Jonathan Edwards Gardeners can unlock the potential of their own new piece of first-time Eden, be it a barren plot or overgrown chaos, with The Virgin Gardener. Filled with straightforward techniques and friendly troubleshooting tips illustrated step by step, this invaluable handbook takes the reader from planning to a month-by-month strategy for year-round maintenance and includes helpful Frequently Asked Questions lists. A perfect gift for new homeowners, for virgin or veteran gardeners or for Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Louise Gordon A guide to figure drawing for artists and students who want to draw, paint or sculpt the human figure. Wherever possible the anatomical drawing is placed alongside the life drawing. The book includes illustrations by Michelangelo, da Vinci, Natoire, Lebrun and Carraci.

JoAnn Locktov, Leslie Plummer Clagett Fragments of glass, stone, and clay are pieced together in the mosaic art form to create intricate patterns within a unified whole. Functional or decorative, abstract or pictorial, mosaics can be naive in their simplicity or designs of polished sophistication. Once again, this ancient craft is in vogue. This time, mosaic artists are firmly grasping the wheel of its centuries-old techniques, and changing course toward modern aesthetic standards.

"The Art of Mosaic Design" gathers some of the best contemporary works into a striking gallery of images, ideas, and information. Colorful photographs accompanied by enlightening text dramatically document the work of 42 international artists. Much more than a beautiful picture book.

"The Art of Mosaic Design" is a comprehensive study of this unique art form now poised for resurgence.

Joaquim Chavarria

Marie-Jeanne Lorente Explore the joy of transforming plants, trees and grasses into exquisite paper using this friendly and inspiring book, which offers clear, step-by-step instructions for turning an array of common and exotic plants into artistic and practical sheets of paper.

Bernard Toale “A lucid introduction to papermaking as a contemporary art.”—The New York Times. “Recommended.”—Library Journal. One of Bowker’s Best How-To Books.

Bernard Toale “A lucid introduction to papermaking as a contemporary art.”—The New York Times. “Recommended.”—Library Journal. One of Bowker’s Best How-To Books.

Maggy Howarth For those who would like to add interest to their garden by creating delightful pebble mosaics on paths, patios and steps, Maggy Howarth shows all the techniques involved.

Colin Saxton Worn from normal use. Good reading copy.

Jean Drysdale Green A visual sampler, including step-by-step demonstrations, for experimenting with inks, watercolor, acrylics, oils, pastels, and unusual materials to achieve hundreds of different effects to use in your paintings.

Looking for new directions in your artwork? Between the covers of ArtEffects you'll find hundreds of fresh ideas that will spark your creative instincts.

ArtEffects is divided into five sections that cover the most-used painting mediums: inks, watercolor, acrylics, oils, and pastels. Each section begins with a general discussion of the specific medium's unique properties, physical makeup, and methods of application, followed by a list of various materials that can be used in combination with the medium. Then comes a dazzling display of examples (some with step-by-step demonstration) of the almost limitless textures and effects you can achieve by combining one medium with another, or with the myriad papers and art-related products on the market today, as well as with household and other unexpected materials such as cornstarch, string, and plastic wrap. Here, you can easily find out how a specific medium will perform in combination with, for example, sand, gold gouache, or acrylic modeling paste, and how that medium can be used in airbrush, stenciling, and monoprinting techniques.

With more than 400 full-color examples of effects that run the gamut from the traditional to the experimental, ArtEffects is an extraordinary visual reference that belongs in every artist's studio.

Stephen Bury The spread of printing in the 16th century severed the relationship between artist and book, but modern developments in technology have enabled this relationship to be restored. This work explores the history of artists' involvement with the book format of the 20th century.

Fritz Schider In this expanded edition of a classic work, Schider's complete, historical text is accompanied by a wealth of anatomical illustrations. A variety of plates showcasing master artists — including Leonardo, Rubens, Michelangelo, Muybridge, and Vesalius — and their classic works on anatomy are also included. Features 593 illustrations.

Alice Korach, Kathlyn Moss

Lynne Allen, Phyllis McGibbon One of a kind, full-color volume showcases the work of many of the leading printmakers from around the world.

—Features 250 of the finest prints by artists from 17 countries

—Shows every technique including intaglio, lithograph, wood cut, collagraph, serigraph, and many more

—Includes an essay by Ruth Weisburg, artist and Dean of Fine Arts, University of Southern California

—Presents a variety of genres-figurative, abstract, landscape

This collection-selected from thousands of entries-is an inspiration for all printmakers, professional and amateur alike, and a valuable teaching aid.

