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BARRON'S 50 Fantasy Vehicles to Draw and Paint  
Discover how to draw and paint spectacular fantasy vehicles, from futuristic dream cars to magical floating ships and alien spacecraft, in a wide range of traditional and digital media. Thirteen super-simple starter models allow you to start drawing right away.

Author: Keith Thompson
Format: paperback, 128 pgs., 8 1/2 in. x ...

BARRON'S Light and Shadow in Drawing  
Incorporating the essentials of light and shadow in any drawing gives the artwork visual dimension and adds elements of drama and realism. Light and shadow are the main subjects covered in this instructive book for beginning art students, with examples and exercises in still life, landscape drawing, and portraiture.

Book ...

BARRON'S Line and Shading in Drawing  
Students are instructed in various line-drawing techniques, including cross-hatching to create shadow effects, and methods for suggesting a variety of textures and surfaces--stone, wood, glass, and fabrics with folds, to name just a few. Finally, art students are instructed in applying these techniques by drawing landscapes, cityscapes, human figures, ...

BARRON'S The Basics of Drawing  
This title enlightens beginning students on the variety of available drawing media, as well as specific paper textures used in drawing. It proceeds with instruction on rendering basic shapes-spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, and the like—and incorporating these shapes into still lifes, landscapes, and other subjects for illustration. Students also ...

BARRON'S The Fantasy Illustrator's Technique Book  
From conception to publication, the fantasy artist uses a wide range of skills to create magical, mythical, and monstrous characters and worlds of wonder. This indispensable book provides a thorough grounding in the tools and techniques you will need to produce spellbinding fantasy artwork in both traditional and digital ...

BLACK DOG The Drawing Book  
The works in this book, by artists, architects, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers and thinkers of all descriptions, attest to the versatility and immediacy of drawing. From first thoughts to finely wrought, elaborate artworks, from the lightest sketch in pencil to bold, gallery-wall installations, the medium is shown as an essential ...

DK Sketchbook for the Artist  
An innovative, practical approach to drawing the world around you. Covering a wide range of themes from portraits to plant studies and still life, and showing how to tackle each subject in a variety of different ways, this book aims to widen the reader's understanding of drawing and to ...

DK You Can Draw Marvel Characters  
From bodies in action to computer-aided coloring, this step-by-step guide teaches budding artists everything they need to know to draw characters from the amazing universe of Marvel Comics.

  • Includes tracing overlays and stencils.
  • Features tips by expert Marvel artists.
  • Three Master Class sections showcase favorite Marvel characters as they evolve from concept ...

DOVER Drawing the Female Form  
An excellent reference from one of the foremost figure-drawing teachers, this classic manual provides painters, illustrators, and sculptors with invaluable instructions on rendering the intricacies of the female figure. Bridgman's 32 black-and-white photographs and 37 progressive drawings offer students and other beginning artists a suitable alternative to the use ...

DOVER Freehand Perspective and Sketching  
The essential guide to rendering perspective, this classic manual uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists and students master one of art's greatest challenges. Generations of art students and amateurs have found it an indispensable resource of time-honored principles and methods.

More than 260 figures offer ...

DOVER How to Draw Christmas Pictures  
Design holiday cards, ornaments, and window decorations by following simple diagrams composed of circles, squares, ovals, and other configurations. Just a few strokes will produce ready-to-color pictures of Santa, an elf and angel, a snowman, candy cane, rocking horse, and other traditional objects.

Author: Barbara Soloff Levy
Format: paperback, 30 pgs., ...

DOVER How to Draw Wizards, Dragons and Other Magical Creatures  
How-to book shows youngsters and beginning artists of all ages a simple way to draw portraits of 30 amazing inhabitants from a magical world. Step-by-step illustrations incorporating circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and other basic shapes show how to depict graceful mermaids, appealing dragons, gentle giants, and other fanciful creatures. ...

DOVER Learning to Draw: A Creative Approach  
Expert guide and teacher Robert Kaupelis offers sound advice on drawing methods and techniques for artists at all levels. Using the lessons and practices he employed over the years as an instructor, Kaupelis focuses on solving the problems common to many illustrators, among them perspective, form, modeling, and drawing ...

HARPERCOLLINS Anime Art: Easel Does It  
With special photography, Anime Art: Easel Does It shows how to draw, ink, and color anime characters, and how to use them to create animated sequences.

All materials, equipment, and techniques needed to create anime characters and animated sequences are fully explained and accompanied by a gallery of anime figures ...

