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Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever...
23) Syllabus
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Offers selected pages from the author's illustrated notebooks kept during a three year period when she was figuring out how to teach a course on keeping creative notebooks.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Travels with My Sketchbook provides a glimpse of the incredible journey Chris Riddell has been on during his time a Childrens Laureate. A gorgeous collection of sketches, doodles, posters, political cartoons, extracts from his books and pages for the Laureate Log a daily record of his time as Laureate into the way the world has changed in the past two years through the eyes of one our most observant and best-loved illustrators.
Author
Publisher
DC Zoom
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Anyone caught reading this notebook without my permission will be tossed in the bayou with a rabid snapping turtle! Seriously, I mean it! My name is Russell Weinwright and if you think you've got problems in middle school, try being a half kid, half algae swamp creature who's terrible at sports! It's not easy. I eat sunlight for lunch, I've got duck weed for hair, and I think a frog might be living in my tree trunk arm. I'm literally pond scum! Some...
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
Adventure Publications
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"See nature with the eyes of a naturalist. Feel nature with the heart of an artist. If you enjoy birding, gardening, or the great outdoors, Drawn to Birds is for you. Naturalist and watercolorist Jenny deFouw Geuder combines her vast knowledge of nature with her artistic expertise to create a book like no other. This collection begins with an introduction to bird anatomy. From there, more than 60 different bird species are showcased in watercolor,...
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