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Booktrust, in a review of Solomon Crocodile, wrote that "Catherine Rayner's lovely artwork vividly depicts a lively cast of animal characters in this gorgeous picture book," found similarities in the illustrations to those of Quentin Blake, and concluded, "this is a picture book to treasure."
Animals Drawn from Nature and Engraved in Aqua-tinta is a book written and illustrated by Charles Catton the younger and published in London in 1788. It is a very early example of a work including hand-coloured aquatints. The thirty-six animals described, all mammals except for the crocodile, were from both the New World and the Old World. At ...
This is a list of out-of-copyright books and journals about art and artists, available online to read or download. Includes the visual arts, such as painting, engraving, sculpture etc., only. Includes the visual arts, such as painting, engraving, sculpture etc., only.
Reptiles depicts a desk upon which is a two dimensional drawing of a tessellated pattern of reptiles and hexagons, Escher's 1939 Regular Division of the Plane. [2] [3] [1] The reptiles at one edge of the drawing emerge into three dimensional reality, come to life and appear to crawl over a series of symbolic objects (a book on nature, a geometer's triangle, a three dimensional dodecahedron, a ...
Pearls Before Swine (also known as Pearls) is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis.The series began on December 31, 2001. [1] It chronicles the daily lives of an ensemble cast of suburban anthropomorphic animals: Pig, Rat, Zebra, Goat, and a fraternity of crocodiles, [2] as well as a number of supporting characters, one of whom is Pastis himself.
Latte art is a method of preparing coffee created by pouring microfoam into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface of the caffè latte, cappuccino or hot chocolate. It can also be created or embellished by simply "drawing" in the top layer of foam.
Books written by Cole include: 1986 - Spears & smoke signals : exciting true tales by a buffalo & croc shooter; 1988 - Hell West and Crooked; 1990 - The Last Paradise: Tales of adventures in Papua New Guinea - 1951 - 1964; 1992 - Riding the Wildman Plains : the letters and diaries of Tom Cole 1923-1943; 1992 - Crocodiles and other characters
Open Very Carefully won the 2014 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for picture books, [8] was shortlisted for the 2014 UKLA Book Award in the 3 to 6 category, [9] shortlisted for the 2014 Oscar's Book Prize, [10] and longlisted for the 2014 Kate Greenaway Medal. [11] It appears on the 2015 North Somerset Teachers' Book Award Booklist. [12] [13]