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Through the simple act of drawing--whether it's doodling or
creating detailed illustrations--embrace your inner voice and
unlock the power of your intuitive intelligence.
Do you remember being a child and the pure joy brought on by a box
of crayons and piece of paper? Do you still find yourself sketching
away every time you pick up a pencil? That's because drawing is a
natural impulse that stays with us throughout our entire lives.
Whether you are doodling in a notebook or carving your name in the
sand, this simple, stream-of-consciousness activity is a window
into your deepest, truest self.
In "Making Marks," you'll learn that every single line, smudge, or
spot you make contains visual imagery with the power to heal the
past, develop your sense of empathy, and reveal solutions and
answers you never realized before. You don't need to have any
specific experience or skills to benefit from this book; through
simple steps and interactive exercises, people of all ages and
artistic abilities can gain insight and learn to reconnect with
their creative selves.
With beautiful black-and-white and full-color illustrations,
"Making Marks" is a powerful guide to self-discovery. Tap into your
unconsciousness as artist and spiritual guide Elaine Clayton takes
you on a journey of the soul.
Dive into this treasure trove of offbeat, clever, and endlessly
absorbing drawing prompts. The perfect inspirational guided art
journal: A rolling pin, a robot, a pickle, a water tower, a
hammock, a wasp, a safety pin, a kiss. Some are deceptively simple
(just try drawing a bicycle!), some are conceptually mind-bending
(sketching the sound of girlish laughter?), and some are
refreshingly basic (the only hard thing about drawing an egg is
deciding how you want it to be cooked). Hip and helpful, 642 Things
to Draw is the perfect inspirational sketchbook, sure to entertain
and provoke the imagination of anyone ready to pick up a pencil. *
Includes 642 random drawing prompts to spark casual doodling while
entertaining the mind. * With a collection of silly,
thought-provoking, simple, and complex prompts, this drawing ideas
book will push your mind - and pencil - to think outside the box. *
While there are no step-by-step, how-to-draw instructions included,
you don't have to be a skilled artist to enjoy the relaxing,
stimulating, and entertaining drawing ideas. Budding artists and
experienced sketchers alike will find themselves invigorated by
this collection of unique and wonderful drawing prompts. 642 Things
to Draw is a guided journal that will inspire creativity, energize
the mind and stimulate artistry in any aspiring or skilled creator.
* Makes a unique gift for artists of any age to expand knowledge
and boost creative awareness. * A must-have for anyone who could
benefit from an occasional creative brain break that is pure
enjoyment.
Create your own chibi world with fun and adorable step-by-step
drawing exercises, including over 60 fantasy creatures and
characters featuring different accessories, clothing, facial
expressions, and poses. These fantasy creatures and animals will
make you squeal with delight! Chibi is Japanese slang for "short,"
and the characters in Cute Chibi Mythical Beasts & Magical
Monsters live up to this description with their cute roly-poly
bodies that make them extremely lovable and huggable. Phoebe Im,
creator of Bobblejot, has a cute and easy drawing style that is
made accessible through this how-to book for artists of all levels.
Cute Chibi Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters features
easy-to-follow instructions to help you enjoy the world of chibi,
incorporating dynamic expressions and poses to challenge your
skills. Along with the step-by-step instructions, there are
inspiration pages with fun accessories and clothing, facial
expressions, and different poses as well as a digital workshop to
guide you on how to make quick drawings on your phone or tablet.
Learn how to draw these fantasy creatures in cute chibi style:
Gnome Troll Mermaid Fairy Golem Cyclops Big Foot Unicorn Dragons
(various species) Vampire Zombie Chimera Pegasus Phoenix Loch Ness
Monster Griffon Cerberus Sphinx Werewolf Practice and expand your
drawing skills as you create adorable chibi beasts and creatures
with this fun and accessible book.
How to Draw Almost Everything Volume 2-a follow-up to the popular
book How to Draw Almost Everything, part of the Almost Everything
series from Quarry Books-shows how easy it is to draw even more
cute illustrations. Learn to draw each illustration in
easy-to-follow steps. Just follow the arrows to complete each step.
You'll also find helpful tips and ideas for drawing variations.
