Best Selling Books by Susie Hodge

This delightful introduction to drawing faces completely demystifies the drawing process. It shows how images can be built up easily, from initial geometric shapes right through to the finished faces. Susie Hodge includes a good selection of head-and-shoulder portraits in this book including couples, children, babies and older people in a variety of poses, and showing a range of expressions. She uses a helpful two-colour method that clearly shows every line and curve of the step-by-step pictures. Even absolute beginners will find themselves creating great drawings when they use this book and there is much to inspire more experienced artists too. An invaluable guide for anyone interested in this subject.

Introduces global warming, discusses the efforts being made to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, and explores the effects on human health.

Ocean plants - Ocean animals - Fish that live in the depths of the ocean - Ocean pollution.

The book looks at the speculations, myths and mysteries of these legendary knights. It looks at controversial claims and conspiracies surrounding the Knights Templar and the likely truths behind them - such as whether they had guardianship or special knowledge of the Holy Grail. It also shows the historical legacy of the Templars today.

An insightful biography and showcase of the celebrated and influential Baroque painter, sumptuously illustrated throughout.

Years before artists like Kandinsky and Mondrian claimed to have invented abstract art, a Swedish artist had already created more than 1000 strikingly beautiful abstract paintings! This is the amazing story of Hilma af Klint. Largely ignored during her lifetime, her work exploded onto the world stage with an exhibition at the Guggenheim in NYC in 2019. She is now recognised as the mother of abstract art.

Learn how to draw many different types of dinosaurs.

When the director of the local art gallery calls in sick, it’s up to YOU to put everything together in time for the local competition. Do you know enough about modern art to WOW the judges and WIN the competition? Do you know your Warhol from their Weiwei? Will you be able to uncover the mystery of the counterfeit paintings? Make your way through this thrilling adventure, using your art knowledge to decide how the plot unfolds. Complete your mission and become an artistic whizz, A glossary explains tricky words and provides added reference material.

This newly revised and updated series explores the origins of art across different cultures. Large photographs and clear text illustrate techniques, materials, key works, and their backgrounds. Step-by-step instructions are also included for making students' own historical art. Other features include full captions, fact boxes and historic timelines.

Explains what mountains, deserts, oceans, and polar regions are and describes the plants and animals commonly found in these regions.