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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Enjoy an 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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