This bumper drawing guide is perfect for artists looking to improve their skills. Whether you want to achieve a likeness of a human subject, frame a landscape to best effect or draw an animal that won't keep still, the advice and examples included here are sure to inspire. Experienced artists Barrington Barber and Peter Gray demonstrate the challenges and rewards in each subject area through tailored step-by-step exercises.
Immensely varied and full of interest, landscape provides a limitless subject for artists, and gives them the opportunity to explore the great outdoors. In this book, author and illustrator Peter Gray talks you through the stages of drawing landscapes, from the smallest detail to the widest views. Tailored step-by-step exercises will guide you through the challenges of landscape drawing and help you achieve your own stunning results. The Artist's Workbooks are practical guides for artists interested in getting to grips with a particular subject. Other books in the series include: • Drawing Animals • Drawing Caricatures • Drawing Figures • Drawing Manga • Drawing Portraits • Drawing Still Life • Drawing Techniques
Halloween or not, this is one coloring book your kids will surely love. Vampires do not bite in this activity book and they may even become your children's good friends whom they can share stories with. Recreate the images of scary vampires and Halloween stuff for your kids. Get a copy now.
Learn to create authentic fantasy maps step-by-step! Orcs prepare for battle against high Elves, Dwarves retreat to the mountains and men march to the sea to reclaim crumbling fortresses. Fortunes are decided. Kingdoms are lost. Entire worlds are created. This book will teach you to bring your fictional realm to life with simple step-by-step instructions on how to draw authentic fantasy maps. Set the stage for adventure by illustrating domains, castles and battle lines, mountains, forests and sea monsters! Learn to create completely unique and fully functional RPG maps time and time again on which your world can unfold. All the skills necessary to create awe-inspiring maps are covered! • Landscapes. Add depth, balance and plausibility with rocky coastlines, towering mountains, dark forests and rolling plains. • Iconography. Mark important places--towns and cities, fortresses and bridges--with symbolic iconography for easy-to-understand maps. • Typography. Learn how to place readable text and the basics of decorative script. Bonus instruction teaches you to create fonts for Orcs, Elves, Vikings and dragons. • Heraldry and shield design. Depict cultural and political boundaries with shields and colors. • Advanced cartography. Includes how to draw landmarks, country boundaries and political lines. Build roads to connect merchants and troops, troll cairns and dragon lairs. And complete your maps with creative backgrounds, elaborate compasses and thematic legends. 30+ step-by-step demonstrations illustrate how to construct an entire fantasy world map from start to finish--both digitally and by hand!
Aimed at young students, this comprehensive book includes an 'A-Z of Methodology' reference section. The levels 1-4 contain around 80 hours of class work depending on the various options used. The Starter level provides around 40-60 hours of class work.
Twenty-three handsomely rendered drawings celebrate the beauty and majesty of America From California's Big Sur country to Mount Desert island off the rock-bound coast of Maine, these beautiful drawings capture images of all things great and small. Included, among other landmark American scenes, are views of Everglades wildlife, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Mt. McKinley, California redwoods, the Petrified Forest, Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park, and bobwhite quail in a Kansas wheatfield. Colorists of all ages will enjoy painting or coloring these landscapes, which feature: • Beautiful drawings, specially printed with light gray lines that virtually disappear with the addition of colors for a finished, professional look • High-quality paper, printed on one side only and suitable for watercolor, colored pencils, and other media • Perforated pages for easy removal from the book
Wolves, grizzlies, beluga whales, and other awesome creatures roam their native habitats in this fun-to-color collection of 30 accurately rendered drawings.
A picture atlas that takes young readers on a visual journey around the world, from Spain and Portugal to China and Mongolia. Continents and countries are brought to life through stunning photography and eye-catching illustrations. Uncover incredible geographical features, wildlife, culture, history, and landmarks in unprecedented detail. This incredible and inspiring visual atlas takes you on a fact-filled, continent-by-continent tour of the world. Throughout the pages of this adventure ebook, you'll discover more than 50 fascinating maps including fun facts and fresh images. Your child will learn all about the climate, populations, places, and industries of our world. Picture stories complement the maps, from the giant Amazon River flowing through the rainforest to the frozen icebergs of the glacial Arctic. Discover the richness and diversity of human and animal life around the globe. Each map shows countries with their capitals, famous landmarks, longest rivers, and highest mountains. This educational ebook is more than an atlas! It also shows young explorers how to read a map and use a key, compass, and scale. It's the ideal resource for classroom use, home learning, and armchair exploration. The Ultimate Round-The-World Trip. Children's Illustrated Atlas is the perfect reference ebook for kids to learn about lands close to home or oceans far away! It's also a fantastic gift for children with an interest in the world around them and a taste for adventure. Without even leaving your home, this children's atlas ebook allows you to: - Explore more than 50 stunning world maps and incredible geographical features. - Learn how to read a map and use a key, compass, and scale. - Travel the world's cities and landmarks through beautiful photography and illustrations. - Dive into intriguing facts about the world's population. Complete the Series: Charming and informative, the Children's Illustrated Atlas series from DK Books is a delightful addition to every child's library. Bring the amazing world of wildlife right into your home with the Children's Illustrated Animal Atlas and reach into the past with the Children's Illustrated History Atlas.
For nearly two centuries, the creation myth for the United States imagined European settlers arriving on the shores of a vast, uncharted wilderness. Over the last two decades, however, a contrary vision has emerged, one which sees the country's roots not in a state of "pristine" nature but rather in a "human-modified landscape" over which native peoples exerted vast control. Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape seeks a middle ground between those conflicting paradigms, offering a critical, research-based assessment of the role of Native Americans in modifying the landscapes of pre-European America. Contributors focus on the western United States and look at the question of fire regimes, the single human impact which could have altered the environment at a broad, landscape scale, and which could have been important in almost any part of the West. Each of the seven chapters is written by a different author about a different subregion of the West, evaluating the question of whether the fire regimes extant at the time of European contact were the product of natural factors or whether ignitions by Native Americans fundamentally changed those regimes. An introductory essay offers context for the regional chapters, and a concluding section compares results from the various regions and highlights patterns both common to the West as a whole and distinctive for various parts of the western states. The final section also relates the findings to policy questions concerning the management of natural areas, particularly on federal lands, and of the "naturalness" of the pre-European western landscape.
We take you on an experience, where we will visit natural beauty from every corner of the planet... SIT BACK, RELAX AND COLOR IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TRANQUIL LANDSCAPES OF PLANET EARTH. A FUN, CREATIVE WAY TO UNWIND - FOR YOURSELF OR AS A GIFT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL. Here's what you'll discover: 30 beautifully drawn illustrations of a diverse range of Earth's nature. Get creative with drawing in mountains, forests, jungles, beaches, deserts, canyons, tundras, waterfalls, lakes and much much more Designed for coloring pencils with fresh 90GSM white paper. This book is not recommended for use with gel pens, highlighters or paint. Hand-drawn everything by our talented in-house illustrators, each coloring page designed to give you a top tier drawing experience. Join many other happy customers and get your copy now!
