Did you wonder why you picked up this made you do it? Could it have been the title, the cover image, a recommendation from a friend, or just simple curiosity? Or might you have been guided by an unseen force that seemed to urge you to visit another world? Deep in our psyches most of us have a sense that magic can happen and that the veil between two worlds can be i fled, just as it sometimes is in dreams.

If you are excited by color, then you should be painting flowers. If you are really turned on by a brilliant Pink, a vivid Orange or muted Blues, Lavenders and Greens, then you should be painting flowers. Whether painting very realistic flowers or flowers of pure fantasy, I can think of no other subject matter where there are so few color limitations. And color is really what it is all about!

Chinese Ink painting depicts the grape vine with fruit. The sumi painting with saturated black and light gray ink tones is mounted with bright yellow silk, which heightens the elegance of this brush painting.

Make your point - visually and in a funny way - by creating cartoons. If you can put an idea or observation across in a drawing then you can be a cartoonist. Here’s how not only to sharpen your illustrative skills, but also to convey humor, satire, and the emotions of your characters.

It is no so long ago  that books on airbrushing were practical unobtainable simply because publishers did not think there was an adequate demand. However, the continued and increasing need for highly finished, quality illustrations in every area of graphic design has brought an awareness of airbrushing to a wider audience, even though the techniques themselves may still be elusive to many.

This book is your complete reference for mastering more than 50 fabulous strokes. Inside you’ll find visual, step-by-step instruction divided into two sections that detail techniques for working with both round and flat brushes in acrylics.

This workbook is designed to give you the necessary basic knowledge to start on the path toward becoming an animator. But it is only your commitment and effort that will prove, in the long run, whether or not you are capable of becoming a great one. To be a great animator is to lead a life of concentration, observation, dedication, and inspiration as well as many long hours of perspiration.

From author: “I want this book to put over what I have found to be the best working methods, so that animating becomes better and easier to do. There are lots of formulas, principles, clichés and devices here to help, but the main thing I want to pass on is a way of thinking about animation in order to free the mind to do the best work possible”.

In this book, Charles Reid guides the reader through a complete, step-by-step tour of the watercolor materials and methods needed to create expressive, masterful portraits. He begins with the basics, including which paints to use: how to choose your brushes; which papers are best for sketching; and how to set up and position your drawing board. Reid then presents 25 informative, beautifully illustrated demonstrations that incorporate such techniques as mixing washes and over-washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush, lifting out, and using more than one value.

An understanding of perspective is mandatory for all students and professionals involved with representational drawing. This includes a wide variety of fields, such as: Illustration, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Engineering Design, Scenic Design and even Fine Arts. While each of these areas applies perspective techniques for different purposes and to varying degrees of thoroughness, artists in all of them must be knowledgeable and experienced in basic perspective fundamentals and principles.