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Ancient Egyptian Art - The Fun Way - Paperback

$51.25

by Florence Schatz (Author)ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART - THE FUN WAY provides the young adult reader, his/her teachers and parents, ancient Egyptian art in a historical context. The young adult reader not only learns about the unique art of ancient Egypt but he/she also learns about the history surrounding the art. The reader learns that Egyptian art was based on religion and that magic was an integral part of the Egyptian religion. Throughout the book, ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART - THE FUN WAY provides cl...

Current 84 - The Beautiful Wound: A Collection of Psalms - Paperback

$34.42

by Christopher Choate (Author)In his second of a three book series, the Christopher Choate continues to explore the wonders of a relationship with the Divine Heart. Together with artists Eve Hennessa, Isabel Castaneda and Roy Petersen, the author focuses on what it means to worship God. Is it an act of one-way communication, or is it a transaction of sorts that transforms us in the end? Consider this an invitation for you to journey with him on the quest to experience The Beautiful Wound. "Ch...

Chong's Fruit Trays: Quick, Pretty, and Easy Delicious Fruit All Year Long - Paperback

$38.23

by Chong Cooley (Author)This book is about how to make Beautiful center pieces for fruit trays. This book will show you how easy and pretty you can make fruit trays from home. You can save yourself a lot of money by making them yourself. You can make them for all of your special occasions. You can takes these center pieces and place them on many different kinds of trays. Number of Pages: 60 Dimensions: 0.16 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 21, 2009

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by Danny Gregory (Author)Want to draw but don't think you have the talent? This book is for you--no experience or formal training required Danny Gregory, co-founder of the popular online Sketchbook Skool, shows you how to get started making art for pleasure with fun, easy lessons. Get started fast with just a pen and paper, learn to see your subject with new eyes, and enjoy the creative process.Author BiographyDanny Gregory has written nearly a dozen internationally best-selling books on art...

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Playing with Paints - Acrylics: 100 Prompts, Projects and Playful Activities - Paperback

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by Courtney Burden (Author)Break the rules and explore acrylic paint in a free and fun way. This book encourages you to get over the fear of the blank canvas and the anxiety over the outcome so you can focus on the process of painting and the pure joy of creating. Whether you're a novice who doesn't know how to get started or a classical painter looking to try something new, you will benefit from the activities in this book, which range from quick, messy and expressive exercises to relaxing a...

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Draw Great Characters and Creatures: 75 Art Exercises for Comics and Animation - Paperback

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by Beverly Johnson (Author)Learn to make your characters unique, compelling and lifelike with these 75 exercises for all skill levels, including beginners. Topics include tools and materials; shapes; personalities; facial expressions; body language; character interaction; and costuming. Character types featured include more than just humans; learn how to draw animals, plants, creatures and more. Author Bev Johnson guides you through a variety of questions to explore not only the kinds of char...

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Playing with Paints - Watercolor: 100 Prompts, Projects and Playful Activities - Paperback

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by Sara Funduk (Author)Get creative expressing yourself with watercolor paint by focusing on having fun and getting to know this versatile medium. More than 100 lessons help those who have never picked up a paintbrush before enjoy the pleasure of watercolor. In each chapter, you will progress through quick, simple exercises designed to get you started, then practice pages build on techniques. This book also shows those with more experience how to be inspired in new ways. Includes information ...

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Painting Watercolor Botanicals: 34 Projects for Flowers, Foliage and More - Paperback

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by Harriet de Winton (Author)Learn to create your own beautiful watercolor botanical art with more than 30 projects, as well as information on materials and basic techniques. The graceful, contemporary style of these flowers and foliage is attractive and accessible to all no matter your skill level. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.7 x 7.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 04, 2020

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Down by the Sea: Draw and Paint with Watercolor, Acrylic, Pen & Ink - Paperback

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by Claudia Nice (Author)Nobody captures seascapes quite like Claudia Nice. In this guide, she shares her approach to creating dynamic watercolor compositions textured with pen & ink, acrylics and gouache. More than 60 step-by-step demos, simple enough for beginners, teach how to create all sorts of beach scenery, from waves crashing, to people relaxing while the sun slowly sets, and more. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.4 x 10.8 x 8.2 IN Publication Date: April 09, 2019

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Drawing Anime Faces and Feelings: 800 Facial Expressions from Joy to Terror, Anger, Surprise, Sadness and More - Paperback

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by Studio Hard Deluxe (Author)Big facial expressions are essential to anime and manga. They can be much more eloquent than printed words for getting an emotional response out of viewers. However, faces can be challenging. With this book, improve your anime-drawing skills with instruction for facial features and expressions for a wide variety of ages, character types, hair styles and activities. With 800 different facial expressions, you'll be able to draw your character in any emotional situa...

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Watercolor Basics: Learn to Solve the Most Common Painting Problems - Paperback

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by Charles Reid (Author)Problem Solved Expert fixes for not-quite-right watercolors. As one of today's most sought-after workshop instructors, Charles Reid knows the most common stumbling blocks faced by artists and the best ways to overcome them. With expert advice on everything from drawing and design to fine-tuning figure and landscape paintings, Charles Reid's Watercolor Solutions will help you identify shortcomings in your paintings, fix recurring problems, and become a better watercolo...

