technique

Introduces readers to sculpture, covering materials, tools, techniques, subjects, and other related topics.

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to draw Disney Pixar characters.

Learn about an array of drawing shortcuts for aspiring artists who don't have time for traditional approaches to art. Featured are simple steps and line-drawing templates for each project, so you can easily follow along.

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to draw all of the Angry Birds characters.

Profiles thirteen female artists, including Sofonisba Anguissola, Maria Sibylla Merian, Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Armstrong Forbes, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lyubov Popova, Tamara de Lempicka, Frida Kahlo, Louise Bourgeois, Meret Oppenheim, Niki de Saint Phalle, Bridget Riley, and Cindy Sherman, providing time lines, text, and illustrations that introduce each woman's life and work.

An illustrated guide to dragons that describes the legendary histories, physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of thirteen dragon families, and also provides step-by-step drawing instructions.

Over 130 lessons and 25 step-by-step demonstrations teach how to draw manga characters and scenes.

Born in the mid-1800's, the Impressionist movement redefined the way artists approached their craft, opening the doors to previously unheard-of freedom in methods, viewpoint, and execution. This book examines Impressionist art the tools, the techniques, the artists, and the artwork that so many generations have come to know and love.

"Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their ... stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today's most vibrant art forms. The book also contains an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city" from each of the artists, a mini-comic set in a cityscape of their choosing--present-day, historical, or imaginary"--Amazon.com.