HOW
TO DRAW COOL STUFF
by
Catherine V. Holmes
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GENRE:
Non-Fiction
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BLURB:
How
to Draw Cool Stuff: Holidays, Seasons and Events is a step-by-step
drawing guide that illustrates popular celebrations, holidays and
events for your drawing pleasure. From the Chinese New Year to April
Fools' Day, Father's Day to Halloween, Christmas and New Year’s Eve
- this book covers over 100 fun days, holidays, seasons and events,
and offers simple lessons that will teach you how to draw like a pro
and get you in the spirit of whichever season it may be!
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Excerpt:
The Book
Details:
Inside
you will find specific exercises that offer step-by-step guidelines
for drawing a variety of subjects. Each lesson starts with an
easy-to-draw shape that will become the basic structure of the
drawing. From there, each step adds elements to that structure,
allowing the artist to build on their creation and make a more
detailed image.
Each art
project comes with a chart including information that the artist
should be able to KNOW (facts, basic skills), UNDERSTAND (big ideas,
concepts, essential questions), and therefore be able to DO (final
assessment, performance, measurements of objectives) by the end of
the lesson.
This
additional information gives these pages more power than just 'art
for art's sake' - not that you need it - because art is important
enough on its own! Artists are learning about themselves as
expressive souls through the process of creating beautiful and
interesting work.
The best
part is, this is stuff that artists want to draw.
Information
for Teachers using this Book:
Teachers
can feel confident that they are using instructional time in ways
that make a difference for their students when using this guide. Each
lesson includes easy-to-follow instruction where the whole process is
viewed through a sequence of detailed illustrations that can be
linked to historical connections, your curriculum learning standards
or adapted into an arts integration lesson. You decide how intense to
make each project.
The
projects can be differentiated to respond to students' diverse
learning styles through a mixture of visuals and text.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Catherine
V. Holmes is an art/ELA teacher and visual artist from historical
Plymouth, Massachusetts. She studied at Boston University and at
Bridgewater State College where she earned her BFA and MA in ED. She
is currently working towards her second Master's from the University
of Scranton. Catherine Holmes specializes in portraits, architecture
and illustrations. Her art is inspired by her feelings, ideas, and
experiences, whether they are found in nature, the media or in
man-made structures. Catherine is also heavily influenced by the
interests and suggestions of her students. "To see success
through their eyes inspires me to be a better teacher and creator of
art."
Links:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/drawcoolstuff
Website:
www.HowToDrawCoolStuff.com
Amazon
Link:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Cool-Stuff-Holidays/dp/0692661980
Series
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00UNEFTYU
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