Curtain Sketchbook

Curtain Sketchbook

Author: Wendy Baker

Publisher: Shoestring Book Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780953293926

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An extensive, up-to-date guide to curtain design, from Renaissance to Victorian. 300 sketches of curtain treatments, ranging from valances, tieback and pole designs.


The Complete Book of Curtains, Drapes, and Blinds

The Complete Book of Curtains, Drapes, and Blinds

Author: Wendy Baker

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0312586531

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Shares hundreds of ideas for dressing up windows, in a guide that provides for a variety of types, includes scan-ready sample board sketches, and explains the correct procedures for measuring.


Marcel Dzama

Marcel Dzama

Author: Marcel Dzama

Publisher: David Zwirner Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935202622

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In recent years, Marcel Dzama (born 1974) has expanded his widely acclaimed drawing practice to incorporate theatrical realizations of his magical, myth-laden cosmology in three-dimensional dioramas and films. Behind Every Curtain provides a kind of sketchbook companion or dossier on the making of his latest film, A Game of Chess. This work draws on the importance of chess for the early twentieth-century avant-garde (Man Ray, Duchamp, Picabia) and the game's curious overlap with dance, in films and ballets by René Clair and--of especial significance for Dzama--Oskar Schlemmer, whose 1922 Triadic Balletincluded puppet-like masked figures performing on a checkered surface. In Dzama's film, characters based on chess pieces, clad in costumes made from papier-mâché, plaster and fiberglass and wearing elaborate masks, dance across a checkered board to engage their opponents in fatal skirmishes. Distinctions between reality and fiction collapse as both costumed and "real-life" characters in the film are killed. The filming and the creation of the costumes for A Game of Chess were carried out in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the influence of local crafts and religious traditions can also be felt throughout this body of work. Published on the occasion of Dzama's sixth solo exhibition at David Zwirner, this charming and affordable artist's book is packed with full-bleed drawings, sculptures, dioramas and film and production stills that give vivid testimony to the craft and thoroughness of his immensely popular art.


The Color Curtain

The Color Curtain

Author: Richard Wright

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780878057481

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The expatriate, one of America's greatest black writers, giving a bold assessment of the world's outlook on race, a report of the Bandung Conference of 1955.


Botanical Sketchbook

Botanical Sketchbook

Author: Mary Ann Scott

Publisher: Batsford Books

Published: 2015-03-05

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1849943028

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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 run by the Society of Botanical Artists. Packed with advice and tips, this book will serve as a guide and inspiration to anyone wanting to embark on life as a botanical artist. This book is both a showcase of Mary Ann Scott's work and a record of her achievements, including first-hand accounts of the joys and challenges she faced as she progressed. It contains work from every assignment she undertook, from her first attempts at drawing a tulip to the triumphant paintings she made for her diploma portfolio. Along the way are delicate floral compositions, juicy fruit and vegetables, botanical dissections, and her adventures out in the field. Margaret Stevens's comments on each assignments are also included, giving an insight into the assessment process and an all-round view of Mary Ann's successes and (very rare) failures. The book ends with a glorious selection of Mary Ann's ongoing work as a botanical artist.


The Window and Bed Sketchbook

The Window and Bed Sketchbook

Author: Wendy Baker

Publisher: Shoestring Book Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780953293940

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This new sketchbook is not a replacement for the Curtain Sketchbook - it has been designed to run alongside it. Including basic designs of curtains and their variations, the second half also includes designs of beds and bedcoverings, with simple ways to transform your bedroom by perhaps adding a tester, or by painting an existing wooden headboard. Includes ideas for traditional beds as well as contemporary ones. Also included are trimmings, home accessories, blinds, shutters and room dividers - a great source of illustrated inspiration.


Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe

Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe

Author: Cliff Young

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-05-11

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486136272

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Packed with indispensable information on a vital aspect of drawing, this time-honored manual offers expert guidance on how to draw shirts, pants, skirts, gloves, hats, coats, and undergarments on the human figure. Step by simple step, artists will discover how these garments fit and drape the body at rest and in action. Abundant with detailed illustrations, photographs, and diagrams, Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe familiarizes readers with the properties of cloth and how it moves; it also examines the origins of folds in relation to the figure, the effects of pull and crush, action folds, creasing, and more. The result: a keen development of the essential techniques for creating realistic, masterfully rendered drawings of the clothed figure. One of few books on the subject of drawing drapery, this volume was written by a noted artist and instructor. Easy to follow, full of fascinating advice, and highly enjoyable to read, it is sure to become a well-thumbed guide.


Dolls House Do-it-Yourself - Curtains

Dolls House Do-it-Yourself - Curtains

Author: Sue Heaser

Publisher: David & Charles

Published: 2004-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780715318522

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From curtains, blinds and drapes, to pelmets, tiebacks and valances, everything you need to create inspirational window dressings for our dolls' house is included here. Over 25 step-by-step projects show how to make a variety of window treatments.


Mark Ryden's Anima Animals

Mark Ryden's Anima Animals

Author: Mark Ryden

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782374951416

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Mark Ryden returns with an incredible gallery of creatures From his Snow Yak to his very personal interpretation of the California bear, for more than 20 years Mark Ryden has populated an incredible "pop surrealist" bestiary of half-animal, half-plush creatures. Freely inspired by the Rushton toys that enjoyed their heyday in America in the '60s and '70s, these creatures are now the object of a cult worship among fans of the artist, and are one of his marks of distinction in the world of contemporary art. This book reveals the details and backgrounds of the new paintings Mark Ryden has created for his 2020 show at Emmanuel Perrotin's gallery in Shanghai, organized in collaboration with Kasmin Gallery, but also some of his most iconic master-pieces showcasing yaks and others creatures of his own mythology. With a statement from the artist and an essay by Linda Tesner, this pink book will become an instant classic for the lovers of contemporary art and surrealism.