An ingenious interactive art book that uses simple shapes to create stunning creative designs. Ophelia Pang is a Hong Kong-based illustrator who loves to talk with colour and…
May 2017Trade Paperback$14.95978-1-84994-382-6Batsford
A practical guide to painting nature’s flora and fauna from award-winning botanical painting authors Meriel Thurstan and Rosie Martin. Recording the wildlife that surrounds us is an age-old…
July 2019Trade Paperback$19.95978-1-84994-545-5Batsford
The definitive guide to painting people and portraits, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations. Bestselling artist and author Hazel Soan explains how to create beautiful and engaging portraits…
Starting with the basic blocks for skirts and bodices (and also a jacket and trouser block), Gillian Holman shows you how to add the refinements, such as necklines,…
February 2013Trade Paperback$22.95978-1-84994-073-3Batsford
Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the ‘playing fields’ of chess games, a semi-permanent ‘structure’ that can determine whether a player…
February 2013Trade Paperback$21.95978-1-84994-070-2Batsford
A beautifully packaged anthology of poems from around the world and throughout history, all especially selected for reading aloud, with one glorious poem for every day of the…
October 2023Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-846-3Batsford
A guide to creating beautiful and meaningful textiles. Poetic cloth is about how cloth, stitch and surface create personal meaning in textile art. It shows how a more…
August 2019Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-536-3Batsford
Renowned watercolorist Ann Blockley brings untamed woodlands and forest wilderness to life with her acclaimed style and innovative techniques. Best-selling artist and author Ann Blockley is renowned for…
September 2023Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-808-1Batsford
A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy. Poets and artists have always looked to…
September 2023Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-835-7Batsford
A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. This exquisite book is a revised and updated edition of a classic collection that contains over…
August 2025Hardcover$17.95978-1-84994-966-8Batsford
Celebrate all things love with this daily anthology of love poems. With one for every day of the year, there’s something for everyone to love. Love is such…
November 2024Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-916-3Batsford
Warning: this anthology contains poems to enter the. bloodstream and rewild the spirit. As with all life on Earth, the climate emergency, species extinction, ecological disaster, global pandemics,…
March 2021Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-638-4Batsford
A celebration of outdoor swimming – looking at the history, design and social aspect of pools. The 1930s architecture of the pools is often sleek and elegant, evoking…
August 2020Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-623-0Batsford
An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style – and its finest examples Post-modernism was the 1980s’ counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best…
November 2017Hardcover$35.00978-1-84994-450-2Batsford
Colour it in psychedelic colours, in tasteful tones, in all shades of orange! But just colour it! Recapture the purest sense of creativity by colouring in the most…
September 2015Non-traditional book$9.95978-1-84994-287-4Batsford
