Dorling Kindersley Artist`s Drawing Techniques. Discover how to draw landscapes, people, still lifes and more

Artist's Drawing Techniques is your guide to every aspect of drawing, from choosing a subject to mounting your finished masterpiece. Follow the workshops that teach you more than 80 artist's techniques, including cross-hatching, stippling, blending, and masking using pencil, charcoal, coloured pencils, and pastels. Develop your artistic style by following step-by-step drawing tutorials through beginner, intermediate, and advanced projects.Explore new creative challenges with inspiring exercises and art projects to develop your skills, and study the stunning feature drawings that showcase every artistic technique and show you how that technique can be applied. Artist's Drawing Techniques will help you tap into your creative potential and unlock new talents

Раскройте все забавные советы и хитрости, необходимые для того, чтобы улучшить свои навыки рисования и стать невероятным художником, с помощью книги Клэр Джонсон "Как рисовать" • Узнайте, как рисовать все подряд - от забавных людей и опасных динозавров до распускающихся цветов и сумасшедших мультфильмов - с помощью этой фантастической пошаговой книжки для рисования для детей. "Как рисовать" - это увлекательное интерактивное пособие для детей, которое вдохновит их окунуться в мир искусства и узнать все, что нужно знать о рисовании. Благодаря простым инструкциям и ободряющим советам и подсказочкам рисовать еще никогда не было так легко и вдохновляюще • Книга на английском языке • Uncover all the fun tips and tricks needed to improve your drawing skills and become an incredible artist, with this How to Draw book

Kickstart your creativity and create a masterpiece with step-by-step workshops and advice from professional artists • Whether you want to try your hand at painting for the first time or brush up on your artistic skills, Artist's Painting Techniques is for you. Learn how to work with watercolours, oils, and acrylics and discover everything you need to know about tone, colour, pattern, brushwork, and composition with detailed advice for beginner, intermediate, and advanced painters • Fully illustrated, step-by-step workshops from professional artists guide you through more than 80 painting techniques including laying a flat wash, painting fur, and creating impasto sculptural effects. All techniques are accompanied by inspiring exercises and projects to try at home to help you develop your skills, discover your own style, and grow as an artist

Travel back in time and meet the incredible creatures of the prehistoric world with this children's educational book about dinosaurs • Welcome to the world of dinosaurs! From the Stegosaurus to the Tyrannosaurus-rex, get ready to dig into the past and bring dinosaurs to life with this dino-mite encyclopedia for children! • Inside the pages of this dinosaur book for children, you'll discover • - Full of modern, colourful, and detailed illustrations with a distinct "gamer" style design • - Jam-packed with essential facts and figures on more than 200 different species • - Special features about dinosaur diet, habitat, communication, and more • - Action-packed Battle Up! spreads show which dinosaurs would win in a fight • - Extra reference spreads are packed with information, teaching children about prehistoric plants, dinosaur diets, flying reptiles, and much, much more • - Incredible double spread images of dinosaurs in situ are interspersed throughout the book • This superb fact-packed dinosaur reference book contains everything you've ever wanted to know about dinosaurs of every shape and size! Learn how to tell the difference between carnivores and herbivores or the Jurassic and Triassic periods

The ultimate visual guide for children passionate about all things equine • Calling all horse lovers! This horse book for kids is a one-stop-shop for everything from their history, anatomy, breeds, how to care for them, their social significance and more! • Inside the pages of this children's book about equestrian knowledge you will find • - Informative features on all the major horse and pony breeds, from the enormous Dutch Draught Horse to the tiny Argentine Falabella • - Beautiful photographs and detailed illustrations of magnificent horses found across the world • - Learn about the importance of horses across different cultures from sport, shows, traditions and celebrations, to transport, police work, and even shrimp-fishing! • - Extensive information and step-by-step instructions on horse-riding and caring for these beautiful animals • From the difference between horses and ponies to why horses sleep standing up, this comprehensive guide explores every horsey topic you could want to explore! Colourful photographs and pictures on every page include many different horses and pony breeds, from Shetland ponies, shire horses and thoroughbreds and highlights their importance in our world today

