Bøker utgitt av F&W Publications Inc

Imagine, Design and Draw Your Own Characters!

Break free of your comfort zone, sharpen your senses to perceive the world around you and find happiness in play. On this painterly journey, Tracy Verdugo leads you from self-doubt to self-appreciation by helping you find your voice through a myriad of vibrantly-hued mark making, painting and self-reflection techniques.

There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style-from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads.

Create authentic-looking maps of fantasy cities, hamlets, fortifications and more in a popular tabletop, RPG style.

Big facial expressions are essential to anime and manga. They can be much more eloquent than printed words for getting an emotional response out of viewers. However, faces can be challenging. With this book, improve your anime-drawing skills with instruction for facial features and expressions for a wide variety of ages, character types, hair styles and activities. With 800 different facial expressions, you'll be able to draw your character in any emotional situation or with any reaction.

Dracopedia Legends presents 13 epic tales of heroes vanquishing dragons, accompanied by lavish dragon illustrations inspired by the myths. Acting as both a storybook and art guide, each chapter also includes in-depth instructions to reveal how to conceptualize, research and design every iconic battle scene.

Welcome to your watercolor happy place! The world of Danielle Donaldson is as wondrous as a jar full of fireflies. Her whimsical illustrations are known for their offbeat color combinations, artful arrangements and endearing quirkiness.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ...SUPERHERO DRAWING BOOK!

All you need to get started are some simple supplies, basic techniques, and inspiration. From field to forest, beach or mountain, begin with a structural sketch, apply values and textures, and, before you know it, you'll be drawing everything you see. You'll even learn how to render favorite wildlife such as chipmunks, deer and eagles!

More than 25 step-by-step demonstrations to guide you through creating each body part of your manga characters. Over 130 lessons for facial anatomy, poses, clothing and accessories, and common hairstyles and emotions. Turn your your full-sized manga characters into chibis with easy techniques.

Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail!Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: • tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details • effectively use metaphor and comparative language • add rhythm to your writing and manage phrasingSongwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Divided into four sections, Songwriting Without Boundaries features four different fourteen-day challenges with timed writing exercises, along with examples from other songwriters, poets, and prose writers.

Gelli Plate Printing is a captivating book by Joan Bess, published by F&W Publications Inc in 2014. This book belongs to a genre that is a treasure trove for art enthusiasts and hobbyists alike. Joan Bess, with her masterful writing, takes the readers on a journey of creativity and imagination. Gelli Plate Printing is not just a book; it's an experience that opens up a world of endless possibilities in the realm of art. Published by the renowned F&W Publications Inc, this book has been a must-have for many art lovers since 2014. Written in English, it caters to a wide range of readers across the globe. Don't miss out on this masterpiece by Joan Bess.

Many artists are intimidated by perspective. However, creating an illusion of depth in your work is actually far easier than colour or design when explained correctly. This book helps readers learn how to create perspective on a flat surface using a variety of mediums. It covers the theory behind perspective and introduces various subjects.

In the same easy to understand and fun to experience style as Perspective Made Easy, Robbie Lee shows readers, step by step, the basic drawing skills they need to build a successful base on which to build any style of drawing expertise.

Discover what makes you special then learn new art journaling techniques to express your uniqueness with inspiration from your 8 guiding archetypes.

The ancient philosophy of wabi-sabi honors the imperfect, the transitory and the humble. Cold wax is a perfect vehicle for artists wishing to explore this aesthetic. In this guide, you'll learn how to use this incredibly malleable medium--in combination with oil paint and other mediums--to add layers of texture, atmosphere and depth.

30+ step-by-step demonstrations illustrate how to construct an entire fantasy world map from start to finish--both digitally and by hand!

This follow-up to the award-winning Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry combines the beauty (and ease!) of torch-firing enamel with creative jewelry and metalsmithing techniques.

Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel.

Beautifully illustrated and fantastically detailed, Dracopedia: The Bestiary is a modern, but no less unsettling reimagining of the ancient version. It is an A-to-Z artist's guide to animals of the legendary world. Some, like the griffin and yeti, may be familiar to you. Others may seem new and strange.

With the help of reference photos and field sketches, this title lets readers learn to create realistic and colourful painting of landscapes ranging from expansive mountain vistas to intimate vignettes such as tree-shaded streams.

Shows how easy it is to draw anything you set your mind to. This work helps artists realise that drawing is a fun activity open to everyone. It deals with various aspects ranging from choosing materials to drawing popular subjects.

The method for teaching in this book begins with 18 helpful tools which train the mind how to see. The author explains to readers how, where and why to use them. The core of the book is spent teaching how to lay out the face, placing special features, and making it look real.