Books with author E. Barrington

What does every budding artist need to know about drawing? And what quick skills can you pick up to help you on the way? In this instructive book, Barrington Barber shows you just this, offering tips and tricks as he guides you through the fundamental aspects of drawing.Get to grips with still-life composition, draw dynamic bodies in motion, and capture the spectacular natural world. The Complete Book of Drawing is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop.As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you to develop your own artistic style. And, uniquely among practical art books, this is what The Complete Book of Drawing provides. By revealing the nuances of texture, composition and perspective, this book will enable you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.

What does an artist need to know about drawing? And what has to be mastered in order to achieve the drawings you want? In this book Barrington Barber shows you, offering advice and tips as he takes you through the various stages. From object drawing and still-life composition, the natural world and portraiture, to looking at form and shape, and assessing styles and techniques, The Complete Book of Drawing is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop. After training as a graphic designer, Barrington Barber went into advertising, working for top agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He taught art for many years, and now enjoys a successful career as a fine artist. He has written and illustrated a wide range of best-selling instructive art books, which to date have sold 4 million copies around the world. As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of both teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you as an individual to find your own style and way of doing things. And, uniquely among practical art books, this is what The Complete Book of Drawing provides, by revealing new possibilities and enabling you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.

Paul Richter returns in his most dangerous mission yet.In Syria, a ritualistic ISIS beheading seems like another barbaric part of a terrible war. But this time is different…In London, Paul Richter is briefed about a series of seemingly unconnected events, notably a terrifying spate of seemingly random shootings in America. Something doesn’t quite fit. Before long Richter is on the case and in the line of fire.It seems a plot far bigger than anyone could have imagined is brewing from the mountains of the Hindu Kush and the deserts of Syria to the heart of Middle America.With no information, the clock is ticking for Richter – and millions of innocent lives.For readers of James Patterson, Will Jordan and Chris Ryan, the Agent Paul Richter series is intense, visceral and totally unmissable.

In this companion volume to his highly successful Fundamentals of Drawing, Barrington Barber takes the aspiring artist one step further in the quest for skill and competence. If you have come this far on the journey with him you will know that the more you practice the more visual surprised you are presented with and the more problems there are to overcome. In this book, you will be shown how to find solutions to these challenges through the application of more advanced techniques and the greater awareness that comes with closer study of a subject. You will also be encouraged to develop further your perception of the visual world to enable you to express emotions and ideas in your own work and to retain information for future use. Once you have absorbed the many techniques and approaches presented here, you will find your understanding and appreciation of the world around you opening up to reveal new possibilities.

Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door is Bruce Arrington’s first contemporary young adult/teen novel, a five stars Reader’s Favorite recipient. Josh Anvil wants to quit school…for good. His severe dyslexia put a stop to any dream of academic success. But a canoe ride outside his Louisiana home turns out to be a radical life changing event. Suddenly, Josh can speak things into living existence and it turns out he has a knack for curing sick people. It doesn’t take long before he catches the attention of all sorts of people, both good and bad, earthly and extra-terrestrial. Meanwhile, arson fires are springing up all over Baton Rouge. Could these events be connected? And can Josh solve the mystery before his city is turned into a heap of ashes? Weaved in teen/YA fantasy with elements of action and comedy, Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door captures the trials of a high school freshman with powerful abilities at his command.

A defeated kingdom. A forgotten prince. A powerful resurrection. Raised by goblins for as long as he can remember, Beon's life amounts to no more than abject slavery. His world view is warped to the point of no return. In a desperate act of self preservation, Beon tries to leave his past behind. But he pays the ultimate price as the goblins hunt him down. The kindness of a stranger with great powers gifts Beon with a new life, one with promise for a future, if only he can control that which has crippled his ability to function normally: his fears.

Barrington Barber brings his years of teaching experience and professional expertise to this attractive, inspirational volume. The author sets out the materials and equipment readers will need, followed by a clear and comprehensive explanation of how to use them to get the best results. All types of subject matter are covered, from still life to portraiture and large landscape compositions. Different styles of painting are also analyzed, from realism to abstraction.

One prophecy with the power to change both worlds.Two worlds divided by a mortal divide.Three factions fighting an ageless battle.An eighteen year old girl with the power to destroy them all.Life for Hailey has been pretty average overall, well except for the fact that her parents disappeared without a trace. Oh, and the fact that whenever she dreams she visits an alternate world full of both dangers and beauty. Basically, her life is literally a living nightmare.Hailey Portner is just shy of her eighteenth birthday and experiences what one would call a serious mental breakdown. She wakes to find that her nightmares may very well be real, and to top it off she is covered from head to toe with weird glowing marks. Her aunt tells her its genetic, a mysterious boy named Ike calls them glyphs, and yet another boy calls her his property. All she really wants is her parents to come to her graduation and to pick a college to attend. With living nightmares feeding off her, various factions fighting over her, and a boy with dreamy eyes appearing around every corner, a normal life is definitely off the market. But who needs normal when you have two gorgeous guys just at your fingertips. If only they wouldn't appear and disappear within a blink of an eye.Vampires, werewolves, and zombies are only really something one would dream about...right?*This is a clean book for any age reader. The language is PG, and there is no sexual content besides kissing and acceptable touching.

Buzz Flyswell doesn't fit in at school. Despite his best efforts to act like everyone else, he's an outsider - and everyone knows it. All except his best friend Skeeter, who accepts Buzz just for who he is: A fly living in a hive full of honeybees. When the Queen grants the dreaded neighboring hornet colony sanctuary within the kingdom, tension mounts between the two species. And as the very future of the hive is thrown into question, Buzz is forced to embark on the greatest - and most dangerous - adventure of his short fly's life: a mission inside the human house on the other side of the garden.

Josh and Troy find themselves pulled into a strange new world, conquered by an alien race thousands of years ago. It doesn’t take long before they caught up into an ongoing, destructive conflict. After discovering a gifted girl who has the power to tear planets apart, the race is on as to who will reach her first. Her fate will affect the lives of many planets, including Earth. Weaved in YA fantasy and science fiction with elements of action and comedy, Josh Anvil and the Pivotal Weapon follows the other-world adventures of two high school freshman with extraordinary powers.