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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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Airbrush is used in creating advertising and fantasy illustrations; for decorating T-shirts, cars and motorcycles with high gloss; hyper-realistic imagery; creating dramatic body and fingernail art; and even embellishing decorative objects, fabrics and interiors. This handbook presents the essentials of these airbrush applications in a non-technical and easy-to-understand format. There is practical guidance and advice on equipment and mediums, airbrush operation, studio set-up and more. The handbook also offers techniques for developing original source material, as well as tips for operating a successful airbrush business. It is aimed at both the veteran artist and novice.

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Many of us want to learn “how to draw.” But as artist Anthony Ryder explains, it’s much more important to learn what to draw. In other words, to observe and draw what we actually see, rather than what we think we see. When it comes to drawing the human figure, this means letting go of learned ideas and expectation of what the figure should look like. It means carefully observing the interplay of form and light, shape and line, that combine to create the actual appearance of human form. In The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing, amateur and experienced artists alike are guided toward this new way of seeing and drawing the figure with a three-step drawing method.The book’s progressive course starts with the block-in, an exercise in seeing and establishing the figure’s shape. It then build to the contour, a refined line drawing that represents the figure’s silhouette. The last step is tonal work on the inside of the contour, when light and shadow are shaped to create the illusion of form. Separate chapters explore topics critical to the method: gesture, which expresses a sense of living energy to the figure; light, which largely determines how we see the model; and form, which conveys the figure’s volume and mass. Examples, step-by-steps, and special “tips” offer helpful hints and practical guidance throughout.Lavishly illustrated with the author’s stunning artwork, The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing combines solid instruction with thoughtful meditations on the art of drawing, to both instruct and inspire artists of all levels.

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An instructive guide to creating an illustrated journal based on artist and Instagram sensation Samantha Dion Baker's unique creative process, featuring information on materials, creative inspiration and instruction, prompts, and helpful tips and tricks. Samantha Dion Baker is a widely admired and followed artist on Instagram, where she shares her "sketch journal," an illustrated daily record of her life, drawn in a fresh, modern style. In Draw Your Day, Baker guides you through her inspirational practice and provides guidance for starting your own. Part instructional guide and part encouraging manifesto about how making art--even art that's not museum-worthy--can make your life more mindful and meaningful, Draw Your Day is ideal for both seasoned artists looking for fresh inspiration, as well as aspiring artists who need a friendly nudge to get started.

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D'Errico's work exemplifies the beautiful, wide-eyed girl look of shoujo manga, which has infiltrated pop culture. From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture and no artist's work today better exemplifies this trend than Camilla D'Errico's. In her first instructional guide, D'Errico reveals her techniques for creating her emotive yet playful manga characters, with lessons on drawing basic body construction, capturing action and creating animals, chibis and mascots. Plus, she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at her character design process, pointers on creating their own comics and prompts for finishing her drawings. Pop Manga is both a celebration of creativity and an indispensable guide that is sure to appeal to manga diehards and aspiring artists alike.

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The "Draw 50" series has sold more than 3 million copies. It is aimed at children aged 5 and upwards. "Draw 50 Animal 'Toons" teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames helps readers bring to life a skateboarding crocodile, a funky monkey and a juggling seal. Also included are dinosaurs, flamingos, squirrels, gorillas and a whole specturm of fun-loving animals. Ames' illustration style and renowned 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 3 million copies. It's easy to draw cartoon animals when it's done the "Draw 50" way.

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The original 1993 edition of "The Painter's Handbook" was not just another guide to artist's materials; it established itself as an amazingly thorough professional resource, with complete details on the vast array of materials available to the artist, including canvases and papers, sizes and grounds, pigments and binders, solvents and thinners, varnishes and preservatives. The book also contains dozens of step-by-step recipes for making art materials, including made at home or the studio paints, pastels, varnishes, gessoes, sizes, supports, and equipment. "The Painter's Handbook", revised and expanded, is a thoroughly revised edition of the original publication. It has been updated to accommodate the enormous changes in the art materials world during the past decade: in which many new kinds of revolutionary paints and pigments have entered the market; new health issues are addressed concerning outmoded and even harmful materials and practices; and new ASTM standards - of which the author Mark Gottsegen is the chairman of this government committee to set standards for the performance, quality, and health labelling of artist's paints and related materials - on light fastness and the general longevity of art materials are provided.

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Artists will love this book, the definitive guide to capturing facial expressions. In a carefully organised, easy-to-use format, author Gary Faigin shows readers the expressions created by individual facial muscles, then draws them together in a section devoted to the six basic human emotions: sadness, anger, joy, fear, disgust and surprise. Each emotion is shown in steadily increasing intensity and Faigin's detailed renderings are supplemented by clear explanatory text, additional sketches and finished work. An appendix includes yawning, wincing and other physical reactions. Want to create portraits that capture the real person? Want to draw convincing illustrations? Want to show the range of human emotion in your artwork? Get "The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression"!

