Drawing Art

This inspiring book takes you on a transformative journey, exploring the techniques, tools, and concepts that form the foundation of drawing. From understanding lines, shapes, and shading to mastering perspective and composition, every chapter is filled with practical lessons, step-by-step demonstrations, and creative exercises designed to help you grow as an artist.

A body-focused, trauma-informed art therapy that will appeal to art therapists, somatic experiencing practitioners, bodyworkers, artists, and mental health professionals

As a beginning artist, it can be discouraging to look down at your work and not feel pleased by what you see. You have great ideas and breakthrough designs in mind, but knowing where to start can be daunting. It’s time to overcome those roadblocks and start expressing your creative ideas.

A Beginner's Guide to Learning Classical Drawing Techniques: Complete 2 Volume Box Set" by Patrick J. VanSciver offers a comprehensive exploration of traditional drawing methods, inspired by the Old Masters. Volume 1 delves into the art of portraiture, guiding readers through the step-by-step process of capturing the human likeness with precision and depth. Volume 2 expands the scope to full-body drawing, teaching students how to render the human form with anatomical accuracy and dynamic movement. Enthusiastic & Engaging: Unlock the secrets of the Old Masters! This two-volume box set is ...

This two-book bundle presents the basics of oil painting and pastel drawing.

ABC of Neurographica – A Step-by-Step Guide to the Basics Are you looking for a clear and accessible introduction to Neurographica? This book is a comprehensive manual designed for beginners who want to understand the fundamentals of this powerful art therapy method. Written in simple and engaging language, ABC of Neurographica provides a detailed yet easy-to-follow explanation of key concepts, terminology, and techniques. Inside, you will discover: ✔️ The origins of Neurographica and its creator ✔️ What Neurographic algorithms are and how they work ✔️ The meaning and function...

Art and the Enneagram. Want to overcome your creative blocks and move into the highest expression of yourself? Use the wisdom of the Enneagram to enhance your creativity. If you're wanting to understand what blocks your creative expression and how shift it, this books for you. Ann Gadd, a professional artist herself for over 20 years), explains: How each type shows up as an artist. The profound effect the Instinctual Drives have on your art. Each Enneagram Type has different factors that have you creating from your lower, stressed self. Learn how to recognize when this is happening and ...

Who can benefit from art therapy? The best thing about art therapy is that it doesn’t ask for you to have the mad skills of Leonardo da Vinci or Picasso to to reap its benefits. Discover the benefits of music therapy, dance therapy, drawing therapy, coloring, art therapy, and neuroscience to improve your life.

Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only masterwork paintings but tapestries, rare books, prints, porcelains, and fine furniture.

Do you want to draw people? This book makes it easy and fun! It will help you get better at drawing, even if you've never drawn before. What makes this book special?

From a young age, Molly Crabapple had the eye of an artist and the spirit of a radical. After a restless childhood on New York's Long Island, she left America to see Europe and the Near East, a young artist plunging into unfamiliar cultures, notebook always in hand, drawing what she observed. Returning to New York City after 9/11 to study art, she posed nude for sketch artists and sketchy photographers, danced burlesque, and modeled for the world-famous Suicide Girls.

In 1955, Crockett Johnson introduced one of the world’s most beloved and enduring young adventurers, Harold and his purple crayon. Today, we need Harold and his penchant for creative solutions more than ever. In Purple Crayons, Ross Ellenhorn looks to Johnson’s classic for insights and answers that can help us understand our current condition and point the way towards solutions for healing.

Learn how to improve your drawing ability now! This audiobook will give you different options or fields to improve your crafts on. Whatever your point of interest is, we’ll help you become a better artist on that field. If you are an artist, or if you merely have an interest in drawing, this audiobook will surely hone your skills and talent. It’s time for you to become the kind of artist that you have longed to be. Explore now and improve your craft....

Unleash your creativity and embark on a mesmerizing journey into the world of 3D pencil illusions! "Drawing 3D Pencil Illusions" is an engaging and instructive guide designed for beginners and children alike. This book will take you by the hand, introducing you to the magical art of creating stunning 3D drawings on paper. Key Features: Step-by-Step Guidance: With clear and concise explanations, this book will walk you through the process of crafting 3D pencil illusions. Each step is accompanied by visuals, making it easy for beginners and young artists to follow along. Materials and ...

While artist Julie Schachter has received national and international attention for her pinhole photography (see RESUME, back pages/Preview) few are aware that she has also created a large body of paintings, drawings, and sculptures that cover the creative spectrum. Her artworks presented here are infused with wit and humor, and the highest level of craft, while addressing the major issues of the old and new Millennium. To attain a fuller understanding of her approach to conceptual subject matter, her lens- less pinhole camerawork offers some important clues. Her photographic work, which ...

Peadar is born into a struggling Waterford family, where they keep an outdoor toilet and wash in a galvanised tub beside the fire. Because of this, Peadar develops an obsession with the privacy afforded by a personal bathroom. Then, when the family moves up in the world and gains an upgraded home, he tries to commandeer the indoor facilities for himself. And, when he becomes a homeowner, marries and has children, he adds on a space of his own. There, in the peace and quiet, he can read, draw and bathe, free of regular family disturbances. Crystal Clear is a lighthearted story from Robert E....

Jerry Pinkney drew everywhere, all the time. It was how he made sense of the world—how he coped with the stress of being a sensitive child growing up in crowded spaces, struggling with a learning disability, in a time when the segregation of Black Americans was the norm. Only drawing could offer him a sense of calm, control, and confidence. When friends and siblings teased him about having the nickname “Jerry” as his only name, his mother always said, “Just ‘Jerry’ is enough.

Remember when the world of manga felt like pure magic—every character bursting with life? Now it’s your turn to bring that magic to life. "Manga Art Basic: The Next Level" is your companion on the path to turning your creative dreams into reality. Whether you’ve struggled with anatomy, shading, or creating dynamic poses, this guide breaks down those challenges so you can level up from beginner to intermediate without feeling overwhelmed. Tackle Manga’s Biggest Challenges with Ease Feel like you're stuck when it comes to drawing expressive faces or getting proportions right? You're ...

Veils of Apollo is a powerful collection of poems and drawings/paintings that illuminate forms of revelation, healing, and spiritual liberation through the arts. Lauren Coyle Rosen intersperses her poems with her visual art, tracing the vitalities of dance, music, sculpture, painting, theater, and the artistic movements of the so-called natural world. This is the third volume in Prisms, the moving second series of Lauren Coyle Rosen’s selected poetic works. Prisms as frame refers to the ways in which the light of spirit or consciousness is refracted through various forms in our inner and ...

ARTFUL DRAWING FOR KIDS gives a how-to version of drawing with pencil, and using developing skills of observation. This black & white book covers more than 20 different subjects from drawing animals to plants and people and things. It is tasteful and with enough details to keep youthful interest in drawing things active. It is engaging enough for adult art beginners too, if you are a child at heart! A final section is devoted to drawing like the greats, like VanGogh, Klee and Hokusai.