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Nicole Brecke is a DPI-certified and licenced art educator and has instructed multiple medias, including drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. She holds a B.A. in Art Education and currently works as an illustrator and graphic designer. Nicole lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Patricia M. Stockland has written more than thirty books for children and young adults as well as numerous poems, scholarly articles, and marketing pieces. She has been an editor and author for the past ten years and holds an M.A. in Literature and a B.A. in English. Patricia lives and works in Minnesota. Nicole Brecke is a DPI-certified and licenced art educator and has instructed multiple medias, including drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. She holds a B.A. in Art Education and currently works as an illustrator and graphic designer. Nicole lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Do you love speedy American quarter horses or tiny Shetland ponies? Whatever your favorite horse, you'll soon be drawing horses like a pro with the help of this fun book. Just follow the steps and you'll have a great-looking stallion or mare before you know it. Fact-filled descriptions accompany the drawings, so you can learn all about different kinds of horses. You'll also find tips on adding details to your drawing - like a western-style saddle or a halter. So get out some paper and grab a pencil. Then get ready, get set, and get drawing!

Children's Literature

Kids love to draw. The great thing about drawing is that it only requires the most basic of tools that are readily available: paper and pencil. This series, "Ready Set Draw!," includes titles that are guaranteed to be popular with kids of all ages. Sample topics include horses, dogs, cats, cars, trucks, and motorcycles. What makes this series unique among the literally hundreds of "how to draw" books are the color-coded lines and shapes illustrating the proper sequence for developing each drawing. This mimics how artists draw and helps build a solid foundation for drawing skills. Each completed drawing as shown in the book is a fully colored image placed on a photograph, putting the object or animal in an appropriate environment. This encourages young artists to use colored pencils to finish their drawings and provides an image to use as reference. In this volume about horses, readers learn to draw Clydesdales, Lipizzans, Shetland ponies, Arabians, and Mustangs among others. Reviewer: Kristin Harris