Drawing and drawings

A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "e;models and bottles"e; to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of menMillion-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne.

An in-depth look at how democratic values have widened the American arts scene, even as it remains elite and cosmopolitanTwo centuries ago, wealthy entrepreneurs founded the American cathedrals of culture-museums, theater companies, and symphony orchestras-to mirror European art.

How creative freedom, race, class, and gender shaped the rebellion of two visionary artistsPostwar America experienced an unprecedented flourishing of avant-garde and independent art.

A bold new account of how celebrity worksWhy do so many people care so much about celebrities?

A simple, easy-to-use guide to drawing manga that uses color to show beginning manga artists how to draw each new stroke.

Relaunched in paperback, this book assumes no prior experience and is the essential guide to painting in oils for the absolute beginner.

The cult Swedish graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed Lukas Moodysson film We Are the Best!

This new ebook edition of the very successful hardback, published in association with The Artist magazine, provides practical solutions to many of the most common painting problems encountered by amateur artists.

This illustrated ebook, in the Collins Artist's Studio series, is aimed at the intermediate painter and explains how to loosen up your watercolours and develop a more spontaneous style of painting.

Mike Chaplin is one of the most popular art experts on the very successful Channel 4 series Watercolour Challenge.

Learn to Paint Coastal Landscapes is a new title in the best-selling Collins Learn to Paint series.

America's independent films often seem to defy classification.

An ebook omnibus of Eric Morecambe's classic children's books, THE RELUCTANT VAMPIRE and THE VAMPIRE'S RETURN, illustrated by Tony Ross.

An essential little ebook - perfect for the pocket or art bag - covering all practical aspects of sketching and drawing.

A beautifully drawn graphic novel that illuminates the conflicted land of Kashmir, through a young boy's childhood.

David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life, and for the past year has spent his days focused on looking afresh at the city.

Drawn from Paradise is David Attenborough's journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds.

Sci-fi legend Brian Aldiss' dark and compelling story of Siamese twin boys with a third dormant head.

The deadpan cartoon adventures of an expressionless, wordless, trouserless man, whose presence seems to go unnoticed.

The weirdest stories you will ever read.

Art was my dearest friend.

With its stylistic characters and vivid colors, manga has captured the imagination of millions.

An exploration of what it means to be fabulous-and why eccentric style, fashion, and creativity are more political than everPrince once told us not to hate him 'cause he's fabulous.

An illuminating investigation into a class of enterprising women aspiring to "e;make it"e; in the social media economy but often finding only unpaid workProfound transformations in our digital society have brought many enterprising women to social media platforms from blogs to YouTube to Instagram in hopes of channeling their talents into fulfilling careers.

Change is no stranger to us in the twenty-first century.

In recent years, otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan's major cultural exports and as a genuinely transnational phenomenon.

From the river valleys of interior British Columbia south to the hills of northern Oregon and east to the continental divide in western Montana, hundreds of cliffs and boulders display carved and painted designs created by ancient artists who inhabited this area, the Columbia Plateau, as long as seven thousand years ago.

OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE'You will quickly amaze and delight yourself' India Knight, Sunday TimesDrawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book.

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.