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Drawing People
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Everything you need to know to draw the human figure in all its liveliness and diversity, illustrated in full color.... More > Chapters: Introduction: Cultivating Your Drawing Skills // Drawing the body (comparative face and body anatomy for men and women, muscle diagrams, hands and feet, notes on balance and foreshortening) // Emotions and facial expressions (a study of a sample of 60 expressions with additional notes on posture, etc) // Flexibility (understand how and where the body bends) // Aging the face and body, detailed for men and women // Catalog of human features (eye/hair/skin color, nose/eyebrow/eye/breast shapes, body types) // Guide to human types (detailed anatomic and facial characteristics of over 50 ethnotypes, from Ainu to Zulu, with notes on mixed types – the only such guide in existence) < Less
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Art in Your Pocket
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A primer to get started in making and tracing ATCs, or Artist trading Cards, one of the most popular forms of mail art. This... More > booklet provides ATC basics and a treasure troves of ideas for techniques to use in making cards. Illustrated with many of my own cards, it's a lovely gift for someone taking their first steps into mail art or crafts in general. < Less
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Drawing People (ebook)
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Everything you need to know to draw the human figure in all its liveliness and diversity, illustrated in full color.... More > Chapters: Introduction: Cultivating Your Drawing Skills // Drawing the body (comparative face and body anatomy for men and women, muscle diagrams, hands and feet, notes on balance and foreshortening) // Emotions and facial expressions (a study of a sample of 60 expressions with additional notes on posture, etc) // Flexibility (understand how and where the body bends) // Aging the face and body, detailed for men and women // Catalog of human features (eye/hair/skin color, nose/eyebrow/eye/breast shapes, body types) // Guide to human types (detailed anatomic and facial characteristics of over 50 ethnotypes, from Ainu to Zulu, with notes on mixed types – the only such guide in existence) < Less
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Drawing Birds
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25 pages extensively covering the rarely published subject of drawing birds. Includes anatomy, detailed diagrams on the wing... More > construction and movement, head and beak details, feathers, flight diagrams. The book also covers the individual details (anatomic characteristics, wings, bills, feet, flight pattern etc) of about 60 species, making it a great reference for illustrators seeking accuracy as well as a great guide for fantasy artists who need to create new species. < Less
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Guide to Cats
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This book collects my exhaustive and abundantly annotated guides to Pantheridae (Big Cats), Felidae (Little Cats), Housecat... More > Breeds, as well as the chart for Housecat Coat Colors and Patterns. 78 pages illustrating every cat known to us! < Less
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Arabesque Made Easy
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"Arabesque is a Western word for the Islamic art of zakhrafa, which consists of geometric designs embellished by more... More > organic motifs such as vines. It is the natural complement of Arabic calligraphy, but can readily be used alone and applied to any and all media, from book covers to architecture.

The construction methods below show the steps to take to create the patterns manually..."

20 pages of clear step-by-step diagrams to create 8 bases and various patterns derived from them, by hand or digitally. This artform based on geometry but with infinite possibilities can arouse the interest of children and serious artists equally. < Less
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Artist's Guide to Cats
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This book collects my exhaustive and abundantly annotated guides to Pantheridae (Big Cats), Felidae (Little Cats), Housecat... More > Breeds, as well as the chart for Housecat Coat Colors and Patterns. < Less
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Voyages: Zulu
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This book is the first of a series that focuses on traditional dress and cultural items, laid out and illustrated in... More > unprecedented details and an attractive, artistic format. All original terms are included. In this volume:
• Dress and paraphernalia for warrior, diviner, married woman, pregnant woman, bride, marriageable girl, children
• The beehive hut and its construction
• Urban planning of the household
• Zulu stick fighting
• Zulu beer customs
• Zulu bead language and symbolism
• Gift poster (to be detached)
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L'Arabesque Facile
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"'Arabesque' est le nom occidental de l’art islamique de la 'zakhrafa', qui consiste en décorations géométriques... More > embellis de motifs plus organiques (lianes et autres). L’arabesque est le complément naturel de la calligraphie arabe, mais peut aussi avoir une existence indépendante et être appliquée sur n’importe quel support, aussi bien imprimé qu’architectural..."

En 20 pages de diagrammes à suivre pas à pas, ce volume vous apprend à créer 8 bases et plusieurs motifs qui dérivent de chacun. Cette discipline basée sur la géométrie mais aux possibilités infinies a de quoi éveiller l'intérêt d'artistes en herbe aussi bien que d'artisans accomplis. < Less
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Arabesque Made Easy
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"Arabesque is a Western word for the Islamic art of zakhrafa, which consists of geometric designs embellished by more... More > organic motifs such as vines. It is the natural complement of Arabic calligraphy, but can readily be used alone and applied to any and all media, from book covers to architecture.

The construction methods below show the steps to take to create the patterns manually..."

20 pages of clear step-by-step diagrams to create 8 bases and various patterns derived from them, by hand or digitally. This artform based on geometry but with infinite possibilities can arouse the interest of children and serious artists equally. < Less
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About Joumana Medlej

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An independent creative, creator of the Lebanese comic Malaak: Angel of Peace and co-author of a series of children's books, I present here personal projects not published through the usual channels. More of my work can be seen on my website Cedarseed.com.

 

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