technique

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing more than twenty kinds of horses and ponies, from Welsh ponies to Clydesdales.

Includes instructions for creating drawings that give the illusion of various kinds of movement and special effects. Also describes several early motion picture devices.

Offers instructions in drawing with charcoal and pastel, explaining the importance of texture, line, motion, shapes, and patterns. Also discusses various types of papers, crayons, chalks, and other supplies.

A guide for the novice illustrator to using pen and ink, including choosing pens, keeping a sketchbook, trying different techniques, and developing a personal style.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing the human body.

Instructions for drawing plants and animals in motion.

Explains how to draw machines from sports cars to space stations to robots and crazy inventions.

Provides traditional cartooning exercises on character development, one cell cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and comic books.

Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares the secrets of her writing success, including how to get ideas, creating beginnings and endings, writing great dialogue, developing memorable characters, and more.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing the components of cartoon people and putting them all together.