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TITLE: This Is What I Know About Art
AUTHOR: Kimberly Drew WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 701 Dre SUMMARY: In this powerful and hopeful account, arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the art world has space not just for the elite, but for everyone. |
TITLE: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
AUTHOR: Austin Kleon WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 153.3 Kle SUMMARY: An inspirational guide to unlocking creativity in the digital age, providing ten principles to help readers discover their artistic side and lead a more creative life. |
TITLE: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
AUTHOR: Deborah Heiligman WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 920 Hei SUMMARY: Examines the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh, showing how Theo supported the painter throughout his creative and interpersonal struggles. |
TITLE: Making Comics
AUTHOR: Lynda Barry WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 741.5 Bar SUMMARY: n a new hand-drawn syllabus detailing her creative curriculum, the author has students drawing themselves as monsters and superheroes, convincing students who think they can't draw that they can, and, most importantly, encouraging them to understand that a daily journal can be anything so long as it is hand drawn. |
TITLE: Master Guide to Drawing Anime : How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates
AUTHOR: Christopher Hart WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 741.5 Har SUMMARY: Showcasing some of the best anime artists in the world, a best-selling how-to-draw author, by providing insight into the six most popular anime types, teaches anime artists to create original characters through step-by-step demonstrations and drawing exercises. |
TITLE: Master Guide to Drawing Anime : Amazing Girls: How to Draw Essential Character Types from Simple Templates
AUTHOR: Christopher Hart WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 741.5 Har SUMMARY: Provides step-by-step instructions for popular types of female anime characters, with basic templates for drawing such elements as the head, hairstyles, and clothing; and tutorials on creating comedic, romantic, and multiple character scenes. |
TITLE: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
AUTHOR: Anne Lamott WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 808.02 Lam SUMMARY: A step-by-step guide to writing and managing the writer's life covers each portion of a written project, addresses such concerns as writer's block and getting published, and offers awareness and survival tips. |
TITLE: So, You Want to Be a Writer? : How to Write, Get Published, and Maybe Even Make It Big!
AUTHOR: Vicki Hambleton WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 808.02 Ham SUMMARY: A comprehensive guide to becoming a published author outlines step-by-step guidelines for everything from generating ideas and improving technique to getting published and promoting one's work, in a reference complemented by tips from such famous writers as Michael Crichton and Amanda Hocking. |
TITLE: The Power of Art
AUTHOR: Richard Lewis WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 709 Lew SUMMARY: This illustrated undergraduate text for a first course offers color art and photos on every page, with an emphasis on less commonly studied images in art history. |
TITLE: Drawing Manga: Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures
AUTHOR: J. C. Amberlyn WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 741.5 Amb SUMMARY: The author of the best-selling Drawing Wildlife teaches aspiring manga artists how create both funny critters and gritty Gothic creatures, in a book that gives an overview of the manga genre and its artists' techniques, profiles manga animals and features step-by-step character creations. |
TITLE: What It Is
AUTHOR: Lynda Barry WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 741.5 Bar SUMMARY: A collection of collages by Lynda Barry that explores the themes of memory and the writing process. |
TITLE: Harlem Renaissance
AUTHOR: Kelly King Howes WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 700 How SUMMARY: Presents overviews of several aspects of the Harlem Renaissance including its beginnings, fiction, poetry, performing and visual arts, nightlife, and its end, reprinting many primary works of Harlem Renaissance artists and thinkers; profiles fifteen figures from the movement; and includes reference materials including a time line, glossary, and further resource list. |
TITLE: Frida Kahlo: A Modern Master
AUTHOR: Terri Hardin WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 709.2 Kah SUMMARY: Examines the life and career of the posthumously famous artist who spent most of her career overshadowed by the work of her husband Diego Rivera. |
TITLE: Money by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
AUTHOR: Edited by Richard Kendall WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 759 Mon SUMMARY: More than two hundred outstanding full-color reproductions of the artist's paintings, pastels, and drawings, as well as a selection of the artist's own letters, highlight a study of the life and work of French Impressionist Claude Monet. |
TITLE: Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
AUTHOR: Duncan Tonatiuh WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 769.92 Ton SUMMARY: A portrait of the Mexican political cartoonist best known for his calavera animated skeleton depictions traces his life and artistic career while describing how his skeleton drawings have become synonymous with Mexico's Día de los Muertos festival. |
TITLE: Zen Of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life
AUTHOR: John Daido Loori WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 294.3 Loo SUMMARY: An introduction to the creative spirit as it applies within Zen tradition shares personal anecdotes about the author's own experiences, suggesting exercises and visual tools-including the ancient practices of calligraphy, poetry, brush painting, and the tea ceremony-to help readers cultivate spiritual creativity. |
TITLE: On Photography
AUTHOR: Susan Sontag WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 770 Son SUMMARY: Collection of six essays and a brief anthology of quotations about the meaning and career of photographs. |