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Book SynopsisStep-by-step instructions for drawing realistic looking portraits demonstrate how to draw individual facial features and add the right highlights and shadows.

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Book SynopsisDraw Like An Artist: 100 Cartoon Animals takes readers step by step through drawing a variety of animals in a wide range of poses, attitudes, and expressions, all in classic cartoon styles.Trade Review"Draw Like an Artist: 100 Cartoon Animals is a spot-on book for the aspiring artist." * Portland Book Review *"A very entertaining book." * Kids Book Buzz *Table of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Domestic Mammals African Mammals Asian Mammals Australian Mammals European Mammals American Mammals Amphibians and Aquatic Creatures Birds Reptiles Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisA fun how-to sketchbook for drawing portraits and selfies! Sketch Your Best Self is a quirky guide to drawing all kinds of faces – starting with your own! The book is split into four sections, covering the basics, how to draw faces, building bodies and selfie style. This comprises how to draw features, how to create different expressions, drawing bodies and limbs and lots of fun stuff including how to create a selfie in pop art style, full colour, monochrome and retro classics style. So pucker up for creating lips, decide if today is a good or bad hair day, practise some photobooth-style expressions, build your friends limb by limb, add some attitude, then try out the fun and whimsical drawing challenges with super fun pages based around Snapchat style filters. Don’t be left out – this beautiful book is fully inclusive and can be enjoyed by everyone!Trade ReviewThis lively book by artist, Amy Blackwell, is a fun guide to drawing portraits of yourself and your friends. Divided into four sections, Amy starts with Your Gave and includes information on composition, eyes, ears and nose before moving on to Beyond Basics. Here Amy shoes you how to handle expressions, create a style, sue pattern and make-up to best effect. The Entire Selfie looks at proportions, drawing hands and feet, accessories and shoes, and the final section, Selfie Styles, moves on to more stylistic exercises, working in black and white, colour, pattern overload, retro classics or creating a photo-booth effect. This is a fun, up-to-date book that will encourage teenagers and all young artists to look again at drawing their portraits. -- Leisure Painter * Leisure Painter *Sketch Your Best Self is a beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to drawing yourself. It is ideal for both beginners and those wishing to develop their artistic abilities further. The blank spaces are ideal for sketching on, allowing you to compare styles. Both myself and my children (ages 15 and 10) have had great fun with this book. We highly recommend it. -- Customer Review * Customer Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction How to use this book Tools Part 1: Your Face Draw your face, Composition, Angles, Ears, Eyes, Noses, Mouth, Teeth Part 2: Beyond Basics Expressions, All smiles, Feeling icky, Creating style, Using pattern, Using colour, Makeup, Hair, Frames & sunnies, Introduce your selfie Part 3: Entire Selfie Proportions, Stretch or shrink, How to draw hands, How to draw feet, Boobs, bums & tums, Body confidence, Stance, Sports day, Sitting & reclining, Dressing room, Accessorize, Shoes, glorious shoes!, Scars & tattoos, My entire selfie Part 4: Selfie Style Black & white, Monochrome, Full colour, Pop art, Pattern overload!, Behaviour patterns, I, Robot, Mermaid, Life under the sea, Chibi: Kawaii!, Once upon a time, Dream team, Flower power, Friendship garden, Animal selfie, Hippie or vintage chic?, Retro classics, Cool girl, The man filter, Photo booth, Face paint, Glamazons, Dream come true Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisGet Rolling on Your Most Inventive Artwork Ever! What lurks in the shadows of your imagination? This book takes you deep into the dusty corners and dark recesses where your most original ideas lie in wait, showing you how to lure them out into daylight, and shape them into fantastic yet believable concept art. Experimentation is the cornerstone of Fantasy Genesis. A series of dice rolls and corresponding word lists present you with an infinite variety of jumping-off points and visual problems to solve. The challenge (and the fun) is to meld seemingly unrelated and everyday elements such as a caterpillar, seashells, fire or a hammer into exceptionally curious, grotesque, oddly beautiful and totally unexpected creations. 40+ step-by-step mini-demonstrations illustrate basic techniques for drawing a wide range of fantasy elements and forms3 game variations (complete with game sheets) lead you to create fiercely imaginative objects, creatures and humanoids3 full-length demonstrations show how to play the game from your first rolls of the die to finished concept drawingsUse this art-game as a warm-up, a bulldozer for creative-block or a daily sketching exercise to generate a stockpile of inspired beasties, heroes, costumes, weapons and other never-before-dreamt creations. It all starts with a roll, a word and your imagination.