Start with basic shapes, such as circles, triangles, and squares,
then add special details to personalize your illustrations. Draw
animals, people, everyday objects, patterns and borders, and
holiday and seasonal themes, along with warm-ups and special
lessons. An inspiration gallery offers fun ideas for adding
illustrations to everyday objects or creating one-of-a-kind notes,
cards, and gifts. Each book in the Almost Everything series offers
readers a fun, comprehensive, and charmingly illustrated visual
directory of ideas to inspire skill building in their creative
endeavors.
Bring your own anthropomorphic fantasy characters to life! Furries
fuse human and animal characteristics to create unique and
fantastical hybrid forms. This book contains everything you need to
start drawing furries for the printed page, for the screen, or for
cosplay characters. Follow the lead of 14 professional Japanese
artists as they show you how to create scores of unique
human-animal hybrid characters. In the hands of these expert
teachers, you'll learn to draw: Fierce reptilian fighters and
beastmen Cute chibi versions of your favorite pet animals Furries
seen from every possible angle and perspective Realistic poses with
believable motions performing dynamic actions Characters based on
cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, goats, birds, whales, sharks, horses,
crocodiles, dragons--and many more! Create furries for every
situation and scenario and learn how to develop compelling and
complex characters for the stories you want to tell. Let your
imagination run wild as your anthropomorphic creations come to
life, spring into action, and leap off the page!
The definitive, comprehensive guide to botanical painting, covering
basic botany, plant groups and a scientific approach to the
subject. Drawing on her experience as a botanical art teacher,
Christina Brodie takes you on a holistic approach to botanical art
and expertly covers botanical terminology, drawing and painting
techniques in a wide range of media, dissection and examination of
plants, fieldwork studies, microscope work and tips on
presentation. Through step-by-step projects and with clearly
explained techniques, learn to draw and paint flowers, fruit,
leaves, stems and roots, trees, fungi, ferns and horsetails,
seaweeds and other algae, mosses and lichens with remarkable
precision and stunning detail.
Expressive Sketchbooks shares a host of creative ideas and prompts,
tools and techniques, methods for working around obstacles and
barriers, and tons of visual inspiration to help you grow in your
sketchbooking practice. An expressive sketchbook is a place for you
to explore, express, and enjoy your own innate creativity on your
own terms. It is a safe playground for the imagination-a place to
mess about, play, and experiment-and to gain confidence in your
abilities as you develop your skills. Expressive Sketchbooks offers
techniques and creative exercises that incorporate mark making,
watercolor, mixed media, collage, words and text, and more. It
unpacks some of the obstacles and barriers that you may face along
the way and offers wisdom and encouragement to help you decide why
and how to start your sketchbook and how to develop and expand your
artistic practice. This book is packed with ideas and exercises,
including: Exploratory drawing exercises How to utilize color in
your sketchbook How to create dynamic and varied sketchbook pages
How to find inspiration in nature and in your everyday life Ways to
mix media and art supplies Ways to kickstart your creativity How to
find and develop a process that feels personal to you Through this
book, you'll find out what lights you up, what makes you curious
and fascinated, and what makes you expansive. Discover how to
magnify your creativity and enliven your art skills by using an
expressive sketchbook as your daily companion.
Simply Draw is a clever and original step-by-step drawing book,
perfect for anyone who wants to pick up a pencil and start drawing.
Featuring over 150 sweet and quirky illustrations, from animals to
architecture and flowers to iconic designer furniture, each
super-stylish drawing is broken down into simple shapes and lines
and can be achieved in just a few minutes. With visual steps that
are simple enough for children but stylish enough for adults,
illustrator Ella McLean brings her own unique style to this very
special drawing book.
Petite in size but packed with inspiration, Just Draw Botanicals
presents 90 beautiful, contemporary botanical artworks in a range
of media and styles. Each spread includes a stunning work of art
paired with a discussion of the artist's approach to creating it,
including the techniques employed. At the bottom of the page, find
tips on the tools, materials and methods used to make the piece. A
hyper-realistic blackberry, a watercolour sketch of a bunch of mint
in a glass, a detailed scratchboard study of three pussy willow
twigs, a tribal-style pattern inspired by different leaf shapes, an
abstract image-transfer print of a milkweed plant... the techniques
and subjects covered are diverse. With these and more artworks -
created in a variety of media, including watercolour, coloured
pencils, oil, pen and ink, mixed media and pencil - explore: Shape,
form and light Harmonious colours Contrasting elements Fine detail
Capturing movement Cropped compositions Using negative space
Anatomical accuracy A visual index is included at the front of the
book so you can easily skip to a style or colour palette that
interests you. At the back of the book, find an overview of
materials and tips for using them; a list of further resources,
including books and websites; and two additional indexes, one by
artist name and the other by subject. Whether you are an artist
looking for fresh ideas for creating botanical art or simply enjoy
looking at nature-inspired images, this portable volume is a rich
resource.