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This is a professional book focused on foundational principles of art and illustrated by old and contemporary masters. It gives serious beginners to professional artists an in-depth understanding of the old masters' unparalleled approach to paint application. It includes ten detailed step-by-step portrait demonstrations. "Portrait Painting Atelier" provides serious artists with a course of instruction that demonstrates in step-by-step detail the old masters' technique of layering paint over a toned-ground surface, a process that builds from the transparent dark areas to the more densely painted lights. In this method, the tone of the ground serves to unify the overall painting as well as optically influencing the thinly applied layers of pigment, creating the effect of a beautiful glow that illuminates the skin tones and achieves a soft blending of colour tones.

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Artists everywhere will be dazzled by the amazing new techniques created by Alyona Nickelsen and presented in "Colored Pencil Painting Bible" for the very first time. Layering, translucent effects, using odourless solvents to achieve rich, luminous colour and eye-popping ultra-realistic effects; Nickelsen's innovations will delight readers and detailed step-by-step demonstrations bring her striking results within reach for every artist. Take coloured pencils beyond the ordinary with "Colored Pencil Painting Bible"!

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This title is aimed at children aged 5 and upwards. It is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects, particularly those relating to vehicles and transportation. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of vehicles 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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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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Absolutely the most thorough guide to pastel materials and techniques ever assembled in a single volume, this is the book for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists looking to develop more professional skills.Defining the pastel medium broadly—color in stick form to be used for drawing and painting simultaneously—the author creates works of sensuous textures and colors, ranging from subtle to intense. He uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are sophisticated ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels, and oil paint for stunning mixed-media results.

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This is a great value book covering everything the beginner needs to master cartooning. It teaches how to draw cartoon people, fantasy characters, layouts, background design and much more. It is from the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. This latest cartoon title from Chris Hart packs a wallop. It's the cartooning book that has it all: cartoon people, animals, retro-style 'toons', funny robots (no one has ever done cartoon robots in a how-to book before, and movies like "Wall-E" and "Robots" were smash hits and prove their appeal), fantasy characters and even sections on cartoon costumes, character design and cartoon backgrounds and composition. The book is itself humongous, not only because of its page count, but also because it includes a huge amount of original eye-catching characters and copious visual 'side hints' that Chris is famous for. There is more actual instruction in this book than in any other of Chris' cartooning titles. In short, if you want to know how to draw cartoons, it's in this book.

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This title stimulates new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity. It features 31 practical and stimulating lessons that teach how to use colour and composition to make paintings come alive. Colour is one of the never-ending mysteries of painting; there is always more to discover. Through clear, illuminating exercises, this brilliant book stimulates new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allowing artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Colour is one of the never-ending mysteries of painting; there is always more to discover and explore. In thirty-one practical and stimulating lessons, author Jeanne Dobie offers insights into ways to use both colour and composition to make paintings come alive.

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This title is aimed at beginner artists interested in cartooning and at the countless fans of cartoons, animation and comics. Not only are cartoons a form of entertainment, but they're an incredibly popular style of drawing! With a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to cartooning, Christopher Hart shows readers basic tips for creating a cast of the most hilarious, outrageous characters inspired by today's cartoons. Chock-full of tips, hints and step-by-step illustrations, "Modern Cartooning" gives artists of all ages the tools they need to let their imaginations run wild.

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In "Classical Painting Atelier", Aristides, a leader in the atelier movement, takes students step-by-step through the finest works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists; revealing the principles of creating full-colour realist still-life works, portraits and figure paintings. Rich in tradition, yet practical for today's artists, "Classical Painting Atelier" is ideal for serious art students seeking a timeless visual education.

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Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time - and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. "Classical Drawing Atelier" is an atelier in a book - and the master is Juliette Aristides, a classically trained artist. Aristides uses the works of works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and inspiring, "Classical Drawing Atelier" is a serious art course for serious art students. Juliette Aristides, whose beautiful art is featured throughout this book, is the founder and director of the Classical Atelier at the Seattle Academy of Fine Arts. She studied with realist master Jacob Collins and at the National Academy of Design.

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Even the youngest artists can make famous characters look great. It is aimed at aged 5 and upwards. "Draw 50 Famous Cartoons" teaches aspiring artists how to draw with easy by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw a myriad of beloved cartoon characters, including Felix the Cat, Tin Tin, Flinstones, Yogi bear, Popeye, Scoobie Doo and many more. Ames' illustration style and renowned drawing method has made him a leader in the step-by-step drawing manual - the twenty-seven books in his "Draw 50" series have sold more than three million copies. It's easy to draw cartoons when it's done the "Draw 50" way.

