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Offers a step-by-step guide to drawing and digitally illustrating manga and graphic-novel characters. Features twenty-one projects, and expert advice, tips, and tricks.

"Step-by-step instructions and sketches show how to draw a variety of vehicles"--Provided by publisher.

"Step-by-step instructions and sketches show how to draw a variety of pets"--Provided by publisher.

"Step-by-step instructions and sketches show how to draw a variety of fun faces"--Provided by publisher.

From garden and tropical flower portraits to gorgeous floral still life, there is a project to suit every flower lover. Learn to develop a colored pencil drawing through simple step-by-step demonstrations, with helpful tips and tricks sprinkled throughout.

Once upon a time ... a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how--well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic -- they just need a little know-how. And Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that--Publisher description.

Drawing is a great artistic outlet. And all one needs is a piece of paper and a pencil! But drawing can be tricky when first starting out. The illustrated step-by-step projects found in this book will impart basic art theory by teaching students how to interpret and reconstruct things they see as series of simple shapes.

This book was developed to clarify and simplify various aspects of painting with watercolor, while at the same time challenging you with new possibilities. However, unlike a book of rules that tend to close our minds, this is a collection of principles, concepts and general information designed to expand the creative process.

Offers instruction in portrait painting for several mediums, and includes information on materials and color, basic facial structure and proportions, painting from live models and photos, and composition techniques.