An exciting book perfect for artists, drawers, doodlers & scribblers, filled with an astonishing selection of activities, from wonderfully wild pictures to colour in to doodle-starters from which drawings can grow & grow until they cover the whole page. Doodlers can complete the scenes however they want & the craft paper quality pages are ideal for drawing on. ...

Quentin Blake is one of the most celebrated illustrators in the world today, & the best person imaginable to collaborate on this sketchbook with training wheels. Full of inspirational artwork, instruction & plenty of white space reserved for the artist-to-be, the book comes with an artist-quality sketch pen & two watercolour pencils. ...

Art & design take center stage in this carefully crafted, elegant, artisanal book. This stunning autobiographical art book ...

Through witty pen-&-ink illustrations, this activity book engages readers on every page with interesting facts about the amazing celestial realm beyond Earth`s atmosphere. Activities for readers include calculating their age in Jupiter years, creating their own solar systems with fruit, & navigating their way out of a black hole maze, all while learning about planets, stars, comets, asteroids & more! ...

Drawing Parallels encourages us to look at architecture in a new way. Rather than offering conventional views of canonical buildings, Quintin Lake`s photographs explore architecture as the physical world around us, from man-made structures to natural forms. Despite the fact that these photographs come from many countries, they suggest a world we can all relate to: children playing on steps; urban underground railways; lovers embracing; entrances to houses. In seven thematic sections that deal with form, surface, space, shelter, memory, ideology & urbanity, the very notion of architecture is redefined as an inherent quality of everything we perceive in the world. Through pairings of photographs
- a clear & accessible format
- Lake suggest to us the possibility of seeing anew the places & spaces we inhabit & move through each day.

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” Drawing Projects” combines a review of contemporary artists with a `how to draw` guide, celebrating drawing as the process of seeing made visible. ” Drawing Projects” profiles ten key artists, revealing their working environments & practices, including Gavin Turk, Dryden Goodwin, Keith Tyson, Cornelia Parker, William Kentridge, Claude Heath, Tim Knowles & Zoe Mendelson. The artists discuss the value of drawing in their own work, & invites you to think about how we view life, view art & view the story that they tell together. ” Drawing Projects”

Includes:: fifteen projects to inspire you to join in & work through at your own pace. These detailed tutorials provide a how to draw these images guide. The combination of artists work & easy to follow projects make this a practical guide to inspire the artist in you.

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THE FIRST POPULAR HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE The Mason-Dixon line-surely the most famous surveyors' line ever drawn-represents one of the greatest & most difficult scientific achievements of its time. But behind this significant triumph is a thrilling story, one that has thus far eluded both historians & surveyors. In this engrossing narrative, professional surveyor Edwin Danson takes us on a fascinating journey with Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon, two gifted & exuberant English surveyors, through the fields & forests of eighteenth-century America. Vividly describing life in the backwoods & the hardships & dangers of frontier surveying, Drawing the Line discloses for the first time in 250 years many hitherto unknown surveying methods, revealing how Mason & Dixon succeeded where the best American surveyors of the period failed. In accessible, ordinary language, Danson masterfully throws the first clear light on the surveying of the Mason-Dixon line. Set in the social & historical context of pre-Revolutionary America, this book is a spellbinding account of one of the great & historic achievements of its time. Advance Praise for Drawing the Line Drawing the Line combines a fast-moving story, a human drama, & a clear account of surveying in the era of George Washington. An intriguing interaction of politics & science.-CHARLES ROYSTER, Boyd Professor of History, Louisiana State University, & Winner of the Bancroft Prize in History ...

Observe. Record. Reflect. Create a visual record of your days. Informed by the author`s personal philosophy of ” Sustainable Creativity, ” this guided journal encourages creative people
- from doodlers & sketchers to fine artists & graphic designers
- to develop their artistic impulses & discover their own inspirations through observing & recording
- in pictures & words
- the ordinary objects in their lives. The book comprises prompts & ideas for things to draw, books to read, items & ideas to collect, & adventures & encounters to pursue. Illustrated with the author`s own colorful artwork & observations, Drawing Your Life provides plenty of space for readers to include their own drawings & ruminations so that it becomes not only a record of the reader`s journey but also a means for each reader to gain true insight into their own lives & motivations.



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Drawn & Quarterly: 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, & Graphic Novels celebrates the storied transformation of the Montreal publisher whose veneration of the medium`s best cartoonists has never wavered. In 1989, when the term graphic novel was not commonly heard in the comic shop or bookstore, Chris Oliveros created a comics magazine that took the industry by storm when early issues featured Peter Bagge, Julie Doucet, Carol Tyler, Jacques Tardi, & Seth. Armed with an unparalleled editorial aesthetic, design sense, & passion for its artists, D+Q gracefully grew from a one-man operation into a wildly influential boutique publisher. D+Q is renowned for an author-friendly ethos of high production standards, creative freedom & fair business practices, with a roster including Lynda Barry, Kate Beaton, Chester Brown, Daniel Clowes, Tove Jansson, Shigeru Mizuki, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, & others from around the globe. Drawn & Quarterly: 25 Years is a celebration of the brilliant cartoonists whose talent & loyalty is the core of D+Q`s success as a 21st-century independent publisher. The book digs into the archives & features comics, biographies, personal reminiscences, & photographs; new work by Michael De Forge, Guy Delisle, Miriam Katin, R. Sikoryak, Jillian Tamaki; essays by Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Lethem, Sheila Heti, Deb Olin Unferth; interviews by Jeet Heer & Sean Rogers. ...

In Drawn From Paradise – The Discovery, Art & Natural History of the Birds of Paradise, David Attenborough & Errol Fuller trace the history of these birds through their depiction in European art. Birds of Paradise, one of the most colourful & beautiful families of birds, were first introduced in Europe in the sixteenth century & intrigued the Europeans. Appealing to both, bird lovers & art enthusiasts, this book showcases the beauty & drawings & paintings of these birds, facts & history, together with the people who discover & depicted them. ...