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Creative Lettering and Beyond: Inspiring Tips, Techniques, and Ideas for Hand Lettering Your Way to Beautiful Works of Art - Paperback

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by Gabri Joy KirKendall (Author), Laura Lavender (Author), Julie Manwaring (Author)Creative Lettering and Beyond combines the artistic talents, inspirational tips, and tutorials of four professional hand letterers and calligraphers for a dynamic and interactive learning experience. After a brief introduction to the various tools and materials, artists and lettering enthusiasts will learn how to master the art of hand lettering and typography through easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, prom...

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Learn to Draw Pets: Step-By-Step Instructions for More Than 25 Cute and Cuddly Animals - Paperback

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by Robbin Cuddy (Author)As the third title in the line-up to refresh Walter Foster's successful Learn to Draw series, Learn to Draw Pets features 64 pages of drawing instructions for a variety of domestic animals children love--from a kitten or a puppy to a guinea pig, bunny, box turtle, and many more. This book opens with brief information for getting started, the tools and materials needed, and some sample drawing exercises to warm up. Young artists-in-training will learn to draw their favo...

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Doodling for Dog People: 50 Inspiring Doodle Prompts and Creative Exercises for Dog Lovers - Paperback

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by Gemma Correll (Author)Doodling for Dog People sparks the imagination and spurs canine lovers to explore, experiment, and brainstorm ways to draw and doodle their favorite furry friends with a cute and clever art style. Packed with more than 50 prompts, doodling exercises, and fun facts about dogs, Doodling for Dog People offers inspiration for drawing different types of dogs, dogs in outfits, dogs in action, and even doggie accessories. This book is designed to get your creative juices fl...

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Doodling for Cat People: 50 Inspiring Doodle Prompts and Creative Exercises for Cat Lovers - Paperback

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by Gemma Correll (Author)Doodling for Cat People sparks the imagination and spurs cat lovers to explore, experiment, and brainstorm ways to draw and doodle their favorite furry friends with a cute and clever art style. You are perpetually covered in cat fur. Your shelves are full of feline-themed books, knickknacks, and toys. You're not a crazy cat person. You're a feline enthusiast! That means that you'll love the more than 50 prompts, doodling exercises, and fun facts about cats in Doodlin...

Locating Visual-Material Rhetorics: The Map, the Mill, and the GPS - Paperback

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by Amy D. Propen (Author)Parks, maps, and mapping technologies like the GPS are objects of visual and material culture that rely on the interplay of text, context, image, and space to guide our interpretations of the world around us. LOCATING VISUAL-MATERIAL RHETORICS: THE MAP, THE MILL, AND THE GPS examines in depth, and in several contemporary settings, how visual and material discursive artifacts, when understood as rhetorical, shape our understanding of the unique cultural moments that th...

Locating Visual-Material Rhetorics: The Map, the Mill, and the GPS - Hardcover

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Art Journal Freedom: How to Journal Creatively with Color & Composition - Paperback

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by Dina Wakley (Author)Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom! Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal? It's true, art journaling has no "rules" and is a safe place for free expression of your one-of-a-kind life. But knowledge is power and knowing the "rules" of color and composition gives you the freedom...

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by Nancy Andrews-Goebel (Author), David Diaz (Illustrator)Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA) Charlotte Zolotow Award - Highly Commended Title, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Children's Book Award, International Literacy Association (ILA) Children's Literature Choice List, Children's Literature Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Internatio...

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Confident Color: An Artist's Guide to Harmony, Contrast and Unity - Spiral

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by Nita Leland (Author)Learn how to use color in your own unique and expressive way! Color is what you make it: sensitive, explosive, dreamlike, atmospheric, somber, cheerful. Nita Leland brings logic and intuition together to create a foundation for color selections that allow you to be more inventive, break out of old habits and experiment with new colors. Her approach eliminates time-wasting trial and error while giving you the freedom to use color in personal, meaningful and exciting ways...

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Watercolor Essentials: Hands-On Techniques for Exploring Watercolor in Motion [With DVD] - Spiral

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by Birgit O'Connor (Author)Everything you need to know to make magic with watercolor Features 80+ lessons, exercises and demonstrations, including live instruction on the enclosed DVD Watercolor moves like no other medium. Just add water, and the pigment takes on a life of its own. This book makes learning to paint equally dynamic, with page after page of step-by-step demonstrations, plus more than 40 lessons on the companion DVD. Get off to a happy start with basics such as laying a wash, a...

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Paint Landscapes in Acrylic with Lee Hammond - Paperback

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by Lee Hammond (Author)Enjoy the scenery with fast and fun landscape painting A summer sunset, a bubbling brook, a sea of golden wildflowers like nature itself, landscape painting doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. In this beginner-friendly guide, Lee Hammond shows you how to use a handful of colors, a simple three-step approach, and the friendly medium of acrylic to create charming landscapes throughout the seasons. - Step-by-step instructions for painting favorite landscape e...