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Book Synopsis'Fine Lines: American Drawings' from the Brooklyn Museum is the first survey of the Brooklyn Museum's world-class collection of drawings. It highlights more than 100 masterworks in graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, crayon, and pastel, by some of the most important names in American art from the last three centuries; among the more than 70 artists included are John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, Edward Hopper, Georgia O Keeffe, and Marsden Hartley. Author Karen A. Sherry begins by putting the collection in context within the broader history of the graphic arts in America. A brief historical overview opens each of the following six thematic sections, with an interpretive entry and colour plate for each drawing. A further essay, by Caitlin Jenkins, focuses on how conservation enhances our understanding of works on paper, with the addition of a glossary of terms defining drawing materials and techniques.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Catalogue - Introductions and entries by Karen A. Sherry, with contributions by Caroline Gillaspie; Recording Anatomy; Fashioning Character Portraying Personalities; Telling Tales; Exploring Nature; Observing the Built Environment; The Conservator's Eye: Examining a Collection by Caitlin Jenkins; Glossary of American Drawing Materials and Conservation Techniques by Caitlin Jenkins; Selected Bibliography; Brooklyn Museum Board of Trustees; Index of Catalogue Works.

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Book SynopsisInspiration is everywhere, in all instances of city life. In this visual diary of Barcelona, a real treat for sketchers and lovers of the Catalan capital, urban sketcher Lapin creates a graphic narrative of his metropolitan surroundings to communicate a highly expressive and deeply personal vision of the city. Using vintage accounting books that he finds in flea markets, Lapin, armed with nothing more than a sketchbook, a fine liner pen, watercolor paints and his folding stool, depicts the images and phenomena of everyday city life – busy streets, bustling cafes, iconic monuments, graffiti-splashed walls, sidewalks thick with people. A sketching technique that pays meticulous attention to detail, his particular use of color and striking and humorous perspective distortions define Lapin’s journalistic-like visual style. Telling evocative stories through his drawings, he also provides a fresh look at some of the urban transformations the city is currently undergoing, including green hubs and squares, parks and gardens. The artist defines himself as a “mobile illustrator”, a kind of modern-day itinerant urban explorer and documentarian who immerses himself in his environment (in this case, Barcelona) and records what he sees. The result is a graphic reportage of the city’s culture, from its emblematic architecture down to the ornamental concrete slabs used to pave many of its sidewalks and nearly everything else in between.

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Book SynopsisMaster the art of drawing kawaii characters! Start with the basic principles, then follow step-by-step lessons to draw a world of characters and creatures. In Draw Kawaii Style, artist and online art teacher Ilaria Ranauro (aka Ilariapops) shares her approach to creating kawaii art, starting with the fundamentals, then illustrating how to create a wide variety of characters—by following her easy step-by-step tutorials.   Kawaii Essentials. The first seven lessons teach solid drawing techniques that demonstrate how to draw kawaii characters from the ground up and will help you build the skills you need to create the characters of your dreams. Kawaii Characters, Step by Step. Through step-by-step tutorials, from rough sketch to finish, discover the drawing process for 55 characters—animals, people, food, and objects—including an alpaca and a panda, a superhero and a snowman, a ramen noodle bowl andTrade Review"This easy-to-follow approach to kawaii drawings will likely have even non-artists feeling inspired and confident enough to get started." * Library Journal *"Whether you are just beginning to draw, or trying your hand at drawing Japanese style kawaii for the first time, or looking for ideas and guidance for bringing your own characters to life, Draw Kawaii Style by Ilaria Ranauro is the essential DIY instructional guide, 'how to' manual, and visual reference." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTION KAWAII ESSENTIALS Getting Started with Kawaii What Is Kawaii? Drawing Tools Proportions Essential Proportions for Kawaii Characters Drawing Kawaii: Human Characters Tutorial for Drawing People Drawing Kawaii: Animal Characters Tutorial for Drawing Animals Drawing Kawaii: Object Characters Tutorial for Drawing Objects Facial Expressions Conveying Personality Finding Your Own Style Developing as an Artist KAWAII CHARACTERS, STEP BY STEP ANIMALS Panda Fox Rabbit Cat Dog Alpaca Bee Bear Penguin Lion Tortoise Raccoon Koala Bird PEOPLE Boy Girl Baby Explorer Astronaut Cook Gardener Superhero Kimono Girl Painter Witch Monster Snowman Santa Claus FOOD Gingerbread Man Cupcake Pumpkin Ramen Noodle Bowl Avocado Cake Slice Popcorn Donut Ice Cream Cone Taco Lollipops Onigiri Watermelon Slice Jam Jar OBJECTS Pencil Watering Can Acorn Juice Box Teapot Teddy Bear Cactus Rainbow Rocket Hot-Air Balloon Umbrella Camera Alarm Clock ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Book SynopsisFrom a renowned illustrator of DC and Marvel comic books, an engaging full-color instruction book for teens and adults alike This is an art instruction book filled with original, full-color art and step-by-step instructional texts, teaching burgeoning artists of all ages how to conceptualize, design, and draw their own science-fiction characters, good and evil, from fantastical realms of their imagination – including how to colorize characters, draw anatomical poses, and create inventive costumes. The book will also feature supplementary inspirational images culled from movies, TV, history, and pop culture. From the same author as the bestselling How to Draw Sci-Fi Utopias and Dystopias, Prentis Rollins, veteran illustrator of DC and Marvel Comics, teaches artists of all ages the fundamentals of drawing imaginative ‘good’ and ‘evil’ science-fiction characters.