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DragonArt Evolution: How to Draw Everything Dragon - Paperback

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by Jessica Peffer (Author)A dragon artist's guide to better drawing Magnificent and powerful creatures, these dragons be, with bone-crushing jaws and razor-sharp teeth, it's difficult to tell whether you're dealing with a hotheaded nature or a wise and benevolent beast. Therein lies the trouble with drawing them from life. Make your dragon portraits more authentic (while avoiding loss of life and limbs) with the help of this guide. A follow-up to the fiercely popular DragonArt, this book feat...

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Surface Treatment Workshop: Explore 45 Mixed-Media Techniques - Paperback

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by Darlene Olivia McElroy (Author), Sandra Duran-Wilson (Author)Breaking the Surface Pondering how to begin a new piece of art? Surface Treatment Workshop has the answer The authors of Image Transfer Workshop are back to show you 45 stepped-out mixed-media techniques that will add depth and texture to your artwork. These techniques are the perfect jump-off point for creating art you will love to look at, and, in some cases, touch In this comprehensive guide, you +ll find: - 45 techniques. ...

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Creating Textures in Colored Pencil - Paperback

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by Gary Greene (Author)Why limit yourself to colored pencil drawings? With the simple techniques illustrated inside, you can create colored pencil paintings rich with lifelike textures. It's easy Just follow these step-by-step demonstrations to achieve the subtle contours of a rose, a rough orange rind, weathered wood, shiny metal, a child's soft skin, and more than 50 other textures that will add exciting new dimensions to your workAuthor BiographyGary Greene is a teacher and author of four...

Lee Hammond's Big Book of Acrylic Painting: Fast, Easy Techniques for Painting Your Favorite Subjects - Paperback

$25.99

by Lee Hammond (Author)Basic Acrylic Instruction--Amazing Results! This resource is packed with the best of Lee Hammond's lessons and tips on working with acrylics, including more than 80 step-by-step exercises and demonstrations that will have you creating amazing paintings in no time flat. Success is easy--just follow along with Lee! With just seven to nine pigments, you can paint anything. You'll learn how to add layers and details, one stroke at a time. Along the way, Lee 's friendly enco...

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New Creative Collage Techniques: How to Make Original Art Using Paper, Color and Texture - Spiral

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by Nita Leland (Author)Get ready to make great art! New Creative Collage Techniques is filled with the guidance you need to make striking collages with a range of materials and mediums. It's fun and easy to jump right in, whether you're an experienced artist looking for something new or a new artist looking to make something unique. From basic methods to the latest innovations, this guide illustrates more than 60 exciting collage projects complete with detailed instruction, quick tips, charts...

Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley: 30 Drawing Lessons from the Creator of Akiko - Paperback

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by Mark Crilley (Author)It's THE book on manga from YouTube's most popular art instruction Guru! There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style--from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads. You'll learn how a few basic lines will help you place facial features in their proper locations and simple tricks for getting body proportions...

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Success by Design: The Essential Business Reference for Designers - Paperback

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by David Sherwin (Author)Want to make your design business a success? Start here. Fellow Designer, In your career you may have been like me: Trying to keep projects on the rails and clients happy. Digging through blogs for useful advice. Wondering if there was a better way to handle all of the demands of being a design professional and running a creative business. The wisdom contained in Success By Design: The Essential Business Reference for Designers will help you become a stronger business...

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Dracopedia the Great Dragons: An Artist's Field Guide and Drawing Journal - Hardcover

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by William O'Connor (Author)An Artist's Field Guide to the World's Great Dragons Creatures of great beauty and terrible ferocity, dragons have been featured and revered for centuries. Of the thousand-plus species still in existence, none have inspired more folklore and artistic awe than the eight species of Great Dragons. Within these pages, these fire-breathing monsters of legend - the rock stars of the dragon world - come to life through the work of artist and adventurer William O'Connor. ...

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Draw More Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic Fantasy Animals - Paperback

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by Jared Hodges (Author), Lindsay Cibos-Hodges (Author)Draw Fabulous Furries! Furries are so much fun to draw, people have been doing so for thousands of years. By crossing animal traits with human, you can create some fantastic characters with distinct personalities. The authors of Draw Furries bring you more of the best step-by-step lessons for creating anthropomorphic characters. You'll learn everything from furry anatomy, facial expressions and poses to costumes, coloring and settings! Yo...

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Creating Textured Landscapes with Pen, Ink and Watercolor - Paperback

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by Claudia Nice (Author)Capture the Rich Textures of Nature, Step by Step Capture nature's beauty as you never have before. Beloved artist and teacher Claudia Nice leads you on an inspired journey through the great outdoors. With paints in hand, she shares with you her best techniques for creating landscapes that come alive with richness, depth and textured detail. Open this guide and start painting right away. As you follow engaging, step-by-step demonstrations and exercises, you'll learn to...

