"This encouraging guide will help you incorporate art making into your everyday life. Brimming with strategies and inspiration, "Art Before breakfast" teaches you how to carve out time for painting and drawing, and shows how makign art for even just 10 minutes a day can lead to a richer, more fulfilling life. Gregory's positive approach, quick and unintimidating exercises, and practical instruction on techniques and materials will give you the tools...

"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to draw dinosaurs. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

"The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers, this beautiful 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits...

Discusses the nineteenth-century French art movement known as Impressionism, focusing on the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Seurat. Includes related projects and activities.

"Create the very best mixed media with 52 inspiring exercises!Strenthening your understanding and use of color will make your mixed-media art shine as you complete 52 labs that span painting, collage, drawing, assemblage and more. In Color Lab for Mixed Media Artists, color is explored through multiple lenses-nature, history, psychology, expression-as you work through 52 exciting and approachable projects that explore the infinite potential of the...

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing and coloring over twenty-five familiar dog breeds, including beagles, Australian shepherds, poodles, and Rottweilers.

"Learn to draw fairy tale characters and write a story about them, with a story example and story prompts"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces street painting, describes its history, types, styles, and its destructive aspect.

A first-generation Ivy League student uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death. "Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill,...

"It's the summer of 1922, and nineteen-year-old Paulien Mertens finds herself in Paris--broke, disowned, and completely alone. Everyone in Belgium, including her own family, believes she stole millions in a sophisticated con game perpetrated by her then-fiancé, George Everard. To protect herself from the law and the wrath of those who lost everything, she creates a new identity, a Frenchwoman named Vivienne Gregsby, and sets out to recover her father's...