A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
"[Explores one hundred masterpieces of art,] directing our gaze to the minutiae of subject and symbolism . . . [Also sheds] light on the fashions and lifestyles, loves and intrigues, politics and people that first informed and inspired these works"--Provided by publisher.
Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing Popeye, Fred Flintstone, Dick Tracy, Yogi Bear, Felix the cat, Little Orphan Annie, Flash Gordon, and other cartoon characters.
Thirteen-year-old Sable is reluctantly paired up with Lacey for an art project, but their mutual dislike for one another begins to soften as the two begin to get to know each other better.
Provides step-by-step instructions on how to draw a variety of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, including Ford Thunderbird, cement trucks, and minibikes.
the only drawing book you'll ever need to be the artist you've always wanted to be
Temple, Kathryn
Presents step-by-step instructions for kids on creating line drawings, drawing faces and bodies, and learning about perspective, proportion, and scale.
with a critical text and translation of The poetics
Butcher, S.H
Presents Aristotle's "Poetics" in side-by-side English and Greek, followed by a discussion of the philosopher's ideas, covering such topics as poetic truth, art and morality, the function of tragedy, and the ideal tragic hero.
Second grader Kylie Jean joins her school art club, and learns to paint in the style of several different artists, but for the Mural Art Contest she decides to paint a watercolor picture of a local Texas barn and duck pond--until a squabble between her dog and the ducks turns it into an example of abstract art instead.
