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This book is suitable for children aged 7 to 10. This in-depth yet accessible dinosaur drawing guide combines humour, creativity, and the latest dino research to show young artists how to breathe life into drawings of their prehistoric favourites. Walt Disney and Dreamworks illustrator James Silvani encourages young artists to mix the latest dinosaur facts with their imaginations, using step-by-step lessons showing how to draw a variety of dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts. Lessons cover everything from the most famous dinos like T. Rex and Stegasaurus to some cool, lesser-known creatures. This lively and engaging guide demonstrates methods for drawing dinosaurs in classic poses and from new and exciting angles.

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"The Polymer Clay Cookbook" celebrates favourite foods with 20 tiny, deliciously realistic food charms to make from polymer clay and fashion into unique jewellery. Styled as a cookbook for the beginning miniaturist 'chef', the introductory chapters discuss the 'basic ingredients' and techniques used for polymer clay and jewellery-making. The remainder of the book offers 20 'recipes' grouped by category: fruits, breakfast, lunch and dinner, sweets and snacks, and holiday foods. Each recipe has a list of 'ingredients', step-by-step directions with photographs and suggested variations. Each piece is presented as a particular finished jewellery item, such as a necklace, but readers are encouraged to adapt the piece into any type of jewellery they choose.

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A complete course on acrylic painting, covering classic approaches and new innovations for a medium that's widely embraced by both beginners and experienced artists for its versatility, quick-drying properties and non- toxicity. Noted artist and School of Visual Arts instructor James Van Patten shows how acrylics can provide all painters with a vast range of possibilities for producing highly expressive art. Readers will learn how to use acrylics to create a wide variety of effects in everything from non-representational works to painterly realism to photorealism. Van Patten offers guidance on materials, tools, processes, balance, and composition and focuses on effectively using colour in painting. Replete with detailed step-by-step technical demonstrations and a catalogue of inspiring works by notable past and contemporary artists, as well as the author and his students, The Acrylic Painter provides a classic art instruction manual for painters of all abilities.

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Doodletopia: Cartoons offers a chance to practice and perfect your artistic skills with the first book in an exciting doodle series. Filled with page after page of Christopher Hart's signature silly characters and irreverent humour, this book provides aspiring cartoonists with activities to stimulate their creativity and their rendering skills.

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This book focuses on both the cartoon-like critters and funny mascots that populate the shoujo (girls') style of manga and the more gritty and Gothic animals that inhabit the shounen (boys') style of manga. The book is organised in three sections: Part 1 investigates just what manga style is and includes chapters on the basic structure and anatomy of manga-style heads, faces and bodies; cute monsters and mascot creatures common to manga and anime; and mastering more advanced manga techniques. Part 2 looks at Japanese manga creatures, both real and mythological. Each animal profiled will include a more realistic manga style drawing of the animal as well as a more cartoon-like version of the animal. Part 3 is comprised of step-by-step demonstrations that take an initial drawing from start to finish.

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This title is suitable for children aged 5+. "Draw 50 Baby Animals" brings you an amazing array of the most adorable critters on earth - from a fluffy chick to sweet-faced kittens. This book features darling baby animals from the wild, the barnyard, and even the backyard that will delight children and parents alike, making it an ideal tool for mastering drawing skills, either at home or at school. Lee J. Ames' signature step-by-step method shows you how to draw the cutest offspring in the animal kingdom with ease - from a fluffy chick and a shaky-legged fawn to playful puppies and sweet-faced kittens. His clear instructions help budding artists to explore their interests in a fun and familiar way.

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An inspirational, instructional and visually stimulating guide to sketching and drawing, filled with practical tips about which materials to use, a variety of subject matter ranging from easy to more challenging, and wisdom about overcoming creative blocks and fear of making mistakes. A whimsical beginner's guide to sketching, covering all of the important basics: what kind of notebook to buy, what drawing materials to use, ideas for subject matter, and daily exercises. Includes inviting, inspirational, and idiosyncratic tips (don't start on the first page of your sketchbook!), Dare to Sketch is gorgeously illustrated with the author's unique and contemporary art style.