The enduring Figure It Out! series turns its focus to drawing the
face and facial expressions! Christopher Hart's bestselling Figure
It Out! books have taught thousands of artists to draw the human
figure. His clear step-by-step illustrations and instructions make
drawing people accessible, easy, and fun! In Figure It Out! Faces
& Expressions, he uses the same approach to demystify the head
and facial features. Topics include the basic head types and
shapes, facial features, facial hair, hairstyles, and eyeglasses
and sunglasses. Hart then shows how to draw more than 40 different
common facial expressions, which will bring portraits to life.
Delving into Frederick Sandys's unconventional life, Betty Elzea's
research reveals much about his complicated and often scandalous
relationships. Born and educated in Norwich with an artisan
background, Sandys was bohemian by nature, though from necessity,
to the world at large, he appeared genteel and respectable.
Unfortunately disorganised, un-businesslike and preferring to live
alone as a bachelor in lodgings, he struggled to support two
growing families of illegitimate children. From youth, developing
skills as a draughtsman and painter, he moved to London, meeting
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites and their
associates, while keeping a foothold in Norwich where he maintained
friendships and enjoyed the support of the Norfolk gentry and
several notable Norwich industrialists. Norfolk landscape painting
and nature studies led to commissioned portraiture which became his
main source of income. He is known for depictions of beautiful
women in legendary disguises as well as meticulously-detailed
portraits of elderly women. He also pioneered a new type of
large-scale portrait drawing in chalks.
Great drawings in just five minutes! Perfect for beginners.
Professional architect and urban sketcher Liz Steel provides expert
tips and inspiring sketches to help you learn to 'read' buildings
and capture them on paper. Relish the challenge of recording urban
spaces - from the domestic to the majestic - in just five minutes!
This book can help artists of all abilities, especially novices, to
understand and reproduce real-life perspective in their drawings.
The rules of perspective will become instinctive and the artist can
focus on the creative: decorative forms, the setting, the mood, the
people, and the activity that gives life to architecture. Featuring
a comprehensive collection of expert tips, ideas and inspirational
examples of amazing 5-minute sketches of architecture, the
bite-sized approach of this book shows how little time is needed to
make drawing a part of everyday life. It is an ideal introduction
to a rewarding pastime and a new source of inspiration for
experienced and lapsed sketchers.
Phaidon's 'Vitamin' series has long proved an extraordinarily
accurate predictor of tomorrow's stars. This paperback edition of
the latest volume is a cutting-edge and indispensable survey of the
very best of contemporary drawing, as chosen by a panel of the
world's leading art experts Over the past 50 years, drawing has
been elevated from a supporting role to a primary medium, ranking
alongside painting as a central art form. Since Phaidon's
publication of the first such surveys (Vitamin D in 2005 and D2 in
2013), contemporary artists have continued to explore drawing's
possibilities - from intimate to large-scale works, in a diversity
of mark-making processes and materials. Vitamin D3 showcases more
than 100 such artists, as nominated by a global panel of more than
70 international art experts. The more than 70 nominators include
such iconic figures as: Iwona Blazwick, Louisa Buck, Mark Coetzee,
Thelma Golden, Laura Hoptman, Geeta Kapur, Pablo Leon de la Barra,
Christine Macel, Kate Macfarlane, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Zoe
Whitley. The more than 100 selected artists include: Miriam Cahn,
Robert Crumb, Tom Friedman, Tania Kovats, Claudette Johnson, Rashid
Johnson, Otobong Nkanga, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Deanna Petherbridge,
Christina Quarles, Qiu Zhijie, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Wael Shawky,
Emma Talbot, and Johanna Unzueta.
Featuring over 100 images, including step-by-step examples
illustrating how to improve costume renderings. This is an
invaluable resource for students in Costume Rendering and Costume
Design courses, along with professional costume designers looking
to improve their rendering skills. Written to complement any
rendering style.
