technique

Writers Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer discuss humanity, writing, salvation, art, and the challenge of living.

On cover: A complete, fully illustrated guide to the art and technique of drawing and painting in pencil, ink, watercolors, oils, and other media.

Provides an analysis of drawing materials available to cartoonists, followed by an A-to-Z guide to cartooning techniques and principles, and includes a gallery of professional drawings arranged in the genres of satire and comment, caricature, humor, strips, and illustration.

Presents a collection of critical essays that debate the issue of the death penalty, and contains writing exercises that help students learn to organize ideas and arguments, collect research, prepare outlines, and compile drafts.

Examines the life and work of English storyteller and artist Beatrix Potter, creator of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit.".

Text and over 300 photographs guide the beginner through the basics of creating art by combining various painting and drawing media. Discusses techniques, art materials, and preservation and storage of art work.

A step-by-step guide to drawing such favorite cartoon characters as Popeye, Blondie, and Felix the cat.

Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing manga-style insects and arachnids, including an ant, a spider, a dragonfly, a scorpion, and others, and includes comic pages featuring each, as well as facts on each.

This book presents step-by-step instructions for drawing Halloween art, such as pumpkins, bats, ghosts, black cats, gravestones, witches, skeletons, and a haunted mansion.