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Fine Art and Illustration: Books

Resources for students on Fine Art and Illustration courses

FCH Illustrated Map

Illustrated Map of FCH Library

Illustrated Map of FCH Library, by Abi Riley, BA Illustration, 2022

Finding books in the library

UoG Library book collections

Search Library Discovery for our print and eBooks. Results show the book location, organised on shelves by topic.

Remember to limit your search results to University of Gloucestershire to just display our own holdings.

Finding books with Library Discovery

Using our eBooks

eBook collections at UoG

UoG eBooks are available through Library Discovery.  They can also be accessed directly via our eBook provider platforms.

The main eBook providers for Creative Arts courses are:

Use eBooks for:

  • immediate access wherever you are
  • accessibility - you can alter the text size and background, or use a screen reader
  • search functionality

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Library Discovery

Selected new books for Fine Art

Lithography: an artist guide
Acts of Creation: on art and motherhood
The Routledge Companion to Copyright and Creativity in the 21st Century
Feminist Art Activisms and Artivisms
Judy Chicago: Revelations
Shame! and Masculinity
Protest Art
Art in the Making: artists and their materials from the studio to crowdsourcing
Caribbean Art
Colour in Art
Entangled Pasts, 1768-now: art, colonialism and change
After Modern Art: 1945-2017
Street Art for the Planet
Frank Auerbach: the charcoal heads
Women, Art, and Society
Cover image: Global Art
Cover image: Militant Aesthetics
Outside In: exploring the margins of art

Selected new books for Illustration

New Folk Art
Cover image: Motion illustration
Risography: loving imperfections
Prints and Their Makers
Swan Song
Futuria: art of the sci-fi age
Riso Art: a creative's guide to mastering risography
Who Understands Comics? questioning the universality of visual language comprehension
Sailor song: the shanties and ballads of the high seas
Botanical Inspiration: nature in art & illustration
Bound: 15 beautiful bookbinding projects
Cover image: The Art of Drawing Poses for Beginners
Cover image: The World of Urban Sketching
Cover image: Essential Human Anatomy for Artists
The illustrator's guide: how to create an exceptional freelance career
Getting Illustration Clients
Cover image: Illustration by Male
Cover image: Reportage drawing
The Power of Comics and Graphic Novels: Culture, Form, and Context
The Illustrator: The Best from Around the World

Have a look at the full lists of new library resources for Fine Art and Illustration courses 

Inter-Library Loan service

Book not in the library?

Use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to borrow print books or obtain chapters from print or electronic books not held by the university. The service is primarily for final year undergrad students, postgrads, researchers and academics. Staff and students have an initial allocation of free requests. More information is available in the Guide to Inter-Library Loans

Or use the new book request form also on this page to see if we can buy it for the library.

Main subject areas in the Library

Topic Shelf number
Aesthetics 701.17 or 111.85
Art theory and philosophy 701
Art by country & period 709.04
Colour in painting 752
Colour theory (general) 701.85
Craft 745.5
Drawing 741
Fashion illustration and graphics 741.672
Graphic novels and comic books 741.5
Illustration and graphic design 741.6
Illustration: children's books 741.642
Illustration: professional practice 741.64023
Painting: techniques 751
Painting by country and artist 759
Photography 770-779
Printmaking 760-769
Sculpture 730
Teaching Resources collection see map
Textile arts 746
Visual culture 700.103

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