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A unique behind-the-scenes guide to the painting process of one of the most popular artists working in the growing, underground art scene of Pop Surrealism. Painting superstar Camilla d'Errico opens up her studio and offers readers an insider scoop on the tools, techniques and inspirations she draws from to create stunningly beautiful, otherworldly works of art. Artists working in Pop Surrealism use elements of manga, cartoons, movies and more to produce paintings that have been displayed in galleries and purchased by collectors around the globe. With Pop Painting, fans and aspiring painters get an up-close look at the step-by-step processes she employs to transform oil and acrylic paints into unforgettable images of her ethereal and beautiful characters. This one-of-a-kind look at a painter at the top of her field reveals all the materials and methods readers need to join the ranks of the POD Surrealism movement.

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This is the third installment in comics icon Stan Lee's series showing readers how to draw some of the most exciting and dynamic superheroes of all time. Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Avengers all share a common trait - these hugely popular Marvel Comics superheroes were co-created by the legendary Stan Lee. Now, Lee shows readers everything they'll need to make their own mighty superheroes, just like his classic creations. Lee exposes his secret tools and techniques for bringing strong, inspiring heroes and heroines to life. He even shows aspiring creators how to expand their super-universes with evil villains, trusty sidekicks, brutes and monsters, super-pets, secret hideouts, and more! These invaluable insights from one of the greatest superhero creators of all time are must-haves for all fans of Lee's legendary superhero comic work.

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The "Art of Drawing Animals" focuses on how to draw domesticated animals - the tamed creatures that share our lives. Written by bestselling author J.C. Amberlyn, the book features everyone's favourite animals, ranging from the most popular breeds of dogs and cats to horses and other hoofed mammals, rodents, birds and reptiles. The focus is on realistic appraoch to drawing with an emphasis on anatomy/structure; the physical details of each species; and the action, facial and body expressions that give life to drawing. The book shows each type of animal in general and then goes into the various traits that make each breed distinctive.

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For the first time in history, those looking to break into comics have an enormous number of realistic, proven options for doing so all by themselves, without having to rely on big comics publishers. It's an exciting time, but a confusing one for neophytes overwhelmed by numerous options. The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics is the first book of its kind to help readers make sense of it all and take control of their comics-making destinies. It provides would-be creators with a definitive guide to the tools needed for breaking into modern comics via self-publishing. Comic book self-publishers and instructors Comfort Love and Adam Withers cover every step of the creative enterprise from idea development to pencilling and inking to marketing and branding. For those looking to create comics on their own terms, this book provides a road map to success.

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In this book, comics icon Lee provides aspiring comics artists with the modern tools they need to succeed in the world of comic-book creation. Focusing on topics like anatomy, perspective and character design, as well as brand-new topics like manga art styles, digital art and more, this is the next step for those looking to perfect their superhero rendering and create fantastic worlds perfect for today's modern comic-book audience. With examples from his classic collaborations at Marvel Comics and from today's top comics artists, Lee builds on concepts only touched upon in his previous instructional offerings and provides a pathway for aspiring artists to bring their comic-book artwork to professional-quality levels.

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In "Little Felted Animals", author Marie-Noelle Horvath shows how to make adorable little miniature animals, using just a few simple tools and some wool roving. Featured animals include birds, bears, cats, dogs, mice, a fox, a sheep, a seal and a bunny and make great gifts or decorations. Beautifully photographed in their natural habitats, these 16 gorgeous creations will melt the heart of every crafter.Marie-Noelle Horvath is a fashion and home accessories designer who has worked for such companies as Agnes B, DMC and Phildar, as well as for Marie-Claire Idees and other crafts and home decorating magazines. She lives in Lyon, France. Richard Boutin is a commercial photographer based in Paris, France.

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This book is targeted at enthusiasts, both those interested as a hobby and professionally. This book provides a complete guide to the design, sculpting and marketing of pop culture action figures, statues and collectibles. It begins by tracing the history of toy making and collectibles and then shows how figurative sculpture is created by today's top professional technicians and artists using modern-day tools, techniques and applications. Each chapter progresses chronologically through the stages of creating a sculpture, providing discussion and instruction about all aspects of the process from start to finish, including concepts, sculpting, mold-making, casting, painting, manufacturing, distribution and business and legal considerations.

