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1) Share your joy: mixed media shareable art

Author

Gardner, Sarah J

Pub. Date

2023.

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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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.

2) An introduction to pastels

Author

Wright, Michael

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Presents a practical guide to a wide range of pastel drawing techniques.

3) The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

Author

Bac, F. Sehnaz

Series

Dover Crafts Painting

Pub. Date

2017.

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Transform ordinary stones into a colorful works of art. Full-color illustrations accompany step-by-step instructions for creating 30 different themes: trees, flowers, animals, mandalas, geometric patterns, marine and holiday motifs, and more"--

4) Woodcarving; techniques & projects

Author

Johnstone, James B

Series

A Sunset book

Description

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A book on wood carving and techniques.

5) Drawing: the only drawing book you'll ever need to be the artist you've always wanted to be

Author

Temple, Kathryn

Series

Art for kids

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Contains hands-on activities to teach basic elements including shading techniques and creating perspective.

6) An introduction to watercolor

Author

Smith, Ray

Description

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Teaches the essentials of watercolor painting and gives students the confidence to try increasingly complex techniques.

7) An introduction to drawing

Author

Horton, James

Description

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A practical guide to many drawing techniques and materials.

8) Mosaics: inspiration and original projects for interiors and exteriors

Author

Fassett, Kaffe

9) 101 textures in graphite & charcoal: practical drawing techniques for rendering a variety of surfaces & textures

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Formats

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101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal is a must-have resource for all graphite and charcoal artists. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on drawing key textures you'd find in any illustration. Accurately rendering surfaces and textures is one of the most challenging aspects of working with graphite pencil and charcoal. 101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal provides artists with step-by-step instructions for learning how to draw a wide variety...

10) Elements of fiction

Author

Mosley, Walter

Pub. Date

2019.

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools and practical advice needed to write a novel in a single year. In this complementary follow up, Mosley guides the reader through the fundamental building blocks of fiction to deliver a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of conversational and instructive chapters, Mosley breaks down the art of fiction to its most...

11) Art school how to paint & draw: drawing, watercolour, oil & acrylic, pastel

Author

Harrison, Hazel

Pub. Date

c2003

12) Animal Doodles with Scooby-Doo!

Author

Bird, Benjamin

Series

Scooby-doodles!

Pub. Date

2017

Description

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Draw, color, and create ANIMAL doodles with Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang!

13) How to draw super cute things: learn to draw & color absolutely adorable art!

Author

Goods, Bobbie

Pub. Date

2023.

Description

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Bursting with humor, sweetness, and imagination, How to Draw Super Cute Things with Bobbie Goods shows you how to draw and color everything adorable! Get cozy, grab a pencil and your markers, and draw your own super cute world.

14) The big book of ceramics: a guide to the history, materials, equipment, and techniques of hand-building, molding, throwing, kiln-firing, and glazing pottery and other ceramic objects

Author

Chavarria, Joaquim

Pub. Date

1994.

15) Harley brown's eternal truths for every artist

Author

Brown, Harley

Pub. Date

2001.

16) Making mosaics: designs, techniques & projects

Author

Dierks, Leslie

Pub. Date

[1997]

Description

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Includes how-to information for making twelve projects: a birdhouse, a backsplash with a motif of two doves, a fish tile for use as a trivet or cheese board, a mosaic called "Mister Mooch" featuring a "mixed-breed" dog,a mirror frame, a mosaic with a flamingo, a planter, a stepping stone with fire salamander motif, a hanging plaque with a sea motif featuring a fish in the center, a large mosaic (23" x 141/2") of a tree planted within a garden maze,...

17) Manga

Author

Eppard, Jon

Series

You can draw it!

Pub. Date

2012

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to draw manga. The text level and subject matter is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.