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Pokemon: Trainer's Mini Exploration Guide to Johto - Hardcover

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by Insight Editions (Author), Austin (Author)Discover fascinating facts and awesome art of the Pokémon Johto region in this pocket-sized guide! Pokémon: Trainer's Mini Exploration Guide to Johto is a perfect on-the-go guide to many of the exciting Pokémon in the Pokémon universe, including Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, and more! This small book offers an incredible treasure trove of Pokémon. Learn about the Pokémon of the historic Johto region! A great gift for fans of all ages, this offici...

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by M. Estes (Author)This book is a compilation of works that bring reason to fantasy, wonder to imagination and allows us to visit the fascinating mind of M. Estes. The concepts and theories are supported by wonderful black and white drawings that long for your own story to weave them together and wild guesses to flush them out. Dreams and Drawings was born out of the ideas that found home on the pages and pages of drawings created for the pure enjoyment of creating them. Together surrealism,...

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The Mandala Way: A Creative Journey Into Healing and Self-Empowerment - Paperback

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by Eitan Kedmy (Author)With gorgeous artwork, practical meditation exercises and accessible drawing guides, this is the only mandala book that offers a journey of self-discovery by showing how to create your own mandalas. Discover the power of mandalas with this drawing guide designed to help you look inward and give expression to your inner world of thoughts, feelings and experiences. Accessible for both artists and beginners, The Mandala Way acts as a gateway to the rich, multi-dimensional ...

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15-Minute Art Drawing: Learn How to Draw, Colour and Shade - Paperback

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by Jessica Smith (Author)How do you find time in your busy day to get creative? Why, with 15-Minute Art Drawing, of course! Explore the pure joy of coloring pencils and markers with fifty 15-minute projects that encourage you to explore drawing in a relaxing, free and fun way. Each project can be completed in no more than six steps and will include practice pages, color swatches and helpful hints to make light work of the artwork. With sections including Patterns, Nature, Food and Character...

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How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and Other Parents) - Hardcover

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by Hettie Judah (Author)For too long, artists have been told that they can't have both motherhood and a successful career. In this polemical volume, critic and campaigner Hettie Judah argues that a paradigm shift is needed within the art world to take account of the needs of artist mothers (and other parents: artist fathers, parents who don't identify with the term 'mother', and parents in other sectors of the art world). Drawing on interviews with artists internationally, the book highlights...

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Me Gusta Pintar (I Like to Paint) - Paperback

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by Meg Gaertner (Author)This title invites readers to discover what is fun about painting. Simple text, straightforward photos, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect primer on painting. The book also includes a table of contents, a picture glossary, and an index. This Little Blue Readers title is at Level 1, aligned to reading levels of grades PreK-1 and interest levels of grades PreK-2. Number of Pages: 16 Dimensions: 0.1 x 7.8 x 7.6 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2023

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Chocobo and the Airship: A Final Fantasy Picture Book - Hardcover

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by Kazuhiko Aoki (Author), Toshiyuki Itahana (Illustrator)Follow the adorable Final Fantasy character Chocobo in a brand-new picture book adventure! When their town is beset by monsters, tireless inventor Cid and brave little Chocobo work together to build an airship to help save their home. But there's just one problem: how do you make a ship fly? The answer is, with a magic Flying Stone! So the plucky duo set off on a perilous journey to find this rare prize. Along the way they're joined by...

George Clinton: An American Founding Father and American Independence - Hardcover

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by Leo V. Kanawada Jr. (Author)In this enlightening snapshot of the early political life of George Clinton who unfortunately is overlooked by many colonial historians as one of America's Founding Fathers, Leo Kanawada provides an enthralling case study based on trustworthy historical evidence and credible research of this prominent New York leader and his decision concerning American independence. Most New Yorkers even most New York patriot leaders emphatically oppose independence as late as...

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How to Draw Ferocious Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures: Packed with Over 80 Amazing Dinosaurs - Paperback

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by Fiona Gowen (Illustrator), Paul Calver (Author), Toby Reynolds (Author)Build confidence, encourage creativity, and expand artistic skills with this amazing collection of easy, step-by-step instructions for drawing dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures!Encourage kids to broaden their artistic horizons and set them smooth sailing towards tackling the decks, sails, oars, and more for tons of waterway traveling. The impressive variety from plant-eaters and terrifying T.rex, to horn-faced a...

