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Books in How To Draw 101 series

  • How to Draw 101 Horses & Ponies

    Dan Green, Imagine That

    Paperback (Imagine That, June 1, 2008)
    Learn how to draw 101 different horses and ponies.It's easy! Follow the simple step-by-step drawings and you will soon be amazing all your friends with your new-found artists' skills!This 48-page book from Top That Publishing contains step-by-step line drawings to help budding artists draw 101 different horses including arabs, mustangs, thoroughbreds and more! Since each image is broken down into six simple steps, children will quickly gain in confidence when they see their finished results, and will soon be adapting their designs and drawing freehand pictures of their own. Ideal for junior artists age 5+.
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  • How to Draw Amazing Animals and Incredible Insects: Packed with Over 100 Fascinating Animals

    Fiona Gowen

    Paperback (B.E.S., March 1, 2015)
    This small but informative drawing book will help young artists discover and expand on their creative drawing talent. Inside How to Draw Amazing Animals and Incredible Insects, they'll find easy, step-by-step instructions for drawing their favorite creepy, crawly or just plain incredible animals. Each title in the How to Draw series features more than 100 weird and wonderful drawing projects in a variety of categories. A handy index in the back of the book makes it easy to find favorites to practice again and again. (Ages 7+)
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  • How to Draw Planes, Trains and Boats

    Barbara Soloff Levy

    Paperback (Dover Publications, Nov. 24, 2008)
    With the help of this guide, children and other beginning artists will enjoy learning how to draw 30 different forms of transportation — most of them composed of simple shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations show how to put these shapes together to form everything from a canoe, biplane, and antique locomotive to an ocean liner, seaplane, and passenger car of a modern train.Fun to draw, these pictures will also help youngsters and budding artists understand the basics of shape, form, and dimension. Blank practice pages are included.
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  • How to Draw Birds

    John Green

    Paperback (Dover Publications, April 2, 2009)
    Easy-to-follow guide for beginning artists of all ages shows how to create likenesses of a strutting peacock, graceful swan, a duck afloat, plus a cardinal, penguin, toucan, owl, ostrich, and 22 other avian creatures. Simple diagrams reveal how to draw figures and also demonstrate the fundamentals of shape and dimension. Blank practice pages are included.
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  • How to Draw Horses

    John Green

    Paperback (Dover Publications, Jan. 26, 2009)
    Aspiring Picassos will be champing at the bit to get started on this simplified guide to drawing horses. The series of step-by-step, black-and-white illustrations show beginning artists — from 6-years-old and up — how to transform simple lines, curves, and geometric shapes into a variety of spirited steeds. Drawing is a skill that can be taught, and these exercises are easy to follow — and fun!Renowned artist and educator John Green depicts a diverse array of thirty favorite breeds in a variety of poses. Included are the mighty Clydesdale, golden Palomino, elegant Arabian, spotted Pinto, muscular Lippizaner, energetic Thoroughbred, graceful Hanoverian, and many others. As the artists complete the exercises,using the helpful practice pages, they'll learn how to master the basics of shape and proportion, and ultimately capture the elegance and agility of these magnificent creatures.
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  • How to Draw: Hands & Feet in Simple Steps

    Susie Hodge

    Paperback (Search Press, Jan. 23, 2017)
    Hands and feet are considered the hardest parts of the body to draw, due to the variety of shapes involved and their dynamism; and as a result they are often neglected by artists. In this book Susie Hodge, who has been teaching practical art for over 17 years, will demystify the process in creating these body parts and teach the reader how to draw them with simple illustrated instructions. In six stages Hodge builds up the shapes of the hands and feet to create a professional-looking sketch. Both beginners and the more advanced artists will benefit from this invaluable, easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide.
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  • How to Draw Faces

    Barbara Soloff Levy

    Paperback (Dover Publications, July 17, 2003)
    By combining circles, ovals, squiggly lines, and other shapes, aspiring artists can create realistic portraits of young girls modeling a variety of hairstyles and hats, boys and young men in cowboy hats and baseball caps, curly-haired babies, a man with a beard, a bald man with a moustache, and older men and women as well as profiles and three-quarter views of faces.Not only are the faces fun to draw, they’ll also help beginners master the basics of shape development and understand the fundamentals of form and dimension. For ages 8 and up.
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  • How to Draw 101 Spooky Things

    Nat Lambert, Imagine That

    Paperback (Imagine That, June 1, 2013)
    The step-by-step instructions in this art activity book will guide young artists on how to draw 101 ghosts and ghouls and will help children age 5+ to develop their artistic skills. Simply copy a basic shape, look to the next box to see what has been added, then copy it to achieve amazing results. From vampires to haunted houses and all the zombies, skeletons, werewolves and witches’ cauldrons needed to fill it, there is something for everyone inside the creepy pages. Perfect for spooky Halloween fun! Ideal for travel, holidays or rainy days, the How to Draw 101 Spooky Things art activity book is part of a best-selling Top That Publishing range that has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
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  • How to Draw Dogs

    Barbara Soloff Levy

    Paperback (Dover Publications, March 17, 2011)
    It's easy to sketch accurate, character-filled likenesses of dogs, and this book will show you how to draw 30 different types of canines: hunting, working, sporting, hounds, terriers, and other kinds of dogs. You'll discover how combining circles, ovals, rectangles, and other simple forms results in realistic depictions of a beagle, cocker spaniel, collie, Dalmatian, Old English sheepdog, golden retriever, and 24 other breeds.If you like, you can even create your own fantasy dogs by combining heads, bodies, tails, and legs from different breeds. Each of the step-by-step guides includes a blank practice page as well as a short description of the breed. The finished drawings are great for coloring, too.
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  • How to Draw 101 Cute Characters

    Nat Lambert

    Paperback (Imagine That, Aug. 1, 2020)
    Learn how to draw 101 different cute kawaii animals and characters! From the multi-million selling "How to Draw 101" series comes this super-cute activity book that contains step-by-step line drawings to help budding artists draw 101 different cute kawaii characters in various shapes, sizes, and poses. It's easy! Follow the simple step-by-step drawings and you will soon be amazing all your friends with your newfound artists' skills! From Sneezachoo the fairy and Snugglekins the kitty to Starbright the unicorn and Nibbles the adorable cartoon cupcake, there are 101 cute kawaii animals and characters to learn to draw. Since each image is broken down into six simple steps, children will quickly gain in confidence when they see their finished results, and will soon be adapting their designs and drawing freehand pictures of their own. Ideal for junior artists age 5+.
  • ART START Animals: How to Draw with Simple Shapes

    Barbara Soloff Levy

    Paperback (Dover Publications, Aug. 19, 2010)
    Children will delight in creating a menagerie of playful cartoon-style animals, from cuddly cats and bunnies to hippos, zebras, and bears. Based on a proven, classroom-tested method, this easy-to-follow guide features thirty four-step lessons for kids ages 4 and up. The simple shapes appear in a headline across the top of the page. Below, a second color highlights the addition of each new shape, making it easy to follow along — plus, there's a practice space below each numbered step.
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  • How to Draw Funny Monsters

    Barbara Soloff Levy

    Paperback (Dover Publications, June 22, 2009)
    This entertaining guide shows youngsters how to draw rib-tickling portraits of ogres, fiends, and other fanciful characters. Step-by-step diagrams and blank practice pages help them create a one-eyed centipede; a hairy, fanged monster with duck feet and horns; a scowling, four-legged fright that's literally all head; and 27 other comical creatures.
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