Gwen White

Constantine A. Belash Complete, easy-to-follow instructions for various kinds of braiding and weaving techniques and different kinds of knots. Along with these instructions are directions for making numerous articles with braids and knots: belts, lanyards, mats, rugs, sandals, hats, bags, more. 57 illustrations.

George B. Bridgman The revered instructor of the Art Students League of New York explains in nontechnical terms how to discover the vitalizing forces in the human form and realize them in drawing. Topics include movement, light and shade, proportion, and movable masses. Nearly 500 illustrations cover every principle and point of instruction.

MIRIAM STRIBLEY

Mary Todd Beam Artists and creatives of all kinds who are looking for new ways to liberate their artistic imagination will love this book. Readers are invited to playfully explore various aspects of visual art, such as light, color, texture and design through a series of imaginative art projects. Artists will experiment with a range of techniques and mediums in new and unconventional ways including: Capturing whites with crayon and wax resist; Glazing and floating colors; Portraying the patterns of nature with sedimentation and precipitation; Loosening up with gesso painting and printing with plastic; Constructing a new piece of art from old work; Experimenting with three-dimensional assemblage; Creating a street map; In addition, artists are prompted to challenge their imaginations by building new painting surfaces, creating their own personal symbols and more. Celebrate Your Creative Self is a fun, no-fail guide every artist should have.

Barbara Smith This text presents an embroiderer's workshop full of inspiration, tips and techniques, and includes a series of designs to encourage creativity.

Angelika Khan-Leonhard Part of the "Learn from the Masters" series, this book features a selection of several examples of the works of Paul Cezanne to illustrate how to develop watercolour painting skills. It deals with the equipment required and the basic techniques for preparation, such as paper stretching and toning the paper, and contains several detailed studies of a variety of original paintings by the master. Using simple step-by-step copying techniques, and with a useful colour palette provided with each stage, Khan-Leonhard brings the reader through each masterpiece. These techniques can then be developed using photographs and sketches for inspiration.

Michael Freeman This practical sourcebook is for all photography enthusiasts. It goes to the heart of photography - the image itself - explaining the creative decisions involved in making fresh, stimulating and visually strong pictures. Using a project-by-project workshop approach, Freeman stimulates the reader to see potential pictures, and to become aware of the choices available in organizing the image. The book covers "Essential equipment", "Creating the image", "Changing lenses" and "Light" and "Colour". Illustrated throughout with Freeman's photographs, the book contains much practical instruction and up-to-date information on the latest technical developments. Michael Freeman is the author of the "Collins Photography Workshop" series and the "Collins Photographer's Handbook".

Stephen Quiller Internationally renowned artist and best selling author Stephen Quiller shows readers how to discover their own personal "color sense" in Color Choices, a book that offers readers a fresh perspective on perfecting their own color styles.

With the help of his own "Quiller Wheel," a special foldout wheel featuring 68 precisely placed colors, the author shows artists how they can develop their own unique color blends. First, Quiller demonstrates how to use the wheel to interpret color relationships and mix colors more clearly. Then he explains, step by step, how to develop five structured color schemes, apply underlays and overlays, and use color in striking, unusual ways. This book will bring out every artist's unique sense of color whether he or she works in oil, watercolor, acrylics, gouache, or casein.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Kristin Nicholas Embroidery has never looked this good or been so colorful! And it’s never been so much fun to do. With inspiration and encouragement from designer and colorist Kristin Nicholas, would-be and experienced stitchers alike will find dozens of projects that add exuberance to every room in the house.

Nicholas’s collection opens with pillow covers in dancing colors on unexpected patterns and fabrics, such as stripes and plaids, velvets and corduroys. For kitchens, she offers a joyfully polka-dotted tea cozy or jewel-bright, purchased napkins and tablecloth creatively stitched with floral motifs. Personalized wedding gifts include a luxurious, monogrammed cashmere throw and his-and-hers hot water bottle covers; or for the perfect baby gift, a cozy matching blanket and teddy bear set.

Many projects feature fabrics from flea markets and thrift shops, with complete how-to on hand-felting and hand-dyeing sweaters and blankets for the very softest, most colorful look. With her ribbon-stitched craft boxes (perfect for scrapbookers), embroidered stationery, and even a pair of espadrilles, the author explores an exciting world of embroidering on unexpected surfaces and materials.

