How to Draw a Something ...
How to Draw Cats
Sample pages include:
Turkish Angora Cat
American Shorthair Cat
Himalayan Blue Point Cat
COMMENTS from REVIEWERS on Amazon.com
Great drawing book. Step by step nonverbal instruction. Artists who love cats will love this book. Top notch series.
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Sample pages include:
drawing as a magical ability ... drawing as a learnable, teachable skill ... drawing and seeing ... the artist's way of seeing: a twofold process ... drawing attention to states of consciousness ... drawing on your creative self ... my approach: a path to creativity
Artist - Betty Edwards
Learn to Draw Course
Learn to Draw Books for Adults
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Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces
Sample pages include:
Fabulous drawing of an eagle ... materials and supplies ... self-portrait ... the first rule of art ... basic drawing materials ... tip ... make a point ... get the lead out ... the secret life of pink erasers ... more than kneads the eye ... the gentle eraser ... only the best ... flossing your drawing ... rulers and templates ... blending tools ... a few words on paper ... realistic drawing of a baby.
DESCRIPTION
This book will have beginning artists of all ages drawing faces that are strikingly realistic and detailed. Artist Carrie Stuart Parks honed her fast and effective drawing skills as a professional forensic artist. Here she makes drawing fun and easy, showing beginners how to render vivid self portraits and portraits of others, all in a matter of hours.
Artists will successfully learn how to master proportions and map facial features accurately. They will then study shapes within a composition and learn to draw them realistically. Lastly, artists will study the subject's values and use them to bring life and accuracy to each portrait. A final 'checking' step helps artists capture heightened realism and accuracy.
This book features clear step-by-step instructions, before-and-after examples from students, and proven drawing exercises used to train artists throughout the country.
CONTENTS
Materials and supplies... pencils and erasers ... other tools. The problem ... why is drawing so hard? ... natural artists.
SITE... site tool: measuring ... site tools: flattening and optical indexing.
SHAPE... train your mind ... shape tool: isolate ... shape tools: simplify and relate ... shape tool: measure ... shape tool: invert ... shape tools: rename and incline ... shape tool: negative ... shape tool: question ... shape tool: compare ... shape tool: flatten.
SHADE... understanding shade tools ... shade tool: values/lines ... shade tools: isolate, squint and compare ... shade tool: question ... shade tool: seek ... accuracy-checking techniques.
DRAWING EYES... eyes as shapes ... centering ... relate ... eyelid creases ... shading and filling the eye ... eyebrows and eyelashes.
DRAWING NOSES... the nose as a shape ... nose site ... wing site ... basic wing shape ... nostril basics ... nostril shapes ... nose tricks.
DRAWING LIPS and TEETH... parts of the mouth ... shading the mouth ... dealing with teeth.
DRAWING the HEAD... the structure of the head ... head shapes ... cheeks ... chins ... necks ... the female face ... child vs. adult head shapes ... drawing ears.
DRAWING HAIR... creating different types of hair ... different hairstyles.
Carrie Stuart Parks
Drawing Books Portraiture
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How to Draw Horses
Sample pages include:
How to draw a horses head from the front.
How to draw a horses head from the side.
DESCRIPTION
Arabians, Pintos, Morgans and Clydesdales: jumping, bucking, rearing, grazing and kicking -- all are in this collection of 50 drawings.
Draw 50 horses shows aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following the step by step methods in this book.
Acclaimed author-illustrator Lee J Ames teaches you how to capture the beauty and grace of a horse. Included here are Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Shetland Ponies, Performing Lippizaners, Pintos, and many more. Also presented are various stages of a horse in motion such as galloping, trotting, cantering, and jumping.
CONTENTS
Horse portrait, front view. Horse portrait side view. Horse portrait, another side view. Horse portrait, rearing. Horse portrait, blaze. Horse portrait, nag.
Arabian horse. Percheron. Clydesdale. Morgan. Shire horse. Tennessee Walking Horse. Belgian. American Saddle Horse. Shetland pony. Thoroughbred horse. Przhevalski (wild Asian horse). Appaloosa. Pinto.
Performing Lippizaner, Levade. Performing Lippizaner, Capriole. Performing Lippizaner, Piaffe.
Tennessee Walking Horse, high-stepping.
Workhorse. Workhorse at the canter. Workhorse at the walk.
Jumping horse 1. Jumping horse 2. Jumping horse 3. Jumping horse 4.
Bucking horse 1. Bucking horse 2. Bucking horse 3.
Rearing horse, side view. Rearing horse, front view.
Shying horse. Horse kicking with two legs. Grazing horse.
Horse standing, rear view. Horse standing, side view.
Horse walking, three-quarter view. Horse walking, side view.
Horse trotting, side view. Horse trotting, rear view.
Horse cantering 1. Horse cantering 2.
Horse galloping, rear view. Horse galloping, side view.
Colt. Old age.
Contents Source: Kingfisher edition.
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Sketchbooks and Journals
Keeping a Nature Journal
Sample pages include:
Sketch of a nuthatch.
Keeping a nature journal.
Getting started.
Picture of snowdrops.
Illustrated journal page with birds, plants and landscape.
Discovering nature journaling.
Begin exploring.
View from a window.
What is nature journaling?
A flexible medium.
Picture of a ground squirrel.
Drawing of a landscape from a porch.
Clare Walker Leslie, Charles E. Roth
DESCRIPTION
From the day it was released in 2000, Keeping a Nature Journal has struck a profound chord among professional, casual, and occasional naturalists of all ages.
In response to this groundswell of enthusiasm, we have revised KEEPING A NATURE JOURNAL, updated the interior design, and created a new cover. Undoubtedly the most exciting new element in this second edition is a portfolio of 32 illustrated pages from Clare Walker Leslie's most recent journals, reproduced in full color.
What makes KEEPING A NATURE JOURNAL so popular?
It is inspiring and easy to use. Clare and co-author Charles Chuck E. Roth offer simple techniques to give first-time journal-keepers the confidence to go outside, observe the natural world, and sketch and write about what they see.
At the same time, they motivate long-time journal-keepers to hone their powers of observation as they immerse themselves in the mysteries of the natural world. Clare and Chuck stress that the journal is a personal record of daily experience and the world around us. Nature's beauty can be observed everywhere, whether in the city, suburbs, or country.
CONTENTS
Getting Started.
Discovering nature journaling.
Beginning your journal.
A sampling of journaling styles.
Journalling through the Seasons.
The ongoing journal.
The autumn journal.
The winter journal.
The spring journal.
The summer journal.
A Seasonal Celebration.
A new selection of pages from Clare's Journals.
Learning and Teaching Nature Journaling.
Getting started with drawing.
Teaching journaling to groups of all ages .
Journaling with school groups.
Suggested Reading.
Resources.
Suggested Scale for Teachers to Assess Journaling Skills.
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