A fun and humorous tale of Hashtag Keyes of Qwertyville (the actual Hashtag #3 key within the typical computer keyboard known as Qwerty) along with his family and friends (also characters within the typical keyboard) and how they help him to reach his dream of becoming famous in Hollywood.

A Message to the Reader The words and illustrated pictures are the creative works of Maureen Sky (Author) and Maricella Obando Moya (Artist/Illustrator). Maureen wanted to create a short story type picture book of her granddaughter, Kennedy, and her bink (pacifier) and knew that with the help of her dear friend, Maricella, a wonderful picture book would be the result. We hope that as you read the lines and turn the colorful pages that you are happy and smiling while enjoying this unique an...

This book is a fun book for the reader as it displays a handful of emotions, a bit of quirkiness, perhaps some knowledge, some lessons to be learned and the feelings of pride and commitment. The colorful illustrations provide the perfect visual that definitely makes this story come to life. Also, the author, Maureen Sky, created the fairy images from her knowledge of vintage jewelry. Specifically, vintage Bakelite bangle bracelets (Maureens favorite pieces, I.e. Applejuice, Butterscotch, a...

With step-by-step projects that are designed to help sharpen artists' skills and heighten their confidence, this book demonstrates simple techniques for rendering the textures of everyday objects, such as metal, wood, plastic, hair, fur, feathers, and more. This 64-page book simplifies the process with easy-to-understand instructions and comprehensive illustrations.

Got manga?Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic manga head and body, eyes, bodies, fashion, and more. Then he goes way beyond most beginner titles, exploring dynamic action poses, special effects, lig...

Manga Anatomy Like You've Never Seen It!You know that manga faces are different from those of regular, American-style comic book characters. But did you know that manga bodies are also different? Well, they are, and Christopher Hart is here, once again, to tell you all about it in his signature accessible style.This book is loaded with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations, anatomical charts and information, and before-and-after comparisons you won’t find anywhe...

Master perspective like the pros! Vanishing Point shows you how to conquer the fundamentals of perspective drawing and then equips you with technical tricks and tools that make dynamic and complex scenes a snap. This complete guide helps you build your understanding of perspective to an intuitive level so you can draw anything you can imagine. Inside you'll find:• Complete instruction on drawing in one-, two- and three-point perspective and four- and five-point curvilinear...

Portraits not only capture a likeness, but offer for generations to come a glimpse into the subject's life. Sounds like quite a challenge. But with Ann Kullberg's help, it's not as difficult as you might think to create lifelike colored pencil portraits. Using her own beautiful portraiture for instruction and inspiration, Kullberg walks you through the process step by step--from basic information about materials and techniques to two demonstrations that show how complete portraits come tog...

More than simply coloring regions of a tangle design, this book offers lessons which enable even the novice artist to use a brush pen to color 48 delightful Zentangle animals, plants and flowers.

TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionMaterialsCharcoalAirbrushPastelsThe BasicsSphereConeCubeCylinderHow to Draw a HorseDrawing Horses in Different PosesHow to Render a Horse WithPencilsHow to Draw a Cartoon Horse:Charcoal PaintingRendering theHorse in CharcoalLearning about ColorsPastel PaintingRendering the Horse in PastelsWatercolor PaintingPainting...

Dear friends! There are many people who like to draw and I one of them. But sometimes there are problems with a choice characters and poses for it. You will find about 60 poses in a series of "Female Drawing Poses vol.1" mini-book. I hope that my sketches become useful to many of you.

'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.' Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. In them he recorded everything that interested him in the world around him, and his study of how things work. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity he...