Nicholas encourages readers to find inspiration in whatever pleases them—gardens, nature, ceramics, architecture, ethnic and vintage textiles, postcards and magazines—and to use that inspiration as the basis for this new spin on traditional stitchery. This is the craft book for every creative person who loves fibers and fabrics, and itches to counterbalance the teched-up part of their lives by using their hands for selfexpression and personal fulfillment.

David Carter The first book to cover virtually every paint technique and every conceivable surface: walls, floors, wood furniture, and even upholstered fabrics and metalwork from a hot new designer. The book's 35 projects provide beautiful results and are also accessible to those with a less-than-practiced hand. 200 full-color photographs.

Jan Beaney, J. Beaney, J. Littlejohn 'A Complete Guide to Creative Embroidery' illustrates a wealth of ideas from two internationally renowned embroiderers. It is divided into two sections: the first, 'Design to Embroider' by Jean Littlejohn develops ideas showing that anyone can design as well as decorate fabric and paper for embroidery. The second, 'Stitched Images' by Jan Beaney, illustrates how to colour fabric and combine this with stitchery. She then looks at ways of interpreting designs using applique, patchwork, quilting, and hand and machine embroidery. The final section gives guidance on selecting a theme. With the combined talents of two innovative embroiderers, this highly illustrated book is an inspiring source of colour, pattern, design, stitch and texture which will encourage embroiderers to create their own exciting and rewarding pieces.

Miles Anderson The purpose of this book is to help you enjoy and care for your plants, whether you are growing them for their flowers or just to delight in their bizarre forms.

Rosemary Simmons, Katie Clemson

Susanne Haines

Shereen LaPlantz Even a beginner can start right out producing uniquely charming and elegant journals, albums, scrapbooks, and more. Envision handmade books to hold your writings, poems, photos, and keepsakes. More than 170 photos to inspire, and hundreds of illustrations to guide readers through the basics of an almost infinite variety of imaginative styles.

Carol Owen Creating a personal shrine is a meaningful way to commemorate special moments and people, and an artistically satisfying project, too. Carol Owen, a shrinemaker for more than 20 years, offers easy instructions and inspiring photographs that will guide anyone through the process. The work begins simply, with a basic frame for mounting treasured mementos. Then, learn how to create doors, shelves, drawers, and other architectural features. There are suggestions on embellishments to personalize the shrine, and even ideas for possible objects to include. In addition to the author, 8 renowned shrine artists provide hands-on information about how they created their distinctive structures, and another two dozen experts offer insights into their creative practices. The vibrant gallery of work will spark anyone’s imagination. A Selection of the One Spirit Book Club.
The author lives in Pittsboro, NC.

Julia Hamilton Thomason

Elizabeth Murray

Leonard J. Rosen Based on the highly successful Allyn & Bacon Handbook, 4/e. Decisions is a brief, comb-bound handbook that emphasizes writing as a decision-making process. No other brief handbook matches this text's coverage of critical thinking at the essay, paragraph, and sentence levels. Parts I, II, & III offer an introduction to effective critical thinking, reading, and writing as well as comprehensive coverage of the writing process and writing from sources. Parts IV through VII cover the decisions involved in basic sentence construction, style, punctuation, mechanics and spelling. In each chapter, "Critical Decisions" boxes guide students through analyses of key issues. With an emphasis unmatched by competitors, Chapter 8 on "Writing and Arguing in the Disciplines" introduces ways of thinking about the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and introduces typical writing scenarios. Sample essays and strategies address each discipline area's ways of knowing or arguing. The chapter on "Researching Print and Electronic Sources" provides guidelines for using and citing CD-ROMs, online data bases, and the Internet, including suggestions for evaluating sources.An appendix on using the Internet gives additional tools and resources. Each chapter also contains boxes highlighting key points, and "Computer Tips" with advice on how to conduct research, compose, revise, and edit using the latest technologies.

Kaye Healey

N. Billington, J.R. Jeffrey

Diarmuid Gavin Today's most innovative garden designer, Diarmuid Gavin, shares advice, inspiration and ideas on how to design your garden. Diarmuid's ten, easy-to-follow, practical steps cover everything from the basics of good design, to assessing your plot and using plants for style and affect. This practical guide will give you the confidence to create and express your own unique style, whatever your garden space.