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Book SynopsisIn Lobeda, the artist’s book from 2010, Sabine Moritz remembers her childhood spent in a prefab housing estate near Jena, Germany, in 149 pencil drawings. The Neulobeda district is a densely populated area characterised by high-rise concrete buildings and modernist urban planning. This urban landscape was to have a profound effect on the young Moritz, which would later manifest itself in her work. While studying at the Offenbach University of Art and Design, Moritz began drawing her memories of Lobeda. The first body of her drawings from the early 1990s is published here. Moritz sketches the bus stations, tramways and high-rise blocks of Lobeda. Details are included of windows, balconies and entranceways overlooking roads and pavements meandering between them. Inside, communal stairwells with winding banisters lead to private living spaces furnished with chairs, beds, table lamps and coat pegs that are etched in the artist’s memory.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to reflect the beautifully diverse world around you in the manga-style characters you draw, guided by the talented team of artists at Saturday AM.   Saturday AM is the world’s leading showcase of diverse anime and manga stories. How to Draw Diverse Manga features the comics brand’s most popular artists, who themselves represent racial identities, ethnicities, and cultures from all over the world, as well as diverse gender identities. Our perceptions of the world are shaped by how the media presents it. With this guide, you will be able to tell inclusive stories about heroic, beautiful, strong, intelligent, and courageous heroes from all backgrounds that are relatable to all and represent the true diversity of our world.   The reader-friendly, step-by-step presentation, which is accessible even to beginning artists, shares drawing guidance for:   Diverse facTable of ContentsIntroduction to Saturday AM Why Does Diversity in Manga Matter? CREATING YOUR MANGA CHARACTER Part One: HAIR Head Shape (Seinen) Lips Nose BONUS! Black Nose and Mouth Anime Eyes Finishing Touches Facial Expressions Different Angles Dynamic Expressions BONUS! Guess The Style Part Two: HAIR Afro Afro: Stylish Afro: Waves Afro: Hair Part BONUS! Part Variety Bald & Balding Braids Detailed Braids Dreadlocks BONUS! Tips for Black Hair Facial Hair Straight Hair: Bangs Straight Hair: Long Straight Hair: Buns Straight Hair: Two Block Part Three: BODY Body Proportions Constructing a Body Diverse Body Types Hands Feet Part Four: CHARACTER DESIGN: THEORY Semiotics Shape Language Silhouette Test Skin Tones Part Five: CHARACTER DESIGN: GALLERY Creating Saturday AM Characters Creating New Characters Part Six: TOOLS & MORE Art Tools: Traditional Art Tools: Digital Work Spaces EXTRAS Glossary Acknowledgments Credits Resources Index

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Book SynopsisCapture the splendour of the African savannah by drawing this collection of stunning animals and birds. Watch them come to life in six easy steps. Award-winning artist Jonathan Newey teaches you to transform simple shapes into the iconic Big Five (lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and buffalo), as well as towering giraffes, distinctive zebras and striking flamingos. There are 26 different animals to create, in a variety of poses and styles. Each project starts with a few basic outlines and progresses into a finished tonal drawing, and a final coloured version shows you how to develop your drawing even further. Perfect for beginners, as well as budding artists, you’ll be amazed how easily you too can draw African animals with this inspiring guide. Table of ContentsIntroduction 4 Gorilla 5 Baby elephant 6 Elephant 7 Chimpanzee 8 Fish eagle 9 Lion cub 10 Lioness 11 Lion 12 Zebra 13 African wild dog 14 Meerkat 15 Giraffe 16 Ostrich 18 Flamingo 19 Cheetah 20 Nile crocodile 22 Hippo 23 Cape buffalo 24 Kudu 25 Baby rhinoceros 26 Leopard 27 Olive baboon 28 Warthog 29 Vulture 30 Wildebeest 31 Female waterbuck 32