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This title is suitable for children aged 5 to 11 years old. It is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects, particularly those relating to architecture. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of buildings with a comprehensive, step-by-step approach. His distinctive drawing method has proven to be successful for children and adults alike over the past 40 years and has shown artists, from the beginner to advanced levels, how to draw everything from animals to airplanes. The revised "Draw 50" series gives an old favourite an exciting, new look.

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This title is suitable for children aged 5-11 years old. This title is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of people with a comprehensive, step-by-step approach. His distinctive drawing method has proven to be successful for children and adults alike over the past 40 years and has shown artists, from the beginner to advanced levels, how to draw everything from animals to aeroplanes. The revised "Draw 50" series gives an old favourite a fresh, new look.

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This is aimed at children aged 5 to 11 years old. Draw 50 Monsters teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw an array of frightening characters, including werewolves, zombies and warlocks and features well-known characters such as Darth Vader, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Frankenstein's monster, the Phantom of the Opera and many others. Ames' illustration style and renowned drawing method has made him a leader in the step-by-step drawing manual and the 27 books in his Draw 50 series have sold more than three million copies. Ames's instruction allows seasoned artists to refine their technique and guides amateurs to develop their own artistic abilities. Even the youngest artists can make these spooky characters look great. It's easy to draw monsters when it's done the Draw 50 way.

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This title features favourite athletes from sports such as baseball, basketball, football, tennis and skiing. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of athletes with a comprehensive, step-by-step approach. This title is suitable for children age 5+. Targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skill and build a repertoire of subjects, Lee J. Ames' "Draw 50" series shows you how to draw with ease using his signature step-by-step method. His clear instructions help budding artists explore their interests in a fun, familiar way. With over three million copies in print, the "Draw 50" series has successfully shown children how to create everything from a robin to a spaceship, Tyrannosaurus Rex to skyscrapers, and UFOs to racing cars.

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This title shows how to draw cars, motorcycles and trucks with ease using the author's signature step-by-step method. It is aimed at age 12 years and upwards. Targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skill and build a repertoire of subjects, Lee J. Ames' "Draw 50" series shows you how to draw with ease using his signature step-by-step method. His clear instructions help budding artists explore their interests in a fun, familiar way. With over three million copies in print, the "Draw 50" series has successfully shown children how to create everything from a robin to a spaceship, Tyrannosaurus Rex to skyscrapers and UFOs to racing cars.

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This most basic and complete book on manga anatomy ever written is targeted to beginners, the widest segment of manga fans. The latest from bestselling author Chris Hart is not your father's anatomy book, it's an anatomy book strictly for the manga artist. Packed with dynamic step-by-step demonstrations detailing how to draw correctly proportioned manga faces and bodies, plus lots of tips and tricks of the trade, this practical guide has everything aspiring beginners need to start drawing convincing manga characters.

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Known for his use of luminous color, Albert Handell, whose lush landscapes light up these pages, provides lucid instructions to help first-time pastelists achieve impressive results as soon as they begin working with the medium. After reviewing pastel supplies, the author discusses landscape composition and how to establish large shapes first, abstract certain areas, develop a focal point, work from dark to light, and capture the illusion of reality through color. Stepped demonstrations isolate specific landscape aspects, showing how the pastelist depicts skies, trees, buildings, water, rocks, woods, snow, and light.

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Without equal anywhere in print today, this is the most complete guide to oil painting materials, and how to use them to derive best results from the medium.

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This is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to learning the basic drawing skills needed to successfully create video game art. "Drawing Basics for Video Game Art" demonstrates how fine art principles like drawing skills, anatomy, values and lighting and colour all apply to the creation of artwork for video games. The book features artwork from such hit video games as "Halo Reach", "Zelda", "Super Mario Galaxy 2", "World of Warcraft", "Grand Theft Auto", "Heavy Rain" and "Little Big Planet". Included are examples of classic to contemporary fine art in order to further show the reader the same basic principles still apply to all art forms and that video game art is very much still art.

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Understanding how the body moves is the key to rendering clothing, as world-renowned artist Hogarth demonstrates in this unique book.

