A step-by-step course in a popular painting medium, with advice for beginner and inspiration for more experienced artists. Practical projects help you refine your skills, and examples by contemporary artists show different approaches.
Learn how to work with oils and acrylics with this simple step-by-step course in techniques and stylistic approaches. From getting started to achieving excellence - perfect for the beginner, as well as providing inspiration for more advanced artists. Packed with useful advice on how to treat the classical subjects, including still lifes, landscapes, figures and portraits.
A step-by-step course in drawing, with practical guidance on how to treat classical subjects, from portraits, figures and animals to buildings and still life. Over 20 how-to projects teach and refine techniques in your own drawings, including an ink-and-wash horse, oil-pastel sgraffito leaves, fruits drawn with charcoal, sketched figures, and a pencil-drawn cat. Includes information about all…
A step-by-step course in pastel drawing and coloration, and instructions for developing your own personal style. Perfect both for the beginner and the more advanced artist, from getting started to achieving excellence with pastels. Projects include charcoal and pastel houses, a bunch of flowers with a textured ground, a sgraffito landscape, and a monochrome portrait of a man's face. Includes in…
Travel back in time with this visual guide to the history of human conflict, tracing the evolution of technology and tactics from the ancient world to the American Civil War! Combining beautiful nineteenth century engravings, artwork, and diagrams with an engaging and informative modern text, The History of Warfare narrates humankind's timeless capacity for devising new ways of waging war on…
Bushido. The Way of the Warrior presents a remarkably faithful mirror of many of the characteristics and habits of modern Japanese civilization, as it represents a tradition that enjoyed great power and prestige for centuries. This work was written to provide practical and moral instruction for warriors, and to outline the parameters of personal, social, and professional conduct characteristic …
Learn what's inside a walnut, pineapple, and corncob in this primary reader.