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For more than forty years, world-renowned artist Alan Flattmann has used pastels to capture the world around him in vibrant hues. His works reflect what he refers to as the modern pastel renaissance, an era that deviates from the traditionally perceived seventeenth-century use of pastels. Veering away from the conventional practice of using light tints and delicate touch to produce powdery coiffures, the modern pastel renaissance approaches its subjects with passion and color, attracting new audiences to the craft.
The works of more than 50 illustrators and cartoonists, many friends of Wood, are represented in this personal memoir. Hardcover.
From the history of cartooning, to how to draw, to how to find a job, this book has it all. A practical step-by-step guide for anyone interested in cartooning art, it contains hundreds of original drawings in all styles to illustrate the instructions. Hardcover.
This is the Teacher’s Guide to be used with Al Bohl’s Guide to Cartooning, when that book is used as an art class textbook. Adopted in Oklahoma and Utah as a texbook for grades 9 - 12.
Rendered in an unforgettable and flamboyant style, Mistretta’s poster series stands as a Mardi Gras tradition that has delighted locals and tourists alike since 1985. Created for lovers of New Orleans, art collectors, and Mardi Gras aficionados, this beautiful volume gathers all of the posters in the series—including those rare and out of print editions—for the first time to stunning effect.