Arcturus imprint: 479 books

What does an artist need to know about drawing? And what has to be mastered in order to achieve the drawings you want? In this book Barrington Barber shows you, offering advice and tips as he takes you through the various stages. From object drawing and still-life composition, the natural world...

Full of character and endlessly varied, human subjects are a pleasure to draw. In this book, author and artist Barrington Barber guides you through the process of drawing portraits, from getting the features in correct proportion, to setting up successful portrait compositions. Whether you are an experienced...

A fresh and accessible book that will appeal to all those interested in learning to draw, or who wish to hone their skills. Barrington Barber takes as his starting point the belief that anyone - whatever their experience - can learn to draw well. Starting with an introduction to different drawing materials...

When it comes to drawing there is no substitute for practice, and with this collection of 100 drawing projects you'll never be short of inspiration. From simple still life objects around the home to animals, people and panoramic landscapes, there is a wide range of subject matter to develop your skills....

Barrington Barber takes as his starting point the belief that everyone - whatever their experience - can learn to draw well. A fresh and accessible book that will appeal to all those interested in learning to draw, or who wish to hone their skills.

The ability to draw the human figure well is the sign of a good artist. So it is vital to appreciate the body's characteristics and how they influence posture and expression. Drawing Anatomy provides all the information you need to produce the most accurate representations of people. In Drawing...

Finding suitable subjects to draw can be a problem for artists who want to practice their skills. Barrington Barber takes a selection of 50 subjects and explores their possibilities. Five steps are given for each subject. The user is then invited to create their own drawing, using the steps as guides....

Still life has been a popular form of art for many hundreds of years, offering a wide choice of subjects, styles, and scale. Whether you want to work outdoors or at home, with carefully detailed studies or bold sweeps of line, with classical subjects or simple objects that you might find in your home,...

Why can't we breathe underwater? Is the small intestine really longer than the human body? How does our brain tell the rest of our body what to do? Find the answers to these and lots of other human body puzzlers inside this fantastic, fact-packed book. Perfect for curious kids aged 8 and up.

Why does popcorn pop? What makes you hiccup? Why do zebras have stripes? The answers to these and many other brain-teasing questions can be found in this fact-packed book. The clear explanations will help readers aged 8 and up make sense of the world's most weird and wonderful things and build up their scientific knowledge.

1001 Horrible Facts is a great fact-packed and illustrated reference book covering topics including Science, Body, Animals, History and World Records. It provides the perfect ammunition for 8-12 year-olds to amaze and disgust parents, teachers and each other!

If you're itching to know your Jurassic from your Triassic, and your Diplodocus from your Dilophosaurus, look no further! How many teeth did T. rex have? What's the oldest dinosaur fossil ever discovered? Did birds evolve from dinosaurs? Find the answers to these and lots of other dinosaur puzzlers inside this fantastic, fact-packed book. Perfect for curious and dino-crazy kids aged 8 and up.

Drawing is easy - but you need to know the basics. Artist and writer Susie Hodge gets you drawing right away. With simple exercises to build your confidence, she quickly shows you how to grasp the fundamentals. Every exercise is made up of step-by-step instructions with clear, easy-to-follow...

This is the new Popular Reference edition of the fully-illustrated title 'To the Ends of the Earth', ISBN: 9781848586161. Fascinated by what lies beyond the boundaries of human experience, men and women have throughout history been irresisibly drawn to venture into the unknown. Explorers charts the astonishing...