An illustrated atlas to where animals are in the world - whether they have feathers, scales, or fur! • Explore the animal kingdom with this pictorial atlas of the world's wildlife. Where do animals build their homes? How do they survive in very hot and cold climates? Why are so many species endangered? • Discover the answers to all these questions and many more in The Animal Atlas. Learn where in the world different animal species are found; what kind of habitats they live in; what they eat; and how they find their mates • The Animal Atlas is packed with beautiful, life-like depictions of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Each species is carefully hand-drawn to show details of fur, feathers, or scales, while accompanying captions reveal fascinating facts about the animal's behaviour

Take a tour of the animal kingdom and learn everything there is to know about the wildlife that inhabit the Earth in this complete guide to animals • Introducing Animal Ultimate Handbook, the latest title in DK's Ultimate Handbook series which takes you on a journey of a lifetime as you discover some of the world's most incredible mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Whether you are trekking through the hot and humid rainforest, exploring the dark depths of the ocean, or climbing the snow-capped, icy mountains, you will learn all about some of the extraordinary animals that live on Earth • This ultimate kids' factbook book includes must-know facts and stats about more than 200 species of animal, from where they live to how they communicate with one another, and much, much more

Take a look into the circle of life through the life cycles of the planet and everything on it! • Everything begins and everything ends - but what happens in between? Find out in this stunning nature book. Learn about human life and development, processes in nature, how animals change over time, how the universe was formed, and so much more • This illustrated children's book for Key Stage 2 learners ages 7-11 years includes • - More than 60 life cycles featured • - Stunning photographs that capture key moments during a life cycle, such as penguin chicks huddling together to keep warm and the beauty of an orchid in full bloom • - Bite-size facts and stats about every animal, plant, planet, and habitat featured • - A great new angle on the world, the universe, and our place in it • If you're looking for facts about the universe then this is the book for you! Based on key concepts found in the STEM learning curriculum, Life Cycles captures life on the planet through captivating illustrations and photography, amazing facts, and essay-to-read text

Blast off alongside space expert Sarah Cruddas on a ride-along through space exploration history featuring interviews with real Astronauts! • This interesting children's space handbook takes you on a journey through the history of space exploration. Unpack space history, its future, and fascinating information on the human exploration of our galaxy. This picture book will answer your kid's planet-sized questions • Suited for space-intrigued 7-9-year-olds who are eager to learn about the galaxy! Eileen Collins, first woman NASA astronaut to command a space shuttle mission, gives a foreword to this incredible book by Sarah Cruddas. Learn about real-life astronauts, including Apollo 17's Eugene Cernan and Virgin Galactic Test Pilot Kelly Latimer, who all give insight into life in space! • From Man's dream on Earth about going into space, to a man's first steps on the moon and beyond

Раскройте секреты и раскройте происхождение и значения более чем 2000 знаков и символов, от древних иероглифов до современных логотипов • Почему сердце, пронзенное стрелой, является классическим символом любви? Каковы древние корни символов плодородия? Почему весы являются символом справедливости? • Вникните в значение каждого символа и исследуйте, как они интерпретировались в мифах, религии, фольклоре и искусстве с течением времени, с помощью авторитетных текстов от экспертов в этой области и ярких линейных рисунков и фотографий, которые подчеркивают визуальную силу и красоту знаков. Разделенное на шесть тематических разделов - космос, мир природы, человеческая жизнь, мифы и религии, общество и культура, а также системы символов - это руководство по тайному языку знаков и символических обозначений является обязательным для тех, кто хочет понять окружающий мир

Unleash your inner artist and learn to draw with ‘queen of colouring’ Johanna Basford • In this beautiful, accessible guide Johanna shares the fun, simple, no-skills-needed secrets to creating your own flora, fauna and fantasies inspired by her bestselling and beloved colouring books • With step-by-step exercises, inspiring prompts and plenty of pages to colour, let your creativity run wild. How to Draw Inky Wonderlands invites you to develop your personal drawing style and master creating marvellous creatures and landscapes using only the pen or pencil in your hand and the wildest reaches of your imagination

This how-to book is perfect for budding artists and animal fans alike! Children from age 8 and up can learn to draw a wide range of popular animals including tigers, dolphins, horses and butterflies. How to Draw Animals includes a stunning full-colour scene at the end of every chapter and an explanation on how to draw it, whilst amazing animal facts are scattered throughout the book for an extra fun element. There are plenty of hints and tips on getting started, the materials required and how to use colours effectively. The step-by-step techniques employed are easy to follow and really do work!