technique

Features four techniques and twenty-one step-by-step exercises.

Presents full-color illustrated instructions for creating fifteen Japanese calligraphy projects using paper, ceramics, fabric, and stones.

Contains illustrated instructions for drawing occult and horror figures in manga style, including details of hair, facial expressions, and hairstyles.

Presents thirteen step-by-step exercises and demonstrations to sketching and drawing using crayons, pastels, charcoal, and pencil.

Provides practical advice and strategies for completing a novel in one year; discussing the elements of fiction, how to begin, rewriting and editing, genre, and other related topics.

A guide to manga art in the United States that profiles the work of key artists, explains how to create manga characters, and showcases never-before-seen art.

A reference guide for artists, featuring over 1,300 color photos and artworks, which presents descriptions of drawing and painting media and surfaces, or supports, and instructions for numerous sketching and painting methods, including step-by-step demonstrations by leading artists.

Examines aspects of teapot theory and design, features a step-by-step guide to making a classic teapot, from throwing the body to glazing and finishing, talks with potters about their influences and sources of inspiration, profiles twenty-five teapot potters, and includes a photographic gallery of teapots.

Nine master ceramists describe their techniques and styles, present color photos of several pieces, and show in step-by-step photos and text how one of their significant works was created.