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Art Forms In Nature
Ernest Haeckel
Prestel
900 Broadway #603, NY, NY 10003
3791330853 $7.95 www.prestel.com
There is a large-format edition of Ernest Haeckel's Art Forms In Nature on the
market which is more appropriate for library lending. This Prestel edition of
Ernest Haeckel's miniature version will appeal to the home user who might find
inviting this mini-survey of art forms in nature. Illustrations of mammals,
leaves, seashells and more provide both black and white and color embellishment
extolling the wonder of art in the natural world. A winning little title, even
if it does get lost on the shelf at times, being half the size of a normal
paperback, and twice as thin.
Screenprinting
Robert Adam & Carol Robertson
Thames & Hudson
500 – 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010
www.thamesandhudsonusa.com
0500284253 $24.95 www.norton.com
Take almost 300 illustrations, pair them with exceptionally clear step-by-step
instructions, pack everything with full color and add the techniques and
experience of two printmakers who have almost nine years of professional
background and you have a powerful techniques guide in Robert Adam and Carol
Robertson's Screenprinting. The water-based system receives very clear
embellishment for both novice and advanced screenprinter in a guide which could
become a classroom text.
Quick & Easy Glass Painting
Cheryl Owen
Creative Homeowner Press
24 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
1580112110 $12.95 1-800-631-7795
Quick & Easy Glass Painting by experienced crafter and experienced glass
painter Cheryl Owen is a simple guide to quickly and easily creating joyful and
colorful glass painting projects at home. Offering 15 step-by-step sample
projects with explicity instructions, ranng from transparent to frosted glass
paints, tips, tricks, and techniques, full-color photographs, and much more,
Quick & Easy Glass Painting is an enjoyable hands-on, how-to guide. An
excellent resource for do-it-yourself hobby and conversation pieces, or just
plain fun.
Manga Mania Shoujo
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill Publications
770 Broadway, 7th fl., NY, NY 10003
0823029735 $19.95 watsonguptill.com
Manga is the distinctive Japanese graphic novel, comic book, and animated film
art style that has achieved an enduring world wide popularity. In Manga Mania
Shoujo: How To Draw The Charming And Romantic Characters Of Japanese Comics,
author and cartoonist Christopher Hart provides aspiring artists and
illustrators with a step-by-step introduction into the characteristics of
shoujo manga style drawing including the big eyes, petite noses, facial
expressions, body language, even clothing styles, hair styles, and character
types ranging from school kids and cuddly creatures to pets, villains and
heroes. Manga Mania Shoujo will prove an expert and welcome addition to amateur
and professional artist reference collections.
Cartooning Basics
Duane Barnhart
Cartoon Connections Press
PO Box 10889, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
0965713644 $12.99 www.cartoonconnections.com
Cartooning Basics is an award-winning, step-by-step cartooning guidebook for
doodlers age 7 and up. Though the simple illustrations and plain-terms
instructions are readily accessible to young people, they are equally
instructive to amateur adults seeking to hone their cartooning skills and learn
how to create cartoon characters. Now in an enlarged and revised format with a
foreward by Jim Davis, creator of "Garfield", Cartooning Basics covers how to
get ideas for 'toons, common symbols, especial tips for expressions and facial
features, showing distance, depth, and perspective, and much more, while the
many, many illustrations demonstrate how all cartoons begin as a collection of
simple shapes, from which details are elaborated. Highly recommended for
practicing artistic techniques or just plain drawing fun.
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