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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
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"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
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Doodles become art in this beautiful guided art journal.The instruction book, Guide to the Doodle, gives tips on creating doodles, coloring with pencils and markers, and ways to use your doodles-such as for note cards, frames, gift bags, and more. There are six chapters-paisleys, flowers, letters, butterflies, mandalas, and geometrics. Artists will learn to start with a basic drop, then stretch it and squash it, and interlock it with other drops,...
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Essential Fashion Illustration: Digitalis a complete, in-depth tutorial that guides readers step-by-step through the digital techniques typically employed in fashion design and illustration. Through dozens of practical exercises, readers improve their skills using tools such as graphics tablets, scanners, cameras, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, vectorizing, adding color, and applying textures, transparencies, collages, and patterns. Each of...
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When facing cancer, far from her family and country, alone, Danielle found the strength she needed to fight, in personal expression. She confided her innermost thoughts to her modest art forms. It became a survival quest, an exercise in human resilience. Images and added poems helped her conjure up the tenets of her life.
People who are confronted by near-death experience through disease will closely relate to her ordeals having to come to terms...
26) Words to Live By
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Words to Live By is a gorgeous book of 50 illustrated quotes by 50 inspiring women.
Discover intelligent and powerful quotes such as: "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement" by Helen Keller, "Turn your wounds into wisdom" by Oprah Winfrey, "Every great dream begins with a dreamer" by Harriet Tubman, and more.
This visually stunning book is filled with Jade Purple Brown's custom illustrated typography, alongside her bold, colorful illustrations...
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Françoise Mouly takes us behind the scenes at the New Yorker and reveals how the magazine creates its signature covers commenting on the most urgent political and cultural events of the day. She shows the shocking and hilarious sketches that didn't make the cut and explains how these are essential stages in the evolution of a cover that stands the test of time but retains its edge. Her book captures contemporary history-from the farce of Monica Lewinsky...
28) My Peekaboo Moon
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Karen Hill, author of Cat Tails, delivers another whimsical story to little ones learning to read. Her ability to draw children into her stories is demonstrated once again in her latest book, My Peekaboo Moon. Karen brings her own childhood experience to life of riding in the family car and watching the moon seemingly follow them wherever they went. The story comes alive with the illustrations of Virginia Beach artist Deborah Wong, who incorporates...
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A Joe Johnson Thriller volume Vol. 4
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English
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The darkest secrets of a Russian oligarch—a legacy from Stalin. A hidden batch of the CIA’s Stinger missiles. And the insatiable Afghan thirst for revenge.Ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson is sucked into an inquiry which delves into the deadly world of Soviet and US undercover operations in Afghanistan during the 1980s—and mysterious connections to current US and Russian politics.Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson find...
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VIVERRA FINE ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS 2023 explores selected works on paper by illustrator Kyle Baker dating from 1986 to 2023, executed in a range of media, from pen and ink drawings to paintings in oil, acrylic, and gouache.
While most of these artworks were created for print publication in newspapers, magazines, and comic books, this collection contains images painstakingly scanned from the original artworks, to ensure the finest possible reproduction....
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This classic guide by a master animator and cartoonist - and long time Disney artist - is now available for the first time since its original publication in 1946. Author Ken Hultgren instructs by example in a guide that's suitable for beginners and advanced students alike.
The comprehensive range of instruction covers features and expressions, animals, foreshortening, perspective, lettering, caricature, animation, and various other aspects of cartooning....
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If you're an executive, designer, product manager, marketer, or engineer, communication is part of your work. Using images and text in unique ways, comics can engage readers in ways traditional methods can't. In See What I Mean, you'll learn how to create comics about your products and processes without an illustrator-just like Google, eBay, and Adobe do.
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Graphic Design, Referenced is a visual and informational guide to the most commonly referenced terms, historical moments, landmark projects, and influential practitioners in the field of graphic design. With more than 2,000 design projects illustrating more than 400 entries, it provides an intense overview of the varied elements that make up the graphic design profession through a unique set of chapters: "principles" defines the very basic foundation...
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Love vintage illustrations?Looking for a unique and inspiring way to decorate your home or office? Vintage birds illustrations have been around for centuries and have been used in a variety of ways. Early examples can be seen in manuscripts and scrolls from ancient China and Japan. These illustrations were often highly stylized, with bright colors and intricate details. In Europe, bird illustrations became popular during the Renaissance, when naturalistic...
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100 Hearts is 100 illustrations that explores one of the most widely used and beloved symbols of all time - the heart. Using the heart symbol as a creative launch pad, the illustrations are playful responses to 100 different human emotions and ways of being in the world. They attempt to express each feeling, each way of being, no matter how complex, in the simplest visual language possible, inspired by the heart symbol itself. The creative process...
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In Drawing with a Tablet: Easy Techniques for Mastering Digital Drawing on Location, readers will learn step by step how to create amazing drawings while on the go.
In the sixth volume of the Urban Sketching Handbook series, popular artist and workshop instructor Uma Kelkar shows sketchers how to take their digital drawing to the next level. Whether you are new to sketching or wish to try the latest technology, this useful guide shares expert tips...
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2012
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Illustrator by day, surrealist by night, Ted Geisel created a body of previously little-known work during his leisure hours that he called his 'Midnight Paintings,' and which is now known as 'The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss.' This irrepressible and soulful collection redefines Ted Geisel as an iconic American artist. For sixty years, his 'Secret Art' allowed Geisel to expand his artistic boundaries without the confines and pressures of commercial deadlines...
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This graphic novel by an Expressionist master offers a stunning depiction of urban Europe between the world wars. First published in Germany in 1925, it presents unforgettable images from the tense and dynamic Weimar period, rendered in 100 woodcuts of remarkable force and beauty. A pacifist during World War I, Belgian-born Frans Masereel (1889-1972) sympathized with the struggles of the working classes and strived to make his art accessible to ordinary...
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How to Be a Moonflower, the new book from bestselling author Katie Daisy, celebrates the magic and mystery of the world at night.
Discover the world that awakens after everyone else has gone to sleep. In this lavishly illustrated book, New York Times—bestselling artist Katie Daisy explores the mystery and magic of the nighttime. Join her on a journey from dawn to dusk, complete with quotes, poems, meditations, field guides to different nocturnal...
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