN: 978-84-342-3335-5
TITLE: OILS
TITLE: WATERCOLOUR ISBN: 978-84-342-2983-9
ISBN: 978-84-342-2982-2
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Drawing & Painting
All About... Each title in this series provides the amateur with everything relating to a particular medium within the Fine Arts. From the use of colours to the tools used to apply these, each title covers a range of techniques used. With every technical specification imaginable, including tricks-of-the-trade, this series will enable the student to paint fluently and skilfully.
TITLE: ALL ABOUT
TITLE: ALL ABOUT
TECHNIQUES IN DRAWING
TECHNIQUES
ISBN: 978-84-342-2986-0
IN DRAWING FOR
NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
ANIMATION PRODUCTION ISBN: 978-84-342-3268-6 NUMBER OF PAGES: 192
TITLE: ALL ABOUT
TITLE: ALL ABOUT
TECHNIQUES IN WATERCOLOR
TECHNIQUES IN OILS
ISBN: 978-84-342-2978-5
ISBN: 978-84-342-2977-8
NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
TITLE: ALL ABOUT
TITLE: ALL ABOUT
TECHNIQUES IN ACRYLICS
TECHNIQUES IN COLOUR
ISBN: 978-84-342-2976-1
ISBN: 978-84-342-3317-1
NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
TITLE: ALL ABOUT TECHNIQUES IN ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST ISBN: 978-84-342-3269-3 NUMBER OF PAGES: 144
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• 144 / 192 PAGES • 210 275 mm • PAPERBACK
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Drawing & Painting
The Painter’s Corner This series is aimed at readers who already have a basic knowledge of drawing and
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painting and who wish to improve their mastery of the visual arts. The design and
• 96 PAGES • 190 260 mm • PAPERBACK
contents of each book and order of publication published follow modern art teaching practices. Each volume is a compendium of theory, practice, special tips and expert advice, answering student’s and artist’s questions alike, clearly and comprehensively.
TITLE: THE HUMAN FIGURE
TITLE: OILS
TITLE: LANDSCAPES
TITLE: STILL LIFE
ISBN: 978-84-342-2975-4
ISBN: 978-84-342-2973-0
ISBN: 978-84-342-2974-7
ISBN: 978-84-342-3318-8
Creative Painting Series Aimed at amateurs and students who want to awaken their creative potential and discover
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their own style of artistic expression, the collection structures the study of artistic painting
• 160 PAGES • 230 290 mm • PAPERBACK
around the fundamental elements of pictorial language. It is based on modern teaching methods that stimulate active participation, experimentation and the desire for new results, giving the reader a leading, active role.
TITLE: FORM
TITLE: COLOUR
TITLE: LINE
ISBN: 978-84-342-2979-2
ISBN: 978-84-342-2980-8
ISBN: 978-84-342-3316-4
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Drawing & Painting
The Artist’s Complete Guide
Easel Series
The objective of this highly educational book is to encourage and guide the amateur and professional painter through the use of many techniques and mediums. Using a clear language, this title brings together, in one volume, both theoretical and practical knowledge needed to learn how to draw and paint with ease.
The format, similar to an easel or stand, invites the reader to put the contents of the book into practice. This innovate design is not like anything else on the market and adapts itself perfectly to the beginner’s needs encouraging them to learn the secrets of each of the techniques and then to pick up the brush and paint. Even-numbered pages include step-by-step techniques with images and odd-numbered pages have a single illustration to refer to whilst painting.
NUMBER OF PAGES: 256 ISBN: 978-84-342-2985-3 BINDING: paperback SIZE: 210 mm 275 mm
The Complete Guide to Materials & Techniques for Drawing & Painting This is a comprehensive guide for all professionals and non specialists who want to obtain a clear understanding of the extensive range of all the materials and utensils on the market today. It includes an in-depth analysis of the composition and quality of each product, the function of each tool and the fundamental techniques used by today’s artists.
NUMBER OF PAGES: 240 ISBN: 978-84-342-3320-1 BINDING: paperback SIZE: 210 mm 275 mm
Drawing Academy
TITLE: WATERCOLOUR
TITLE: OILS
ISBN: 978-84-342-3584-7
ISBN: 978-84-342-3585-4
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• 96 PAGES • 220 220 mm • WIRO + PAPERBACK CASE
Drawing and Painting Pad A versatile and interactive format, two separate books on technique and practice are combined in one book. The first explains the techniques and materials used and offers a range of models to choose from. The second book includes a range of step-by-step techniques using the models in the first book and offers a wide range of alternative artistic techniques. The introduction includes a manual for getting the most out of this highly adaptable book for the intermediate painter. TITLE: OILS
TITLE: MIXED MEDIA
ISBN: 978-84-342-3586-1
ISBN: 978-84-342-3587-8
Innovative in concept and design, this big book is aimed at beginners and intermediates who want to learn about the basic ideas, techniques and materials used in drawing by focusing on the following aspects: basics, perspective, line and shading, and chiaroscuro. Specifications
NUMBER OF PAGES: 384
• 64 / 48 PAGES • 250 200 mm / 260 200 mm • PAPERBACK / WIRO + CASE
ISBN: 978-84-342-3329-4 BINDING: paperback SIZE: 240 mm 260 mm
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Architecture
Analogies The design process of any project invariably draws references from our natural
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environment and finds inspiration in the plant behaviour, animal structures or
• 192 PAGES • 200 240 mm • PAPERBACK WITH FLAPS
mineral forms. Analogies between architecture and the vegetal and mineral worlds in this series serve as a useful design tool for the contemporary architect. Focusing on the relationship between architecture and other disciplines, each book explores how architects employ mechanisms of abstraction, representation and construction in their work.
TITLE: VEGETAL
TITLE: MINERAL
TITLE: ANIMAL
ISBN: 978-84-342-3315-7
ISBN: 978-84-342-3327-0
ISBN: 978-84-342-3515-1
Professional Drawing Class: Freehand Drawing for Architects Aimed at students, teachers and professionals for whom drawing is an essential tool of their creative process. This book provides information and practical options for the architect to master the use of drawing as an expression of creative thought, production, transmission and collection of ideas and information.
TITLE: FREEHAND DRAWING ISBN: 978-84-342-3328-7
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• 192 PAGES • 230 290 mm • PAPERBACK
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Architecture
Light, Color and Sound Sensorial Effects in Contemporary Architecture Light, color and sound are the three elements in architecture today capable Specifications
of generating the greatest sensorial impact. Advanced technologies have made
• 336 PAGES • 230 290 mm • 4-COLOR THROUGHOUT • HARDCOVER • 165 000 CHARACTERS
possible new ways of integrating color as well as lighting and acoustical systems into buildings, transforming them into veritable mechanisms of interaction with their context and the public. This volume concentrates on these elements and explores the conceptual, aesthetic and technical implications of their application in architecture and of their integration into the very structures of buildings themselves.
TITLE: LIGHT, COLOR AND SOUND ISBN: 978-84-342-3766-7
Historical Atlas of Architecture Specifications
• 140 PAGES • 230 290 mm • HARDBACK
More than 300 diverse buildings depicted and discussed chronologically, by neighbourhood, and by structure type. Centuries of architectural history unfold in words and vivid images. Set in a useful timeline format, each entry includes a photograph and description, plus dates, architects, and other relevant data. Ten foldouts delve deeper into the history of some significant structures, and feature blueprints, interiors, and large colour images.
TITLE: BARCELONA ISBN: 978-84-342-3249-5
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