An inspirational and practical resource for any artist interested in going beyond the figurative and moving into abstract. Through practical projects and easy-to-follow demonstrations, renowned artist Laura Reiter…
September 2024Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-885-2Batsford
Bias-cut Dressmaking is the best easy-to-follow guide to bias-cut clothes. It provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams for making over 40 items of clothing that are cut on the…
June 2015Trade Paperback$24.95978-1-84994-273-7Batsford
The beauty and fascination of birds is unrivalled. Every day of the year, immerse yourself in their world with an entry from A Bird of Day, where Dominic…
September 2020Hardcover$27.95978-1-84994-586-8Batsford
The very name Black Death sends shivers up spines, and summons up the worst nightmares. In the Middle Ages, the onset of this mysterious plague that killed millions…
March 2019Trade Paperback$7.99978-1-84165-835-3Batsford
An updated, expanded edition of the 2003 classic, with all 100 games reanalyzed, along with six additional games This book covers the entire career of an American chess…
January 2020Trade Paperback$24.95978-1-84994-606-3Batsford
An exploration of traditional Koran textile art techniques. Bojagi, sometimes called Pojagi, is a traditional Korean textile art. Centuries old, it was originally textiles made for every day…
August 2019Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-521-9Batsford
A charmingly illustrated ode to increasingly threatened wildlife. The much-loved illustrations of Hannah Dale celebrate a new generation of wildlife around the world, including many endangered animals. Born…
April 2021Hardcover$14.95978-1-84994-640-7Batsford
Botanical Illustration Course – published with the Eden Project – is your personal guide to the study of botanical drawing and watercolour painting. Devised by an award-winning botanical…
March 2008Trade Paperback$19.95978-0-7134-9074-9Batsford
A unique and exciting approach to botanical illustration, this beginner guide demonstrates everything you need to know about capturing beautiful botanical specimens on paper. Each exercise guides the…
April 2015Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-271-3Batsford
A practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a leading botanical painter. Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, that produces crisp and…
March 2016Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-265-2Batsford
An illustrated, comprehensive guide to botanical painting written by the Society of Botanical Artists. In this new book the Society of Botanical Artists provides a comprehensive guide to…
August 2018Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-452-6Batsford
This is the story of one woman’s journey from amateur painter to botanical artist, told through the sketchbooks and paintings she produced for the Distance Learning Diploma Course…
March 2015Trade Paperback$17.95978-1-84994-151-8Batsford
Shirley Trevena is a well-known and successful watercolourist, with a huge international fan base. Throughout her career she has pushed the boundaries of watercolour and is regarded as…
February 2012Hardcover$27.95978-1-906388-83-6Batsford
The illustrations of Brian Cook from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat colour poster style, is much imitated,…
March 2012Hardcover$14.95978-1-84994-036-8Batsford
