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|  | The Art of Watercolor
Unique among watercolor instruction books, The Art of Watercolor presents a comprehensive course of study that combines studio lessons on the technical properties of the medium with art history and visual theory. 150 color illustrations.
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | N.C. Wyeth by David Michaelis
Newell Convers Wyeth was the grandfather of an American artistic dynasty that included his son Andrew and his grandson Jamie. Though Wyeth aspired to become an accomplished painter, he is remembered for his now-classic book illustrations. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: David Michaelis
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Treasure Island by Angela Cheyne, Earle Hitchner, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Jasper Britton, John Lawrence
Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time. AUTHOR: Angela Cheyne, Earle Hitchner, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Jasper Britton, John Lawrence
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Drawing a Likeness by Douglas R. Graves
In-depth demonstrations and drawings teach how to analyze and interpret the basic shapes of the head, facial features, and how to use different combinations of materials to create new and fascinating effects. AUTHOR: Douglas R. Graves
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Secrets of Screen Writings by Tom Lazaurs
Most screenplay writing books instruct on three act structure, character arcs, and how to format a script. But most screenplay writing books have been made obsolete by screenplay writing books have been made obsolete by screenplay writing software. THE SECRETS OF FILM WRITING tells a working writer's secrets how to get it down on paper, how to get it read, how to get it sold. Lazarus tells aspiring screenwriters why to avoid montage sequences, why cut to is obsolete, and what to do when an idea doesn't work, as well as how to pitch, follow up, polish, and present your work. This is the nitty gritty on film writing from a popular UCLA extension course instructor. AUTHOR: Tom Lazaurs
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | In Memory of My Feelings by Frank O'Hara, Russell Ferguson, Stephanie Emerson
The catalog for an exhibition of Frank O`Hara`s collaborations with his many painter friends, this book includes plates of paintings by Alice Neel, Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers, Fairfield Porter, Philip Guston, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Barnett Newman, and others. The show was originally mounted at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, a continent away from New York`s MOMA, where O`Hara was curator until his death in 1966. AUTHOR: Frank O'Hara, Russell Ferguson, Stephanie Emerson
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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