HARPERCOLLINS Manga Art: Easel Does It  
Manga Art: Easel Does It takes a subject with which Western audiences may not be too familiar and explains, in lucid and easy to follow text and logical step-by-step diagrams, how to draw in this exciting and innovative style.

An introduction explains the comparatively recent origins of manga in ...

HARPERCOLLINS The Monster Book of Manga: Draw Like the Experts  
From comic illustration Studio Joso comes the ultimate guide on how to draw manga. The Monster Book of Manga is divided into sections focusing on the most popular manga figures and themes-Girls, Boys, Samurai, Monsters, and Computer. Each illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step instructions, ...

IMPACT Drawing & Painting Fantasy Worlds  
Discover how to draw and paint the amazing, dynamic array of characters, creatures and landscapes with this absorbing and practical guide. Inside you'll learn to:

  • Draw and paint fantasy subjects using both traditional and digital mediums
  • Render realistic details such as expression, movement, skin and hair, clothes, armor and jewelry ...

IMPACT Street Scene: How to Draw Graffiti-style  
Whether you're an aspiring comic-artist or you just wanna have fun drawing, you can rock it out in your own gritty, graffiti-inspired style. Start with simple shapes and stick figures and build up to full, fleshed out dudes and babes with serious attitude!

The book contains 41 step-by-step demonstrations in ...

J.P. TARCHER Drawing with Children; A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too  
This perennial best-seller is the definitive guide for parents and teachers on how to encourage drawing. The easy-to-follow lesson-by-lesson approach to drawing has yielded astounding results with children of all ages and beginning adults. This invaluable teaching aid not only guides readers through the basics, but also gives important ...

J.P. TARCHER The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain  
Translated into 13 languages, with more than 2.5 million copies sold, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you feel you have little talent and you doubt you could ever learn, or you enjoy drawing but have not ...

JOHN BLAKE PUBLISHING The Lost Art: The Magic New Way to Paint and Draw  
This wonderfully simple book shows you exactly where to begin drawing – and once you start, you won’t want to stop!

Starting with how to sketch the basics, such as simple faces, the book progresses in easy-to-follow, step-by-step stages that will have you sketching away in no time. After that, ...

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book  
Using thumbprints and simple lines, Ed Emberley shows would-be artists how to make all sorts of pictures, including funny faces, animals, bugs, and more! This classic book is packed with fun things that kids – and many adults – really want to create. Easy and fun, the book provides ...

MOTORBOOKS How to Draw Aircraft Like a Pro  
This lively and informative guide will help everyone from casual doodlers to artists with professional aspirations draw World War I biplanes, World War II fighters and bombers and modern jet aircraft. Aviation author Charlie Cooper has assembled the work and knowledge of numerous aviation artists in a series of ...

MOTORBOOKS How To Draw Cars Like a Pro  
If you’ve ever wanted to draw and design cars – whether as a blueprint for your own street rod, or simply for the pleasure of creating art – this is the book for you! Best-selling Motorbooks author Thom Taylor updates his 1996 classic with new art from his own ...

MOTORBOOKS How to Draw Cars the Hot Wheels Way  
This book provides excellent how-to-draw detail that is appealing and easy to follow for Hot Wheels and drawing enthusiasts from ages 10 to adult. Detailed drawing techniques with descriptive captions allow readers to create their own automotive designs. Illustrations emphasize how to draw fantasy, custom, concept, and hot rod ...

NEW WORLD LIBRARY Drawing as a Sacred Activity  
In the tradition of such successful books on creativity as Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and The Artist's Way, artist and teacher Heather Williams presents a step-by-step approach to personal development--and artistic satisfaction. Many people--including Heather Williams--were never encouraged to embrace their creative side, and this ...

NORTH LIGHT An Introduction to Drawing  
In this book, artist and teacher Robin Hazelwood restores that lost confidence that most of us can draw as long as we learn to see objects as they are in reality. As adults, when we look at a subject we invest it with everything our experience tells us about ...

NORTH LIGHT Colored Pencil Solution Book  
Colored pencils are a fascinating medium, offering a palette rich with nuance, versatility, and creative potential. This book answers the most commonly asked questions about colored pencil techniques.

Over 20 easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations provide you with all the information you need to create your own colored pencil compositions.

Author: Janie Gildow ...

NORTH LIGHT Drawing for the Absolute Beginner  
This book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined! The book covers it all – from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on drawing reflections, designing strong compositions and mastering perspective.

At ...

