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Painting and Drawing for Teens

Create a painting or drawing from your wildest imagination! Create a picture of your pet, your favorite animal or flower or something that inspires you! Discover our colorful world with Jefferson County Public Library's Summer Challenge, where learning is for everyone! Explore the beauty all around you to earn points and win prizes during the Library Summer Challenge. Register starting May 1 to discover your inner artist, brighten up your community, write colorful stories and embrace a vibrant life!

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  • Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide

    Choose the Colors That Bring Your Drawings to Life! : With Over 1000 Color Combinations

    Sakurai, Teruko,
    A color science expert's must-have coloring guide for manga and anime artists!
    Book, 2023Clarendon : Tuttle Publishing, 2023. — 741.51 SAKURAI
  • Learn to draw lifelike versions of 63 different animals! This richly illustrated guide teaches you about the skeletal structures, musculatures and movements of various animals and how to draw them.
    Book, 2023Rutland, Vermont1 : Tuttle Publishing, [2023] — 743.6 MIYANAGA
  • Watercolor Made Simple

    Techniques, Projects, and Encouragement to Get Started Painting and Creating

    Traikos, Nicki,
    Aspiring artists learn to develop their watercolor skills and create beautiful paintings in a relaxing and enjoyable way.
    Book, 2023Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, 2023. — 751.422 TRAIKOS
  • Cute Creature Art Class

    Enchanting Anime Beasties : Learn to Draw Over 50 Magical Monsters

    Lord, Naomi,
    Refine your drawing skills with step-by-step tutorials to create 57 fantasy creatures!
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Rock Point, [2024] — 743.6 LORD
  • Mandala Rock Painting Made Simple

    Step-by-step Instructions for Timeless Designs

    Schauer, Carla,
    This simplified guide takes you through the whole process, from picking the right rock to choosing your paints so you can create everything from an Affirming Aqua Mandala to a Sea Urchin Symmetry Mandala.
    Book, 2022Oakland, CA : Rockridge Press, 2022. — 745.7232 SCHAUER
  • Rock Art Critters

    Paint the Perfect Pebble

    Scicluna, Denise,
    What's more adorable than a rock painted like your favorite animal? Find out how to recreate your favorite animals on a rock with this engaging title.
    Book, 2018Hauppage, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 2018. — 751.426 SCICLUNA
  • If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint

    Transforming Simple Drawings Into Works of Art

    Culhane, Diane,
    The advice and exercises in "If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint" help readers dig into their own creative life to find a style that is authentically their own.
    Book, 2017Beverly, Massachusetts : Quarry Books, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., 2017. — 701.8 CULHANE
  • Explore the magical side of animals through this instructional book, which draws from the forms of real animals and creatures and allows portions to be swapped and added on to create one-of-a-kind mythical creatures.
    Book, 2016North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, [2016] — J 743.87 SAUTTER