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Sketching People: Life Drawing Basics - Paperback

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by Jeff Mellem (Author)Life Lessons: Learn How to Capture a World Constantly in Motion Fluid, fast and expressive life drawing starts here. Step by step, you'll learn to render fleeting gestures from memory, capture expressions simply and more quickly, give your drawing a life of its own with body language, and more. Along the way, you'll develop a more spontaneous approach for successfully working from life. Inside you'll find: - A comprehensive course on drawing from life, based on classic...

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Dracopedia: A Guide to Drawing the Dragons of the World - Hardcover

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by William O'Connor (Author)Everything you ever wanted to know about dragons, but were afraid to find out! Fantasy artists can now breathe easier thanks to this less perilous alternative to drawing dragons from life. Dracopedia offers you safe, easy access to the world's most prominent dragon species, from tiny, innocuous feydragons to the ferocious wyvern. For years, artist William O'Connor has traveled the globe, studying dragons in their natural environments. His findings, field notes and ...

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The Ultimate Guide to Colored Pencil: Over 35 Step-By-Step Demonstrations for Both Traditional and Watercolor Pencils [With DVD] - Spiral

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by Gary Greene (Author)With this easy-to-use handbook, best-selling author Gary Greene provides you with instant access to his best tips, tricks and techniques for creating exceptionally realistic colored pencil artwork. Whether you're new to colored pencils or perfecting advanced techniques, you'll find the answers you need here in dozens of complete step-by-step demonstrations, including: - Simple techniques for achieving amazingly realistic compositions, including layering, burnishing and...

The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets: Easy Techniques for Drawing People, Animals and More - Paperback

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by Carrie Stuart Parks (Author), Rick Parks (Author)This is the book that can teach anyone to draw (yes, even you ) If you're not getting the kind of true-to-life results you want in your drawings (or if you can't even draw a straight line), Carrie and Rick Parks can help. As award-winning teachers, they have a proven game plan for helping artists of all levels overcome common problems and see immediate improvement in their work. As professional composite artists, they know the tricks and too...

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

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by Lindsay Cibos-Hodges (Author), Jared Hodges (Author)How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animal What do you get when you cross a human with a horse (or a hamster, or a hummingbird)? You get any one of a number of fun anthropomorphic animals, also known as "furries" to their friends. From facial expressions to creative coloring, this book contains all the know-how you need to create anthropomorphic cat, dog, horse, rodent and bird characters. Step by step, you'll learn how to: - Draw ...

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Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner [With DVD] - Paperback

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by Mark Willenbrink (Author), Mary Willenbrink (Author)Start painting today - it's easier than you think. If you've ever dreamed of painting in watercolor, this is the book for you. It's designed to help you start experiencing the joy of watercolor immediately - even if you've never picked up a brush. Mark and Mary Willenbrink provide all the guidance and encouragement you need. Their painting techniques, tips and tricks help make every step you take a success, from selecting colors to design...

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Color Inspirations: More Than 3,000 Innovative Palettes from the Colourlovers.com Community - Hardcover

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by Darius A. Monsef (Author)The rules for color are not black and white. Color Inspirations contains some of the very best color palettes from the popular website COLOURlovers.com, organized by color family in a logical, easy-to-use format. In this complete reference, you'll discover 3,286 fresh, inspiring color palettes--ready to be applied to your latest design or project and complete with accurate CMYK, RGB and HEX values. In fact, you can use the included CD* to import any color palette i...

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Draw & Paint Fantasy Art Warriors & Heroes - Paperback

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by Alan Lathwell (Author)Learn how to bring to life the most exciting warriors and heroes. Armed with your pen and paper, let battle commence Discover how to draw and paint male and female warrior archetypes, from the ancient legend of Thor to the valour of King Arthur. Explore anatomy, color and lighting techniques, and discover how to render combat, armor, weapons and clothing. Become a master fantasy artist with ten easy-to-follow step-by-step projects.Author BiographyAlan Lathwell is a fr...

Screen Savers: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery - Paperback

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by John DiLeo (Author)Boris Karloff will forever be Frankenstein's Monster, but is that any reason for us to overlook his later great horror film Isle of the Dead (1945)? An Oscar was George Clooney's reward for Syriana (2005), but isn't the underrated war film Three Kings (1999) still his best movie? Woman of the Year (1942) introduced the team of Tracy and Hepburn, yet didn't their later Pat and Mike (1952) resoundingly surpass it? Jeff Bridges has long been one of our best actors, so why d...

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by G. K. Chesterton (Author)British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was an arts critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English lang...