NORTH LIGHT Drawing with Your Artist's Brain  
If you think you can't draw, it's all in your head...literally! Every time you pick up a pencil, a battle rages between the two sides of your brain. This book is here to show you that the secret to creating true-to-life renderings is silencing your logical brain and letting ...

NORTH LIGHT Keys to Drawing with Imagination  
Staggering in both originality and sheer magnitude, this guide shows you how to begin with old sketches and spontaneous doodles and how to follow their lead to better drawing and more creative expression. Page after page of strategies, prompts, and creative kick-starts take you deep into unexplored creative territory.

Author: ...

NORTH LIGHT No Experience Required: Colored and Watercolor Pencil  
You will see near instant results from this book, the only one available that combines instruction on colored pencil and watercolor pencil, two increasingly popular mediums.

It's ideal for novices, who can look forward to more than 25 step-by-step demonstrations illustrating simple techniques to create realistic paintings; guidance on combining ...

NORTH LIGHT Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing  
A celebration of the art of drawing, Strokes of Genius exhibits styles ranging from realistic to fantastic, examining quick sketches and layered renderings alike. The book includes 169 standout examples of the best work being done today, culled from submissions from across the globe.

A wide array of styles, ...

NORTH LIGHT The Drawing Bible  
The Drawing Bible is the definitive resource artists need in order to master the important medium of drawing. As a complete drawing course, the book teaches how to draw and how to use drawing materials.

Award winning artist Craig Nelson provides easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions that cover:

  • Crucial drawing principles, from perspective ...

NORTH LIGHT The Pencil Box  
Almost all artists have room for improvement when it comes to drawing, the fundamental skill of all realistic art. Now they can tap the proven techniques and collective drawing wisdom of more than a dozen of The Artist Magazine's and North Light Books' most venerable artists with:

  • Solid, easy-to-follow advice ...

PUTNAM Drawing For Older Children & Teens  
Everyone can learn to draw--and feel truly proud of the results--using Mona Brookes' proven drawing methods. Now the author of America's best-selling art instruction book for young children provides a complete course for older children, teens, and adult beginners. In Part I, you'll discover the many different styles you ...

RANDOM HOUSE The Draw 50 Ways  
How to Draw Cats, Puppies, Horses, Buildings, Birds, Aliens, Boats, Trains and Everything Else Under the Sun. For more than thirty years, the bestselling Draw 50 series has shown children how to create everything from puppies to ships, horses to skyscrapers, and aliens to racing cars. In this new ...

READER'S DIGEST The Complete Drawing Set  
With two pull-out instruction books and a fabulous starter kit of tools, this set is a complete guide to the art of drawing. Explore a wide range of useful techniques with studies especially crafted for you to practice, improve your skills, and create your own works of art. With ...

RUNNING PRESS Do You Doodle?  

Do you draw? Do you scribble? Do you DOODLE? You'll have no choice with this book by Nikalas Catlow, which features over 200 incomplete drawings and doodles for you to complete as you see fit! Simplistic, silly, or scintillating, your doodles will be limited only by your own imagination! ...

SIMON & SCHUSTER Mark Kistler's Draw Squad  
As "Commander Mark" on his national PBS TV series The Secret City, Mark Kistler has taught 10 million viewers of all ages how to draw. Mark Kistler's Draw Squad gathers all his zany, effective shortcuts to basic drawing skills into a book that will delight would-be artists of all ...

SIMON & SCHUSTER Mark Kistler's Imagination Station  
Mark Kistler, host of public television's Mark Kistler's Imagination Station, shows young artists the cool and fun way to draw in 3-D, by taking them on 36 exciting drawing adventures. Mark teaches the different skills needed in order to create such masterpieces as: Dinosaurs in the Sky, The Cool ...

STERLING Art of Sketching  
With just a few bold, quick, and spontaneous strokes, a sketch can capture the spirit of any subject. This outstanding guide teaches everything a novice needs to know to master the art of sketching.

Richly illustrated with close-ups of works in progress, it offers strategies for composing intuitively, gaining control ...

STERLING Successful Sketching  
No one creates perfect pictures without going through a process of trial and error. But the more you know about tools and techniques, the more successful your work will be, and that’s what this very basic, richly illustrated manual will teach you. This fascinating mix of projects ranges from ...

THUNDER BAY PRESS Manga Drawing Kit  
Inside the Manga Drawing Kit you will find everything you need to start exploring the art of comic book storytelling in a Manga style. Two colorful and exciting books and a starter kit of essential materials provide you with a complete guide to this immensely popular Japanese art form.

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