Art Techniques & Activities, Children - Arts & Crafts, Children - Animals, Children - Games & Activities
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Overview
"...useful to those who really want to draw rather than trace. Instructions for drawing 17 dinosaurs and their ancestors are given, employing a framing technique that allows the artist to break down his or her drawing into manageable bits. Each dinosaur is described briefly—its scientific name and when it lived. With this no-frills guide and just a few supplies, most kids should be able to reproduce these animals by hand or computer."—Booklist. 80 pages, 180 b/w illus., 8 1/4 X 11.Presents facts about the anatomy and lifestyle of dinosaurs and other extinct animals and provides instructions on how to reproduce drawings of these creatures by hand or by computer.
Editorials
Children's Literature -
Begin with a grid, Mr. Goyallon suggests, add midlines and diagonals to properly proportion sketches, draw key points, then fill in details: a useful technique, whatever the subject. Here the artist/author accompanies his how-to drawing of more than 36 prehistoric creatures with a brief description of each, silhouettes that indicate its size relative to humans, and other pertinent facts.Book Details
Published
June 1, 1994
Publisher
Sterling Publishing
Pages
80
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780806987439