Books with author Barbara Soloff Levy

With the help of this guide, children and other beginning artists will enjoy learning how to draw 30 different forms of transportation — most of them composed of simple shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations show how to put these shapes together to form everything from a canoe, biplane, and antique locomotive to an ocean liner, seaplane, and passenger car of a modern train.Fun to draw, these pictures will also help youngsters and budding artists understand the basics of shape, form, and dimension. Blank practice pages are included.

Take a trip to the zoo and meet 46 fascinating animals in this entertaining and educational little activity book. Connect the dots and you'll find a tiger in its jungle habitat, an owl perched on a tree branch, and a panda munching on bamboo leaves. You'll also create images of a water buffalo, chimpanzee, sea turtle, peacock, koala, snake, and other animals of the wild.

By combining circles, ovals, squiggly lines, and other shapes, aspiring artists can create realistic portraits of young girls modeling a variety of hairstyles and hats, boys and young men in cowboy hats and baseball caps, curly-haired babies, a man with a beard, a bald man with a moustache, and older men and women as well as profiles and three-quarter views of faces.Not only are the faces fun to draw, they’ll also help beginners master the basics of shape development and understand the fundamentals of form and dimension. For ages 8 and up.

It's easy to sketch accurate, character-filled likenesses of dogs, and this book will show you how to draw 30 different types of canines: hunting, working, sporting, hounds, terriers, and other kinds of dogs. You'll discover how combining circles, ovals, rectangles, and other simple forms results in realistic depictions of a beagle, cocker spaniel, collie, Dalmatian, Old English sheepdog, golden retriever, and 24 other breeds.If you like, you can even create your own fantasy dogs by combining heads, bodies, tails, and legs from different breeds. Each of the step-by-step guides includes a blank practice page as well as a short description of the breed. The finished drawings are great for coloring, too.

Children will delight in creating a menagerie of playful cartoon-style animals, from cuddly cats and bunnies to hippos, zebras, and bears. Based on a proven, classroom-tested method, this easy-to-follow guide features thirty four-step lessons for kids ages 4 and up. The simple shapes appear in a headline across the top of the page. Below, a second color highlights the addition of each new shape, making it easy to follow along — plus, there's a practice space below each numbered step.

It's easy for budding artists of all ages to create realistic drawings of marine animals. These step-by-step illustrations show how to sketch 31 inhabitants of the sea. Each lesson uses simple shapes €” circles, ovals, rectangles €” as building blocks to form likenesses of an angelfish, clownfish, lobster, catfish, frog, Great White shark, and other creatures.

This easy-to-follow guide makes it simple for youngsters — and aspiring artists of all ages — to create recognizable likenesses of 30 different insects. By following clear, step-by-step illustrations, nature artists will learn how to use circles, ovals, and other shapes to draw simple, lifelike portraits of a grasshopper, monarch butterfly, tarantula, caterpillar, cicada, praying mantis, walkingstick, scorpion, yellow jacket wasp, carpenter ant, Japanese beetle, moth, firefly, centipede, termite, and other insects.These fascinating subjects not only are fun to draw, they'll also help beginners master the fundamentals of developing line, shape, and dimension.

In just a few simple steps, fairy tale fans can learn to illustrate a bevy of beautiful princesses, dressed in stunning gowns. Once her royal highness has been created, the rest of her kingdom will follow. Three or four steps can also create other regal characters and details, such as princes, kings, queens, a fairy godmother, royal coach, horses, jewelry, tiaras, and more. There are even a fierce dragon and a magical unicorn! A helpful blank practice page faces each page of instruction.

Anyone can learn to draw sports pictures with this easy-to-follow manual. Thirty simple step-by-step lessons cover all of the most popular sports, from team-based pursuits such as baseball, football, lacrosse, and soccer to individual activities such as diving, skateboarding, fishing, dirt biking, and skiing. Each 4-part drawing demonstration page faces a helpful blank practice page.