Series: Collector's Series

Learn everything you need to know to create beautiful floral works of art in oil and acrylic! This comprehensive book opens with a guide to essential information on the necessary tools and materials for both sketching and painting, including pencils, paints and brushes, palettes, supports, and mediums. In addition to learning about basic drawing and painting techniques and colour theory,...

With everything you need to start in the world of furries, The Art of Drawing Manga Furries is your ultimate guide to creating your own characters and developing your own original anthropomorphic animals.With its in-depth instruction, this book is suitable for all manga artists and furry enthusiasts, regardless of skill level or age. From learning the basics of drawing characters...

Explore more than 500 tips, tricks, and step-by-step how-tos for creating a variety of manga characters, animals, and scenes across a variety of genres, including shonen, shojo, chibi, kawaii, and others. With multiple art styles and in-depth instruction, The Art of Drawing Manga is suitable for all manga artists and enthusiasts, regardless of skill level or age. From learning the...

In Cartoon Animation with Preston Blair, acclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair shares his vast practical knowledge to explain and demonstrate the many techniques of cartoon animation. By following his lessons, you can make any character—person, animal, or object—come to life through animated movement! Animation is the process of drawing a character in successive positions to create lifelike movement. Animators bring...

Graphic novel illustration is a popular and growing art form among artists of all skill levels and backgrounds. The Art of Drawing Manga & Comic Book Characters serves as a comprehensive resource for all things manga, chibi, and graphic novel character design through its diverse offerings. From basic pencil drawing and illustration techniques to composition, colour theory, and character construction,...

Inside, five talented artists reveal their professional secrets for drawing all the features that are unique to our furry and feathered friends—from wet noses and expressive eyes to thick fur and delicate whiskers. The book opens with essential information about drawing tools and materials, followed by instruction on how to approach drawing, such as building up forms with basic shapes,...

Filled with easy step-by-step instruction from a variety of artists and a wealth of inspiring images to study and admire, The Art of Basic Drawing shows beginning artists how to draw everything from flowers and still lifes to landscapes, animals, and people. You'll find plenty of helpful tips on choosing the right tools and materials, fundamental drawing techniques, developing value...

Whether you are an accomplished artist desiring to learn a new medium or a beginning artist simply wanting to play with this colourful art form, The Art of Colored Pencil Drawing features all of the basic information you need to get started in this versatile and approachable medium. From selecting and handling pencils and choosing paper and supports to understanding...

From the scholarly cartoons of The New Yorker to the laugh-out-loud illustrations of the Sunday funnies, cartooning and animation have been popular artistic genres for myriad eras. In The Art of Cartooning & Illustration, aspiring cartoon artists will learn the basics of traditional cartooning and animation, as well as how to develop their own unique cartooning style, write storylines, and...

Ever considered the differences between fairies and pixies or struggled to remember how many heads belong to a hydra? With more than 50 step-by-step projects; tips and techniques for working with graphite pencil, charcoal, and ink; as well as a little history for each featured mythological and fantasy creature, The Art of Drawing Dragons, Mythological Beasts, and Fantasy Creatures includes...

Packed with practical advice, helpful tips, and step-by-step drawing techniques, The Art of Drawing People is a comprehensive resource for artists of all skill levels. With step-by-step instruction from a variety of artists, you'll find plenty of helpful tips on choosing the right tools and materials, fundamental drawing techniques, developing value and shading, and setting up an effective composition. The...

With instructions and step-by-step projects for creating an array of portraits, this all-inclusive book covers everything about portraiture in the most popular drawing and painting media. Ideal for beginning artists who would like to experiment with different media, Art of Drawing & Painting Portraits teaches the artist how to create beautiful and realistic portraits in pencil, pastel, watercolour, oil, and...

With a wealth of illustrated graphite portrait references and step-by-step pencil lessons, Drawing Poses for Beginners will help you master drawing realistic human figures in a range of different positions. This helpful 128-page guide reveals the process of drawing the human figure as it pertains to anatomy, proportions, volume, mass, gesture, movement, and expression. From there, discover how these characteristics...

The Art of Painting in Acrylic is ideal for artists seeking to develop their acrylic painting skills. The book features a range of techniques and valuable step-by-step instruction for working with this classic medium. Ideal for beginning and intermediate artists seeking to develop or polish their acrylic painting skills, The Art of Painting in Acrylic features a range of techniques...