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Draw your own nightmarish art inspired by the horrifying world of H.P. Lovecraft. Science fiction artist Nigel Dobbyn provides 16 projects for you to sketch, all with easy step-by-step instructions. Choose from ghouls, tentacled creatures, terrifying alien beings, and reptilian gods from beyond our universe. With detailed information on all the materials you will need and clear tutorials for the basic techniques, you won't need any prior drawing skills...
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Pets are the most endearing of subjects. This beautifully illustrated, user-friendly manual shows aspiring artists how to capture the essence of the animals they love using a range of drawing media. Whether you are a complete novice or whether you want to take your pet portraits to the next level, How to Draw Pets will provide a firm grounding from which you can gain the confidence to develop your own style. Including:-More than 20 step-by-step projects.-Exercises...
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"Notes on Mechanical Drawing" presents the outline of a four-year course for the instruction of technical drawing and drafting, designed for the use of mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering students. Profusely illustrated and easy-to-digest, this volume contains information on all aspects of mechanic drafting and would make for a fantastic introduction to the subject.
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Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants is a must-have visual reference for student artists, botanical illustrators, urban sketchers, and anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills.
This comprehensive book features 600-plus step-by-step sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful botanicals, florals, plant structures, and more. Each begins with simple shapes and lines and builds on those forms, adding details like flower centers,...
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In Sketching Men, veteran art instructor Koichi Hagawa, PhD explains how to quickly capture the dynamic male form through two distinct styles of sketching:
• Very rapid (1-3 minute) line drawings that capture the essence of the subject's posture and movement-perfect for recording athletic action poses in the moment
• More finished tonal drawings, which take a bit longer to render (7-10 minutes), but fill in lots of interesting texture and wonderfully...
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This beautifully illustrated, user-friendly manual shows you how to draw various breeds of horses through the observation of anatomy, form and proportion.
Whether you are a complete novice or whether you want to take your horse portraits to the next level, The Fundamentals of Drawing Horses will provide a firm grounding from which you can gain the confidence to develop your own style.
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Presented in this volume is an accessible and comprehensive guide to pen and ink drawing, with step-by-step instructions, handy tips, information on common problems, and much more. Pen and ink drawing is a tricky skill to master, but with this volume the aspiring artist will have all the information they need to get on the right track.
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Capture the enchanting beauty of the natural world with this delightful botanical drawing book, inspired by the extensive archives held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
This practical guide makes use of botanical illustrations by such masters as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Georg Ehret and W H Fitch among many others to explore techniques and how to illustrate the various components of plants accurately.
• A guide to the tools and materials you...
149) Zentangle
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Aimed at beginners, this book shows how beautiful images can be created from repeating patterns. Accredited Zentangle teacher Jane Marbaix demonstrates a range of patterns one step at a time and offers a sourcebook of her own designs to inspire tanglers to try something different. Proven to reduce stress and enhance creativity in people of all ages, Zentangle does not require a background in practical art or expensive materials to produce pleasing...
150) Drawing Fairies
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This wonderful full-color drawing book is a treasure trove for anyone who loves fairies. Abound in story books and animation, their delicate form, fluttering wings and magical powers are a source of constant wonder.
In this enchanting new book, renowned artist Peter Gray takes readers through step-by-step drawing projects, teaching different drawing techniques and styles. You'll learn:
• How to create fairy and elf faces, with their large eyes...
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Learning to draw will be a pleasure with this 10-week course, packed with clear step-by-step exercises and inspirational examples. Each week focuses on a different area of drawing, from initial mark-making to portraits and landscapes, so that you can gradually build your skills and discover the subjects that interest you.
Barrington Barber takes as his starting point the belief that, with regular practice and enthusiasm, anyone can learn to draw...
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Capturing someone's likeness can seem challenging, but it doesn't have to be. When broken down into smaller components, drawing faces and figures can prove straightforward for any artist.
This comprehensive Art Class manual by Barrington Barber provides clear instruction and step-by-step examples, starting with the basic proportions and first drawings of the head and figure, right through to setting up a portrait, capturing a likeness and portraying...
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Featuring drawing lessons, step-by-step projects, and open practice pages, The Little Book of Drawing Dragons & Fantasy Characters teaches beginning artists how to draw dragons, fairies, mythological beasts, and more.
Step-by-step projects, creative exercises, interactive prompts, and helpful tips and techniques bring this popular drawing subject to life and invite creativity and personalization. Drawing techniques, such as value, shading, and creating...
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An inspiring guide to sketching and painting the world around you!
Packed with practical tips and advice, this book shows you how to fill your sketchbook or watercolor pad with a variety of everyday items that catch your eye, such as:
• Kitchen items like cups, teapots and silverware
• Toys like Rubik's Cubes and model cars
• Tea sandwiches and roll cakes
• Colorful bottles and containers
• Household items like umbrellas, bottles and candles
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The joyful feeling of creating art is at your fingertips with Drawing for Joy. In Drawing for Joy, author and illustrator Stephanie Peterson Jones offers beginning artists a low-stress way to build a successful daily drawing practice in just 15 minutes a day. The accessible series of 52 week-by-week exercises, each with 7 drawing prompts or starts, teaches readers how to draw by exploring line, texture, pattern, and color. The book begins with basic...
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An inspiring, interactive guide for drawing people, places, food, and things you come across in your travels.
This book offers aspiring urban sketchers a series of 40 step-by-step lessons showing you how to draw everything from the meal you ordered at a cafe to a map of highlights from your latest road trip. You'll get all the tips and advice you need for drawing what you see during your day and while out and about.
Learn to sketch interesting subjects...
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Pencils You Should Know traces the evolution of pencils over time and across the globe. From the humble, handcrafted pencil of the 19th century to the novelty writing implement of the 1990s, each object in this book tells a different story.
This book features a selection of 75 modern and vintage pencils curated by pencil powerhouse Caroline Weaver, owner of legendary New York pencil emporium CW Pencil Enterprise. Pencil fanatics will find old favorites...
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Découvrez l'univers artistique de Maryvonne Chaigneau « au fil d'un dialogue imaginaire » entre ses écrits et ses oeuvres
De paysages marins à l'aquarelle en huiles sur toiles, o une recherche formelle intransigeante affronte l'art consommé du coloriste dans une bataille onirique… Jusqu'à d'envoûtants dessins à la mine de crayon en lisière de la représentation du corps et la psyché, dont certains évoquent les Distorted Nudes de David...
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If you have ever wanted to learn to draw but lacked the confidence to start, then this is the book for you.
An accomplished artist with many years of experience in teaching, author Carole Massey will have even the most hesitant of beginners picking up the skills and techniques needed to start drawing. The book is a complete drawing course, designed to help you progress from simple techniques such as lines, circles, squares, and ellipses, through...
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