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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"What happens when DC Super Heroes and Villains unite with the popular manga art style? You get dynamic artwork that practically leaps off the page! Join in the fun and learn how to draw Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the DC Super-Pets, as well as their friends and foes, as compelling manga characters. With 45+ projects broken down in easy-to-follow steps and stunning illustrations by talented, DC-approved artists, this drawing guide is perfect...
4) The words and wares of David Drake: revisiting I made this jar and the legacy of Edgefield pottery
Author
Publisher
The University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was born enslaved in Edgefield, South Carolina, at the turn of the nineteenth century. Despite laws prohibiting enslaved people from learning to read or write, Drake was literate and signed some of his pots, not only with his name and a date, but with verse?making a powerful statement of resistance.0The Words and Wares of David Drake collects multifaceted scholarship about Drake and his craft. Building on...
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Samia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognized as a pioneer of twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. This publication brings together her paintings, prints, and drawings as well as her kinetic works, illustrating how she has developed abstract forms into moving compositions of color and texture."--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Peek inside the sketchbooks of 60 historical and contemporary illustrators from around the world. This inspiring collection spotlights the power of personal notebooks in the creative process. It contains a treasury of rough sketches, note-filled margins, collaged pages, color explorations, and thumbnail drawings from an array of iconic illustrators. Each artist's work is expertly contextualized and offers a glimpse into the origins of memorable characters,...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A dreamer's tree house. A mechanic's cottage. A submerged city. Over thirty imaginative houses and the people who make them home offer unexpected worlds to wander through and explore. Who is the mischievous bridgetower keeper? What does the witch grow in her garden? How does the postal worker tame his delivery dragons? In each house, readers discover the contents of rooms and closets, what's at the top of the stairs and where shadowy hallways lead....
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