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Mrs. Shelley from Georgetown, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Worth A Million

My students need 25 art books, ranging from "Anatomy for the Artist" to Art History books to "Understanding Comics".

  • $792 goal

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I teach grades 9-12 Fine Arts in a high poverty high with a high at risk population. Our school has the largest number of special needs students in the district as well as the special needs department being the largest department in the school.

My students have a range in skill levels, reading levels, and interests. My goal is to use these texts to help fulfill a need in that I can loan them to students as well as use them to assist the students on special projects and student interest.

I ordered 25 books that range in title from "Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain-workbook" to "Comics". I want to encourage the students to research and find out information regarding their interests, career aspirations, and artistic theories.

Your assistance will provide my students with a myriad of books for research, study, theory and curriculum integration with other subjects.

Mrs. Shelley
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Art History Grant Pooke, Diana Newall • Barnes and Noble $19.75 1 $19.75
Coloring Mandalas: For Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression Susanne F. Fincher • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
Nacar: Learn to Draw Race Cars Manufactured by Walter Foster Publishing • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Anatomy for the Artist (Sterling Edition) Jeno Barcsay, Jeno Barcsay (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
The Watercolor Wheel Book: Eight Step-by-Step Watercolor Projects and a Unique Watercolor Mixing Wheel John Barber • Barnes and Noble $7.18 1 $7.18
The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Kimon Nicolaides, Mamie Harmon (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Drawing with Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too Mona Brookes • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Understanding Comics Scott Mccloud • Barnes and Noble $18.39 1 $18.39
How to Draw Dogs Barbara Soloff Levy, E. Ed. Levy • Barnes and Noble $2.65 1 $2.65
Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces Carrie Stuart Parks, Barbara Bradley • Barnes and Noble $19.19 1 $19.19
Draw 50 Animals: The Step-By-Step Way To Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More... Lee J. Ames, Lee J. Ames (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Lessons on Shading W. E. Sparkes • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
How to Draw Faces Barbara Soloff Levy • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Workbook) Betty Edwards • Barnes and Noble $15.16 2 $30.32
Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists Mark Simon • Barnes and Noble $19.75 1 $19.75
Anatomy for Artists: A Complete Guide to Drawing the Human Body Barrington Barber • Barnes and Noble $8.98 1 $8.98
The Art of Responsive Drawing Nathan Goldstein • Barnes and Noble $80.10 1 $80.10
Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists: Experimental Techniques for Composition, Layering, Texture, Imagery, and Encaustic Ann Baldwin • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Encaustic Workshop: Artistic Techniques for Working with Wax Patricia Seggebruch, Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Traditional Oil Painting: Advanced Techniques and Concepts from the Renaissance to the Present Virgil Elliott • Barnes and Noble $31.50 1 $31.50
Oil Painting Anita M. Giddings, Sherry S. Clifton • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Introduction to Design Alan Pipes • Barnes and Noble $84.60 1 $84.60
The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos Michael Freeman • Barnes and Noble $23.96 1 $23.96
Color Workbook Becky Koenig, Becky Koenig (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $61.20 1 $61.20
Art History (SparkCharts) SparkNotes Editors • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45

Materials cost

$549.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $54.95

Sales tax

 $27.48

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$649.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.46

Total project goal

$791.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $791.46

24 Donors

-$791.46

Donations toward project cost

-$649.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.46

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