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Book SynopsisThe Botanical Illustrator's Handbook takes a closer look at how to accurately portray the riches of the botanical world. It tackles and explains many of the difficulties that artists encounter so they can extend and expand their choice of subject matter. Written by a respected artist and drawing on her wealth of experience, it offers new insights and a fresh approach to the wonders of botanical illustration. Topics covered include: advice on the labelling and quality of paper, and choice of pencils, paints and brushes; techniques for the mixing and handling of greens; chapters on magnification, managing detail and using scale bars; and finally, instructions for using perspective techniques, and painting complex structures such as pine cones and umbellifers, and tricky details such as hairs.

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Book SynopsisBourton on the Water: An Illustrated Guide is written by Paul Snowdon. This beautifully hand drawn guide to this famous Cotswold village brings alive the history of the area dating from before Roman times, explore this village's history page by page. This is no ordinary book; it is a labour of love,

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Book SynopsisAs cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Their intricate, allegorical, and often startling content has captivated not only art historians, but also fashion designers, rock stars, writers, and punk rockers, as well as countless modern and contemporary artist successors. Although rooted in the Old Netherlandish tradition, Bosch developed a highly subjective, richly suggestive style to render both the celestial bliss of heaven and the grotesque tortures of hell, most famously and meticulously excecuted in The Garden of Earthly Delights. Here, as in his other known works, his artistic language combined religious humility with a razor-sharp wit, often playing off pictorial versions of contemporary proverbs or figures of speech. This book ties together the elusive threads of Bosch’s oeuvre to provide a concise introduction to an at once haunting and enthralling pictorial world.

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Book SynopsisDrawing is a universal language, but not everybody feels capable of not even give it a go. This is a useful and entertaining book about the pleasure of this activity, showing, with some exercises, that anybody can draw by learning to see first. Based on the renowned method by Betty Edwards and intended either for beginners or those who need a refresher course, this book is an updated and personal account by the author which will make the fear of drawing disappear to anyone willing to try. This is a completely different drawing school for the gifted, the untalented, the stressed and the completely desperate and a useful and entertaining method for learning to draw by learning to see first. By looking at the world, without the interference of the feelings and what our brain assumes we are looking at, the hand will pick up the skills and abilities to produce a wide array of drawings. Humorous and enlightening, its reading will definitely spark anyone's creativity. AUTHOR: For nearly 20 y

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Book SynopsisJust Draw Fineliner Art presents a collection of more than 85 beautiful blackwork images by contemporary artists from around the world. Dip-in for advice or flick through the pages for inspiration. Each image is accompanied by a short introduction, information on the approaches, techniques and tools used, and useful tips. Learn about stippling and hatching to produce immensely detailed drawings. This is the perfect guide for artists and art lovers alike.  Table of ContentsFlipping through this book Visual index The fineliner The artworks Fineliner fundamentals Materials Working digitally Further resources Artist index Index Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisShows those who draws and paints how to tap into a vast resource for their work - the envisaged and remembered scenes that form their own imagination. This text leads readers through a development course, demonstrating how they can access their own imaginations to create distinctive images.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1 Drawing what you see; 2 Visual editing; 3 Working inventively from the posed model; 4 Creating characters from your imagination; 5 Understanding pictorial composition; Index and Acknowledgments.

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Book SynopsisLearn to draw cute stuff with Sweet Drawing! Filled with projects, prompts, and techniques, this is the perfect beginner’s guide to illustration in the kawaii style.Olga Ortiz, a Spanish illustrator and graphic designer with popular social-media channels @olguioo, offers more than 150 easy drawing projects. The step-by-step projects include all the drawing tips and techniques you’ll need to create a variety of subjects, including:   Animals Kitchen items & food Things seen in a classroom Plants & flowers And more! All of the artwork consists of simple lines and shapes and can be done in pencil, pen, marker, or any drawing tool of your choice. Tips for how to add color, creating shapes and lines, selecting tools, and more round out the book for a complete guide to learning to draw. Olga Ortiz’s artwork appeals to artists of all ages anTable of ContentsMaterials & Techniques Let's Draw! In the Kitchen In the Bakery Sweet Things from Japan Cute Animals In the Garden In School Sweet Drawings through the Seasons Playtime Acknowledments About the Author

