Synopses & Reviews
Budding young artists get an early start with these instructive how-to manuals. Each book covers the basics of drawing and painting and advises on tools and methods in various media -- charcoal, ink, pastel chalks, crayons, acrylics, watercolors, and others. These volumes are filled with color illustrations and step-by-step directions, presented on a level suitable for older children. Each book closes with a glossary of terms that young art students should learn and know. These volumes make fine classroom manuals, and will be popular with self-starting boys and girls who enjoy doing art projects on their own.
Here's how to draw animals in ways that suggest movement and life. Here too are tips on varying texture in ways to give the visual impression of everything from a bear's fur or a zebra's stripes to a fish's scales and a bird's feathers. Varying approaches to animal art are examined, from detailed realism to stylized poster art.