Michael Wright This volume is part of a "how-to-paint" series which has been devised by professional artists and art tutors. Each volume in the series covers a specific medium and subject. The text is written in a jargon-free style, designed to stimulate and encourage beginners. Advice is included on selecting the correct tools for a particular medium or technique. In addition, these guides contain more than 300 colour photographs and step-by-step sequences which show how each painting develops.

Clifford Bayly

Stanley Maltzman Maltzman teaches how to render the powerful beauty of nature with easy-to-master pencil and charcoal techniques. Piece by piece, artists will achieve solid compositions, filled with strong values and rich depth.

Ian Simpson Through sustained observation and practice anyone can develop the skills and understanding essential to being able to draw. This book approaches all aspects of drawing with a strong emphasis on "seeing", and provides a comprehensive drawing course for beginners and for those with experience who want to re-examine the fundamentals. Illustrated with many suggestions for practical work, this book also offers teachers at all levels a ready-made instruction programme which progresses from basic drawing problems to the development of personal style. This expanded edition includes a new chapter on drawing techniques and approaches, and essays on the importance of drawing in the work of five working artists: a painter, a sculptor, an illustrator, a glass engraver and an embroidery artist.

Diane Hardy Wilson In an age when the computer print-out is the norm, calligraphy - the art of fine writing - is more than ever appreciated. This encyclopedia is the ultimate, essential reference for all practitioners of this fascinating craft, bringing all its varied elements together and presenting them in a way that will be of benefit to all aspiring calligraphers, regardless of their levels of expertise. The core of this book is its comprehensive step-by-step analyses of all the main calligraphic techniques, centred around the most popular and familiar hands, supported by inspirational examples to show the effect of the techniques in overall context. The techniques covered range from Foundational hand to Copperplate, with additional coverage of further specializations, such as split-nib writing, brush lettering and illumination. In addition, there are groundwork exercises to aid in establishing such basics as pen angle, order of strokes and paper position, while a gallery of finished examples demonstrates how leading calligraphers have utilised particular techniques effectively in their work. There is also coverage of equipment and materials, focussing on the special uses and qualities of pens, nibs, papers, inks and paints.

Paul Jackson This book covers all the major techniques of papercraft from the 'dry' crafts of origami and paper sculpture to the 'wet' crafts of paper mache and paper making.

Liz Wagstaff Transform flea market finds and hand-me-downs into stylish one-of-a-kind furniture! From the author of the best-selling Paint Recipes comes Furniture Facelifts, a fabulous new way to bring color and zest to any home. Here an artist's techniques, tips, and secrets are presented step by step, so anyone can perform a magical furniture makeover. Furniture Facelifts covers more than 30 techniques for paint, fabric, wood, metal, and glass. Twenty-five fun and funky detailed projects cover all the essentialstables, chairs, ottomans, nightstands, shelves, cabinets, and moreand offer easy instructions. A recipe-style format, inspiring pictures, and wipe-clean cover make this a truly practical sourcebook. The latest in the very successful Paint Recipes series, Furniture Facelifts is the ticket to creating works of beauty and utility without spending tons of time or money.

Journal of the Horticultural Society

Kathy Triplett Aimed at beginners, this is an illustrated guide to all aspects of clay and ceramic work which do not require a potter's wheel. It includes information on all the major handbuilding techniques and features the work of leading practitioners.

Francis W. Dolloff An indispensable guide to solving the many problems of framing, exhibiting, and storing works of art on paper. There are easy-to-follow instructions on tools and materials for matting pictures and suggestions for choosing the proper colors and proportions. The concluding section gives an interesting glimpse of a restorer at work as he restores a valuable 15th-century woodcut.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface The History of Papermaking The Enemies of Paper Matting and Framing A Note on Restoration Materials and Services Programs in Art Conservation Bibliography

Ray Smith

Michael O'Connor

John Locke Isometric perspective is the picture of an object adrift in imaginary space. 75 of these mind-boggling designs form the basis for this unique collection. All of which can be colored in as they are, copied, expanded, or used as a source of graphic and design inspiration. Original Dover (1981) publication. Introduction. Afterword. 75 illustrations.

Marc Peter Keane, Haruzo Ohashi The Japanese garden designer, like the poet, creates a theater for the wind to speak, and asks only that we listen. This book presents the essential concepts that garden designers have employed through the centuries and the knowledge necessary to create these living sculptures, these sacred spaces, these ethereal and graceful gardens of Japan.

