By joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes, even the budding artist can easily create 30 different characters -- a fireman, a drummer, a mailman, a cowboy, an astronaut, a roller-skating girl, a boy on a swing, and more. Simple directions, step-by-step illustrations, and blank practice pages make it even easier. You can color the pictures when you are done -- it's a fun-filled way to teach art to young children or a beginner that enjoys drawing.

Connect-the-dots puzzles aren't just for kids anymore. These 45 complex and artistically appealing conundrums are fun to do and a pleasure to behold when completed. You'll find yourself guessing what the picture will be when you start and then be totally amazed when you re finished.
Designed for gamesters of all ages, the full-page brainteasers combine letters of the alphabet with numbers that go well over 100. They also invite puzzle fans to complete and color an entertaining array of pictures from illustrations of animals, buildings, and vehicles to portrayals of humans, sea life and...

Fine-tune your artistic skills as you learn to draw 30 popular musical instruments. With a little practice, you will find yourself skillfully sketching an orchestra of illustrations, including a piano, guitar, flute, violin, drums, maracas, harmonica, tuba, and other melody makers.
Children and adults alike can learn how to advance from fundamental shapes to finished sketches. Directions for drawing each instrument consist of simple diagrams that progress in a few easy steps. Blank practice pages appear opposite each how-to page to help you get started.

Beginners can learn the basics of sketching by combining circles, ovals, rectangles, crescents, and other shapes to produce remarkable likenesses of a number of subjects. Simple, step-by-step diagrams plus blank practice pages make it easy for youngsters and would-be artists of all ages to draw fruit, fish, kittens, and other subjects. 30 projects."

This easy-to-follow guide makes it a snap for aspiring artists of all ages to draw everyone's favorite barnyard buddies. If you've never been able to create a likeness of an animal, you'll welcome the book's effective step-by-step diagrams.
Using circles, ovals, and other geometric shapes, the diagrams build appealing images of a turkey, duck, horse, cow, and 26 other farm animals. Not only will you learn to make realistic drawings, you'll be on the way to mastering the basics of shape development and the fundamentals of form and dimension as well