A wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret. McCarthy's sense of artistry, transmitted over a sixty-year painting career, celebrates multiple beauties of everyday life.

This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Florence and Venice. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he discusses works by masters such as Tintoretto, Botticelli, Veronese, and many more. In the usually pretentious arena of art connoisseurs,...

Do you love spiky Stegosaurus or tanklike Triceratops? Whatever your favorite prehistoric beast, you'll soon be drawing these creatures like a pro with the help of this fun book. Just follow the steps, and you'll have a great-looking dino before you know it. Fact-filled descriptions accompany the drawings, so you can learn all about different kinds of prehistoric animals. You'll also find tips on adding details to your drawing - like fish for Pterodactylus...

This is Book II of "Augsburg's Drawing", a series designed for school students within which Augsburg's Drawing System is explained and taught. Intended for the use of students in grades four to eight, it contains the essentials of Free Hand Drawing and was designed to be used as a text book. Each subject is treated topically and is arranged so as to give the greatest flexibility in teaching. Contents include: "General Outline", "The Perspective Principle",...

Get great techniques, tips, and ideas from the Urban Sketching Handbook series in one place! With this thorough guide, discover how to sketch architecture and cityscapes, plus people and motion; learn drawing perspective; and see how easy it is to add color to artwork.

This series, Fifty-three Pairings of the Tokaido Road, Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui, 東海道五十三対,popularly called Pairs Tōkaidō or 53 Parallels for the Tokaido Road, was published in 1845-1846.It is a unique cooperation between three artists: Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kuniyoshi and five publishers: Ibaya Kyūbei, (Ibaya Senzabur (Dansend)) and Kojimaya Jûbei, Enshûya Matabei, Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijud) and Iseya Ichibei.The...

Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain).(Chamagne, 1604 – Rome, 1682).Claude Gellée, surnommé Le Lorrain, ne fut ni un grand homme, ni un esprit noble comme Poussin. Toutefois, on ne peut nier son génie et il fut, à l'instar de Poussin, un inventeur profondément original dans les limites imposées par l'idéal classique. Il passa aussi presque toute sa vie à Rome bien que son art ne fût pas spécifiquement italien, mais bien français. En effet, plus...

Illustration Studio: Inking Florals features inking and watercolor tips and techniques, drawing basics, an overview of plant and flower structures, and step-by-step inking projects for a well-rounded, engaging introduction to multimedia botanical art geared toward artists of all skill levels. You will love learning to work with ink, pencil, and watercolor as you create your own favorite plants and flowers. Step-by-step projects feature popular flowers,...

This book introduces artists to basic drawing concepts and describes in step-by-step instructions how to turn simple shapes into dinosaurs. Young readers will learn to draw a deinonychus, a stegosaurus, a brontosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus rex, and a pterodactyl. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Steve Hutchison reviews 100 amazing psychological horror films from the 1980s. Each film is analyzed and discussed with a synopsis and a rating. The movies are ranked. How many have you seen?