John Brookes A comprehensive guide to creating a stylish garden. Takes a look at how the garden has developed through the ages and the influence reflected by social and fashion changes. This book also looks at the principles of garden design including drawing plans, and understanding scale and proportion. Advice is provided on how to focus on the visual potential of plants, and how to approach the subject of planting with a designer's eye. John Brookes is the author of "The Garden Book", "The Indoor Garden Book", "The Country Garden" and "The New Small Garden".

Kevin McCloud This decorating guide explains techniques ranging from craquelure to marbling, colourwashing to liming wood, and provides information on tools and materials. The step-by-step photographs show exactly what to do, while the life-size details show the effect being aimed for.

Enzo Carli

Mary McCarthy, Philip Manna The craft of book-making goes back as far as the earliest times. Though the techniques are old, the art of book making seems to be growing. This is most likely due to the beauty of handmade books but also the ease with which simple books can be made. Mary McCarthy and Philip Manna provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions to lead both the beginning and experienced crafts person through twelve simple and beautiful book-making projects. With Making Books by Hand anyone can create elegant, decorative blank books, photo albums, gifts and journals that will last forever.

Marthe Le Van Start with a bejeweled goddess made from an easy “napkin” fold. Then try Pamela Hastings’ angelic “Clarity” doll, Arlinka Blair’s “Kuba Spirit” dressed in bold African textiles, and others. “Go beyond what you usually think of as cloth dolls and create a wonderfully imaginative collection of figures.”—Doll Castle News. “A good buy for large public libraries and textile collections.”—Library Journal.

Joseph Gibaldi The new edition presents a comprehensive guide to preparing research papers and includes detailed coverage using computers for research and citing electronic publications.

Russell A. Mittermeierand Anthony B. Reylands

Natascha Dean

David Pearson Practical and inspiring, this volume sets out the basic principles of the healing home and aims to show us how we can create a home that is healthy, harmonious and ecologically sound. The book examines the interior elements from air and light to furniture and furnishings. It looks at living spaces themselves - from sleeping to eating spaces - and how to introduce comfort and a sense of well-being into the home. A 16-page essay highlights organic buildings, independent energy supplies and living "off the grid", and the spiritual principles of the healing home.

Harold Speed Stimulating, informative guide by noted teacher covers painting technique, painting from life, materials — paints, varnishes, oils and mediums, grounds, etc. — a painter's training, more. Speed also provides expert analysis of works by Velasquez, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hals, Rembrandt, and others. 64 photos. 5 line drawings.

Robert Fawcett

Ralph Mayer The Painter's Craft: An Introduction to Artists' Methods and Materials by Ralph Mayer. 1975 hardcover published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.

Faith Shannon The beauty of paper celebrated in more than 100 pages of color photographs. This practical book shows how people of any age, without artistic training, can create useful, ornamental designs from paper.

Joseph D'Amelio Perspective creates a sense of space, depth, and the third dimension within the limitations of the flat drawing surface. This unusually comprehensive handbook integrates extensive text with hundreds of labeled drawings and diagrams; each page covers a fundamental principle and includes relevant constructions. All aspects of perspective drawing are discussed, from diminution, foreshortening and convergence to distortion, measurement, and shade and shadow effects. Essential concepts such as horizon line, vanishing point, cone of vision, and picture plane are explained theoretically and illustrated in practical contexts, using both mechanical and freehand sketching techniques. With its step-by-step presentation of professional working methods and practices, Perspective Drawing Handbook is an essential text and reference for fine and commercial artists, architects, engineers, and interior and industrial designers.

PATRICIA SELIGMAN

Michele Cassou A guide to breaking through creative blocks to discover the emotional and spiritual rewards of spontaneous art.

In Life, Paint and Passion, creativity expert Michele Cassou showed readers how to discover the magic of intuitive expression. For many of us it is difficult just to let go and create something. Cassou shows us that once we engage in the artistic process it is quite possible to gain access to a powerful spiritual reserve within us. In Point Zero, Cassou takes the process further by providing an original method of inquiry that can be utilized in the face of doubt, conflict, and lack of inspiration. Through stories of her work with dozens of students, she shows the reader how to overcome creative difficulties of all kinds.

In the creative quest, Cassou teaches us, we must slay three dragons: The Dragon of Product fights the artist's spontaneity; the Dragon of Control bars the door to the unknown and the truly mysterious; and the Dragon of Meaning fights intuition and creativity by demanding interpretation and resolution with every move. Cassou arms us with a clear method for creating specific questions relevant to the situation of the moment, questions which are designed to dissolve barriers to creativity. She shows us how we can come face-to-face with the energy that creates our blocks, and then to use this encounter to return to Point Zero, the ground from which pure creation springs. In this place of infinite possibility, art becomes not a means to an end but a place which we may inhabit and in which we can explore our true selves and the mysteries of our lives.

