Books with author Lee J. Ames

Targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skill and build a repertoire of subjects, especially those in nature. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of plants with a comprehensive, step-by-step approach. His distinctive drawing method has proven to be successful for children and adults alike over the past thirty years, and has shown artists, from the beginner to advanced level, how to draw everything from animals to airplanes. The revised Draw 50 series gives an old favorite an exciting, new look.

STORY #1: Jenna Sim takes her friends Clinton Law and Marsya to a talk about ghosts by Professor Grimm. There, in his laboratory, they discover the professor's destructive secret. Only Jenna can stop THE RISE OF THE BARBARIAN. STORY #2: Flash Lau agrees to explore a spooky old house with his friends Jenny Ma and Yusuf Chouthury. But with every step they take, they draw closer to the hideous ghosts known as THE DREADED ONES.

Alien fever is running high: the Alien movies and reissue of the Star Wars trilogy have made outer space fascinating to a whole new generation of children. And who better to help budding artists master their drawings of the friendly folk from the final frontier than Lee Ames--creator of the phenomenally successful Draw 50 series?An ideal tool for young artists or the parent or teacher seeking to help a child master their artistic skills, Draw 50 Aliens includes creatures from every walk of the galaxy: Ames gives instructions for drawing UFOs, Nebula Nomads, Milky Way Marauders, and every other type of extraterrestrial. And, in the tradition of the Draw 50 series, all of these characters are humorous, lovable, and very accessible for children.With over two million copies in print, the Draw 50 series has successfully shown children how to create everything from a robin to a spaceship, Tyrannosaurus rex to John the Baptist. But with Draw 50 Aliens, Ames has--perhaps as never before--hit upon a deeply appealing subject, one that taps into children's sense of wonder and will keep them endlessly entertained and forever sketching away.

STORY #1: Keith Tan wakes one night to find a mysterious man in his room, kidnapping one of his school friends. Then Keith discovers that the ghostly man is really a body snatcher. No one is safe! Soon Keith is screaming, LOOK OUT — IT'S THE BAG MAN! STORY #2: Shermine Wee's world gets a real buzz of horror when she is attacked by a swarm of GHOST BEES. Can her friends Chloe Chong and Rayson Koh save her?