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Suitable for artists, this book offers instruction (primarily graphite, coloured pencil and watercolour) on overcoming the 'intellectual brain' and focusing on the observant 'artist's brain'.

Magnificent and powerful creatures, with bone-crushing jaws and razor-sharp teeth, it's difficult to tell whether you're dealing with a hotheaded nature or a wise and benevolent beast. Therein lies the trouble with drawing them from life. Make your dragon portraits more authentic (while avoiding loss of life and limbs) with the help of this guide.

A comprehensive guide that leads beginners through the approaches and techniques needed to create great fantasy art. It deals with popular fantasy subjects, including dragons, heroines and monsters. It includes information on how to choose the right medium, lighting, imagination, atmosphere and more.

20 step by step demonstrations help readers draw fabulous shojo manga characters and their cool clothes.

Stylish Kids' Parties shows you how to confidently tackle party preparation by using color palettes and themes that carry through--from invitations and decorations to party favors and treats.

Helps beginning watercolourists learn the materials and techniques needed to start painting. This work also helps readers learn the benefits of working with quality materials, see the wonder of watercolour in action and be challenged to express themselves through paint.

Building on the success of the previous book, "The 3AM Ephiphany", this book goes beyond the basic fiction writing elements such as dialogue and character to provide unusual exercises that allow writers to practice their craft in creative ways. It helps writers learn the elements of fiction while experiencing them.

Helps readers understand the importance of color schemes and color contrasts, and how learning to use them effectively can be advantageous when painting. It teaches how to create a color scheme or palette for painting, and how to use similar colors, contrasting colors, neutrals, and complements.

Offers instructions on supplies and references; shapes and values; a variety of people, animal and nature subjects; and, refining your drawings.

Offers information on details such as eyes, mouths, ears, fur, feathers and basic anatomy.

15 colourful step-by-step demonstrations of coastal subjects.

Sketching and drawing from life is fundamental to artists, who have always used it to record observations, experiences and ideas. Artists also want to use their sketchbooks to capture the character of everyday life in their drawings. This work helps readers learn how to develop the skills necessary in order to add life to their drawings.

This book shows readers how to create anthropomorphic characters (animals with humanlike characteristics) that effectively convey various personalities, combining elements of people with those of furry (or feathered or scaled) animals, reptiles and mythical creatures.

Massad Ayoob delivers the information the reader needs to be a responsible gun owner/concealed carry permit holder. This volume covers issues surrounding concealed carry today, including case studies and lessons learned through expert commentary from Ayoob, who draws on experience as expert witness for courts in weapons and shooting cases.

Reveals the keys to achieving your dream. This work includes the start to finish fundamentals you need to produce and launch a first novel. It offers readers advice on both writing and publishing their first novel, from the perspective of a published author and seasoned agent. It is useful for aspiring and struggling writers everywhere.

Featuring advice from some of the best names in the field, this guide covers horror traditions, the art and craft of writing horror, and where the genre is going next.

Unique, beautifully illustrated guide to the anatomy, habits and history of 13 different types of lifelike dragons that includes sketches, drawings and step-by-step colour painting demonstrations.

Teaches writers how to open up memory, access emotion and discover compelling material; shape scenes from experience, as life events become plot lines; and populate stories with the fascinating, silly, and maddening "characters" that surround them.

Provides the reader with the information they need to know to paint with pastels, from materials to techniques to painting from photographs. This title demonstrates the varied techniques of the medium, including different types of strokes, blending, layering, underpainting and mixing media.

These reliable and proven drawing techniques will add a natural feel to your art, resulting in figures that look as if they could walk, run or dance right off the page.