drawing

Contains lessons and exercises designed to help aspiring art students strengthen their skills and build their portfolios, featuring projects in the areas of line, markmaking, and ideas; color and tone; texture and patterns; and form and space.

A discussion of comic strips and books as a distinct art and literary form, examining the different elements of the form through examples of the author's own work, and arguing that sequential art is deserving of serious consideration by both critic and practitioner.

A full-color instructional guide to drawing Hip-Hop gear, characters, graffiti, and environments.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing manga characters, including effects, backgrounds, three-point perspective, and other advanced techniques.

Presents an introduction to painting the human figure, including step-by-step instruction for drawing and painting it, both clothed and nude, in action and repose, explaining the basic techniques, in various styles, for both beginners and experiences artists.

Offers a short course in the history and language of art.

Explains and illustrates the role of the muscles of facial expression for artists, focusing on the action of muscles in the forehead and brows, eyes, and the mouth and chin, with detailed renderings that show the six basic emotional patterns in action.

Presents a set of basic exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the brain's right hemisphere.