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Suitable for artists, this guide captures facial expressions. It shows readers the expressions created by individual facial muscles, then draws them together in a section devoted to the six basic human emotions: sadness, anger, joy, fear, disgust and surprise.

(Paperback)

Focuses on how to draw domesticated animals - the tamed creatures that share our lives. This book features everyone's favourite animals, ranging from the popular breeds of dogs and cats to horses and other hoofed mammals, and reptiles. It shows each type of animal in general and then goes into the various traits that make each breed distinctive.

(Paperback)

Packed with step-by-step demonstrations detailing how to draw correctly proportioned manga faces and bodies, and lots of tips and tricks of the trade, this title has what aspiring beginners need to start drawing convincing manga characters.

(Paperback)

A book for the beginning artist. Based on a series of lessons that begin with the five basic shapes (circle, oval, square, cylinder and rectangle) combined with the five basic components of drawing (line, mass, perspective, light and shading), it progresses from the simplest forms to more complex, inanimate objects and organic, animate subjects.

(Paperback)

Presents an introduction to photography. This title includes step-by-step projects for 20 types of photos, from portraits of family and pets to details, flowers, sunsets, candids, close-ups, black-and-white and more.

(Paperback)

Shows how to successfully take portrait shots - at any moment, any place. This work explains what makes a photo memorable and how to use lighting, setting and exposure to reveal the wonder and the joy of everyday moments. It is intended for beginners, as well as professionals.

(Paperback)

Deals with the art of botanical drawing. This book is suitable for both aspiring and more experienced artists seeking scientific accuracy and the illusion of 3-dimension in their botanical artwork. It places an emphasis on close observation of plants and their life cycle, so that readers can deepen their understanding of the natural world.

(Paperback)

Explains complex concepts in understandable and even humorous language. It offers tips, techniques and exercises to help amateurs in the field compose stronger, more compelling photographs.

(Paperback)

Cartoon animals are the essential subject matter for the cartoonists and animation artists. This book presents the fuzzy world of creatures, and shows different exotic animals, which also make for wonderfully cute characters, such as the cuddliest dogs, cats, bunnies, ferrets, badgers, walruses, zebras, sea otters, ostriches, pelicans, and more.

(Paperback)

Covers various types of animals including dogs, cats, horses, penguins, lions, tigers, bears, and elephants, as well as the favourite sidekick animals - pigs, kangaroos, giraffes, turtles. This book features step-by-step drawings that show how to capture various cartoon emotions, from cutesy-sweet to begging to scheming.

(Hardback)

Offers insightful approaches to the complex subject of human anatomy. This title features three sections: the skeletal form, the muscular form, and action of the muscles and movement. It also includes illustrations that detail the movement and actions of the bones and muscles and charts that reveal the origins and insertions of the muscles.

(Hardback)

Classic Human Anatomy in Motion offers artists everything they need to realistically draw the human figure as it is affected by movement. Written in a friendly style, the book is illustrated with hundreds of life drawing studies, along with charts and diagrams showing the various anatomical and structural components.

(Hardback)

Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time. This book talks about the educational model based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. It uses the works of Old Masters and realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting.

(Paperback)

Students begin by copying masterworks, then progress to painting as their skills develop. Aristides uses the works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace.

(Hardback)

Reveals the principles of creating full-colour realist still-life works, portraits and figure paintings. This title is suitable for art students seeking a timeless visual education.

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Stephen Quiller shows readers how to discover their own personal "colour sense" in this book. With the help of his own "Quiller Wheel", a special foldout wheel featuring 68 precisely placed colours, he shows artists how they can develop their own unique colour blends.

(Spiral bound)

"This updated, expanded, and oversized inspirational resource presents 1,100 color palettes, with light, bright, dark, and muted varieties for each one, making it the most expansive palette selection tool available."--Publisher's description.

(Paperback)

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Features techniques created by the author that include layering, translucent effects, using odourless solvents to achieve rich, luminous colour and eye-popping ultra-realistic effects.

(Paperback)

Colored Pencil Painting Portraits provides straightforward solutions to the problems that artists face in creating lifelike images and will prime readers on the intricacies of colour, texture, shadow and light as they interplay with the human form.

(Paperback)

Suitable for amateur photographers of various levels interested in capturing better images of nature and wildlife, this book offers a complete course in photographing images of nature, including advanced digital processing techniques.

(Paperback)

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics is the first book of its kind to help readers make sense of it all and take control of their comics-making destinies. It provides would-be creators with a definitive guide to the tools needed for breaking into modern comics via self-publishing.

(Hardback)

Looks at drawing's renewal of importance in the art world through illuminating discussion. This title is suitable for beginner to professional-level artists seeking advanced explorations of the foundations of drawing. It is illustrated by specific drawing examples & techniques by modern era masters & leading contemporary artists.