Tanya Rajer

Donald Saff, Deli Sacilotto A basic text that discusses techniques and applications in every major area of printmaking. Proceeds from the beginning steps to the most advanced procedures. Over 600 illustrations. Provides a history of printmaking.

Macao Goes and Grqca Seligman

Rosemary Wilkison This gloriously colorful book is packed with inspiration—and 15 projects for beginners (or more experienced quilters looking for a manageable weekend undertaking).

Veteran quiltmaker and teacher Rosemary Wilkinson, and her quilting friends, give all the information a beginner hopes for—from basic background (how to select fabrics with different tonal values, which hoops and frames work best, what equipment is essential, and so on) to each step through a quilt (proper cutting techniques, chain-piecing, adding borders, and more). The friendly pages are full of diagrams, eliminating all fear of confusion and uncertainty. And all fabric yardages are clearly stated.

The 15 projects are divided into three sections: "Fresh Colors," "Vivid Colors," and "Bright Colors." In keeping with the book’s promise to be colorful, each quilt pattern includes four alternative color schemes to the fully completed, featured one. There is no end to the inspiration this irresistibly inviting book offers.

In addition, dozens of Tips and Notes from these quilting experts are scattered throughout the book, making this a treasure all quilters should have in their libraries.

Dorothea Hall

The Australian Women's Weekly Garden Guides

Susan L. Moyer Master the secrets of an exquisite art form. Silk painting is rapidly gaining an enthusiastic following among surface designers, fine artists, and craftspeople alike. The pure, transparent colors of the dyes, combined with the luxuriant drape of the silk itself, combine to make this a uniquely sensuous medium. By using gutta, wax, alcohol, or salt, the artist can create a variety of appealing textures and visual effects. This book shows exactly how to use each technique and how to combine them for intricate paintings.

Stephanie Ipert, Florent Rousseau Using ingenious techniques, a few pieces of household equipment and basic craft materials, you can decorate plain papers to make a variety of colourful and patterned papers. Spray, stencil and stipple to create swirls, stripes and patterns!

Royal Horticultural Society A concise, illustrated gardening guide, this book features practical information on designing a small garden, choosing a style, creating the illusion of space and more.

Sharne Algotsson, Denys Davis The Spirit of African Design is an illustrated home-living guide to African-inspired style, with gorgeous photographs, fascinating cultural and historical information, and plenty of ideas and resources for interpreting styles, from Marrakesh to Capetown. Explore the treasures of the past and revel in the exciting work of today's young designers. 250 full-color photographs.

Various From the beginning of stenciling in America to the revival of the craft in the 1980s, this book provides a complete survey of the history and techniques of stenciling. Full insructions give beginners all the information they need to complete a project—what products to buy, where to stencil, how to begin, and more. 225 full-color illustrations.

Katherine Westphal Surface design is the hand application of designs using dye or pigment. Heavily illustrated with colour photographs, this is a celebration of 28 leading artists. They each present a statement about their work - how they became interested in textiles, who influenced them and their creative process.

Shastri Maharaj

John Hedgecoe, Mary Beazley The Workbook of Photo Techniques is a step-by-step guide to creating imaginative and unique photographs. Packed with hints and tricks, the book is an authoritative resource for using your camera equipment to its best advantage.

Full of hints on how to take successful and imaginative pictures.
Highly illustrated with color throughout.
Techniques for all types of photography.

James Fisher and Roger Tory Peterson

Myochi Nancy O'Hara, Susan Morningstar For centuries, Zen monks in Japan have used the traditions of ink painting and poetry to aid them in meditation and express their insights. Zen by the Brush offers modern readers a simple, quick, and fun way to relax with Zen art.

The full-color book contains an introduction to the basics of brush painting and Zen meditation. Along with Zen writings and Japanese-style sumi-e illustrations to inspire you, Zen by the Brush provides an enjoyable introduction to a meditative art and a means to practice the craft.

Zen by the Brush includes a special painting board and brush in a reusable storage case. Using plain water, readers paint their own sumi-e pictures. The ink-like image fades after a minute or two as it dries-simply part of the Zen practice of letting go.

Frederick Franck A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen.