technique

A practical guide to all the tools, techniques, and materials of painting, drawing, printmaking, and related visual arts, both traditional and modern.

A comprehensive guide to digital photography that offers expert tips to help people take professional-quality photos in any setting, explaining which buttons to push, which settings to use, and which techniques to master.

Presents a set of exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the right hemisphere of the brain, focusing on the five basic skills of drawing which include the perception of edges, spaces, relationships, lights and shadows, and the whole, or gestalt.

Traces, through text and color plates, the history of painting, from early cave paintings to those of the twentieth century. Discusses the history of the artist's tools and the use of technique, perspective, proportion, and composition.

Provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing funny characters, discusses style development, explains how to create gags and funny situations, and offers advice on how to sell cartoons.

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing aliens from outer space, space stations, etc.

Step-by-step examples provide a guide to drawing science fiction characters, such as robots and aliens, in all sorts of settings.