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Book SynopsisDraw unicorn pictures for a whole year this fun book for the young and young at heart covers the widest range of unicorn motifs ever 365 of them no less! In the magical universe all the animals can have wings and unicorn horns! This adorable book will entertain endlessly and let you in to a rainbow unicorn world every day of the year.Table of ContentsCute Unicorn Winged Unicorn Sitting Unicorn Rearing Unicorn Flamboyant Unicorn Celestial Unicorn Romantic Unicorn Floating Unicorn Loving Unicorn Cupid Unicorn Meditating Unicorn Thoughtful Unicorn Tired Unicorn Sleeping Unicorn Dreaming Unicorn Angel Unicorn Babushka Unicorn Dala Unicorn Piñata Unicorn Fairground Unicorn Skipping Unicorn Hula-Hooping Unicorn Horse-Riding Unicorn Rocking Unicorn Wobble Unicorn Roller-Skating Unicorn Ice-Dancing Unicorn Skateboarding Unicorn Scooting Unicorn Boxing Unicorn Footballing Unicorn Unicorn in a Plane Unicorn in a Car Ballerina Unicorn Dancing Unicorn Breakdancing Unicorn Hula Girl Unicorn Dabbing Unicorn Cheerleading Unicorn Rockstar Unicorn Guitarist Unicorn Bling Unicorn Punk Unicorn Artist Unicorn Cartoon Unicorn Unicorn of Love Unicorn on a Cloud Unicorn in a Hat Unicorn in a Helmet Unicorn with a Bouquet Flower-Horned Unicorn Candle-Horned Unicorn Rainbow-Horned Unicorn Happy Unicorn Intrigued Unicorn Sad Unicorn Angry Unicorn Clown Unicorn Cowboy Unicorn Frida Unicorn Queen’s Guard Unicorn Unicorn in a Beret Unicorn on Holiday Diving Unicorn Snorkelling Unicorn Rainy Day Unicorn Unicorn in the Bath Halloween Unicorn Ghostie Unicorn Cinco de Mayo Unicorn Pumpkin Unicorn Snowman Unicorn Santa Unicorn Hobby-Horse Unicorn Christmas Unicorn Baker Unicorn Unicorn Cake Chess-Piece Unicorn Dinosaur Unicorn Mermaid Unicorn Dragon Unicorn Astronaut Unicorn Unicorn UFO Pixel Unicorn Gaming Unicorn Unicorn Selfie Reading Unicorn Party Unicorn Kimono Unicorn Baby Unicorn Unicorn Twins Windy Unicorn Unicorn Poop Candy House Gingerbread House Windmill Apple Tree Enchanted Forest Magic Car Cat-ctus Sad Cactus Spring Flower Tulip Sunflower Rose Lotus Flower Flower Pot Acorn Apple Strawberry Orange Banana Carrot Broken Egg Egg Timer Frying Pan Noodles Sushi Onigiri Hot Dog Hamburger Pizza Popcorn Cupcake Donut Cookie Gingerbread Man Muffin Croissant Pudding Chocolate Cake Rainbow Cake Slice of Cake Whippy Ice Cream Ice Cream Cone Ice Cream Sundae Bowl of Ice Cream Cotton Candy Sweet Lollipop Milkshake Teapot Coffee Cup School Bus Backpack Crayon Pencil Pot Closed Book Open Book Sneaker Sock Baseball Cap T-Shirt High Heel Lipstick Perfume Shopping Bag Handbag Love Letter Headphones Rollerskate Computer Cassette Musical Notes Electric Guitar Drumkit Drum Keyboard Trumpet Umbrella Cloud Rainbow Cloud Storm Cloud After the Rain Sunshine Shooting Star Bright Star Starfish Coral Unicorn Inflatable Flamingo Inflatable Beach Ball Bucket and Spade Wind Spinner Hot Air Balloon Simple Snowflake Complex Snowflake Christmas Tree Gift Box Striped Bauble Scalloped Bauble Candle Light Bulb Fairytale Castle Magic Wand King’s Crown Queen’s Crown Love Potion Magic Potion Chinese Lantern Beckoning Cat Kokeshi Matryoshka Dreamcatcher Feather Tooth Toothbrush King Bear Uni-Bear Sitting Uni-Bear Tanuki Sitting Uni-Rabbit Uni-Rabbit Uni-Cat Kitty King Kitty Queen Sitting Uni-Cat Inu Hariko Colourful Puppy Poodle Uni-Kitten Uni-Puppy Kitty Princess Pink Puppy King Dog Sleeping Fox Uni-Fox Reindeer Fawn Squirrel Raccoon Wild Boar Hedgehog Uni-Pig Party Pig Sleepy Sheep Cute Cow Chicken Uni-Chick Sparrow Uni-Bird Kappa Seagull Uni-Kiwi Uni-Llama Uni-Sloth Toucan Pink Panda Dancing Panda Sad Uni-Koala Sleepy Uni-Koala Uni-Monkey Monkey King Tiger Lion Rhino Zebra Elephant King Uni-Phant Uni-Bat Giraffe Uni-Seal Uni-Sea Lion Uni-Platypus Uni-Otter Uni-Penguin Little Uni-Penguin Swan Queen Duck Uni-Flamingo Pink Dolphin Uni-Narwhal Uni-Shark Uni-Jellyfish Uni-Whale Axolotl Moon Fish Uni-Octopus Royal Octopus Rainbow Fish Rainbow Shrimp Uni-Fish Uni-Seahorse Uni-Turtle Crocodile Salamander Frog Prince Snake King Uni-Dinosaur Crab Snail Uni-Worm Ladybird Butterfly Bee A is for Alligator B is for Baboon C is for Cat D is for Deer E is for Elephant F is for Flamingo G is for Giraffe H is for Hippo I is for Iguana J is for Jellyfish K is for Koala L is for Lion M is for Mouse N is for Narwhal O is for Owl P is for Panda Q is for Quokka R is for Rhino S is for Snake T is for Tiger U is for Umbrella Bird V is for Vulture W is for Wombat X is for X-ray Fish Y is for Yak Z is for Zebra Exclamation Mark Question Mark At Symbol Hashtag Zero One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Year of the Dog Year of the Pig Year of the Rat Year of the Cow Year of the Tiger Year of the Rabbit Year of the Dragon Year of the Snake Year of the Horse Year of the Goat Year of the Monkey Year of the Rooster Unicorn Emoticons Say it... ...with Flowers! Little Heart... ...with a Bow ! Heart Banner Flower Rosette Double Bow Striped Bow Bunting Banner

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Book SynopsisOver the past 15 years, and since the publication of her first book, A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook, well-known art instructor Donna Jo Massie has been developing her creative experiences in outdoor landscapes by traveling and painting in famously stunning locations in American mountain parks, from a monastery in the Chama Wilderness in northern New Mexico to the Alaska Marine Ferry on the Inside Passage.Throughout this fun and practical book, the reader is presented with illustrated pages from Donna Jo?s own sketchbooks, featuring step-by-step instructions; notes on watercolor palette selection and important techniques; pages devoted to clouds, rocks, trees, water and color schemes; a map with locations where the sketches were painted; location information that includes websites should you feel inspired to visit and paint these same landscapes; a supplies and tools page; and separate sketching pages, because, let?s face it, you can?t have too many sketchbooks!

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Book SynopsisThe perfect book for any budding manga artist!Learn to draw manga from scratch, and get a crash course in creating your own characters, worlds and stories with the help of this guided sketchbook.Get started with easy step-by-step instructions for drawing manga facial features and bodies. Next, put your new-found drawing skills into practice, with guidance on developing a scene and planning your storyline. There's plenty of open space in each section to fill with your sketches, along with advice on the best materials to use, and expert tips on perfecting your technique throughout. In no time at all, you will gain the skills and confidence needed to start creating your very own manga.

