Books with author William C Potter

Can you draw a great white bursting from the ocean waves, or a gorgeous shoal of tropical fish? With this book... sure you can! Ready, Set, Draw is a series of vibrant, dynamic and accessible practical art books for readers aged 8+. Each spread of these books presents a super-clear step-by-step guide to drawing a different animal. The guides start out with simple shapes, but build up to high-impact color artworks that young readers will be proud to display on their walls.

Can you draw a fearsome tiger pouncing towards its prey, or an elegant flamingo dabbling in crystal blue waters? With this book... sure you can!Ready, Set, Draw is a series of vibrant, dynamic and accessible practical art books for readers aged 8+. Each spread of these books presents a super-clear step-by-step guide to drawing a different animal. The guides start out with simple shapes, but build up to high-impact colour artworks that young readers will be proud to display on their walls.

Packed with professional tips, insider techniques, and clear, step-by-step instructions, this book is your must-have guide to telling action-packed comic stories.• Learn how to write, draw, ink, and bring to life comic scenes in easy-to-follow steps.• Create your own awesome cast of comic book characters, from charismatic heroes to monstrous villains and sinister criminal masterminds.• Harness advanced techniques such as dramatic use of perspective, engaging dialogue, and dynamic panel progressions.

Kids can sail with the Vikings—and complete fun activities with more than 150 colorful stickers of figures, weapons, clothing, jewelry, and artifacts. The exciting journey takes them on board a "dragon ship" and into a longhouse, and introduces warriors and noblewomen. Every page is filled with fascinating details and information, making this an easy, entertaining way to learn while playing.

Budding astronauts and astronomers can reach for the stars with this mind-bogglingly entertaining Space Creativity Book! Perfect for every young kid with dreams of space, this out-of-this-world activity book offers puzzles, games, more than 150 stickers, and pullout art paper. There’s enough here to keep a whole planet of children busy: they can take a Space Adventurer’s test before entering the world of aliens, look through a telescope, participate in interstellar battles, follow a maze to safety after an asteroid alert, and join some cosmic critters to see if they’ve got the right stuff to pass astronaut school with flying colors.

Kids can draw their own pictures of visitors from other planets, use stencils to make rocket ships, make a time capsule, test their knowledge with an outer space quiz, color in the Big Bang, create extra-terrestrial sticker scenes on gatefold illustrations, and much more. This title in Barron's growing list of Creativity Books is filled with fun projects to keep kids cheerfully occupied on rainy days, on lengthy car trips, or during quiet time at home. Its features include-- Games, puzzles, stencils, sticker sheets, and an illustrated gatefold page for sticker decorating Special pull-out art paper and art projects to complete Pages for coloring Fun-to-answer quizzes Each Creativity Book has a distinctive theme to capture specific interests of boys and girls. Illustrations on virtually every page include 40 pages in color.

Find the underwater animals and read all about them, too!Can you spot:• Dolphins leaping from the waves?• Penguins diving for fish?• Lobsters scuttling along the sea bed?From whales to swordfish and sharks to turtles, there's so much to spot under the sea! Filled with colourful illustrations and a wonderful cast of animals to find, this busy and informative activity book is guaranteed to keep children aged 5 and up entertained for hours on end.

Discover a lost world of prehistoric creatures with these awesome puzzles and activities! More than 75 fun games and drawing projects make this the perfect book for young dinosaur fans. Fascinating facts about the creatures appear on every page, from the size of the plant-eating Diplodocus (as long as a basketball court) to the most commonly found fossils (teeth). Kids can:• Follow a Velociraptor hunt• Design their own dinosaur• Match a Stegosaurus shadow• Race to find rare fossils• Adds jaws and claws to a Spinosaurus & more

This full-colour book contains four different exciting adventure stories, with an interactive twist! In order to progress through each story, the reader must solve a series of fun maths puzzles. Help the Infinity Squad to save Prime City from the evil Doc Zero ... work with Anna Kadabra to solve the riddle of the Division Dragon ... blast into space the Haley Comet and the Mathstronauts ... and explore the mysterious city of El Numero! Suitable for readers aged 7 and up.

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