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4) How to draw
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"Discover your own artistic ability and experience the joy of drawing, a skill anyone can learn. Create landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more"--Container of DVDs.
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Using video modeling to demonstrate over 40 items, children can learn to draw things from basic shapes to more challenging items such as bikes, lions and people. Studies show that art promotes activity in the brain, helps children develop important spacial and visual skills, and strengthens their problem solving abilities.
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Childhood is a private, fragile terrain in which the marks of our explorations are inscribed. A delicate, sensitive evocation of burgeoning desire, The Formation of Clouds follows the steps of a young girl in the midst of transformation, clearly delineating that odd moment when one is no longer a child, exactly, but not yet an adult either. Using the simplicity of pen and ink drawings with graceful superimposition effects on glossy paper, Marie-Hélène...
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"Learn Marc's simple steps to draw and paint an exciting landscape vista on location in pencil, pen, and watercolor. After a review of sketching gear and strategy, follow Marc as he simplifies the subject by drawing key landmarks to establish the composition. Then start in on the real fun using ink to add the details, brush pen to add form and build shapes, and watercolor to characterize and add life to the view"--Container.
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Painter Wendy Sharpe is the recipient of numerous awards, grants and travelling scholarships including the Sulman Prize (1996), the Archibald Portrait Prize (1996), and the Portia Geach Memorial Prize (1995 & 2003). In 1998, Wendy was commissioned by the city of Sydney to paint a series of eight murals, on the life of swimmer Annette Kellerman, for the Cook and Philip Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney. And in 1999, she was commissioned by the Australian...
14) Colors
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Calling all colors! From painting and drawing to mixing colors, kids will discover the art of color identification with these six Nick Jr. play dates! They'll jump into coloring books with Dora and the Wonder Pets, they₂ll learn color mixing with the Bubble Guppies and Blue, and they'll search for colorful shape pieces with Team Umizoomi!
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When Victor's family moves into his grand-uncle's mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: forty years ago a girl, at the same age that he is now, mysteriously disappeared. With his detective instinct kindled, Victor makes it his mission to solve the case. But after he finds the girl's diary, filled with mysterious drawings showing that the mansion may actually be haunted, Victor will have to overcome his...
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" ... A time capsule of Paris and New York between 1969 and 1973 as viewed through the eyes of Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the dominant fashion illustrator of the time. Counted among Antonio's discoveries (muses of the period) were iconic beauties such as Grace Jones, Jessica Lange, and Jerry Hall, as well as Warhol's Superstars Donna Jordan, Jane Forth and Patti D'Arbanville. Antonio's inner circle was also comprised of his creative partner, Juan...
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Harold wants to take a walk in the moonlight, so he draws a moon with his purple crayon. Next Harold wants a picture for his room, soon he's bigger than a mountain. Then with his crayon, Harold takes a trip through the enchanted garden where he meets a King, a giant witch, and a fairy with one magic wish.
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Visiting a neighborhood ice cream shop, children learn about everyone's favorite ice cream flavors. Mark then teaches everyone how to draw an ice cream cone and a truck. He then takes a journey to the Buddy Dog Human Society, learns how to care for four-legged friends, and teaches viewers how to draw a cat and puppy.
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Mark Marderosian visits the Museum of Science in Boston where he introduces his viewers to dinosaurs and how they lived. Viewers then learn how to draw a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Pterodactyl. On a second visit to the museum, Mark and the 'Angels from the Attic' learn about outer space, planets, and stars. The drawing lessons feature the planet Saturn and a friendly astronaut on the moon.
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Harold is an inventive and curious toddler with thoughts, desires, and feelings typical of any child his age. In his Crayon World, Harold can muse on questions that all young children naturally wonder about, and he can come up with his own answers. But it is not the crayon that is magic, it is merely the key to unlock the power of Harold's imagination.
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