This title presents two new editions of these innovative books each brimming with easy ideas for drawing faces & animals. It contains simple step-by-step instructions that show how to create portraits caricatures & animals using pencils pens pastels & paints. It features quick links that link to websites with handy practical tips examples of faces & animals by real artists & interactive art activities. ...

This is a comprehensive hands-on guide to learning the basic drawing skills needed to successfully create video game art. Drawing Basics for Video Game Art" demonstrates how fine art principles like drawing skills anatomy values & lighting & colour all apply to the creation of artwork for video games. The book features artwork from such hit video games as " Halo Reach" " Zelda" " Super Mario Galaxy 2" " World of Warcraft" " Grand Theft Auto" " Heavy Rain" & " Little Big Planet". Included are examples of classic to contemporary fine art in order to further show the reader the same basic principles still apply to all art forms & that video game art is very much still art." ...

This is a fully revised & updated new version of a popular RSPB handbook to the art & joy of drawing birds. John Busby beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace & motion of living birds illustrating his ideas & suggestions with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of principles & techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics including choice of media sketching from life composition & different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a beautiful & inspiring book which will appeal to aspiring artists & anyone who has ever been entranced by the beauty of birds. ...

This book lets you develop your drawing talents & re-discover the world around you. It is now in paperback. Whether you are a beginner or an expert be inspired to pick up a pencil pen or charcoal with this comprehensive guide to drawing from Sarah Simblet. From still life to architecture you can learn to tackle different subjects in a variety of ways following step-by-step instructions in drawing classes which will take you through the basics to more advanced techniques. From quick pencil sketches to finished colour studies Sarah Simblet brings her expertise as an artist & teacher using her own inspirational work as well as famous masters to demonstrate the 'how to' aspects of drawing. Whatever your ability it's never been easier to master the art of drawing. ...

Drawing Cartoons" provides invaluable support for anyone who has ever dreamed of drawing cartoons but lacks the confidence. Taking the approach that anyone can draw the author leads the reader through the steps of putting together cartoon figures showing for example how a simple box shape can be transformed into a cartoon dog or how a basic stick figure can convey a range of emotions. The book contains interviews with professional cartoonists who are household names such as Mac of " The Daily Mail" Matt of " The Telegraph" & Gerald Scarfe." ...

A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure & decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women & that her apartment was a safe-house. Convinced that this is the lead he has been looking for Brunetti begins his search for answers. But as he sets out to discover the truth behind her death he is drawn into a decades-old story of lies & deceit that has blighted love & ruined lives
- & has claimed this innocent woman as its newest victim. Brunetti's investigation takes him deep into the dark heart of his beloved Venice.
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This is a new edition of this innovative book brimming with easy ideas for drawing faces. Simple step-by-step instructions show how to create portraits caricatures & cartoons using pencils pens pastels & paints. Quicklinks link to websites with handy practical tips examples of faces & animals by real artists & interactive art activities. ...

A vivid & powerful diary of life in the trenches The horrors of war in the trenches are brought to life with a rare immediacy & power through the diary of soldier & artist Len Smith. Enduring battles such as those at Loos & Vimy Ridge Len survives with a mixture of whimsical humour bravery & sheer good luck. Len enlisted as an infantryman in the City of London Regiment on his 23rd birthday 22 September 1914. During the war years he kept a journal on scraps of paper which he hid in his trousers to smuggle home at the end of the war. At the same time he added to his thoughts with colour sketches of the people & places he encountered. ...

Fantasy art continues to be one of the most popular genres for people taking up art for the first time. This practical guide to drawing suitable for absolute beginners shows how to turn the workings of your imagination into art
- to draw fantasy worlds characters & creatures picking up essential drawing & sketching skills along the way.

Includes:: lessons in basic sketching & drawing explorations of materials & techniques (including digital) & exercises in translating ideas to images.


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With its tutorial-based approach this is a practical guide to both hand
- & computer-drawn design. Readers will learn to think
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