Revered among artists - including the great Norman Rockwell and
comics superstar Alex Ross - for his mastery of figure drawing and
clean, realist style, Loomis's hugely influential art instruction
books have never been bettered. Hailed by the American Academy of
Art as "one of the most brilliant contributions that figure drawing
has ever received" Loomis's books are packed with beautiful
examples to help you master anatomy and capture the human form at
any age, in movement and at rest. For the first time, this
attractive box set collects two of Loomis' most popular works to
create the ultimate guide to drawing the human body. This set is
perfect for students, amateur artists, and professionals alike.
Simone Grunewald is a 3dtotal Publishing favorite as the designer
of popular characters for Character Design Quarterly magazine, and
the author of Sketch Every Day, a book packed with her much
sought-after sketching techniques and character-design tips. This
new title, The Art of Simone Grunewald, is a beautifully produced
hardback that goes even further to delight existing fans, as well
as aspiring character designers new to her work. Simone is an
expert in the art of imbuing scenes and character with a depth of
mood, emotion, and atmosphere. The resulting images are incredibly
engaging and thoughtful, while still being accessible and
commercial. This mix of talent and an understanding of creating
work that has wide appeal is a professional approach that readers
will be keen to learn and apply to their own art. In addition to
fan-favorites from her portfolio and exciting new art commissioned
especially for the book, Simone shares the digital and traditional
tools and techniques she uses to acquire her results. Brand-new
tutorials illustrate Simone's talent not just for drawing, but for
teaching techniques in a fun and lively way.
This handy deck of drawing activities makes it easy to build
skills, boost confidence, and have some creative fun all at the
same time. A regular drawing practice improves so much more than
technique-it also boosts your self-awareness and productivity.
Serving up bitesize creative prompting in a convenient,
display-worthy package, this deck offers 45 inspiring exercises
that encourage doodlers, sketchers, and artists of all levels to
develop a regular drawing habit. The cards offer a mix of prompts
to improve focus, practice skills, or break through blocks and
experiment. Keep the deck by your desk and pull a card at random,
choose a card every week for a year, or toss the deck in a bag as
screen-free entertainment for travel or group gatherings. Whether
you're just starting your creative journey or you're ready to shake
up an existing drawing practice, these activities will help you
integrate the joys and benefits of drawing into your everyday life.
"Did Rudolf Steiner dream these things? Did he dream them as they
once occurred, at the beginning of all time? They are, for sure,
far more astonishing than the demiurges and serpents and bulls
found in other cosmogonies.' -- Jorge Luis BorgesRudolf Steiner
recorded his view of the world in numerous books. He also gave more
than 5,000 lectures, in which he explained his ideas, using only
minimal notes. When describing especially difficult subjects,
Steiner frequently resorted to illustrating what he was saying with
colored chalk on a large blackboard. After his earlier lectures,
the drawings were erased and irretrievably lost. After the autumn
of 1919, however, thick black paper was used to cover the
blackboards so that the drawings could be rolled up and saved.The
Trustees of Rudolf Steiner's Estate in Dornach, Switzerland,
possess more than a thousand such drawings. A selection of these
drawings was first shown to the general public in 1992, and since
then, exhibitions in Europe, America, and Japan have generated much
interest in Steiner's works.
Lettering enthusiasts of all levels will love learning easy ways to
develop and adapt hand lettering skills and techniques to a variety
of digital platforms in Digital Hand Lettering and Modern
Calligraphy. Popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop
instructor Shelly Kim (@lettersbyshells) offers lettering
enthusiasts at all levels step-by-step instruction, along with
ample photos and lettering examples. Start with lettering
essentials that show how to create different styles of brush
lettering with the right tools, how to connect letters to form
words, form flourishes, and more. Then turn that unique calligraphy
into lettering that you can use over and over again, just by
digitizing it. Discover several options for creating digital
lettering, each one clearly outlined and explained. Become familiar
with tools and techniques that make the process fast and enjoyable.
See how far you can take your digital lettering with fun projects
for creating cards, name tags, adding foiling and more. In this
book you'll learn how to: Produce loose, bouncy lettering that adds
style to any project Design meaningful quotes by learning a quick
trick for great compositions Create digital files that give you
numerous options for adding color and changing the shapes and sizes
of letters Make a custom digital lettering brush that you can use
for unique calligraphy Letter on a tablet and learn the basics of
Procreate and Apple Pencil Use your lettering for great projects
that incorporate digital and hands-on techniques Get inspiration
from stunning gallery pieces by Karin Newport of @ipadlettering and
Myriam of @halfapx Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy
will guide you to the future of lettering!
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