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Book SynopsisGiving an insight into how this inspiring and talented artist works, The Addictive Sketcher passes on Adebanji Alade's infectious enthusiasm and will have the reader reaching for a pencil or pen to have a go. Adebanji has a skill and a passion for speaking and motivating his audience in a fun and engaging way, and this is reflected in his writing style. Lively, stimulating and instructive, it is packed with numerous examples of the author’s sketches as well as examples of his vibrant finished paintings. Covering pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal and graphite, along with finished oil paintings, this book provides a fascinating insight into the author’s techniques. Adebanji’s work covers a broad range of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, crowd scenes, urban scenes and seascapes. He’s particularly well known for his portraits and working outdoors capturing the life of London where he lives. This book includes examples from a range of subject areas.Trade ReviewAdebanji Alade is caught up in the joys of a creative adventure, and he wants you to join him on his drawing escapades. A little dramatic perhaps, but as the title suggests, sketching for Adebanji is a way of life rather than just a way to while away an hour or two with paper and pencil. Following an opening chapter in which the Nigerian-born artist talks about his upbringing and the time at college when his passion for sketching was born, Adebanji describes his mindset and goals to the reader. He writes about appreciating and embracing your work, the pitfalls, and challenges, how to maintain momentum, and more. It’s advice that comes across as genuine and from experience, delivered in an enthusiastic tone. No surprise really seeing that Adebanji teaches at London’s Art Academy and runs workshops in schools and colleges. Adebanji maintains his conversational tone as he covers the sketching basics, starting with the equipment he uses, before going on to mark-making techniques such as contours, angles, and ghosting. It’s accompanied by unfussy photography, short walkthroughs, WIPs and finished art. The artist spends longer covering core art concepts including composition and perspective, and provides a range of finished examples, annotated art and a simplified explanation of technical terms. The heart of the book is given over to specific sketching scenarios, including public transport, buskers, statues, and markets. All are within reach of the average artist and Adebanji provides practical tips on how to approach each topic. He maintains the personal touch, giving anecdotes on what and who he encountered on the day, and lessons learned from the session. Extended walkthroughs show art theory in practice, as the artist takes his rough line art to a degree of finish on a variety of scenes and styles. * Imagine FX *This is a book about why to sketch as well as how to sketch. You'll discover the importance of finding the hidden diamonds - corners, figures, unconsidered trifles the rest of the world passes by. Adebanji is an author of enormous warmth and it's impossible not to want to go out with him on a sketching trip. * The SAA *Adebanji Alade - who featured in the January '19 issue of Paint - is an enthusiast, even a bit of an evangelist, That could be a fatal combination - there's nothing worse than being hectored by a street-corner soap-boxer - but thanks to a large helping of love, it's really rather delightful. You'll like Adebanji before you've even finished the introduction. He loves God (that's the first thing he tells us, but that's also all he tells us about it), and he also loves books and sketching. He discovered that by borrowing a copy of Alwyn Crawshaw's Learn to Sketch and devouring it until it practically fell apart. That's where the enthusiasm comes in - if he loved books more than sketching, he'd have preserved it in a handmade cover. I said you'll like Adebanji and I'll go further, you'll love him. His addiction isn't demanding (at least not of the reader) and his enthusiasm doesn't make him a preacher. He just wants you to get as much pleasure from sketching - anything and everything - as he does. He achieves this by showing countless examples and by offering a torrent of practical advice. I particularly like what he says about the etiquette of sketching, Not for him the head-down, get-on-with-it-regardless approach; rather it's a matter of respect: "Always be grateful to those who take the time to come over to where you are sketching and pass a comment about your work." Also: "if the person you are sketching frowns or asks you to stop, be polite and respect their wishes." See, I told you he's a nice guy. But perhaps the best thing about Adebanji is that he understands his own working methods and this makes him one of the best teachers around. Books on sketching can easily be - erm - sketchy (boom, boom!) when it comes to instruction, but this is one of the best drawing manuals there is. Adebanji understands form, structure and perspective and his explanations of everything from faces to buildings, interiors, landscapes and figures, both individual and in groups, are second to none. This is a joyous book that will teach you much more than you'll ever believe in the company of a warm and generous teacher. -- Henry Malt * Paint magazine *Sketching is the artist’s secret weapon. Often less intrusive than a camera, it also allows a degree of interpretation and note-taking that isn’t available to the photographer. Sometimes a quick image can be an end in itself, at others it’s the basis for a more considered work completed in the studio. The trick is to learn to see and to look, to be completely at home with your materials and to know exactly which details are important. All that comes with practice, so practise you must. Adebanji Alade is, as the title suggests, a compulsive sketcher. In the introduction, he tells us how he learnt sketching from a battered copy of Alwyn Crawshaw’s Learn to Sketch, a slim volume that, while an excellent introduction, was hardly a full course in drawing. To learn this way requires not a little inherent skill, but Adebanji is too modest to say that. What he does tell us, though, is that, having discovered sketching, he fell in love with it. He also tells us that he loves God. This isn’t an essential part of the narrative, and he doesn’t pursue it, but what is important about it is that it tells us about him. He loves sketching and he loves God, so should we be surprised that he clearly loves his audience too? This isn’t a book that preaches, but rather one that explains. What leaps from every page is the sense of joy Adebanji feels when he out with paper and pencils. It’s infectious and I defy anyone not to want to get out there with him (probably in person, too). This wouldn’t be an instructional book without instruction and that’s here in plenty, but it all comes from example. There are people, buildings, interiors and open spaces as well as seasons, light and weather. A huge variety of techniques are covered, but always in context and always leading to a worthwhile result – never a series of marks made for their own sake. There’s also handy advice on the etiquette of sketching – ask permission if necessary, thank people who comment on your work, be polite and, above all, stop if asked. If this is a book filled with love, it’s also one lacking in any kind of disrespect. Adebanji immerses himself in sketching and this is a book that’s itself immersive. It’s also a joy, both tho read and to look at. “Once you catch the vision, you will never remain the same; you will spread the gospel of addictive sketching wherever you go, for the rest of your creative journey.” Couldn’t have put it better myself. * Artbookreview.net *This is a book born of love. Adebanji Alade loves books and he loves drawing. If you're going to write one, it's a good place to start. In other hands, this could easily be a street-corner evangelistic rant, but Adebanji is too smart for that. He's also an excellent teacher, having learnt his craft from a copy of Alwyn Crawshaw's Learn to Sketch and understanding not just the processes of drawing, but how to acquire them. It's impossible not to be carried along by his enthusiasm and the sheer dynamism of his work. Although this is carried out for the most part in the field, it's remarkably polished and a lot more than just quick notes. There's an element of improvisation - a jazz-like tone - and Adebanji certainly has a natural ability. If you share his love of drawing, this is a book to embrace as well as learn from. * The Artist *There's nothing like going back to basics with just a sketchbook, a pen or pencil and a great teacher to guide you through the basics to harness your own unique style. Adebanji Alade is renowned for his passionate and engaging style, which is carried through to his writing in this lively and instructive book covering pencils, charcoal and graphite as well as oil painting techniques to use in land and seascapes, portraits and crowd scenes. * Simply Cards and Papercraft *Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 Motivation & inspiration 12 What you need 16 Sketching techniques 20 Composition 34 Value & Colour 40 People indoors 44 Pub scene 54 People Outdoors 62 Busker 74 Places Outdoors 80 Statue 94 Places indoors 100 Gallery 108 Discover 114 Painting 122 Index 128

