Art of the Pencil by Sherry Camhy @ Art & Architecture book

Art of the Pencil by Sherry Camhy
Based on the premise that the realms of drawing and painting overlap, this book focuses on how pencil art can produce many painterly tonal and textural effects. Drawing materials and techniques used are reviewed extensively. Included are graphite carbon, and charcoal; water-soluble, erasable, and other colored pencils; and pastels, crayons, and other chalk- and wax-based media. 200 illustrations, 100 in color.

AUTHOR: Sherry Camhy
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Cats by Amanda O'Neill
Truly the cat's meow, this superbly illustrated picturebook provides a fascinating source of information and an ideal gift for the young cat enthusiast. Cats covers a wide range of topics, including history and evolution, myths and superstitions, feline behavior, hunting, and socialization. Full color.

AUTHOR: Amanda O'Neill
PUBLISHER: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Brunschwig & Fils Style by Albert Hadley, Chippy Irvine, Murray Douglas
Decorate your home inspired by the work of this well-known interior design team and the fabrics their textile house has made famous over the last 100 years.

AUTHOR: Albert Hadley, Chippy Irvine, Murray Douglas
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Don't Shoot the Messenger by Bruce W. Sanford
Bruce W. Sanford, a former staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal and a member of the General Counsel to the Society of Professional Journalists, examines how the public`s hostility toward the media has intensified in the 20th century and how both the public and the media aggravate this impasse by fundamentally misunderstanding the reasons for it.

AUTHOR: Bruce W. Sanford
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

In Praise of Women
Isabel Allende wrote the foreword to this collection of appreciations of women in their various guises by a wide and eclectic selection of writers.
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Pablo Picasso by Bernard Picasso, Bernice Rose, Pablo Picasso
Description not available.A magnificent collection of rarely seen masterpieces from one of the most creative and significant artists of the twentieth century features a wealth of vibrant illustrations that covers paintings, aquatints, prints, sculpture, and terracottas, as well as textiles such as the Ballet Russe costumes Picasso designed for Diaghilev. 10,000 first printing.

AUTHOR: Bernard Picasso, Bernice Rose, Pablo Picasso
PUBLISHER: Bulfinch Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture