Explains how to use a few simple shapes, letters, numbers, and symbols to draw almost any animal.

Presents instructions for drawing a variety of dinosaurs.

Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns, which increases your creativity, and provides artistic satisfaction. These step-by-step demonstrations show you how to create enticing patterns, add color to your pieces, and use your tangles in art journals.

A progressive series of lessons, exercises and step-by-step demonstrations for learning to sketch using graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, colored pencils, and pastels.

The latest in our essential "Encyclopedia of Art" series puts the spotlight on the catwalk to provide a practical compendium of all-media fashion design techniques. Suitable for beginners as well as experienced illustrators, this book takes readers step-by-step through precise techniques used by professionals. Learn to depict fabric textures and folds, work with color and tone to create the illusion of body forms, and transform real-life model poses...

"Vast opportunities and great joy await you as you learn sketching "on the spot" -- be it in your own backyard, amid the bustle of a busy market, on a hike or wherever you happen to find yourself. Cathy Johnson leads you on this thrilling expedition as you explore ways to turn everyday sights and experiences into a cache of visual memories. She and other artists have opened their sketchbooks to share their favorite subjects, ranging from nature's...

Offers step-by-step lessons on how to draw professional-quality portraits, landscapes, travel sketches, common objects, and animals using only two ordinary pencils.

"Hone your drawing skills and you eye for design by learning to draw in black and white. Working with only positive and negative lines and shapes keeps the focus on the basics: composition, balance, and harmony. And using white and black gel, ink, and paint pens on black, tan, and gray papers allows you to experience drawing in a whole new way! Drawing in Black & White is a clever drawing and design book that contains 36 inspiring exercises, a gallery...

"Drawing people in the outside world can be a real thrill; each sketch captures a particular person and place in time. But it can also be a challenge. How do you spot a likely subject? How do you choose the person most likely to stay still? How do you draw movement for the person that refuses to sit still? Sketching People offers straightforward, practical help to give beginning artists the confidence and ability to draw all sorts of people in many...