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This is the most essential, indispensable resource for today's art school and university students, master printers, and fine artists who work with printmaking media. This book provides the latest never-before-published advancements in the three major printmaking mediums of etching, lithography, and screen-printing. With its focus on health safety practices, green sustainability goals and the new benign bio-based, non-carcinogenic solvents, this book demonstrates how to embrace green materials and practices, without sacrificing the quality of fine art prints.

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It is a thoughtful and fresh approach to one of the most popular paint mediums. It emphasis on taking chances and making informed risks makes this book invaluable to serious watercolourists. It features artwork with a wide range of subjects and styles. For serious watercolourists seeking a vibrant expressive quality in their work. "Watercolor Painting" is designed to promote a more thoughtful, fresh and original approach to watercolour. A medium known for its beguiling ironies, watercolour takes great skill to control, yet must appear to be free of control. Throughout the book, notable artist and teacher Tom Hoffmann stressed that students of watercolour must understand that realising the potential of watercolour involves taking chances and informed risks. The key to success lies in knowing what will happen when brush touches paper.

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This title includes over 500 illustrations and easy-to-follow steps. It is targeted at the countless managa fans the world over who are irresistibly drawn to everything Kawaii and the cult of cute. From Hello Kitty to the huge array of Pokemon characters, the superpopular manga genre known as "Kawaii" has swept Japan, Korea and the rest of Asia and is now storming the rest of the world. "Manga for the Beginner Kawaii" is the first book ever written and illustrated on how to draw these intensely cute and colourfully graphic Kawaii characters.

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A classic of simplicity! Portrait Drawing has guided and inspired a generation of artists to create beautiful, realistic portraits. In just eighty pages, author Wendon Blake covers all the basics, from papers and pencils to drawing eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and head from every angle. Drawings by artist John Lawn illustrate each point clearly, making it easy to master the basics and move on to conveying expression and emotion. Ten “demonstrations” show exactly how to put everything together for portraits that are more than the sum of their parts. Easy to understand, easy to use, this 25th Anniversary edition of Portrait Drawing, newly updated for today’s artists, shows the quick, rewarding way to master the fundamentals of a favorite genre.

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Some of the most popular art instruction books ever written have been based on student notes culled over the years from actual workshop sessions, with all their power and immediacy - and with practical, on-to-one contact between student and teacher. This is such a book. For more than two years, Linda Cateura has pursued teacher / artist David A. Leffel, notebook in hand, as he critiqued the work of students. Linda Cateura's succinct notes capture his insights, philosophy, painting hints, and general comments.Leffel's classic, painterly, twentieth-century old master style, much in the manner of Rembrandt or Chardin, affords ample illustration of the ideas expressed - through his many paintings, details, demonstrations, and diagrams, almost all in color.No matter what your level of ability, there is something here to apply to your own work, ideas that will cause you to rething your own ways of painting, hints to save you effort, or solutions to persistent painting problems.

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Veteran photographer and instructor Bryan Peterson is best known for his arresting imagery using bold, graphic color and composition. Here he explores his signature use of color in photography for the first time, showing readers his process for creating striking images that pop off the page. He addresses how to shoot in any type of light, and looks at color families and how they can work together to make compelling images in commercial and art photography. He also helps readers understand exposure, flash, and other stumbling blocks that beginning and experienced photographers encounter when capturing images, showing how to get the most out of any composition. With its down-to-earth voice and casual teaching style, Understanding Color in Photography is a workshop in a book, helping any photographer take their images to the next level.

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An inspiring, practical and gorgeous guide to crafting the most realistic and artful paper flowers for arrangements, art, décor, wearables and more, from San Francisco botanical artist Tiffanie Turner. The Fine Art of Paper Flowers is an elevated art and craft guide that features complete step-by-step instructions for over 30 of Tiffanie Turner’s widely admired, unique, lifelike paper flowers and their foliage, from bougainvillea to English roses to zinnias. In the book, Turner also guides readers through making her signature giant paper peony, shares all of her secrets for special paper treatments, candy-striping, playing with color and creating botanical imperfections, and shows how to turn paper flowers into gorgeous garlands, headdresses, bouquets and more. These stunning creations can be made from simple and inexpensive materials and the book's detailed tutorials and beautiful photography make it easy to achieve dramatic and lifelike results.