Sesame and Lilies (Lectures) - Paperback

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by John Ruskin (Author)Please visit www.ArcManor.com for more books by this and other authors. Number of Pages: 108 Dimensions: 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 01, 2008

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by Emile Zola (Author)The Masterpiece is a highly fictionalized account of Zola's friendship with the painter Paul C zanne. Zola and C zanne grew up together in Aix-en-Provence, the model for Zola's Plassans, where Claude Lantier is born and receives his education. Like C zanne, Claude Lantier is a revolutionary artist whose work is misunderstood by an art-going public hidebound by traditional subjects, techniques, and representations. Zola's self-portrait can be seen in the character of the ...

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Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary--Paintings and Works on Paper Volume 23 - Hardcover

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by Susie Kalil (Author)Presenting the unique vision of an American original . . . Alexandre Hogue, a renowned artist whose career spanned from the 1920s to his death in 1994, inherited the view of an America that imagined itself as filled with limitless potential for improvement, that considered high art and great ideas accessible to ordinary working people, and that saw no reason for an intellectual chasm between a learned elite and the masses. He always viewed himself as a radical, yet his ...

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Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today - Paperback

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by Josh MacPhee (Editor)Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today is a major collection of contemporary politically and socially engaged printmaking. This full-color book showcases print art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in political conversation. Based on an art exhibition that has traveled to a dozen cities in North America, Paper Politics features artwork by over 200 international artists; an eclectic collection of work by both a...

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Banksy Locations and Tours Volume 1: A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs in London, England - Paperback

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by Banksy Banksy (Artist), Martin Bull (Photographer)When it comes to art, London is best known for its galleries, not its graffiti. However, not if photographer Martin Bull has anything to say about it. While newspapers and magazines the world over send their critics to review the latest Damien Hirst show at the Tate Modern, Bull, in turn, is out taking photos of the latest street installations by guerilla art icon Banksy. In three guided tours, Martin Bull documents sixty-five London sites ...

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Banksy Locations and Tours Volume 2: A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs from Around the UK - Paperback

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by Banksy Banksy (Artist), Martin Bull (Photographer)This unique and unashamedly DIY book follows the runaway success of Banksy Locations and Tours Vol.1 by rounding up the rest of Banksy's UK graffiti from the last five years. It includes over 100 different locations and 200 color photographs of Banksy's street art; information, random facts, and idle chit-chat on each location; a full walking tour of his remaining work in Bristol, England; and snippets of graffiti by several other artists.V...

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Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism - Paperback

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by Cindy Milstein (Author), Erik Ruin (Illustrator), Josh MacPhee (Foreword by)Author BiographyCindy Milstein is the author of Anarchism and Its Aspirations and has contributed essays to the anthologies Globalize Liberation and Realizing the Impossible. She is a board member of the Institute for Anarchist Studies. She lives in San Francisco. Josh MacPhee is an activist, an artist, and the author of Celebrate People's History! and Signal. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Erik Ruin is a printmak...

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Drawn to New York: An Illustrated Chronicle of Three Decades in New York City - Hardcover

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by Peter Kuper (Author), Eric Drooker (Introduction by)A declaration of love to Peter Kuper's adoptive city, where he has lived since 1977, this diary is a vibrant survey of New York City's history. Kuper's illustrations depict a climb to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, the homeless living in Times Square, roller skaters in Central Park, the impact of September 11, the luxury of Wall Street, street musicians, and other scenes unique to the city. With comics, illustrations, and sketches, this ...

Color the Pacific Northwest: A Timber Press Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Zoe Keller (Author)A PNBA Bestseller Color the Pacific Northwest is an inky exploration of the people, places, plants, and popular culture that define Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The 50 illustrations appear on only one side of a high-quality paper that supports a variety of mediums, including pencils and markers. You can color Sasquatch, ink your own latte art, fill in the details of an intricate family of salmon, discover the Oregon Trail, and color a flying fish from Seatt...

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World War 3 Illustrated: 1979-2014 - Hardcover

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by Peter Kuper (Editor), Seth Tobocman (Editor), Bill Ayers (Introduction by)Founded in 1979 by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper, World War 3 Illustrated is a labor of love run by a collective of artists (both first-timers and established professionals) and political activists working with the unified goal of creating a home for political comics, graphics, and stirring personal stories. Their confrontational comics shine a little reality on the fantasy world of the American kleptocracy, and have...

Getting Up for the People: The Visual Revolution of Asar-Oaxaca - Paperback

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by Asaro Asaro (Illustrator), Mike Graham de la Rosa (Author), Suzanne M. Schadl (Author)Getting Up for the People tells the story of the Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca (ASARO) by remixing their own images and words with curatorial descriptions. Part of a long tradition of socially conscious Mexican art, ASARO gives respect to Mexican national icons; but their themes are also global, entering contemporary debates on issues of corporate greed, genetically modified organisms, viole...