Fashion Drawing: the Easy Way

Author: Debra Laraman
  • Full colour photographs and illustrations.
  • Easy Draw Rulers included in a pocket inside the back cover of the book.
  • Designed and priced for student purchase.
  • Suitable for the beginner or the more experienced illustrator who is looking for additional tools and methods to improve their drawing skills.
  • By following this systematic approach to fashion drawing using the ruler system, anyone can overcome the difficulties of freehand drawing.
  • The system was developed using the fashion proportions based on the 8.5 head canon as the ideal proportions of the fashion figure.

VIDEO CLIPS on How To Use the Rulers:
Draw a fashion drawing figure
Sketch from Easy Draw Template
Pants
Skirt

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Comments from users of Fashion Drawing the Easy Way

Easy Draw Rulers

RRP NZ$38.00
incl GST (freight extra)

Note: Teachers should contact us for school discounted prices when ordering class sets or inspection copies - prices vary according to quantity.

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The Hero's Journey

Author: Kate Lyon

A New Zealand resource that seeks to help young people develop life skills.

The Hero’s Journey is a set of six books, which suggest a variety of positive and constructive ways of looking at and responding to life issues.

The books are designed for people of all ages and can either be read on their own or read with the support of a parent, teacher, counsellor or therapist.

The books are written in plain language with many graphics using metaphors and imagery. The pattern from the Hero’s Journey comes from myth and endeavours to help us recognise that it is the pattern of all our lives.



The Hero’s Journey series includes:


Book 1: Who Am I?
Book 2: Matariki
Book 3: Puawaitanga
Book 4: Piwakawaka
Book 5: Taniwha and Hakari

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The Books:

  • can be used as a teaching resource or as a springboard to other curriculum/ideas.
  • are ideal for use at home. Parents and caregivers who have used them describe them as a shared experience that draws them closer to their children and provides a discussion point.
  • have a significant focus on building up one's inner strengths - emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
  • look at issues like depression, self-talk, jealousy and violence but place far more emphasis on aroha, looking at the skills we have and, most of all, learning that we can rewrite our stories so that we are heroes in our own journey.
  • help people learn to recognise silent helpers, tricksters and learn that these people provide us with tools which show us how to tame the dragon in us – fear, anger, jealousy etc and return home triumphant.
  • explain we are not alone and that every act, word or thought we have can have an immediate effect on others around us.
  • teach us that we have a responsibility to ourselves, to others and the Earth.
  • will help people identify patterns in nature that we can learn from.


    More related links:

    Comments about The Hero's Journey
    Book review
    Plain language
    About the Author Kate Lyon

    The books are:

  • Full colour.
  • A4 size user-friendly write-on format
  • RRP NZ$18.00 per book
  • RRP NZ$90.00 for the 6 book series
  • Discounted School Price $12.00 per book or 6 book Series $60.00
    incl GST (freight extra)

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The Virtual Cafe Cookbook

Author: Rowan Bishop

ABA Books is proud to offer you this special publication full of great recipes for your home.

  • Create top quality café-style food at your place!
  • Recipes for all occasions and for any number
  • Tried and True recipes – guaranteed to work
  • Recipes to excite and inspire
  • A great fundraising product for schools
  • Makes a great gift for any occasion
  • 236 page gloss presentation
  • Flavour and more . . .

    RRP NZ$34.95
  • Discounted School Price $20.00
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This service is available on a contract basis with each client. The initial consultation is free and involves discussing the viability of the project along with an estimate of the costs involved in developing the publication right through to the printed form.

Our expertise is in working closely with our clients to develop a product which is mutually satisfying. Each client will essentially become the publisher and will:

  • take full ownership of the publication;
  • be responsible for the marketing and distribution of the product from the time of delivery.

This is an exciting new area for us and to date several authors have had their work transformed into an attractive, marketable form that they retain full ownership of.

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