{"id":1932243265,"title":"Ralph Masiello's Halloween Drawing Book","handle":"ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-book","description":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten \u0026amp; Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/ralph-masiello\" title=\"Ralph Masiello bio\"\u003eRalph Masiello\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing is spook-tacular!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrator Ralph Masiello brings a haunting twist to his popular drawing series. Step-by-step diagrams show young artist how to draw ghosts, witches, jack-o'-lanterns, skeletons, a haunted house, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust follow the simple steps to create creepy critters and eerie objects. Bonus challenge steps show you how to add frightfullyfun details to your drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you like this book, view the entire series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/collections\/ralph-masiellos-drawing-books\" title=\"Ralph Masiello's Drawing Books\"\u003eRalph Masiello's Drawing Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-spread.jpg?13917630079540763343\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-shape=\"round\" defer async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRalph Masiello, author \u0026amp; illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRalph Masiello—affectionately known as 'The Icky Bug Man'—has illustrated several children's books including The Icky Bug Alphabet Book, The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book, and The Flag We Love. His oil paintings are remarkably rich and realistic and bring to life the subjects of his books—be they bugs, flags, dinosaurs, or well-hidden messages and secret drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/ralph-masiello\" title=\"Ralph Masiello bio\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Ralph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA spooky cover invites budding artists in for lessons on how to draw some of their favorite autumn icons. Keeping introductory information to a minimum, the author gets right to the point. The step-by-step drawings define new lines in red, avoiding any extra scribbles completely and eliminating the need for frustrating erasures. Easier characters lead to more complicated ones and occasional optional details are included for inspiration-fancy finials for gravestone posts or a top hat for a skeleton. Opposite most lessons is a completed drawing showing how the art looks fleshed-out in color. The tools used are listed at the bottom of these illustrations. Several full compositions are included. The culminating spread pulls all of the elements together into one inspirational whole. Like most good Halloween books, this one won't lose its appeal in November.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasiello adds to his long list of drawing books with this Halloween-themed entry--and there are plenty of ghostly goings-on to catch kids' interest. Readers are invited to \"choose their tools\" from among paints, crayons, markers, and\/or pencils. What follows is a page of simple lines that become increasingly more sophisticated images, facing a full page of Masiello's take on the subject--bats, jack-o'-lanterns, witches, graves, etc. Though the introduction is a bit confusing, kids will probably skip it anyway and get right to work on their drawings. Beginners will find plenty to reproduce, and there are some challenges for better artists, like that skeleton in a top hat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-cvr.jpg?1316023812231777402\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-hires.zip?13160238122317774020\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-page.pdf?13160238122317774020\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload a Drawing Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-57091-542-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book PDF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-60734-458-2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 5-8\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 32\u003cbr\u003e8 \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\/\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]","published_at":"2015-08-25T16:18:00-04:00","created_at":"2015-08-25T11:34:42-04:00","vendor":"Charlesbridge","type":"Children's Book","tags":["Browse by Age_Ages 6-10","Browse by Fiction\/Nonfiction_Nonfiction","Browse by Language_English","Browse by Subject_Art\/Music\/Theater","Browse by Subject_Holidays","Browse by Subject_Puzzles\/Games\/Activities","Browse by Subject_Story Time \u0026 Play","fall","halloween"],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":6020409601,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"15420","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Ralph Masiello's Halloween Drawing Book - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":795,"weight":184,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"978-1-57091-542-0","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-cover.jpg?v=1586801750"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-cover.jpg?v=1586801750","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Ralph Masiello's Halloween Drawing Book cover image","id":2482000560207,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.772,"height":777,"width":600,"src":"\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-cover.jpg?v=1586801750"},"aspect_ratio":0.772,"height":777,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-cover.jpg?v=1586801750","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten \u0026amp; Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/ralph-masiello\" title=\"Ralph Masiello bio\"\u003eRalph Masiello\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDrawing is spook-tacular!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrator Ralph Masiello brings a haunting twist to his popular drawing series. Step-by-step diagrams show young artist how to draw ghosts, witches, jack-o'-lanterns, skeletons, a haunted house, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust follow the simple steps to create creepy critters and eerie objects. Bonus challenge steps show you how to add frightfullyfun details to your drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you like this book, view the entire series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/collections\/ralph-masiellos-drawing-books\" title=\"Ralph Masiello's Drawing Books\"\u003eRalph Masiello's Drawing Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-spread.jpg?13917630079540763343\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-shape=\"round\" defer async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRalph Masiello, author \u0026amp; illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRalph Masiello—affectionately known as 'The Icky Bug Man'—has illustrated several children's books including The Icky Bug Alphabet Book, The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book, and The Flag We Love. His oil paintings are remarkably rich and realistic and bring to life the subjects of his books—be they bugs, flags, dinosaurs, or well-hidden messages and secret drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/ralph-masiello\" title=\"Ralph Masiello bio\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Ralph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA spooky cover invites budding artists in for lessons on how to draw some of their favorite autumn icons. Keeping introductory information to a minimum, the author gets right to the point. The step-by-step drawings define new lines in red, avoiding any extra scribbles completely and eliminating the need for frustrating erasures. Easier characters lead to more complicated ones and occasional optional details are included for inspiration-fancy finials for gravestone posts or a top hat for a skeleton. Opposite most lessons is a completed drawing showing how the art looks fleshed-out in color. The tools used are listed at the bottom of these illustrations. Several full compositions are included. The culminating spread pulls all of the elements together into one inspirational whole. Like most good Halloween books, this one won't lose its appeal in November.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasiello adds to his long list of drawing books with this Halloween-themed entry--and there are plenty of ghostly goings-on to catch kids' interest. Readers are invited to \"choose their tools\" from among paints, crayons, markers, and\/or pencils. What follows is a page of simple lines that become increasingly more sophisticated images, facing a full page of Masiello's take on the subject--bats, jack-o'-lanterns, witches, graves, etc. Though the introduction is a bit confusing, kids will probably skip it anyway and get right to work on their drawings. Beginners will find plenty to reproduce, and there are some challenges for better artists, like that skeleton in a top hat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-cvr.jpg?1316023812231777402\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-hires.zip?13160238122317774020\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ralph-masiellos-halloween-drawing-page.pdf?13160238122317774020\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload a Drawing Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-57091-542-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book PDF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-60734-458-2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 5-8\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 32\u003cbr\u003e8 \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\/\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}