Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations demonstrate how to position your hands to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, a cat scratching itself, a howling wolf, a neighing ...
This charming book shows you how to have fun with a pastime that has delighted children and adults for generations: making shadow pictures on the wall with your hands and fingers.
This extra large 8" by 10" hand shadows for kids book is packed with over 50 astonishing hand shadow puppets for kids! Filled with amazing hand shadows that are suitable for all ages, even the adults will enjoy these epic shadow puppets!
Generations of entertainers have amused audiences of children and adults with the art of hand shadows, using only a light source and their own two hands to form immediately recognizable profiles of people and animals.
This is the simplest of all hand shadows, and is universally known. The thumbs of both hands are linked together, and The Pigeon. (FIG. 42.) the palms of the hands held square to the light. The finger tips are allowed to overlap ...
The Classic Art of Hand Shadows
This entertaining little book is full of ideas for creatures you can bring to life with just your hands, a lamp and a little imagination.
The author of this delightful picture book of hand shadows spent long hours working out the figures in this book. By following his clear visual instruction...you can create a boy,...
This book is a complete guide to the art of shadow puppetry, with detailed instructions on how to create 75 unique creatures using just your hands.
Of course the Shadows are not to be reproduced perfectly, on "one trial only"; but I believe that in each case I have drawn the due position of the fingers with such care, that the most difficult subject may be accomplished after a few ...