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In fifteen easy-to-follow lessons from renowned art instructor Margaret Kessler, learn what contributes to good landscape painting and how to critique your own work. Learn about visualizing and planning the scene, creating depth, overall tonality and more! Kessler brings tips and tricks from her nationwide workshops to this easily accessible workbook, designed to help artists at all levels—from beginner to intermediate—further their craft.

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Presents 20 fresh, modern designs for home decor items and personal accessories that require just one ball, hank, or skein of yarn. This book begins with a 'Basics' section that discusses yarn weights and types, the necessary tools and step-by-step instructions for essential stitches and techniques, making it easy for beginners to start knitting.

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Creative techniques step-by-step. This book offers the reader an opportunity to watch one of our foremost contemporary sculptors at work, to see not just highlights of the creative process, but every step from beginning to end.In order to recreate the immediacy of an actual workshop situation, Bruno Lucchesi takes a single life-size head through all the stages of roughing in, modeling, refining the surface, and finishing and texturing, so that the reader can see exactly how he positions and models every detail.

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This manual offers techniques that visually simplify and refine the study of the body's muscles and skeleton into concepts that can easily be used by beginning and intermediate artists alike. One example of this is the human neck. There are many large and small muscles in the neck, all rendered in great detail in most anatomy books, yet only four of them are ever visible. This book attacks anatomy from an artist's point of view, offering such valuable concepts as how to self-check the proportions of the head and body to make sure they are accurate, without the need of a model.

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Prolific artist/author Christopher Hart covers all types of animals in his latest how-to-draw book: including dogs, cats, horses, penguins, lions, tigers, bears, and elephants, as well as the favourite sidekick animals - pigs, kangaroos, giraffes, turtles. Simple step-by-step drawings show how to capture every cartoon emotion, from cutesy-sweet to begging to scheming, and how to create every box-office type, from baby animals to villain animals to clueless animals and much more.Christopher Hart is an award- winning and best-selling author whose books have set the standard for art technique, both nationally and internationally, with close to three million copies in print.

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New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. First published in 1971, this title is used universally ever since. It provides access to lessons from distinguished typographers around the world through Web site. More than 250,000 are sold.

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With more than 30 chic projects, and simple step-by-step instructions for beginners, this title presents a series of lessons that introduces skills, techniques and concepts, along with helpful hints, lets readers try out what they've learned with a project or two; including belts, bags, hats, scarves, wraps and sweaters.

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This is a comprehensive guide for the millions of professional artists working today who seek financial support. This is a comprehensive guide to finding the funds and writing winning grants for the millions of professional artists working today who seek out financial support. "The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing" is targeted at both professional and aspiring artists and writers who are hungry for concrete information about how to write artist statements and grant applications that persuade grant funders to give them the money to realise their artistic dreams. In the current economy, artist grants have become even more competitive, which means that applicants have even less room for error and must be savvy in their proposals. This book focuses on the challenges individual artists face when seeking funding, offering step-by-step instructions for writing artist statements, clarifying goals, planning strategies and more.

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Kids will love this all-in-one collection of how-to-draw manga lessons! This title encompasses four bestselling "Kids Draw" books into one giant manga celebration. Kids learn how to draw manga eyes, heads, faces, bodies, as well as more specific lessons on drawing manga fantasy characters, manga 'shoujo' and manga monsters. More than 1,000 illustrations of this title give step-by-step instruction and fun, colourful inspiration. Throughout, Christopher Hart's signature humour and style makes the book as fun to read as it is to look at.

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This title offers solid and in-depth instruction from a watermedia expert and top author. It includes tips and techniques for developing a personal style. Quiller is a well established name is the art world. He has sold over 100, 000 books worldwide.Join renowned artist Stephen Quiller on a journey of art discovery and exploration. Part One looks at watercolours, with illustrations of it's visual characteristics and their effects with different paper surfaces. Part Two focuses on acrylics, gouache, and casein. In Part Three, Quiller shares his secrets for the most difficult aspect of painting - developing a personal style and vision. Packed with Quiller's thoughts and ideas on painting philosophy, this is an inspiring guide to living a creative life and creating art.

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