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How to Draw Wizards, Dragons and Other Magical Creatures: Step-By-Step Drawings!Girls and boys ages 5 to 10 can learn to draw many different magical creatures by using circles, ovals, rectangles, squares, and other shapes There are 30 pictures to create: mermaids, dragons, giants, and more. Simple directions and step-by-step illustrations make it easy and...
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Drawing HandsAn indispensable and easy-to-follow companion for the intermediate art student, this concise guide focuses on how to capture the natural representation of the human hand in all its forms and motions.Over 100 clear and expertly rendered drawings help artists discover: - The subtle but...
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Medieval and Renaissance Fashion: 90 Full-Color PlatesKnights clad in chain mail populate these pages, alongside crowned heads in royal regalia and common folk in their finest apparel. Scrupulously authentic in every detail, these images offer colorful portraits that span centuries of fashion, from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.Rapha l...
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Birds, Flowers and Friends Stained Glass Pattern BookThis all-original collection of beautiful stained glass patterns sparkles with radiant florals, vivid wildlife, fascinating abstracts, and lovely celestial scenes Designer Jody Wright presents sixty of her most popular designs in a convenient trio of shapes: round, oval, and octagonal. Perfect for hard-to-fit windows...
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Fifty Figure DrawingsCrafted by leading students from the finest American art schools of the early twentieth century, these black-and-white illustrations represent a wide variety of life drawing styles. The original renderings--in crayon, charcoal, pencil, and ink--are beautifully reproduced here, with faithful attention to every shadow and...
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Masterpieces of Illuminated Letters and BordersMore than 350 decorative designs in this impressive collection, including 256 letters, display the glories of extant medieval manuscripts. Exceptionally rare letters and borders that once enhanced medieval bibles and other rare manuscripts are ornamented with exquisite florals, gem-like geometrics, curvilinear motifs interwoven with...
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Art Anatomy of AnimalsA prolific author of books on wildlife, the great naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was also an accomplished illustrator. Noting a dearth of general zoological anatomies for artists, he took it upon himself to create one. This volume is the result of his efforts. In...
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FreeHand Perspective and SketchingThe essential guide to rendering perspective, Freehand Perspective and Sketching uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists master one of art's greatest challenges. Generations of art students and amateurs have found it an indispensable resource of the time-honored principles and...
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100 Japanese Stencil DesignsThe natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of exquisite stencil designs. A centuries-old tradition of capturing nature in striking floral and wildlife motifs is reflected in the graceful shapes and lovely lines of more than 100 illustrations. Lush...
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How to Draw Aquarium AnimalsBudding artists can easily create a variety of different aquarium animals by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes - 30 pictures to draw: angelfish, octopus, penguin, clownfish, lobster, sea lion, starfish, whale, and more - Simple directions, step-by-step illustrations - Includes...
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Geometric Patterns and Designs for Artists and CraftspeopleMore than 260 high-impact, permission-free designs that exploit to their fullest the dramatic potential of squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and other elements. Invaluable for wallpaper and textile design, packaging and computer art, these eye-catching forms provide artists and craftspeople with angular forms and pleasant...
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Art Nouveau Motifs and VignettesHere is a dazzling collection of over 300 permission-free images representing the finest achievement in Art Nouveau design. Selected from archives of rare materials long out of print, these engaging designs range from a simple medallion, a small frame, and a tiny flourish to...
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Banners, Ribbons and ScrollsElegant, refined, artful, imaginative . . . these draped decorative elements ― be they banners, ribbons, or scrolls ― run the gamut from the most extravagant confections of swirling delight to staid and conservative commercial illustrations. Perched patriotic eagles, medieval ladies-in-waiting and knights in...
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Leonardo DrawingsAlthough Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest artists who ever lived, his career was marked by an unusually large number of uncompleted projects and by finished works that rapidly deteriorated. Nevertheless, his influence is undoubted, and his claim to greatness rests chiefly...
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Bizarre and Ornamental AlphabetsAnimal alphabets, architectural lettering, exquisite florid expressions, the well known, the whimsical, and the inspired have been brought together in this fascinating, practical, and inexpensive pictorial archive sourcebook by graphic designer and artist Carol Belanger Grafton.Here is an exquisite collection of unique and evocative...
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Thomas Nast's Christmas DrawingsFinely detailed drawings of St. Nick, sleigh rides, reindeer, and "The Night Before Christmas" are all depicted in this seasonal collection of 66 Yuletide illustrations by the creator of the popular Santa Claus image.Author: Thomas NastPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 09/01/1978Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 11.02h...
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Art Nouveau: An Anthology of Design and Illustration from the StudioIn its early years, The Studio (published monthly in London from April 1893 until well into the twentieth century) was one of the major media for the development of Art Nouveau styles. It was probably more responsible than any other publication for the acceptance...
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A Typographic Workbook: A Primer to History, Techniques, and ArtistryLavishly illustrated with more than 450 images, A Typographic Workbook, Second Edition explains the process successful designers use to select, space, and creatively integrate fonts. This essential text demonstrates the use of type as a dynamic and expressive communication tool. This edition provides new...
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The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America StylishA tribute to a time when style -- and maybe even life -- felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers. -- Sadie Stein, Paris Review As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to...
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Magic(al) RealismBestselling novels by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a multitude of others have enchanted us by blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Their genre of writing has been variously defined as 'magic', 'magical' or 'marvellous' realism and is quickly becoming...
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