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Author
Publisher
Penfield Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Marcia Wegman's pastels have been selected in many juried exhibitions. She has been an honored finalist in the INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE. In recent years, three of her pastel paintings have been selected in Annual Members Juried Exhibitions by the Pastel Society of America. Her pastels are in many private collections, and she is represented in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. In addition to landscapes, not only of Iowa, she has a pastel series...
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Simple shapes make drawing aliens and spaceships fun and easy. Step-by-step instructions feature shapes that combine to become flying saucers, rockets, space worms, and more. Back matter shows the Crayola colors used in the drawings."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explore the art of the Disney movie Coco! Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector. Follow along with word-for-word narration as, together, they set off on an...
Publisher
North Carolina Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals traces Hassam's artistic exploration of Appledore Island, the largest island of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, where he traveled nearly every summer for thirty years"--
10) Waking the dead
Author
Series
Cafferty and Quinn novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Danielle Cafferty and Michael Quinn, occasional partners in solving crime, are quickly drawn into the case of a painting reputed to come to life--and to bring death. They begin to make connections between that summer in Switzerland and this spring in Louisiana. Danni, the owner of an eccentric antiques shop, and Quinn, a private detective, have discovered that they have separate but complementary talents when it comes to investigating unusual situations....
Author
Publisher
Liverlight Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This magnificently illustrated art instruction manual ranges from classical to contemporary eras in its highly detailed historical overview of the depiction of women in drawings, paintings, sculpture, and photography. Black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and reproductions of paintings by Botticelli, Rubens, Vermeer, and other masters complement chapters on drapery studies, the anatomy of dress, standard poses, and other topics. Over 100 reference...
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This survey of birds, chronicling their scientific and popular appeal throughout the ages and around the world, showcases the remarkable diversity of species in the avian kingdom, from tiny hummingbirds to ostriches taller than humans, and icebound penguins to tropical macaws. With its content curated alongside an international panel of ornithologists, art historians, wildlife photographers, conservationists, and curators, this extraordinary book...
Author
Publisher
Impact Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
16 action-packed demonstrations offer expert advice and strategies for: Creating an imaginative cast of characters and creatures ; selecting the best poses, perspective and lighting ; developing authentic costumes and one-of-a-king weaponry ; composing a battle scene ; seamlessly combining photo references with digital editing ; drawing fantastic landscapes.
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