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A guide that shows painters, drawers, doodlers and urban sketchers how to bring their drawings to life with colourful, bold, yet accessible painting methods. Watercolour sketching is a rapidly emerging technique that enlivens sketches done in pen or pencil with the expressive washes, glazes, and luminous hues of watercolour. This lushly illustrated resource teaches artists on the go how to sketch with watercolour, rendering subjects efficiently and without inhibitions. Readers are guided through all aspects of the medium, from fundamental techniques including wet-on-wet, glazing, and washes; materials and supplies; and little known tips and tricks for getting the most out of watercolour (for example, just sprinkling a little salt on your painting creates a texture that's impossible to achieve with a brush). A strong focus on colour theory provides a solid foundation for enhancing drawings with vibrant hues.

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From the artist behind the popular Pigeon Letters website, a complete guide to learning and perfecting brush lettering, a forgiving style of modern calligraphy that encourages creative expression and imprecision, including basic skills, flourishes, and project ideas. The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide has something for everyone--from beginners that have never used a brush pen, to seasoned letterers looking for a new style or ideas for creative flourishes. From choosing the best pens and paper and knowing the different styles of lettering, to adding color to your finished pieces--this book covers it all. The book includes templates for labels, cards, handmade bunting, and word collages. It even includes a how to guide for posting your best work on social media. Each lesson builds on itself, unlocking endless opportunities inside the playful art of brush lettering. As a self-taught artist who left her day job to pursue a creative life, Peggy Dean is the ideal teacher for artists and non-artists alike.

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Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time - and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. On every page, Aristides uses the works of works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and inspiring, Classical Drawing Atelier is a serious art course for serious art students.

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Colored Pencil Painting Portraits provides straightforward solutions to the problems that artists face in creating lifelike images and will prime readers on the intricacies of colour, texture, shadow and light as they interplay with the human form. This comprehensive guide packed with step-by-step demonstrations considers working from photo references versus live models; provides guidance on posing and lighting, as well as planning and composing a work; discusses tools, materials and revolutionary layering techniques; and offers lessons on capturing gesture and expression and on rendering facial and body features of people of all age groups and skin tones.

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Every aspiring comic book creator wants to know: what separates the beloved comics of major publishers like Marvel, DC, Valiant and Image from all the rest? Fan-favourite comic book writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente reveal the secrets of comics' top talents in Make Comics Like the Pros. The authors take readers step by step through the comics creation process from idea to finished work, and along the way offer examples and insights from their own careers as well as their collaborators'. Not only that, but Pak and Van Lente also join forces with Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Colleen Coover to produce an original comic inside the book! With its unprecedented level of insider access, Make Comics Like the Pros gives comic book hopefuls the tools they need to reach the next level of sequential arts stardom.

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Using the graphic novel format, Perspective in Action features 33 easy-to-follow demonstrations to teach the major discoveries in perspective. Author and artist David Chelsea takes readers through the major perspective- related developments in history, teaching them how to re-create these same experiments by leading artists in all fields (including drawing, painting and sculpture). Covering a wide-range of mediums (pen and ink, paint, chalk, digital art, woodwork and more), Perspective in Action gives readers a more hands-on approach to perspective, as opposed to the usual theoretical presentations found in other books.

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A "road map" guide to musicians travelling as solo artists or band members. The book covers all aspects of preparing for and going on tour and urges musicians to take control of their careers by applying business practices such as evaluating assets and researching to band travel.

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This is the 30th Anniversary Edition of a mega-bestseller, which has sold more than 100,000 copies and continues to sell well. It uses studies, step-by-step drawings and anatomical progressions to teach how to draw a variety of animals. Everyone loves to draw animals, whether hobbyist or professional, cartoonist or fine art painter. To draw an animal well, it is necessary to know and understand its personality and behaviour in order to express its individual features. "Drawing Animals" demonstrates, using a sequence of studies and step-by-step progressions, how to draw various types of animals - showing their similarities, differences and unique characteristics. All ten chapters are organised in the following manner: front, side and three-quarter view of fully drawn animals; form sketches; skeleton; musculature; surface anatomy; step-by-step demonstrations; typical actions and poses; the young; head views; and, forms of similar animals.

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Artists and naturalists will master their ability to render lifelike depictions of a wide range of wildlife in a variety of still and action poses in this unique instructional. Amberlyn begins by offering a discourse on animal anatomy, basic animal structure and characteristics, and the animals' natural environment. Such details are examined and explored through more than 300 detailed animal studies. More advanced topics include drawing the three major animal categories: carnivores/omnivores (wolves, coyotes, weasels, raccoons, and bears), hoofed mammals (deer, elk, moose, caribou, and sheep), and small mammals (rabbits, squirrels, mice, beaver, and armadillo). Readers will transform their mediocre Interpretations into drawings that truly capture the essence and subtleties of the animal, its mood, and its habitat.

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This third title in a bestselling series, "Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy" is a complete drawing book for the beginning artist. Based on a series of lessons that begin with the five basic shapes (circle, oval, square, cylinder and rectangle) combined with the five basic components of drawing (line, mass, perspective, light and shading), the book progresses from the simplest forms to more complex, inanimate objects and organic, animate subjects.

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