Del Norte Public Library

"Covering the basics of drawing and far beyond, The Pencil Box is as essential to your work as your favorite eraser. Inside you'll find step-by-step guidance, proven advice and daily exercises for elevating your drawing ability to new levels of realism and resonance. From the very basics of sketching to the nuances of fine detail, this guide covers it all with hands-on instruction that will strengthen your drawing - and your artwork - right away."...

127 PAGES ILLUS. $25.00. OIL PAINTING VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND FLOWERS. DN

From making the first cut to applying the finish, this comprehensive reference details every aspect of woodcarving. All the essentials are covered for beginning woodworkers, such as how to choose appropriate woods; how to set up a wood shop; how to select, use, and sharpen tools; and how to perform fundamental techniques, such as the push cut, pull cut, stop cut, and slicing cut. General carving styles, from classical to whimsical to rustic, are also...

Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different aircraft and spacecraft, including the Concorde, the Skyhawk A4D, the U-2 spy plane, the Wright brothers' first airplane, the Hindenburg and the Apollo command module.

This book is the perfect guide for all budding artists.It's packed with simple step-by-step illustrations and tips on coloring.

Set of 6.

Share Your Joy embraces shareable and mixed-media art through projects, prompts, and stories that invite you to explore your creativity and have fun with art supplies.

Demonstrates each of the basic steps for drawing fifty of the world's most famous buildings and structures, including the Taj Mahal, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Empire State Building.

This handy guide to perspective drawing provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing. Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain such concepts as appearance versus reality, perspective...