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An Illustrated Journey: Inspiration from the Private Art Journals of Traveling Artists, Illustrators and Designers - Paperback

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by Danny Gregory (Author)Travel + Sketching = Inspiration When we travel, we don't want to follow the same itinerary as everyone who's come before us. We want to feel like explorers, adventurers in undiscovered territory. And that's exactly what sketching can bring to the travel experience. An Illustrated Journey captures the world through the eyes of 40 talented artists, illustrators and designers. You'll experience the wonder of seeing familiar sights through a fresh lens but, more importan...

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Secrets of Watercolor: From Basics to Special Effects - Paperback

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by Joe Garcia (Author)A must-have reference for every watercolorist This is your complete guide to watercolor--from basic art concepts and techniques to fun special effects and pointers for painting popular subjects. Secrets of Watercolor, From Basics to Special Effects is a handy reference that beginners and experienced artists simply can't be without. Learn how to: - Work with the right materials - Master all essential techniques - Choose, mix and apply color - Paint people, landscapes, a...

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Secrets of Acrylic: Landscapes Start to Finish - Paperback

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by Jerry Yarnell (Author)Let Jerry Yarnell teach you how to paint acrylic landscapes You can master landscape painting with the help of popular painter Jerry Yarnell. Jerry starts by exploring different areas of landscape painting that often create problems for beginning and intermediate artists. He'll walk you through individual studies, so you can practice and explore new techniques without worrying about ruining a complete painting, then he'll show you how to apply those techniques to cre...

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Painting Brilliant Skies and Water in Pastel - Paperback

$27.99

by Liz Haywood-Sullivan (Author)From skies above to water below, discover the secrets to glorious landscapes! No two elements of the landscape bring the artist greater inspiration--or greater challenge--than sky and water. Get them right and you have magic. Get them wrong and your whole painting is off. In this book, popular pastel artist and teacher Liz Haywood-Sullivan shares her secrets for getting them both right, every time. With her practiced and proven approach, you can experience the ...

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Dracopedia the Bestiary: An Artist's Guide to Creating Mythical Creatures - Hardcover

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by William O'Connor (Author)Unleash the Beasts For millennia historians, artists and scientists have chronicled their ideas and discoveries of mythological and magical monsters in encyclopedias known as bestiaries. From Asia to America, Japan to the jungles of South Africa, the vast menagerie of exotic and legendary creatures has populated the imaginations of all cultures for centuries. Beautifully illustrated and fantastically detailed, Dracopedia: The Bestiary is a modern, but no less unse...

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Art Journal Courage: Fearless Mixed Media Techniques for Journaling Bravely - Paperback

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by Dina Wakley (Author)Gather Your Art Journal Supplies: - Journal - Pens - Paint - Courage Discover the techniques and courage you need to journal bravely With Dina's help, you'll begin by working through any fears you have of using your own handwriting. You'll get journaling prompts and techniques to help you develop a handwriting style you'll love and words you'll want to write Then, you'll move onto drawing: you'll learn not only how to train your hand, but also how to appreciate your ...

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The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location - Paperback

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by Marc Taro Holmes (Author)Make the world your studio Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town. Experience life as only an artist can Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc Taro Holmes, artist and co-founder of Urbansketchers.org, this self-directed workshop shows you how to draw inspiration from real life and bring th...

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Fashion Illustration Art: How to Draw Fun & Fabulous Figures, Trends and Styles - Paperback

$26.99

by Jennifer Lilya (Author)From the clothes to the pose, here's everything you need to create fierce fashion illustrations. Create fabulous fashion moments Drawing on 20+ years of fashion illustrating experience, Jennifer Lilya uses acrylic paint and black ink to show you how to draw the clothes, poses and attitudes behind runway-worthy art. Follow her expert tips, techniques and step-by-step illustrations to draw girls that rock the look, from flirty and fun to strong and sexy. Illustrated w...

Gelli Plate Printing: Mixed-Media Monoprinting Without a Press - Paperback

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by Joan Bess (Author)Meet your dream plate and fall in love with a faster, friendlier approach to printmaking. For artists and crafters who love the creative possibilities of monoprinting on gelatin but not the prep time, mess and inconvenience that comes with it, the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate is a dream come true It's durable, reusable, stored at room temperature, and ready to get creative whenever you are. Simply apply paint with a soft rubber brayer, make your marks and pull your prin...

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Abstract Art Painting: Expressions in Mixed Media - Paperback

$24.99

by Debora Stewart (Author)Would you love to take your art in a new direction? In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting to bring structure and depth to your art. In addition you'll begin to understand how to work in a series and how this can help you develop your own personal style. A sampling...

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Landscape Painting Essentials with Johannes Vloothuis: Lessons in Acrylic, Oil, Pastel and Watercolor - Paperback

$24.99

by Johannes Vloothuis (Author)Secrets to Painting Beautiful Landscapes Painting the landscape can be fun and rewarding--if you make the right decisions as you paint. After all, it is the artist's greatest challenge to somehow capture a sense of it all--the grandness, the majesty, the splendor of nature--with just a few strokes of paint on a canvas. Popular art instructor Johannes Vloothuis makes the process a whole lot easier with the essential techniques, key concepts and expert advice he sh...