Books in XTreme Art series

The first in a cutting-edge series for tomorrow’s illustrators, Xtreme Art: Draw Manga! offers a fun-filled tutorial on the hottest art form out there: the Japanese style of manga—the runaway favorite in the kids’ cartoon industry!Geared for eager young artists ages 8 and up, Xtreme Art: Draw Manga! is an easy-to-follow guide to drawing manga-style heroes, villains, faeries, and monsters. Dozens of eye-popping renderings are broken down into only 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 packs the pages with images and techniques kids can use to start drawing right away.• Launch of a new series for readers ages 8 and up• An excellent precursor to Kids Draw, targeted at younger, less- experienced artists• Proven author with over a million books sold• An affordable, fun-filled introduction to an exciting new art form• Teaches without intimidating, motivating kids with immediate results

Basic tips on drawing monster faces, heads, and bodies are followed by pages and pages of grinning, gurgling, gruesome monsters, from chibi—style cutie—pies to one—eyed, drooling ogres. And each one is easy to draw, because Christopher Hart uses just four simple steps, highlighting the new lines in each, to "build" his monsters. Kid—tested and teacher—approved, Xtreme Art: Draw Manga Monsters is fun, entertaining, and even a little (shhh!) educational—great for car trips, school vacations, or any time the kids have been monstrously good...or just plain monstrous. • Great price point!• Manga is hot - and Xtreme Art gets kids drawing manga fast• Super-simple instructions show how to draw each monster in just four steps

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

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

This third instalment in the best-selling Xtreme Art series offers kids a fun-filled tutorial on drawing the cute, round, rough-and-tumble Chibi-style characters seen everywhere in comics, graphic novels, toys, and TV. The book starts with basic tips for drawing Chibi-style facial features and bodies. Kids then get pages and pages of mischievous, high-energy renderings, each broken down into four simple steps--in each step, new lines are highlighted in a bright second colour, making it easy to progress through the steps and build the final drawing. Kids learn to draw a wide range of Chibi-style figures, including class clowns, messy kids, fantasy fighters, roly-poly boys and girls, funny sidekicks, adorable monsters, and more. Best-selling author Christopher Hart's simple process and laugh-out-loud drawings will motivate without intimidating, getting kids drawing right away!

Offering an alternative to other methods, the Xtreme series is exciting, modern, and inspirational. It features core lessons, true stories, superstar tips, top tens, and a style guru. Not only an introduction to the techniques needed to play each instrument or learn a skill, Xtreme is designed to inspire a passion for music that will transcend many young adults' fads. The reader will be guided through each area in a humorous and informative way. A CD is included with each book. In Xtreme Bass, resident groove mistress Deep guides you through a ten-lesson program that covers everything from tuning up and using a pick to mastering techniques such as slap bass. Xtreme Bass will arm beginning bassists with all they will need to be able to create some of the funkiest bass grooves in no time.

Offering an alternative to other methods, the Xtreme series is exciting, modern, and inspirational. It features core lessons, true stories, superstar tips, top tens, and a style guru. Not only an introduction to the techniques needed to play each instrument or learn a skill, Xtreme is designed to inspire a passion for music that will transcend many young adults' fads. The reader will be guided through each area in a humorous and informative way. A CD is included with each book. In Xtreme Electric Guitar, resident axe master Marshall guides you through a ten-lesson program that covers everything from strumming patterns and barre chords to mastering techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs. Xtreme Electric Guitar will arm wannabe rock guitarists with all they will need to reel out those rocking riffs in no time.

Offering an alternative to other methods, the Xtreme series is exciting, modern, and inspirational. It features core lessons, true stories, superstar tips, top tens, and a style guru. Not only an introduction to the techniques needed to play each instrument or learn a skill, Xtreme is designed to inspire a passion for music that will transcend many young adults' fads. The reader will be guided through each area in a humorous and informative way. A CD is included with each book. Tutors Harmony and Klash guide you through a ten-lesson program covering everything from posture and how to protect your voice to using vibrato and mastering rock techniques. Xtreme Vocals will arm singers with all they need to be able to take the stage and wow audiences in no time.

Offering an alternative to other methods, the Xtreme series is exciting, modern, and inspirational. It features core lessons, true stories, superstar tips, top tens, and a style guru. Not only an introduction to the techniques needed to play each instrument or learn a skill, Xtreme is designed to inspire a passion for music that will transcend many young adults' fads. The reader will be guided through each area in a humorous and informative way. A CD is included with each book. Learn the basics of piano with resident ivory tickler Keys.