Learn to Draw Cartoons


Book Description

Thanks to Christopher Hart's simplified process, anyone can create dynamic cartoon characters right away. He has developed the easiest-ever approach to drawing the basics like heads, bodies, and those super-important cartoon expressions. Hart helps beginners apply these fundamentals to a variety of fun types and settings including animals, under-the-sea locales, stock characters, and popular backgrounds. Each lesson is laid out in accessible steps, accompanied by Chris's personable instruction.




Cartoon Faces


Book Description

Make a face--a funny face! Thats where a cartoon characters personality begins, and bestselling author Christopher Hart presents the ultimate, masterfully detailed tutorial on the topic. His accessible, step-by-step demonstrations explore a range of facial features and show how to build a character, from head types to expressions to movement. An introductory section covers shading techniques, and theres advice on drawing the body.




Funny Faces Tracing Fun


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This book is full of tracing paper and funny pictures to trace. All you need is a pencil or a crayon. How many funny people can you make?




How to Draw Funny Faces for Kids - Volume 1


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How to Draw Funny Faces for Kids includes 33 Funny Faces in easy step by step drawings. These drawing tutorials are very easy and simple for kids and adults. An easy way to teach drawing skills for any age group. At the end of each tutorial a practice page is included in paperback edition with and with grid to make it easier to copy the drawing.




How to Make Friends With a Ghost


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Ghosts make great friends for life (and beyond)! If you're lucky enough to have a ghost find you, you'll need to know how to treat it right. Open up this "how-to" guide to discover how to be the best friend a ghost could ever ask for! What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your ghost for whipped cream or a marshmallow when you aren't looking! If you follow these few simple steps and the rest of the essential tips in How to Make Friends with a Ghost, you'll see how a ghost friend will lovingly grow up and grow old with you. A whimsical story about ghost care, Rebecca Green's debut picture book is a perfect combination of offbeat humor, quirky and sweet illustrations, and the timeless theme of friendship.




Funny Face!


Book Description

An ingeniously constructed drawing book that allows children to create a range of funny faces Funny Face! is an activity book in which things aren’t quite what they seem. Inspired by the idea of visual puns, the book allows children to draw, shade, and fold to make surprising and funny things happen to pictures of all kinds of faces. Using clever but simple methods, the book helps children create a range of witty visual gags. Doodle through a die cut and shaggy eyebrows on one picture turn into a droopy moustache on the picture beneath. Open a gatefold to make a little boy’s tiny ears become gigantic. Draw pictures on split pages to create faces with different hats, noses, and beards. Turn the pages back and forth to find all the tricks and make all the funny faces. Children will be delighted and surprised when, by creating one funny face, they unexpectedly make another funny face on a different page. Enhanced by Hannah Warren’s entertaining range of cheeky, naughty, smiling, and jolly faces, presented through rich colors and a sturdy format, Funny Face! offers hours of entertainment for energetic and creative children.




The Mad Art of Caricature!


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MAD magazine illustrator Tom Richmond teaches how to draw caricatures, with an emphasis on aspects of the head and face.




Mr. Potato Head


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Put on a happy face! You just gotta love the spuds! Children who put silly faces on MR. POTATO HEAD generally end up with happy faces of their own. Versatility has always been at the heart of this potato family’s style, and that’s why kids find this popular toy so irresistible. Now, young artists can experience that same creative pleasure on the page--while building their drawing skills, too. As always, Pencil, Paper, Draw! makes the artistic process simple and reassuring: children just trace the easy-to-follow colored guidelines to create great pictures. They’ll start with a basic potato shape, and then have hours of fun choosing their favorite facial features, clothing, and accessories. When they’re done, their MR. POTATO HEAD will truly be one of a kind! MR. POTATO HEAD is a trademark of Hasbro and is used with permission. � 2007 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Hasbro.




Drawing the Head


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Here is an essential guide that is head and shoulders above the rest! In The Head, expert Andrew Loomis teaches you the basics of drawing the human head, including detailed drawings of a variety of male and female models in different poses. First he covers the basic proportions of the head and the proper placement of facial features. Then he shows you how to render light and shadow, as well as exploring simple techniques for capturing an array of facial expressions and depicting differences in type and character. This comprehensive guide is a welcome addition to any artistÆs drawing reference library!




50 Nifty Funny Faces to Draw


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Simple instructions and step-by-step illustrations to help you draw hilarious head and facial features.