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Book SynopsisIn this reissue of his popular book, Vic Bearcroft shares his love of drawing and painting wild animals, showing how to capture the personality and distinctive features of a variety of creatures. Using simple steps and plenty of detail, this guide shows you how to create beautiful artworks, from drawing the basic shapes through to realising your favourite animals in your preferred medium. Trade ReviewPopular artist and tutor, Vic Bearcroft, shares his love of drawing and painting wild animals in his new book, Painting and Drawing Wild Animals, published by Search Press. Encouraging you to paint from life, Vic suggests visiting wildlife parks, zoos and sanctuaries to study animals and their behaviour yourself to build up an understanding of their habits and movements in more natural environments. He also describes how you can use photography or wildlife documentaries on television if you are unable to see the animals in person. With clear step-by-step examples, Vic shares his tried and tested techniques for capturing animal features-such as eyes, fur and noses-in watercolour, pastels, charcoal and acrylics. There are chapters on materials, colour, and reference material as well as sections on individual animals, such as big cats, ungulates, bears, elephants, apes and dogs, with six full step-by-step projects for you to work through. * Leisure Painter *Loved the detail and instruction of how to draw animals.I can’t wait to try and draw as instructed. Thank you for your review. * Amazon *Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 Materials 8 Impact: tone and colour 20 Getting started 24 Big cats 32 Step-by-step: Tiger 42 Ungulates 48 Step-by-step: Zebra 58 Bears 64 Step-by-step: Panda 74 Pachyderms 82 Step-by-step: Asian Elephant 90 Great apes 94 Step-by-step: Chimpanzee 102 Canids 108 Step-by-step: Wolf 120 Index 128

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Book SynopsisAround One More Point is a journal sketchbook of writings, photographs and drawings that capture the adventures of B.C. artist and paddler Mary Gazetas, who has journeyed with family and friends on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Inside Passage and Haida Gwaii for almost 25 years. This work, with its powerful visual imagery, includes stories and art created when Mary first started taking ocean canoe trips in the ''80s with her twin sister and her children. Since those pre-Gore-Tex days of primitive beach camping and paddling in all kinds of weather, the trips, the people and the artwork have changed.What hasn''t changed, though, is her passion for the character of the coast, and she returns every summer, bringing home material to be transformed into a variety of artistic expressions. The journeys include paddle trips in Barkley, Clayoquot, Nootka and Kyuquot sounds, the Broughton Archipelago, the central coast and Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands). This evocative journal will take readers on a journey, inspiring some to go to these beautiful places themselves-to go around one more point.

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Book SynopsisIf you ever see a man sketching unsuspecting members of the public, it might well be cartoonist Rob Martin. An acute observer of British life, Rob has travelled the length and breadth of Britain capturing recognisable characters in bizarre, every day circumstances. What emerges is a land peopled by angry pensioners, phone obsessives and the massively obese. Rob has selected 158 of his favourite drawings to capture Britain at a time of tedium, crisis and incredulity.

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