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Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical Artist - Paperback

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by Laurie Lawlor (Author), Becca Stadtlander (Illustrator)Scientist. Artist. Rule-breaker. The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North by the award-winning author of Super Women and Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. In 1882, Marianne North showed the gray city of London paintings of jaw-dropping greenery like they'd never seen before. As a self-taught artist and scientist, Marianne North challenged gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration. Her technique...

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by Margaret S. Graves (Author), Sequoia Miller (Author), Magdalene Odundo (Author)A new examination of the history of ceramic art, spanning ancient to modern times, emphasizing its traditions, materials, and methods of making Concise but comprehensive, Ceramic Art brings together the voices of art historians, conservators, and artists to tell the history of making art from fired clay. The story spans history and continents, examining the global traditions of ceramists that range from pre-Colu...

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The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald - Hardcover

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by Eleanor Lanahan (Author)Author BiographyEleanor Lanahan attended Sarah Lawrence College and the Rhode Island School of Design. After twenty years of commercial illustration and for children's books under the married name Eleanor Hazard, she illustrated The Big Green Book by Madeleine Kunin and Marilyn Stout. As Eleanor Lanahan, she wrote the books Scottie, The Daughter of... and Zelda, An Illustrated Life, as well as animated the movies The Naked Hitch-Hiker and One Alcoholic to Another. L...

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by Tim Kerr (Author) Number of Pages: 66 Publication Date: August 02, 2022

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Character Design Quarterly 24 - Paperback

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by Publishing 3dtotal (Editor)Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide. Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like ...

Character Design Quarterly 25 - Paperback

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A Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate: Landscapes & Plein Air - Paperback

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by Publishing 3dtotal (Editor)Unleash the creative power of Procreate to bring outdoor scenes to life on your iPad, from thumbnail designs to final images. With an introduction by BAFTA-award-winning art director, Mike McCain.In this book for newcomers to the software as well as more accomplished users, several renowned and experienced designers demonstrate plein air painting, sharing not only their professional tips and tricks, but also how the traditional painting process translates to Proc...

Colouring Therapy: doodle & dream - Paperback

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by Christina Rose (Author) Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 13, 2015

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Maolong Brush: A Unique Instrument for Calligraphy - Paperback

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by Elegant Guangdong Serie Editorial Board (Author)As an important part of Chinese culture, Lingnan culture, mainly those in Guangdong province, plays a key role in the world culture. Elegant Guangdong Series cover 5 subjects of the Lingnan cultural and traditional gems in South China. Each volume has used vivid and precious illustrations and portraits. Maolong Brush tells the origin, inventor, making, unique artistic characters, and inheritance of this specialized grass brush in Lingnan regi...

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Maolong Brush: A Unique Instrument for Calligraphy - Hardcover

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20th Century Alcohol & Tobacco Ads. 45th Ed. - Hardcover

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by Allison Silver (Author), Steven Heller (Author), Jim Heimann (Editor)Vices or virtues: drinking and smoking provided marketers with products to be forged into visual feasts. In this lush compendium of advertisements, we explore how depictions of these commodities spanned from the elegant to the offbeat, revealing how manufacturers prodded their customers throughout the 20th century to imbibe and inhale. Each era's alcohol and tobacco trends are exuberantly captured page after page, with b...

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Maintenant 17: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art - Paperback

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by Peter Carlaftes (Editor), Kat Georges (Editor)When a war ends provisionally, the agreement is called a ceasefire. But when peace ends, there is only war. War and peace are co-dependent. Perhaps it is now time for a "Peacefire." In Maintenant 17: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, nearly 250 artists from more than 40 countries explore the concept of the end of both war and peace, exploring provocative outsider ideas as dada has done since its inception. With searing cover art b...

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by Megan Borgert-Spaniol (Author), Rob Parkinson (Illustrator)Amana enjoys making different crafts at school. Adorable illustrations will engage emergent readers. Pairs with the nonfiction title My School. Number of Pages: 16 Dimensions: 0.2 x 7.8 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2023

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrap the World: The Story of Two Groundbreaking Environmental Artists - Hardcover

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by G. Neri (Author), Elizabeth Haidle (Illustrator)From Coretta Scott King Honor recipient G. Neri and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Haidle comes an exploration of love, art, and the gifts that two brilliant creators gave the world. Their projects made people smile or made them mad. They made people see again. When they first met, Christo was a poor refugee, and Jeanne-Claude knew nothing about art, but they were both rule-breakers and kindred spirits. Christo's innovative creations--ever...

