Books with author Barbara Soloff Levy

Beginning artists will find it a snap to create humorous portraits with this simple drawing guide. Step-by-step lessons show how to draw little girls with unusual ponytails, a bearded leprechaun, a balding man, a lady with a funny hat, and other odd faces by combining ovals and circles and adding curvy lines and squiggles. 116 black-and-white illustrations plus blank practice pages.

With the help of this easy-to-follow guide, young feline fanciers will find it’s a snap to create portraits of their furry friends. Simple step-by-step diagrams, incorporating a variety of circular, oval, and other shapes guide young artists along the way, demonstrating how to produce likenesses of 30 different subjects.The results are recognizable, accurately rendered pictures of cats and kittens in assorted poses: seated, stretching, preening, balanced on their hind legs, ready to pounce, and other positions. In addition to domesticated cats, this delightful, entertaining guide also shows how to create a lion, bobcat, cheetah, tiger, and other denizens of the wild.These engaging sketches are not only fun to draw, they’ll also help youngsters master the basics of developing shapes and proportions.

Budding artists can easily create a variety of different musical instruments by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes! • 30 pictures to draw: piano, guitar, flute, violin, drums, maracas, harmonica, tuba, and more • Simple directions, step-by-step illustrations • Includes blank practice pages • Illustrations can be colored when finished • For children ages 5 to 10

Easy and fun to use, this guide shows aspiring artists of all ages how to draw creatures of the forest. Even if you’ve never been able to create a likeness of an animal, you’ll find it simple to follow these step-by-step diagrams.Using circles, ovals, and other shapes, the diagrams demonstrate how to create images of common animals such as a skunk, fox, raccoon, and moose. They also depict some of the woodlands’ more exotic denizens — a forest wolf spider, a star-nosed mole, a sharp-shinned hawk, and a silver-haired bat. Not only will you learn to form realistic drawings, you’ll be on the way to mastering the basics of shape development and understanding the fundamentals of form and dimension.

Meet the chicken of the sea, a toothy predator who's a movie star, and the bottom-dweller who runs sideways! This little book introduces 46 amazing underwater plants and animals. Kids follow the dots to create pictures of an eel, starfish, manta ray, brain coral, and other marine life. Brief captions hint at the creatures' identities, and solutions appear at the end.

Kids and beginning artists of all ages can discover easy ways to draw supernatural characters. This helpful guide shows how to combine basic geometric shapes in a series of three or four easy steps. You'll see how linking together circles, squares, rectangles, and other simple forms will result in 30 fanciful figures, including graceful mermaids, exotic dragons, and gentle giants. Practice pages included.

This easy-to-follow guide makes it a snap for aspiring artists of all ages to draw everyone's favorite barnyard buddies. If you've never been able to create a likeness of an animal, you'll welcome the book's effective step-by-step diagrams.Using circles, ovals, and other geometric shapes, the diagrams build appealing images of a turkey, duck, horse, cow, and 26 other farm animals. Not only will you learn to make realistic drawings, you'll be on the way to mastering the basics of shape development and the fundamentals of form and dimension as well!

Aspiring artists can capture the beauty of ballet as they use this beginner's drawing guide. Simplicity and practice are the keys. The step-by-step exercises are easy to follow — making this an ideal book for children — and each "how-to" page is followed by a blank page useful for sketches. With easy-to-follow techniques, this popular Dover author helps young hands create 30 different pictures: dancers lacing ballet shoes, working at the barre, warming up and stretching, and executing arabesques, pirouettes, grand plies, and other positions. There's an assortment of stage-worthy accessories to draw, too, including festive tutus, hair wreaths, and costumes from such favorite ballets as Swan Lake, Cinderella, and The Nutcracker.

From a tiny seahorse to potbellied pig — these follow-the-dot puzzles are fun to do! This entertaining puzzle book introduces you to all kinds of favorite pets — from a baby chick and snail to a basset hound and salamander. Just connect the dots to create drawings of 58 popular animals. Completing the puzzles will also help you learn your numbers. When you're finished, you can have more fun by coloring the pictures. Solutions included.