Arts and Culture

Everything you need to become a manga artist, with step-by-step instructions, exercises, and tips and tricks and feature spreads from other artists.

Everything you need to learn how to make your own natural watercolour paints, oak gall ink and the brushes and pens with which to use them. Youll find out how to forage for natural materials in your locale and pick up all the principles and skills you need for making your own paints.

Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form, texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have earned her a formidable reputation worldwide. Her compositions are given a contemporary, sometimes playful twist, while retaining all the beauty and accuracy of traditional botanical paintings. In this

From simple shapes to great drawings in easy stages.

If you want to learn how to draw a fantastic selection of dragons, start here and now. Even absolute beginners will be able to create pictures to be proud of following this clear step-by-step technique.

In the early 90's, death metal changed the metal scene forever. Many of the seminal bands came from small and mild-mannered country of Sweden. Blood, Fire, Death explores the bands, individuals and phenomena which have propelled the scene forward. Interview with: Entombed, Nifelheim and Dissection, tales of Bathory, Pelle 'Dead' Ohlin, and the overlords of the contemporary black metal; Watain.

This is the true story of art thief Stephane Breitwieser, who stole over 300 art pieces in the course of 200 heists.

Beyoncé is a force of nature. Her iconic songs, viral dance moves and daring acts of defiance are always delivered in sensational style. In the words of fashion legend Thierry Mugler, she represents ‘the duality between being a woman and a warrior’. Strutting and sashaying in Valentino leopard-print catsuits and her signature thigh-high boots, Queen B is more than just a glamour puss extraordina

Dive into the wonderful world of Ponyo, Studio Ghibli’s beloved animated film about a friendship between a boy and a magical goldfish, with this collection of postcards to keep or send. Featuring 30 final frames from the film—all hand-drawn and gorgeously detailed—these postcards are a must-have for animation fans of all ages. © 2008 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT

Explore the fictional topography of the most inspiring world cities—including London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo—in this new book from the creators of the award-winning Atlas of Imagined Places. Did you know that James Bond and George Smiley were practically neighbors, or that girls-about-town Holly Golightly, Annie Hall, and Carrie Bradshaw all lived a couple of blocks f

Station is a celebration of modern railway architecture, from a brutalist signalbox in Birmingham to the futuristic snake-like footbridge at Koge Nord station in Denmark, taking in romantic station hotels, bustling interchanges and the latest railway innovations along the way.

Stencils are a technique with unlimited aesthetic adaptability and possibility—from ancient cave painting to contemporary graffiti. Beyond their unique stylistic expression, stencils offer practical benefits, including precision, unlimited duplication of a message or pattern, and speed. In this info-packed manual, artist C215 shares not only his expertise with stencils, but the stories and works o

Giant-sized fun from a micro-sized world!

Focusing on the pottery surface, Carve Your Clay covers a wide range of decorative carving techniques, from piercing, etching, inlaying to sgraffito, faceting, and fettling. The techniques are taught through 20 projects in Hilda’s signature style, with clear, step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow instructions to achieve beautiful results. With easy guides on how to create form as well as

Reknowned for her techniques for painting light on water, Jenny Aitken delivers perfect guidance to the intermediate artist on how to paint light in plein air and much more. Learn how to successfully paint scenes that that capture magical effects of light from behind the subject. Good contre-jour – painting into the light – artworks cause the viewer to squint, with light seeming to glow from th

Rozsika Parker's re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of female domesticity into the fine arts, created a major breakthrough in art history and criticism, and fostered the emergence of today's dynamic and expanding crafts movements. The Subversive Stitch is now available again with a new Introduction that brin

Aimed at all painters, from beginners to the more experienced, this book is packed with expert advice on all aspects of acrylic painting: what to do, and what not to do. Learn how to choose and mix colours, and create a multitude of effects using only one set of tubes. Discover how to make your own equipment, set up a "studio" space, and use household materials to save money. Beginners can foll

Silversmithing for Jewellery Makers is a lusciously illustrated book that offers an authoritative, inspirational insight into the art and craft of silver jewellery making for today’s artisan.  Now updated with new information, project inspiration and profiles of renowned jewellers, this remains the go-to book on silver jewellery making. Covering all the main skills, treatments and techniques, t

The Art of Pink Floyd The Wall is a sumptuously illustrated book, collecting Gerald Scarfe's iconic work for Pink Floyd. First The Wall was an album, then it was a stage show, a film - now there will be the definitive book, which will be a work of art in its own right. This large, landscape-format book, presented in a stunning slipcase designed by Scarfe, is packed with photos, drawings and des

BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative life of one of America’s most groundbreaking, influential and enduring artists. 'The Dylan Center in Tulsa offers a read as endlessly fascinating, as vital to the American story, as its subject himself... Whether you have inhaled this kind of information for decades, as I have, or you’re a neophyte who only knows hi