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by Megan Borgert-Spaniol (Author), Rob Parkinson (Illustrator)Amana enjoys making different crafts at school. Adorable illustrations will engage emergent readers. Pairs with the nonfiction title My School. Number of Pages: 16 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.11 x 5.98 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2023

Sketch Like No One Is Watching: A Beginner's Guide to Conquering the Blank Page - Paperback

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by Molly Egan (Author)Drawing can improve your mood, release endorphins and make you happy - but for many, the fear of the blank page, combined with a lack of confidence and know-how, can be daunting.In her new book, Molly Egan encourages you to sketch like no one is watching! Once you stop caring what people think - just like when you were a child - your creativity will flow. Filled with drawing prompts and tutorials, Molly will help you to unleash your creativity and embrace your own unique...

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by Marcel Smets (Author)The book is structured into twenty-nine essays, each dedicated to a pair of urbanistic concepts. Discussing historical and contemporary, interpretive and designerly approaches to urbanity, the notions composing the 29 pairs relate dialectically, as theses-and-antitheses. Still, we are warned, 'the presented antagonisms are not a priori in opposition, but rather complementary. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: January 24, 2023

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Kent Monkman: Being Legendary at the Royal Ontario Museum - Hardcover

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by Kent Monkman (Author)Back JacketBeing Legendary presents a new-and never before published-body of work by the revered and internationally renowned Cree artist Kent Monkman, guided by an Indigenous worldview, historical narratives, and the artist's playful imagination. Known for his thought-provoking and groundbreaking paintings, in Being Legendary Monkman focuses on the cultural world's most urgent topic: What does the museum mean in the twenty-first century?Since time immemorial, Indigeno...

Paper Stories: A Snip and Glue Activity Book - Paperback

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by Aya Watanabe (Author)This giraffe needs spots! The pizza needs toppings! It's a snip and glue activity book perfect for little hands just learning to use scissors and glue. Grab scissors, cut on the dotted lines, paste or glue on the bite-size cut-outs, and voilà! This bright, fun activity book is perfect for young crafty kids who love to create, copy, or just make things. Each spread features an incomplete scene--such as a garden that needs butterflies, giraffes missing spots, and pizza t...

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Paper Adventures: A Rip and Glue Activity Book - Paperback

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by Aya Watanabe (Author)It's a perfect day to go on an adventure! Or it will be once you make the sun shine brighter, and add a trunk to the elephant, and--oh!--the crocodile needs more teeth. This tear-and-glue activity book is a wild ride through the jungle and to the bottom of the sea! In this colorful, exciting activity book, an adventure unfolds as two explorers meet wild and friendly animals, chase butterflies, and dive to the bottom of the sea. But in each spread, something is missing!...

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The Music in Us: Artworks of Middle and Late Career - Paperback

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by Bette Alexander (Artist), David Berger (Author)The Music In Us chronicles the artistic journey of Bette Alexander. With singular devotion, she has painted both abstract and figurative work, driven by her love of texture and color and her curiosity about the world. Painting has always been her North Star, sustaining her through a life full of ups and downs.Alexander's artwork grew as her life evolved, reflecting her experience as a world traveler and social observer. She has taken on overlo...

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Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints - Paperback

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by Linda Tesner (Author), Ryan Hardesty (Author)Keiko Hara offers a detailed exploration of the prolific artist's unwavering commitment to painting, and her unique form of Japanese woodblock printmaking. Rich with metaphorical imagery, Hara's visual universe encompasses references to water, fire, skies, and verdant lands, all the while investigating the poetics of space. Born during the Second World War in North Korea to Japanese parents, Hara moved to Japan in 1945 and was raised and educate...

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Montana Modernists: Shifting Perceptions of Western Art - Paperback

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by Michele Corriel (Author)For many, Charles M. Russell's paintings epitomize life in the West. But in twentieth-century postwar Montana, an avant-garde art movement--Montana Modernism--brewed. Its pioneers--Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Bill Stockton, Isabelle Johnson, Robert DeWeese, and Gennie DeWeese--created a community and pedagogy where, in stark contrast to stereotypical romanticized western art and frontier history themes, modernist ideas and art flourished, expanding traditional de...