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Stan Lee's How to Draw Superheroes: From the Legendary Co-creator of the Avengers, Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and Iron Man

Stan Lee · Watson-Guptill

The third installment in comics icon Stan Lee's series showing readers how to draw some of the most exciting and dynamic superheroes of all time.Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Avengers all share a common trait -- these hugely popular...
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph

Jan Swafford · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Jan Swafford's biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human...
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Block City: Incredible Minecraft Worlds: How to Build Like a Minecraft Master

Kirsten Kearney · Harry N. Abrams

Minecraft - a humble computer game about placing blocks - is a global phenomenon that has captured the imagination of more than 36 million players around the world. Often described as a digital version of LEGO, Minecraft offers an open-ended playing field where players design and build...
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Drawing Cartoon Faces: 55 Projects for Cartoons, Caricatures & Comic Portraits

Harry Hamernik · Impact Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Discover the fast and fun art of drawing comic faces!Chances are you already know how to draw some expressions. But you can only go so far with "happy," "sad" and "angry." In order to give your comic portraits some...character...you need to know what they look...
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What Would Mary Ann Do?: A Guide to Life

Dawn Wells , · Taylor Trade Publishing

So, what would Mary Ann do?As the sweet, polite, and thoughtful Mary Ann Summers from Kansas in the hit series Gilligan’s Island, Dawn Wells created an unforgettable and beloved character that still connects with people fifty years from the show’s debut in 1964. As the “good...
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The Artist's Color Guide--Watercolor: Understanding Palette, Pigments and Properties

Hazel Soan · North Light Books
Format: Hardcover

Explore the Rainbow of Colors in Your Palette!The Artist's Color Guide--Watercolor is an inspiring yet practical guide to using color. Experienced artist and teacher Hazel Soan takes each color of the rainbow and demonstrates how to use the pigments to maximum effect and with lots of practical...
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A Story of Easter and All of Us: Companion to the Hit TV Miniseries

Roma Downey · Faithwords
Pages: 127
Format: Hardcover

From the Last Supper in the upper room to the celebration of finding an empty tomb, this beautiful full color book chronicles the journey of Christ's death and resurrection in a way the Easter story has never before been "told." Containing extraordinary images from the Emmy-nominated...
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Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas

Sarah Schleuning · Skira Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

A sensuously designed showcase of covetable concept or limited-edition cars by the best American and European manufacturers. Dream Cars presents some of the world's most breathtaking concept cars built between 1934 and 2001, a series of visionary designs that influenced the automotive...
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The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature

Nick Neddo · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

It's time to go back to basics! If you're interested in art, but find that it's becoming an increasingly expensive hobby, The Organic Artist is just the book for you! It encourages us all to return to those days when art was made with all-natural materials, such as charcoal...
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