Books with author Christopher Hastings

From whales and scorpions to boxes and flowers, exciting traditional and original paper folding projects await young origami artists. Organized from easy to challenging, each project includes clear, step by step, photo illustrated instructions that make developing paper folding skills fun. All projects also include creative tips for using and displaying models to impress friends and family.

The second installment in the best-selling Xtreme Art series, this book offers a fun-filled tutorial on one of today's hottest art forms: the Japanese cartoon style of manga. Geared for eager young artists ages 8 and up, Draw Manga Villains! is an easy-to-follow guide to drawing dastardly manga-style villains and spine-tingling monsters. The book starts with basic tips for drawing manga-style facial features and bodies, and for turning ordinary characters into their villainous counterparts. Kids then get pages and pages of eye-popping renderings, each broken down into four simple steps-in each step, new lines are highlighted in a bright second color, making it easy to progress through the steps and build the final drawing. Best-selling author Christopher Hart's simple process and fiendishly fun drawings will motivate without intimidating, getting kids drawing right away!• Follow-up to the best-selling Xtreme Art: Draw Manga!, which sold over 50,000 copies in its first month• Villains are the stars of mania and always a thrill for kids• Mix of characters will appeal to both boys and girls• Author has sold more than 1.5 million books

Fraternisation was strictly forbidden by the Cadet Policy Manual. As the Company Sergeant Major, one of Graham Kirk's main duties was discipline – especially fraternisation. While he knew the real supervision was the responsibility of the adult Officers of Cadets, he also had a key role to play. The problem was: could he trust them?Follow the story of an army cadet camp and how Graham and his friends cope with the unexpected problems that beset them. For cadets and ex-cadets the detail will inform and provide nostalgic flashbacks. Because this is a story about teenagers, and particularly teenage relationships, there are some sexual references and coarse language. This book is written for young adults and is not suitable for Primary School children.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Christopher Cummings is a Vietnam veteran, teacher, parent, traveller, Officer of Cadets, and author of 35 books. Bushwalking, history and travel have added depth to his experiences. He grew up in Cairns and Cape York Peninsula, experiencing many adventures in the North Queensland bush and at sea in his father's ships, adventures he has woven into his books.

Strange things happen when kids see a book on drawing manga: They'll walk right over to that book and pick it up, mesmerized, as if it's the only one in the store. Manga is all-powerful. Unleash that power with Xtreme Art: Draw Mini-Manga! This fifth installment in the best-selling Xtreme Art series offers those obsessed kids a fun-filled tutorial on drawing the cute, chunky mini-people of manga. Young artists progress quickly from basic tips on drawing faces and bodies to sketching pages and pages of exciting characters—sweet and fuzzy mischief-makers, silly sidekicks, and dozens more. Each kooky manga character is shown the Chris Hart way, broken down into four simple steps with new lines highlighted, so it's easy to build the final drawing. All hail the power of manga!• More than 100,000 Xtreme Art books sold!• Xtreme Art: Draw Manga Chibi! has sold more than 12,000 copies in just six months.• Kids are drawn to manga like moths to a flame

Manga and fantasy—is there a combination that's got more appeal for kids? The twelfth book in the super-popular Kids Draw series, Kids Draw Manga Fantasy, is ready to whisk young artists away to a world of wonder and adventure. They'll start by learning to draw the manga face and body, then how to tweak characters to make them part of the fantasy genre. After that, they're ready to draw a huge range of exciting manga fantasy characters, from beautiful faeries and angel-guardians, to heroic knights and warriors, magical villains and mermaids, medieval sorcerers, futuristic princesses, and more. With clear text and step-by-step instructions, Kids Draw Manga Fantasy is a fantasy come true for all young manga fans!• Manga, manga, manga! Manga is red-hot!• Fantasy is hot, too!• Kids Draw is hot!• Yow! This book is on fire!

From dragons and turtles to tea cups and birds, exciting traditional and original paper folding projects await young origami artists. Organized from easy to challenging, each project includes clear, step by step, photo illustrated instructions that make learning and developing paper folding skills fun. All projects also include creative tips for using and displaying models to impress friends and family.

From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Breaking Dawn, the undead never get old. So, acclaimed author Chris Hart gives horror fans and aspiring artists something they can really sink their teeth into: step-by-step instruction in drawing their favorite night creatures. All of the most popular bloodsuckers are here in their cold, clammy flesh: Victorian vampires, otherworldly vampires, alluring lady vampires, cool postmodern vampires—as well as vampire hunters and blood-chilling beasts of the vampire kingdom. Less experienced artists needn’t worry about biting off more than they can chew because Hart breaks every drawing down into easy-to-digest morsels. The stakes are high, but the Drawing Vampires books ensures budding illustrators’ efforts won't be in “vein.”