technique

Offers step-by-step instructions and tips on drawing and painting characters, creatures, and landscapes of fantasy worlds with traditional and digital media; and includes a gallery of finished illustrations.

Offers instruction and step-by-step demonstrations on how to draw cutting edge comic figures, covering anatomy, character design, perspective, page layout, and other topics, and includes advice on how to become a professional comic artist.

An introduction to drawing that covers lines, shape, shading, textures, perspective, still life, memory drawing, portraits, and other related topics.

Step-by-step demonstrations and detailed instructions explain basic drawing and shading techniques for drawing realistic animals, children, plants, and more.

Presents exercises and practical advice to help artists gain confidence in their work, enhance their creativity, and improve their drawing skills.

Presents step-by-step instructions for sixteen mosaic projects, with advice on tools, materials, and techniques, and includes thirty trace-off patterns, designs for home and garden, and photographs of the work of mosaic artists.

A guide to writing suspense fiction that provides expert tips on creating a plot, developing characters, writing the story, and other related topics.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Wallace Stegner addresses every aspect of fiction writing, exploring the process of composition as it related to the writer's evolving character.

Stephen Koch presents a unique guide to the art of writing good fiction, explaining the best techniques for creating a work of fiction.