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45) Drawing on the right side of the brain: a course in enhancing creativity and artistic confidence
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Description
Presents a set of basic exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the brain's right hemisphere.
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Carla Sonheim is an artist and creativity workshop instructor known for her fun and innovative projects and techniques designed to help adult students recover a more spontaneous, playful approach to creating. Her innovative ideas are now collected and elaborated on in this unique volume. Carla offers a year's worth of assignments, projects, ideas, and techniques that will introduce more creativity and nonsense into your art and life. Drawing Lab for...
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Cat Kid Comic Club volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In Cat Kid Comic Club, Li'l Petey, Flippy, and Molly introduce twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. As the story unwinds with mishaps and hilarity, readers get to see the progress, mistakes, and improvements that come with practice and persistence. Squid Kid and Katydid, Baby Frog Squad, Monster Cheese Sandwich, and Birds Flowers Trees: A Haiku Photo Comic are just some of the mini-comics that are...
52) Chalk
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A wordless picture book about three children who go to a park on a rainy day, find some chalk, and draw pictures that come to life.
53) Birds of prey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to draw birds of prey. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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From the treasured author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes an I Can Read adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.
Harold needs a picture for his bedroom wall, so he takes his purple crayon and begins to create a whole new world around him. But then he notices he has gotten very small-half the size of a daisy! Only a very clever artist could find his way home now.
This Level 1 I Can Read imagination-sparking adventure...
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Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a variety of sea creatures. Ames now turns his attention to drawing sea creatures. He begins with a page of instruction that encourages readers to go slowly and draw lightly step-by-step, keeping a soft eraser at hand. He asks readers also to watch the empty spaces around the lines in order to promote accuracy, and to use a mirror to view the drawing, making mistakes more obvious.
57) Mythical beasts
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to draw mythical beasts. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
58) Draw 50 people
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Step-by-step instructions for drawing cavemen, queens, Aztecs, vikings, clowns, minutemen, and soldiers from the Civil War and from World War II.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Pick up an everyday pen and make amazing art!
26 animals to draw, from an armadillo and a box turtle to a yak and a zebra
Learn to create textures like the hard shell of a turtle, the long straggly hair of a llama, and the rough, coarse skin of an iguana
Drawing techniques include stippling, cross-hatching, and more, to make different tones of gray and black, textures, and realistic details
Beginner-friendly advice to capture each...
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Pub. Date
2003
Description
The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques is intended for artists who are looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of materials and the wide range of available media. It will teach them about the characteristics of these media and materials and how to use them to get the required effect. With a unique combination of instruction and practice the book provides examples of the type of mark-making each medium produces. A range of projects then...