Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals

Did you know that an octopus has three hearts?
Or that ostriches can't walk backward?
Or that a group of owls is called a parliament, or that they have three eyelids?

Sea otters hold hands in their sleep, bees never sleep, and penguins laugh when they're tickled

This charming compendium contains over 100 pages of fascinating facts about the animal kingdom illustrated with whimsical detail.

A New York Times bestseller

Imagine having the ability to draw any subject with precision, detail and expression. With Claudia's help, you can do it In How to See, How to Draw, you will discover how to tap into your powers of observation, strengthen your hand-eye connection, and draw the world around you with new skill and accuracy. Just take it one step at a time.

Claudia is an expert teacher, breaking down complex compositions into a series of achievable shapes and values that even beginners will understand. Through dozens of mini demonstrations, fun-to-do exercises and complete step-by-step...

Learn how to draw your favorite feathered friends

It's one thing to watch birds fly outside your window, but what if you were able to draw the cutest ones

Drawing Cute Birds in Colored Pencil offers simple step-by-step drawing instructions that help you to learn how to draw your favorite birds. Adorable birds like robins, owls, penguins, and bluebirds come alive with vibrant color and beautiful detail on the paper, thanks to the how-to guide in this clever book.

Sharpen your best colored pencils because you'll be using them to add...

Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) was the father of modern neuroscience and an exceptional artist. He devoted his life to the anatomy of the brain, the body's most complex and mysterious organ. His superhuman feats of visualization, based on fanatically precise techniques and countless hours at the microscope, resulted in some of the most remarkable illustrations in the history of science....

If you have ever wanted to control your art so you can paint anything-and paint it well-this book is for you The mediums are oil, watercolor, and contour drawing, but this is a book about making good paintings, not about a particular medium. The subject matter is broad, ranging from still lifes to figures and portraits, to landscapes. Again, the point is that if you can paint, you can paint anything But you must never feel compelled to simply paint was is before you. You must feel free to paint not what you see, but what you want to see-the way you want it to look-and this book shows you...

Charles Reid says you don't have to be a botanist to paint flowers beautifully. Rather than produce anatomical paintings, it's far more important to capture the quality, the feeling, and the spirit of the flowers. In this book, Reid turns his skillful eye and clear, helpful teaching methods to painting flowers in oil paints.

Beginning with a detailed discussion of materials and palettes, you will go on to learn a bit about flowers and flower parts in general, as well as brush techniques like drybrushing, scumbling, and pointillism. Then, with plenty of examples and guided...